Sparks Archives • Girardi Associates https://girardiassociates.com/category/sparks/ Better business for a better life Fri, 19 Jan 2018 19:55:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://girardiassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-GA-icon-32x32.jpg Sparks Archives • Girardi Associates https://girardiassociates.com/category/sparks/ 32 32 Children Learn What They Live https://girardiassociates.com/raising-a-strong-willed-child/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=raising-a-strong-willed-child Thu, 11 Jan 2018 06:06:52 +0000 http://www.girardiassociates.com/?p=29 A poem by Dorothy Law Nolte, Ph.D. If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn. If children live with hostility, they learn to fight. If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive. If children live with pity, they learn to feel sorry for themselves. If children live with ridicule, they learn to […]

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A poem by Dorothy Law Nolte, Ph.D.

If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn.
If children live with hostility, they learn to fight.
If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive.
If children live with pity, they learn to feel sorry for themselves.
If children live with ridicule, they learn to feel shy.
If children live with jealousy, they learn to feel envy.
If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty.
If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence.
If children live with tolerance, they learn patience.
If children live with praise, they learn appreciation.
If children live with acceptance, they learn to love.
If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves.
If children live with recognition, they learn it is good to have a goal.
If children live with sharing, they learn generosity.
If children live with honesty, they learn truthfulness.
If children live with fairness, they learn justice.
If children live with kindness and consideration, they learn respect.
If children live with security, they learn to have faith in themselves and in those about them.
If children live with friendliness, they learn the world is a nice place in which to live.

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Daily Quotes https://girardiassociates.com/daily-inspiration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daily-inspiration Wed, 10 Jan 2018 06:23:09 +0000 http://www.girardiassociates.com/?p=35 “I skate to where I think the puck will be” – Wayne Gretske “Advancement of an organization leads to advancement of self” – Unknown “Happiness depends upon ourselves” – Aristotle “The true object of all human life is play” – G.K. Chesterton “Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to […]

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“I skate to where I think the puck will be” – Wayne Gretske

“Advancement of an organization leads to advancement of self” – Unknown

“Happiness depends upon ourselves” – Aristotle

“The true object of all human life is play” – G.K. Chesterton

“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be” – Abraham Lincoln

“Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success” – Henry Ford

“The world belongs to the energetic” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm” – Sir Winston Churchill

“The real difference between men is energy” – Fuller

“Do it big or stay in bed” – Larry Kelly

“He that would have fruit must climb the tree” – Thomas Fuller

“Think big and double it” – Jim Girardi Sr.

“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly” – Robert F. Kennedy

“To see what is right, and not do it, is want of courage” – Confucius

“Try not to become a man of success, but rather a man of value” – Albert Einstein

“An error gracefully acknowledged is a victory won” – Caroline L. Gascoigne

“My success is measured by my willingness to keep trying” – Anon

“We only do well the things we like doing” – Colette

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