Morning Briefings

A bad day at work is better than a good day in hell.

– Bumpersticker

Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we shall go into such and such a town, spend a year there doing business, and make a profit’- -you have no idea what your life will be like tomorrow. You are a puff of smoke that appears briefly and then disappears.

– James 4:13
The New American Bible

Vengeance is a passion to get even. It is a hot desire to give back as much pain as someone gave you. The problem with vengeance is that it never gets what it wants; it never evens the score.

– Philip Yancey
What’s So Amazing About Grace?

Dacor’s Company Value: To honor God in all that we do by respecting others, by doing good work, by helping others, by forgiving others, by giving thanks and by celebrating our lives.

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Dacor website

Then the rainstorm came over me; and I felt my spirit break. I had lost all of my belief, you see, and realized my mistake.

– Seal
Love’s Divine, Seal IV

Above all we need, particularly as children, the reassuring presence of a visible community, an intimate group that enfolds us with understanding and love.

– Lewis Mumford
How We Behave at the Feast

We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

– Helen Keller

Most people know how to resolve conflicts between right and wrong, however, right versus right choices are best understood as defining moments. There are small ones that come up weekly, bigger ones every few months and some that really are classic defining moments that come up every couple of years–and you’ve got to get these right.

– Joseph Badaracco
Defining Moments: When Managers Must Choose Between Right and Right (podcast)

Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.

– Proverbs 16:3

Rather than think of ethics as the benchmark against which behavior is measured, for many people ethics has come to be equated with something that inflicts pain on a company or some hefty sacrifice.

– Jeffrey L. Seglin
The Good, the Bad and Your Business: Choosing Right When Ethical Dilemmas Pull You Apart