03132020 Coach John Calipari quotes

“It’s a tough situation. 
It was hard to tell my guys they won’t have a shot 
at what they’ve been working for all year … 
as I’m sure it was for so many other coaches 
across the country. 
But there are bigger things at stake here and I
understand the decision. It’s no one’s fault.
“As for this team, I’m really going to miss this group. 
I’m so disappointed they didn’t get to experience 
a run in the NCAA Tournament because they’ve
worked so hard and they deserve it. 
They were so good to each other.
“I don’t say this lightly ... 
I think I had the national championship team,
and this group should go down as one of the most
loved teams in my tenure here.
“I want our fans to think in terms of, 
what if we had made it to the Final Four? 
What if we had won the whole thing? 
I hope our fans remember them like that. 
By winning the league by three games this year
showed who they were.
“They had a chance win every game because
they played hard, they played together and they
pulled for one another. 
Every player was the best they had ever been as
an individual.
“As I’ve said with my other teams that were 
Final Four teams and the national championship group,
we never had a bad practice.

- Coach John Calipari

03122020 Living a Life That Matters

Living a Life That Matters

- Michael Josephson

Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end.

There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours,

Or days.

All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten,

Will pass to someone else.

Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance.

It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed.

Your grudges, resentments, frustrations and jealousies will finally disappear.

So too, your hopes, ambitions, plans and to-do lists will expire.

The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.

It won't matter where you came from or what side of the tracks you

Lived on at the end.

It won't matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant.

Even your gender and skin color will be irrelevant.

So what will matter?

How will the value of your days be measured?

What will matter is not what you bought,

But what you built;

Not what you got, but what you gave.

What will matter is not your success,

But your significance.

What will matter is about what you learned as well as what you taught.

What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage or sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged others to emulate your example.

What will matter is not your competence,

But your character.

What will matter are not how many people you knew,

But how many felt good when they were around you and how you served them.

What will matter are not your memories,

But the memories that live in those who loved you.

What will matter is how long you will be remembered,

By whom and for what.

Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident.

It's not a matter of circumstance but of choice.

Choose to live a life that matters. 

03112020 quotes

The only questions that really matter

are the ones you ask yourself.
- Ursula K. Le Guin

All enduring success is founded upon

harmonious human relationships.

- Napoleon Hill Foundation

Think twice before you speak,

because your words and influence

will plant the seed of either success

or failure in the mind of another.

- Napoleon Hill

03102020 quotes

Character is the foundation to accomplishment …

If you have diligence and determination,

You’ll succeed.

- Beverly Chiodo

Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it,
but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can
spend it. Once you've lost it, you can never get it
back.

- Harvey Mackay

It is not the level of prosperity that makes for
happiness but the kinship of heart to heart and the
way we look at the world.  Both attitudes are within
our power, so that a man is happy so long as he
chooses to be happy, and no one can stop him.

- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 

03092020 quotes

Making money can give you a sense

Of achievement but only

Making a Difference will give you

A sense of Fulfillment.
- RVM

Goals to be achieved are like a maze.

There is always a way through to achievement,

Though it is never straight and easy.
- Tapuwa JNR Mhlanga

Think twice before you speak.

The tongue doesn't have blades or thorns,

But it can cut or pierce someone deeply.

Use your words to motivate and lift others up,

Not to hurt and bring others down.
- Mabinty Kanu

03072020 Huntin, Fishin’ and Lovin’ Every Day

If I could make a living walking in the woods
You could bet I'd be sitting pretty good
High on a hill looking at a field downwind

If I could make a nickel off a turning 'em bass
Never worry about the price of gas
I'd be wheeling and dealing and sitting there reeling 'em in

A huntin', fishin', and lovin' every day
That's the prayer that a country boy prays
Thank God He made me this way
Huntin' and fishin' and lovin' every day
Early in the morning and late in the evening
I'm getting red dirt rich and Flint River pay
Huntin' and fishin' and lovin' every day

Well I'd get a little farm pond buzz
Sound of gravel when I back it up
And pulling the string on a nine point nine two stroke
Murphy

I love it when my baby wants to roll with me
Throws her boots on, climbs in a tree

Tuking her hair in my hat and she's ready to go
And we'd get to huntin', fishin' and lovin' every day
That's the prayer that a country boy prays
Thank God He made me this way
Huntin', fishin' and lovin' every day
Early in the morning and late in the evening
I'm getting red dirt rich, Flint River pay

Huntin' and fishin' and lovin' every day
Well huntin' and fishin' and lovin' every day

So while yall are up there.

Breathing in that dirty air.
I'll be down here knee deep in the Muckalee.
Huntin', Fishin', Lovin' everyday
I wanna see them tall pines sway
Y'all close them eyes
And lets go there in our minds

Huntin', fishin', and lovin' every day
That's the prayer this country boy prays
Thank God He made me this way
Huntin', fishin' and lovin' every day
Black coffee in the morning and dark ... in the evening
I get red dirt rich and Flint River pay
Huntin', fishin' and lovin' every day
Won't you come along with me
Won't you come along with me
I know you'll wanna see
Huntin' and fishin' and lovin' every day
Yeah

Writers: Dallas Davidson, Rhett Akins, Luke Bryan, Ben Hayslip 

03062020 quotes

The way you live is your

Message to the world.

Make sure it inspires.

- Anonymous

Reset.

Readjust.

Restart.

Refocus.

As many times as you need to.

Just don't quit.

- Anonymous

When we long for life without difficulties,

Remind us that oaks grow strong in

Contrary winds and diamonds are

Made under pressure.

- Peter Marshall

03052020 quotes

The key to success is to focus our

Conscious mind on things we desire

Not things we fear.
- Brian Tracy

The more credit you give away,

The more will come back to you.

The more you help others,

The more they will want to help you.
- Brian Tracy

No one lives long enough to learn

Everything they need to learn

Starting from scratch.

To be successful, we absolutely,

Positively have to find people who

Have already paid the price to learn

The things that we need to learn

To achieve our goals.
- Brian Tracy

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03042020 quotes

All it takes is all you got.

- Marc Davis

A comfort zone is a beautiful place,

But nothing ever grows there.

- Anonymous

It’s not what you do once in a while,

It’s what you day in and day out that

Makes the difference.

- Jenny Craig

03022020 Life Insurance a Good Asset

Life Insurance … A Good Asset

- Marvin H. Feldman

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution published an article by M. Bryan Freeman and
Stephen B. Wilkins titled “Life insurance good asset for consumers.” 
The article pointed out that “Life insurance may not be thought of as an asset class
because its buyers may not think of it as a flexible investment. That is, they expect
to lapse it, take a minimal cash surrender value payout or, of course, pass away 
and leave the proceeds to their heirs.”
But it further points out that in today’s uncertain financial times, wealthy families 
are purchasing life insurance “to generate the maximum amount of death benefit
with the most efficient premium stream.” They are not trying to grow cash value 
but enhance the overall return on the fixed income portfolio. This strategy is a
buy-and-hold one with a long-term estate planning purpose.
Many people have experienced substantial drops in their investment portfolios
and pension plans. Supplementing these programs with life insurance to replace
the values lost is a very cost-efficient way to replenish these portfolios which 
may otherwise never be rebuilt in the event of the death of the individual.

Contact Hayden Childs, agent to learn how inexpensive this asset replacement 
option may be for you.

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02292020 quotes

Do things for people not because of who they are

Or what they do in return, but because of who you are.

- Harold S. Kushner

God is the light shining in the midst of darkness,

Not to deny that there is darkness in the world but

To reassure us that we do not have to be afraid of

The darkness because darkness will always yield

To light.

As theologian David Griffin puts in,

God is all-powerful; His power enables people to deal

With events beyond their control and He gives us the

Strength to do those things because He is with us.

- Harold S. Kushner

I don’t know why one person gets sick, and another does not,

But I can only assume that some natural laws which we don’t

Understand are at work.

I cannot believe that God “sends” illness to a specific person

For a specific reason.

I don’t believe in a God who has a weekly quota of malignant

Tumors to distribute, and consults His computer to find out who

Deserves one most or who could handle it best.

“What did I do to deserve this?” is an understandable outcry

From a sick and suffering person, but it is really the wrong question.

Being sick or being healthy is not a matter of what God decides

That we deserve.

The better question is “If this has happened to me,

What do I do now, and who is there to help me do it?”

… It becomes much easier to take God seriously as the source

Of moral values if we don’t hold Him responsible for all the

Unfair things that happen in the world.
- Harold S. Kushner

Jesus said, “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill,

And to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they

May have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10)

God is not the cause of sin, disease, terrorism, death, heartaches etc …

The “thief” represented by Satan or the Devil IS THE CAUSE! …

Neither Jesus Christ nor God our Heavenly Father.

- Hayden Childs

02282020 quotes

A dream is just a dream.

A goal is a dream with a

Plan and a deadline.
- Harvey Mackay

Repeat anything often enough
and it will start to become you.
- Tom Hopkins

In any moment of decision,

The best thing you can do

is the right thing.

The worst thing you can do

Is nothing.
- Theodore Roosevelt

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02272020 Ben Feldman quotes

We promise to pay … What?

The face amount of the policy … When?

Immediately upon proof of death.

- Ben Feldman

We’re underwriting your tomorrows.

How much are they worth?

How much are they worth to your family without you?

We promise to pay …

When?

Immediately!

- Ben Feldman

The fundamental purpose of life insurance … To create cash.

The stock market is where money makes money.

But life insurance creates cash where none had existed before.

The basic purpose of life insurance is to create.

A piece of paper, a drop of ink and pennies on the dollar …

And we can create more than most people can accumulate.

- Ben Feldman

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02262020 quotes

I love people who make me laugh.

I honestly think it's the thing I like most …

To laugh. It cures a multitude of ills.

It's probably the most important thing

In a person.

- Audrey Hepburn

Don't die with your music still inside you.
Listen to your intuitive inner voice
and find what passion stirs your soul.
- Wayne Dyer

Present your family and friends

With their eulogies now …

They won’t be able to hear how

Much you love them and appreciate

Them from inside the coffin.

- Anonymous

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02252020 There Is Only One Reason to Buy Life Insurance

There Is Only One Reason to Buy Life Insurance

- Jack Dewald

There’s a crisis in this country of people being un- or under-insured. 

The majority of adult Americans do not own an individual life insurance policy, 

according to LIMRA International.

There really is only one very basic reason to own life insurance … 
because you love people and want to make sure that they are taken care of
financially if the worst were to happen to you. 
The bottom line … You buy life insurance to provide financial protection for
your family and, as the case may be, the business you have worked hard to create.
What if something were to happen to you? 
Don’t you want your family to be able to continue living in your home and enjoying
the life they’re accustomed to? 
And what about your children … don’t you want them to have the chance to go to college?
If you are at or near retirement, don’t you want your spouse to have income to live on in
his or her old age? 
And if you own a business, don’t you want your partners or successor to continue to run
a healthy business, not one financially crippled by the loss of a key person?

Who in your life would suffer financially if you were to die prematurely?

Don’t be another statistic of the un- or under-insured. 

Take the first step by checking out the information about the different types of 

life insurance that are available to find out which may be right for you.

Edited by Hayden Childs

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02242020 quotes

Associate with men of good quality

If you esteem your own reputation;

For it is better to be alone than

In bad company.

- George Washington

The successful man will profit

From his mistakes and try again

In a different way.

- Dale Carnegie

Remember that the future

Is not somewhere we are going,

It is something we are creating.

Every day we do things that make

Some futures more probable and

Others less likely.

- Ian Lowe