Category Archives: SUCCESS: NOTES, QUOTES, & FOLKS

Stories, quotes, writing, and inspiration from a variety of sources, meant to encourage, bless, and inspire.

Video: “What Does it Mean to be Uncommon?”

Posted on December 18, 2019 | Leave a comment

Hi Friends:

I found this video, produced by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City, Missouri to be, well “uncommon.” Hope it inspires you, as well.
The web address of the Foundation is noted at the end:

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Quote: Be a Good Memory

Posted on August 28, 2019 | 1 comment

Hi Friends:

…Sooner or later, I “try to get to it.”

Here is a photo quote which a dear friend sent me over 4 years ago …

It is, simply, advice to “Be a Good Memory.”

Be a Good Memory Quote

 

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Why Not Me? Samuel F.B. Morse Quote Explains

Posted on June 13, 2019 | Leave a comment

Hi Friends:

When I was in School, one of the first inventions we learned about was the telegraph, and its inventor, Samuel F.B. Morse.

Recently, I read this quote from Samuel F. B. Morse, and his explanation of why he “just happened” to be the one who came up with the invention … His response resonated deep within my soul. We share this with anyone to whom God has given a vision, or a task, which seems too great for them to handle … A vision, a dream, which, when shared with others, may get a response like, “Why would God pick you to do this?” I think, also, that the person to whom God gives such a vision or dream to, may have the same response, deep within themselves: “Why would God give this to me?”

I hope this resonates within your soul, as well.

I think it was a football team, a couple of years ago, which had the motto of  “Why not us?”

The answer may be clearer than we want to think:
Why not us?

Samuel F.B. Morse once said that when he was confronted with problems, when he couldn’t think of an answer, “…whenever I could not see my way clearly, I knelt down and prayed to God for light and understanding.”

On May 24, 1844, Morse sent the historic first telegraphed message, “What hath God wrought!” from Washington, D.C. to Baltimore.

Here’s what Samuel F.B. Morse said, when asked why he was “selected” to bring the life-changing invention of the telegraph to the world:

“I have made a valuable application of electricity not because I was superior to other men but solely because God, who meant it for mankind, must reveal it to someone and He was pleased to reveal it to me.”

This one goes on the wall!

Blessings,
R.V.R.

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Graduation: What “Gets You There” Quote

Posted on June 5, 2019 | Leave a comment

As so many young adults (and teachers!) are looking forward to this year’s Graduation …
I think they are officially called “Graduation Exercises” …

Of course, I looked up the definition of “Exercise:”
“The act of bringing into play or realizing in action … regular or repeated use of a faculty … something performed or practiced in order to develop, improve, or display a specific capability or skill … a maneuver, operation, or drill carried out for training and discipline … to make effective in action … to bring to bear … to use repeatedly in order to strengthen or develop … something done over and over in order to develop skill …”

You just never know where you are going to get inspiration … I heard this while watching a documentary on television a few weeks ago …
I want to share this quote regarding the “Exercises” that “get you there,” under the lights, to celebrate a major accomplishment.

As with all great words of inspiration … it’s not meant for just one group, but for all:

“It’s not under the lights that counts.
It’s the sweat before you get there.”
Cassius Clay

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Quote: “To Do … or Not to Do”

Posted on May 17, 2019 | Leave a comment

I am reminded that the decision to do nothing … is still a decision…

“You can do nothing, and be nothing.
Or, you can do something,
and be something.”
Richard. Vincent. Rose.

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3 Quotes: 1 Direction

Posted on April 18, 2019 | Leave a comment

Hi Friends:

Here are 3 quotes, all from “today,” which I either used, made up, or found:

The first one I have said many times, and, frankly, I think someone else “said it first,” but I’m not sure who.

However … once again, I used it today:

“If you follow the crowd … you’ll end up where they end up.”

Later today … I made this one up, so I’m sure it’s an original:

“Your entire body will end up where your steps take you.”

Tonight, I was writing on behalf of someone else:

I use a “flash-drive” to save material I get from one location, to “save it” until I get to another location. Often, it’s something I write at School, or something I’m working on at home, to take to School. I also have any number of small notes, in particular “sticky notes” of ideas I transfer from one location to another. To keep these together, and to protect them, I often put these small notes in a “sandwich bag,” in order to protect them, and to keep them separate in my “lunch bag,” which is one of those large insulated bags, with the zippered pouch in front. I also use this same sandwich bag to transport my flash drive from home to School, and vice-versa.

Tonight, I was working off of the flash drive, to complete something I needed to have prepared for School tomorrow. So, when I went to my lunch bag, that front zippered pouch, and pulled out the sandwich bag with the flash drive … as I reached in and pulled out the flash drive … this little note came out … somehow, stuck to my finger. It was a “small note” I had received, I don’t know when, at the end of a dinner at a Chinese restaurant. You know what I’m talking about …

You just never know where you will receive inspiration from … you just always have to “be on the lookout” …

I don’t know … it had to, at least, been months ago … maybe years ago … but, today … tonight … it just stuck to my finger …
Here’s what was written:

“If we do not change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed.”

Blessings,
Richard. Vincent. Rose.

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Quick Note to NFL (No Flag Loyalty) “Search Committee”

Posted on February 21, 2019 | Leave a comment

So, one of the tenets of success is to find out what successful people do, and then just “do what they do.”

No doubt that Sean McVay, head coach of the Los Angeles Rams, had a very successful season, and, there is no doubt that he’s a good football coach. In fact, for most of this season, I heard the NFL (No Flag Loyalty) TV analysts talk about how so many of the other teams in the League are “looking for the next Sean McVay.”
If you watched football, you heard it, too.

Don’t get me wrong: This is certainly not a “knock” against what he accomplished.
However … not one single time did I hear that same statement made about another coach.
Not once.

Here goes:
Maybe what they should be looking for is “another Bill Belichick.”

Remember:
“Everyone loves a winner. Until they start winning.”
R.V.R.

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