Posts by Paul R. Blake (Page 12)

The reason why some find it hard to think is that they haven’t much experience with it. You can never make your dreams come true by oversleeping. Those who complain about how the ball bounces are probably the ones who dropped it. To err is human; to admit it is not. The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee that it is true. We are all brothers under the skin, but some brothers get under your…

People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing; that’s why we recommend it daily. Why is it that those with something to say have trouble saying it, while those who have nothing to say at all can’t stop saying it constantly? One of the greatest mistakes one can make is to do nothing because we believe we can only do a little. Swallowing pride will never give you indigestion. People who drink to drown their sorrows should be told that…

He who rolls up his sleeves seldom loses his shirt. No one can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can begin today and make a new ending. Those who pretend to be more than they are raise an expectation they can’t fulfill and so lose their credibility as soon as they are found out. Some people will give God anything but themselves. Once a Bird asked a Bee, “After a continuous hard work, you prepare the honey.…