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Friday, June 22, 2018 - The Colonel's Motivational Quotes of the Day! - Victory for Veterans
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Friday, June 22, 2018 - The Colonel's Motivational Quotes of the Day! Good Morning Everyone!
We have 27 weeks and 193 days left until 2019!
Today is: "Change - Words of Wisdom" Why Not?
"The wisdom we seek for any type of change is right in front of us, it's a combination of everything we've experienced up until today." - COL (Ret) Mikel Burroughs
The Quote in the Picture Today Reads: "The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists." - Japanese Proverb
"You cannot change what you are, only what you do." - Philip Pullman
"If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong." - Charles Kettering
"When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow." - Anais Nin
"I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better." - Georg C. Lichtenberg
"They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself." - Andy Warhol
"All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride." - Sophocles
"If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even less." - General Eric Shinseki
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We have 27 weeks and 193 days left until 2019!
Today is: "Change - Words of Wisdom" Why Not?
"The wisdom we seek for any type of change is right in front of us, it's a combination of everything we've experienced up until today." - COL (Ret) Mikel Burroughs
The Quote in the Picture Today Reads: "The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists." - Japanese Proverb
"You cannot change what you are, only what you do." - Philip Pullman
"If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong." - Charles Kettering
"When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow." - Anais Nin
"I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better." - Georg C. Lichtenberg
"They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself." - Andy Warhol
"All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride." - Sophocles
"If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even less." - General Eric Shinseki
Check out all the BLOGs at Victory for Veterans: https://victoryforveterans.org/blog/
Friday, June 22, 2018 - The Colonel's Motivational Quotes of the Day! - Victory for Veterans
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"Everyone thinks about changing the world, but no one thinks about changing himself. " ~Leo Tolstoy
In truth, we can only change ourselves, not others and certainly not the world. However, think of relationships as an equation. If you change one side, i.e. yourself, the other side has to change or the equation no longer works. Is there a relationship you can improve by changing your side?
COL Mikel J. Burroughs Maj Robert Thornton SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas SGT (Join to see) SP5 Mark Kuzinski Alan K. SSG Jose M. Hernandezsanchez SPC Douglas Bolton SGT (Join to see) LTC (Join to see) Maj Marty Hogan SP5 Jeannie Carle Sgt Kelli Mays MSgt Stephen Council Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen LTC Jeff Shearer Cpl Scott McCarroll Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth Cynthia Croft
In truth, we can only change ourselves, not others and certainly not the world. However, think of relationships as an equation. If you change one side, i.e. yourself, the other side has to change or the equation no longer works. Is there a relationship you can improve by changing your side?
COL Mikel J. Burroughs Maj Robert Thornton SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas SGT (Join to see) SP5 Mark Kuzinski Alan K. SSG Jose M. Hernandezsanchez SPC Douglas Bolton SGT (Join to see) LTC (Join to see) Maj Marty Hogan SP5 Jeannie Carle Sgt Kelli Mays MSgt Stephen Council Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen LTC Jeff Shearer Cpl Scott McCarroll Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth Cynthia Croft
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Jenn Moynihan
Lt Col Charlie Brown - indeed. Most of what goes on around us (in day-to-day life) we cannot change. “Grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the person that I can, and the wisdom to know that it is I”
COL Mikel J. Burroughs
COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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PO3 John Wagner
Jenn Moynihan - Nice spin on the serenity prayer... a little zen humor as it were. Punny but true.
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Jenn Moynihan
PO3 John Wagner - You got that right! Someone gave me that on a pin-on button mucho years ago when I was getting sobahhh (Boston lingo! Heh!).
When I was working at the detox on the men’s unit I would tell “my boys” that when I was facilitating the relationship group.
I was glad I took that advice! My dad died 6 years after I got sober and I had prepared a relationship that would never have been able to be done unless I have changed my reactions and attitude! (Pops and I were verrrry much alike!)
Ahhh growing up in my 30’s was fun...27+ years later all is well.
Have a great day!
When I was working at the detox on the men’s unit I would tell “my boys” that when I was facilitating the relationship group.
I was glad I took that advice! My dad died 6 years after I got sober and I had prepared a relationship that would never have been able to be done unless I have changed my reactions and attitude! (Pops and I were verrrry much alike!)
Ahhh growing up in my 30’s was fun...27+ years later all is well.
Have a great day!
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Good morning! So many good quotes today. I coach people on change, yet I don't like it one bit when they move the eggs in the commissary to another place, LOL. So I will pick GEN Shinseki's quote because I need it: "If you don't like change, you're going to like irrelevance even less." We don't need to change for the sake of change, but I need to change the parts of me that need to be better. So I'll use yours, too: "The wisdom we seek for any type of change is right in front of us, it's a combination of everything we've experienced up until today." So very true.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
Good Morning Susan Foster - change is definitely a tough pill to swallow somedays, but a little change each day won't keep up at night. You have a wonderful Friday and great weekend Susan!
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs: IN YOU HONOR, MIKEL, AND IN THE HONOR OF THE RALLY POINT NATION: WHICH AND WHOM I LOVE SO VERY MUCH.
-Margaret
-Margaret
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SPC Margaret Higgins
COL Mikel J. Burroughs - RIGHT STRAIGHT BACK AT YOU, MIKEL! HAVE A WONDERFUL FRIDAY AND WEEKEND- WITH ALL OF MY LOVE.
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