MESSAGE #1226 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT JIMINY CRICKETT

When your heart
is
in your dreams
no request
is
too extreme.

Jiminy Crickett
movie star

MESSAGE #1178 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

TAKE
CARE
OF
EACH
OTHER.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
author
“Treasure Island”
“The Strange Case of
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”

MESSAGE #922 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT WILMA RUDOLPH

The doctors
told me
I would never
walk,
but
my mother
told me
I would –
so
I believed
my mother.

Wilma Rudolph (1940-1994)
American Olympic
triple gold medalist
in track & field

MESSAGE #919 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT HAMMERSTEIN

I do not
sit down
to work
because
I am
inspired;
I become
inspired
because
I
sit down
to work.

Oscar Hammerstein (1895-1960)
Broadway lyricist for
“The Sound of Music,”
“Carousel,”
“The King and I,”
“South Pacific” &
“Oklahoma!”

MESSAGE #903 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT FRANK TIBOLT

We
should be
taught
not to wait
for
inspiration
to
start
a
thing.
Action
always
generates
inspiration.
Inspiration
seldom
generates
action.

Frank Tibolt (1897-1989)
author
“A Touch of Greatness”

MESSAGE #874 - HOW TO WRITE THE NEXT GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL

Three characteristics
a work of fiction
must possess
in order to
be successful:
#1.
It must have
a precise
and
suspenseful plot.
#2.
The author must feel
a passionate urge
to write it.
#3.
He must
have the conviction,
or at least
the illusion,
that
he is the only one.
who can handle
this
particular theme.

Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902-1991)
novelist

MESSAGE #816 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT J.K. ROWLING

If someone

asked for my

recipe for

happiness,

step one

would be finding out

what you love

most in the world

and

step two

would be finding

someone to pay you

to do it.

I consider myself

very lucky indeed

to be able

to support myself

by writing.

J.K. Rowling

creator of the

Harry Potter series

MESSAGE #750 - CONCEIVE, BELIEVE, ACHIEVE

I DREAM

MY PAINTING

AND THEN

I PAINT

MY DREAM

Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)

Painter

MESSAGE #732 - RETIRE?

Never retire.

Michelangelo

was carving

the Rondanini

just before

he died at 89.

Verdi finished

his opera “Falstaff”

at 80.

And the

80-year-old

Spanish artist Goya

scrawled on a drawing,

“I am still learning.”

Dr. W. Gifford-Jones

columnist

MESSAGE #719 - A LIFETIME #2

Following an especially
brilliant sermon,
a parishioner asked
the preacher,
“How long have you
been working on
that sermon?”
The preacher replied,
“A lifetime.”

MESSAGE #718 - A LIFETIME #1

After a concert,

a woman rushed up

to the great violinist

Fritz Kreisler

and gushed,

“I’d give

my whole life

to play as

beautifully

as you do.”
Kreisler replied,

“I did.”

MESSAGE #662 - TECHNIQUES FOR THINKING

1. Keep life simple.

2. Practice being satisfied.

3. Beware of indecision.

4. Practice cheerfulness.

5. Learn to like people.

6. Live and let live.

7. Use adversity.

8. Don’t take yourself so seriously.

9. Have a sense of humor.

10. Practice objectivity.

11. Tolerate your own mistakes.

12. Forgive yourself.

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