Coffee Thoughts \ Don't Be Stupid

“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”– Albert Einstein

A great observation.

Coffee Thoughts \ Silence is Powerful

“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.”– Abraham Lincoln

My father's favorite quote, I heard it every day of my life. 

Coffee Thoughts \ Be Who You Are.

“Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.”– Albert Camus

Be who you are. 

Coffee Thoughts \ Nothing is Impossible

“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”– A. A. Milne

The truth is nothing is impossible. 

Coffee Thoughts \ Prevention is Important

“Prevention is better than cure.” Desiderius Erasmus

Prevent a problem and you stay time and suffering.

Coffee Thoughts \ Friends Can Make You Stronger

“As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.” King Solomon 

Like understands like.

Coffee thoughts \ Control Your Desires

“By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.” Democritus 
Keep your desires under control and you'll go far. 

Coffee Thoughts \ Make Good Habits

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle

Take note of the habits you have created, they shape your life. 

Coffee Thoughts \ Learn From Everything You Do

“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.” John Powell

There is no such thing as a mistake when the lesson is learned. 

Coffee Thoughts \ Seek to Know

“Innocence dwells with wisdom, but never with ignorance.” William Blake

If you seek to know, you will become wise.

Coffee Thoughts \ Make Sure of Your Facts.

It is wiser to find out than to suppose. Mark Twain

Be clear on what you need to know.

Coffee Thoughts \ Seek The Truth

“No man was ever wise by chance.” Seneca

If you seek the truth you will find it. 

Coffee Thoughts \ Embrace Your Suffering

“Pain is the doorway to wisdom and to truth”  Keith Miller

If you don’t suffer you don’t learn.

Coffee Thoughts \ Know Yourself

“Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.” Lao Tzu

If you know yourself, figuring out others is easy. 

Coffee Thoughts \ Remember What You Learn Firsthand

“Memory is not wisdom; idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory?” Martin Farquhar Tupper

Remember what you learn from experience. 

Coffee Thoughts \ Gossip Can Get You Into Trouble

“He gossips habitually; he lacks the common wisdom to keep still that deadly enemy of man, his own tongue.” Mark Twain

Gossip is a waste of time.

Coffee Thoughts \ Take the First Step

“A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.” David Elton Trueblood

Take the first step, the next will follow.

Coffee Thoughts \ Do it all.

“Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.” Kahlil Gibran

You need to be able to express all emotions at the right time. 

Coffee Thoughts \ Wisdom Is A Journey

“We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.” Marcel Proust

You can’t be shielded from life.  

Coffee Thoughts \ Say What You Mean - Once

“Never say no twice if you mean it.” Nassim Nicholas Taleb

No one will believe you. 

Coffee Thoughts \ Silence is wisdom

“A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.” Pythagoras

You will seldom regret what you didn’t say. 

Coffee Thoughts \ Don't be in a hurry.

“Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.” Leo Tolstoy

Patience is important to success.

Coffee Thoughts \ Don't Put Off What's Important.

  

“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.” Pablo Picasso

Do it now. When you postpone you miss out on life. 

Coffee Thoughts \ Look Inside

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”Thomas A. Edison 

Look beyond the wrapping. 

Coffee Thoughts \ Enjoy the Moment

“We’ll never be as young as we are tonight.” Chuck Palahniuk

Enjoy every moment. If you don’t you’ll miss out on a lot.