Morning Briefings

Saint Patrick admitted freely to his lack of learning, writing that ‘I blush and fear exceedingly to reveal my lack of education.’ Nevertheless, he mastered the essentials of faith and grew very familiar with Scripture, although scholars have long questioned where his education was conducted.

– Matthew, Margaret & Stephen Bunson
Encyclopedia of Saints

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

– Vernon Sanders Law, 1960 Cy Young Award Winner

Blessed are the eyes that see what you see! For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it.

– Luke 10:23-24

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

– Samuel Johnson

All of us sell something, every day and every time we meet someone. For me, it all goes back to Shoe Giant, 47 years ago, and I wish that every 17-year-old I know could have that experience. It takes some ability at sales to believe in your own future, no matter what that future may be.

– Ben Stein
The Sales Profession: Attention Must Still be Paid

Blessed are the eyes that see what you see! For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it.

– Luke 10:23-24

An iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.

– Proverbs 27:17

Sometimes we miss the obvious–and never is this truer than when it comes to dealing with ourselves. Mood swings, emotional reactions, ups and downs, knee-jerk responses, and apparently incorrigible behavioral ruts are the cause of countless heartaches and frustrations with ourselves and others.

– Father Thomas Berg, L.C., M.A., Ph.D. from
The Temperament God Gave You

In Ghana, an often-heard word for God is the name Onyame. The literal translation is ‘He, who when you get him, you are fully satisfied.’ Those who know that Onyame is God’s name alone will be the ones who can move through this world freely and unfettered. And no created thing will ever be able to deceive them.

– Kenneth E. Grabner
Focus Your Day

What does the world want? Build a company that answers this question in all its shades of meaning, and you’ve unlocked the most intricate riddle of marketing, of business, and arguably of human culture itself.

– John Battelle
The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture