Dance Like Someone's Watching

I am not a person who responds well to motivational statements. In fact, on my desk is the following quote, written on a post-it, that has followed me around, from office to office, for the past five years: “Quitting is always an option.” That’s all the motivation I need. Here are some other motivational quotes, and my responses:

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it - Edith Wharton. Or by catching everything on fire.

To be blind is bad, but worse is to have eyes and not see – Helen Keller. How would she know?

Character is doing the right thing when nobody’s looking – J.C. Watts. So says a man who played in the Canadian Football League.

Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them – Lady Bird Johnson. So for all of you who went to a state school, now you know who to blame.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one – Elbert Hubbard. No, the greatest mistake you can make in life is to be a high school graduate who refuses to learn the difference between your and you’re. Alternately, the greatest mistake you can make in life is to confuse the bidet and the drinking fountain.

Do or do not. There is no try – Yoda. Shut up, puppet.

It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are – e.e. cummings. Unless you turn out to be a coward. Then that doesn’t really work out for you.

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for – Jose Addison. But seriously, red wine is an adequate substitute.

Our aspirations are our possibilities – Robert Browning. Then why am I not currently singing backup for Kenny Loggins?

If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree – Jim Rohn. Speak for yourself, Mr. Rohn.

You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him - Leo Aikman. That’s what all the unpopular kids say.

Be the change you want to see in the world – Ghandi. What people usually mean when they reference this quote is, “YOU should change, but I totally want to stay the same.”

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails - William Arthur Ward. The author of this blog stopped caring ten words ago.

The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself — Wallace Wattles. Sometimes the very best thing you can do for the world is to wear deodorant.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit —Harry Truman. Like unleashing nuclear devastation on Japan!

You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth ― William W. Purkey. If you dance like no one’s watching, I guarantee you, it will end up posted on You Tube. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.