Thomas Jefferson on Brevity

"The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do." -- Thomas Jefferson

-----
Find me elsewhere online:
About.me
This post originally appeared at QuotesBlog

Aim Higher

"The greatest danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and reaching it." -- Michelangelo

Storytelling jokes, quotes, etc. - YouTube playlist

I've been fascinated with storytelling for a long time now. I've created a YouTube playlist about it, and it somewhat relates to quotes, etc., so I'm sharing it here.



-----
Check out my other blogs:
Daniel Johnson, Jr.
How I Got My Job
Get That Job!
QuotesBlog
Twitter.com/danieljohnsonjr
Connect on LinkedIn
Interesting Things I've Read

Related Quotation Keywords: quotesblog quotations daniel+johnson+jr

Write things worth reading or do things worth the writing

"If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading or do things worth the writing." -- Ben Franklin

-----
Check out my other blogs:
Daniel Johnson, Jr.
How I Got My Job
Get That Job!
QuotesBlog
Twitter.com/danieljohnsonjr
Connect on LinkedIn
Google+
Interesting Things I've Read

Related Quotation Keywords: quotesblog quotations benjamin+franklin

Related articles

• How to back up your LinkedIn profile
• How I've Spent My Summer
• 5 Effective but Lesser Used Content Marketing Tactics
• 58 Ways to Get Noticed as a New Blogger

Chesterton on getting enough

Challenge #1 - Simple/Simplicity (Photo credit: bossbob50)

{EAV:d8e7c3a0d54a0b0e}

"There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less." -- G.K. Chesterton

-----
Connect with me on Google+

Related articles

• Desperately seeking simplicity. (mindblog.dericbownds.net)
• Simplicity (meryl.net)
• Simplicity (akissofbliss.wordpress.com)
• The Side Effects of Simplicity (romanticminimalist.wordpress.com)
• Google Is Onboard For More Internet Simplicity (webpronews.com)

Oprah on not letting others play you small

"Every time you suppress some part of yourself or allow others to play you small, you are in essence ignoring the owner's manual your Creator gave you and destroying your design." -- Oprah Winfrey, as  found in Book Yourself Solid (affiliate link) by Michael Port, 1st edition, p. 31

-----
Check out my other stuff:
Daniel Johnson, Jr.
Hire Me!
How I Got My Job
Get That Job!
QuotesBlog
Twitter.com/danieljohnsonjr
Connect on LinkedIn
Google+

What optimism really is

Never Give Up via verylol.com

"Optimism is, when faced with a set of circumstances, choosing to see that the best possible outcome is still possible." -- Daniel Johnson, Jr.,

-----
Check out my other blogs:
Daniel Johnson, Jr.
How I Got My Job
Get That Job!
Journey Inside My Mind Blog and Podcast
QuotesBlog
Twitter.com/danieljohnsonjr
Connect on LinkedIn
Interesting Things I've Read

Related Quotation Keywords: quotesblog quotations daniel+johnson+jr

Related articles

• On good mornings, optimism, Jedi mind tricks, and personal branding (danieljohnsonjr.com)
• More on why I say good morning the way I do (danieljohnsonjr.com)
• Power vs. Personal Empowerment (psychologytoday.com)

Practice makes you perfect

Image via Wikipedia"Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself." -- Miles Davis, via Helena Bouchez

-----
Check out my other blogs:
Daniel Johnson, Jr.
How I Got My Job
Get That Job!
Journey Inside My Mind Blog and Podcast
QuotesBlog
Twitter.com/danieljohnsonjr
Connect on LinkedIn
Interesting Things I've Read

Related Quotation Keywords: quotesblog quotations daniel+johnson+jr

Image by Plutor via Flickr"Where the spirit does not works with the hand, there is no art." — Da Vinci

-----
Check out my other blogs:
Daniel Johnson, Jr.
How I Got My Job
Get That Job!
Journey Inside My Mind Blog and Podcast
QuotesBlog
Twitter.com/danieljohnsonjr
Connect on LinkedIn
Interesting Things I've Read

Related Quotation Keywords: quotesblog quotations daniel+johnson+jr

What The World Needs Now

Image by olvrbrown via Flickr“Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” – Attributed to Howard Thurman, spotted in Dan Miller's 48 Days newsletter

-----
Check out my other blogs:
Daniel Johnson, Jr.
How I Got My Job
Get That Job!
Journey Inside My Mind Blog and Podcast
QuotesBlog
Twitter.com/danieljohnsonjr
Connect on LinkedIn
Interesting Things I've Read

Related articles

• Have faith in what excites you (toughmindedoptimism.wordpress.com)