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Thought for the Week

Collection of inspiring quotes I share each week

Thought for the Week – Martin Luther King, Jr.

November 8, 2020 / Fred Bucher / 1 Comment

In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Thought for Election Day – Susan B. Anthony

November 3, 2020October 31, 2020 / Fred Bucher / Leave a comment

Someone struggled for your right to vote. Use it.

Thought for the Week – Lao Tzu

November 1, 2020 / Fred Bucher / Leave a comment

When I let go of who I am, I become what I might be.

Thought for the Week – Peter Drucker

October 25, 2020October 24, 2020 / Fred Bucher / Leave a comment

The number one difference between a Nobel prize winner and the others is not IQ or work ethic, but that they ask bigger questions.

Thought for the Week – Nelson Mandela

October 4, 2020 / Fred Bucher / Leave a comment

Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.

Thought for the Week – Frank Zappa

September 27, 2020September 27, 2020 / Fred Bucher / Leave a comment

Remember there's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over.

Thought for the Week – Alice Walker

September 20, 2020September 13, 2020 / Fred Bucher / Leave a comment

People who work hard often work too hard...May we learn to honor the hammock, the siesta, the nap and the pause in all its forms.

Thought for the Week – Billie Jean King

September 13, 2020 / Fred Bucher / Leave a comment

Pressure is a privilege.

Thought for Labor Day

September 7, 2020September 7, 2020 / Fred Bucher / Leave a comment

Without ambition one starts nothing.  Without work one finishes nothing.  The prize will not be sent to you.  You have to win it.  – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thought for the Week – Jack Lemon

September 6, 2020September 3, 2020 / Fred Bucher / Leave a comment

No matter how successful you get, always send the elevator back down.

Thought for the Week – George Carlin

August 16, 2020 / Fred Bucher / Leave a comment

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by those moments that take our breath away.

Thought for the Week – Maya Angelou

August 9, 2020 / Fred Bucher / Leave a comment

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Thought for the Week – Norman MacEwan

August 2, 2020 / Fred Bucher / Leave a comment

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Thought for the Week – Wayne Dyer

July 26, 2020 / Fred Bucher / Leave a comment

My goal is not to be better than anyone else, but to be better than I used to be.

Thought for the Week – Shane Parrish

July 19, 2020July 19, 2020 / Fred Bucher / 1 Comment

Invest the best hours of your day on the biggest opportunity, not the biggest problem.

Thought for the Week – Thomas Jefferson

July 5, 2020 / Fred Bucher / Leave a comment

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men (people) are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Thought for the Week – Marcus Aurelius

June 28, 2020 / Fred Bucher / Leave a comment

You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

Thought for the Week – Jim Valvano

June 21, 2020June 21, 2020 / Fred Bucher / Leave a comment

My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.

Thought for the Week – Eleanor Roosevelt

June 14, 2020June 14, 2020 / Fred Bucher / Leave a comment

A stumbling block for the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.

Thought for the Week from David Lloyd George

June 7, 2020June 7, 2020 / Fred Bucher / Leave a comment

Don't be afraid to take big steps.  You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

Thought for the Week from Yousuf Karsh

May 31, 2020May 29, 2020 / Fred Bucher / Leave a comment

Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness.

Thought for the Week from Warren Bennis

May 24, 2020May 24, 2020 / Fred Bucher / Leave a comment

The manager administers, the leader innovates.  The manager maintains, the leader develops.  The manager relies on systems, the leader relies on people.  The manager counts on controls, the leader inspires trust.  The manager does things right, the leader does the right thing.

Thought for the Week from Leonardo da Vinci

May 17, 2020May 14, 2020 / Fred Bucher / Leave a comment

He who can go to the fountain does not go to the water jar.

Thought for the Week from Robert Browning

May 10, 2020May 10, 2020 / Fred Bucher / Leave a comment

Motherhood:  all love begins and ends there. 

Thought for the Week from Bill Ackman

May 3, 2020May 3, 2020 / Fred Bucher / Leave a comment

I’ve always had this view that success is not a straight line up. If you read the stories of successful people, almost every successful person has had to deal with some degree of hardship, whether that hardship is personal hardship, health-related hardship, or a business issue.

Thought for the Week from George Crane

April 26, 2020April 25, 2020 / Fred Bucher / Leave a comment

There is no future in any job.  The future lies in the person who holds the job.

Thought for the Week

April 19, 2020April 19, 2020 / Fred Bucher / Leave a comment

Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. Mike Tyson

Thought for the Week

April 12, 2020April 11, 2020 / Fred Bucher / Leave a comment

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful. John Wooden

Thought for the Week

April 5, 2020April 5, 2020 / Fred Bucher / Leave a comment

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
 Dale Carnegie

Thought for the Week

March 29, 2020March 30, 2020 / Fred Bucher / Leave a comment

Richard Petty didn't always have the best car and still won the most races.  Giving a great car to a no-talent driver won't make 'em a winner.  They're more likely to wreck the thing first.  It's the driver sitting behind the wheel that counts most. Cale Yarborough

Thought for the Week

March 15, 2020March 13, 2020 / Fred Bucher / Leave a comment

"What should be done eventually, must be done immediately." Jeremy Foley

Thought For the Week

March 8, 2020March 11, 2020 / Fred Bucher / Leave a comment

'Tell me a fact and I'll learn. Tell me a truth and I'll believe. But tell me a story and it will live in my heart forever.'" Ed Sabol  

Thought For the Week

March 1, 2020March 11, 2020 / Fred Bucher / Leave a comment

"Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who'll never find out." Frank A. Clark

Thought for the Week

February 23, 2020March 11, 2020 / Fred Bucher / Leave a comment

"When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.  Live your life in such a way that when you die the world cries and you rejoice." Unknown

Thought for President’s Day

February 17, 2020March 11, 2020 / Fred Bucher / Leave a comment

"The best way to predict your future is to create it." Abraham Lincoln

Thought for the Week

February 16, 2020March 11, 2020 / Fred Bucher / 1 Comment

I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken

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