Petey’s Blog

“The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.” – Ben Stein

All the definitions for the word develop involve a process that evolves over time. It doesn’t just happen. You can’t just go out and develop a new product line or customer or donor. It’s not just poof and there it is. It takes time and effort, trial and error to come up with a good end result.

“I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today.  I can choose which it shall be.  Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet.  I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.” – Groucho Marx

“Be a first-rate version of yourself, not a second-rate version of someone else.”– Judy Garland

“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” – Henry Ford

“One’s best success comes after his greatest disappointments.” – Henry Ward Beecher

“Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.”     — Benjamin Disraeli    

“Kindness is a language that the deaf can hear and the blind can read.”– Mark Twain