"All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love."

- Leo Tolstoy

"And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department."

- Andrew Carnegie

Disgruntled Occupy DC Protester is Tazed in the back at point-blank range www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5aHSmzgCXE

A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it...

Adbusters Promises 50,000 Protesters for NATO/G8 Summits http://ping.fm/gh1ie via @chicagoist

"It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean."

- Tony Robbins

Just one ounce of action is worth a ton of theory...

The next time you start complaining or feeling sorry for yourself think about this woman... www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lfaSmDxVZQ

A true diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age...

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On January 8, 2008 Barack Obama spoke these words after losing the NH primary... The images prove his words. http://ping.fm/cbviB

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Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point...

A person who says that they have never made a mistake obviously has never tried anything new...

Seek not to change the world, but choose to change your mind about the world. What you see reflects your thinking. And your thinking but reflects your choice of what you want to see...

The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price...

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other...

The Video You "NEED" to watch about SOPA! http://ping.fm/i5n1N

"The Department of Justice web server hosting justice.gov is currently experiencing a significant increase in activity, resulting in a degradation in service," the agency said in a statement. "The Department is working to ensure the website is available while we investigate the origins of this activity, which is being treated as a malicious act until we can fully identify the root cause of the disruption." http://ping.fm/d1sFh

Hitler reacts about Megaupload being shutdown. http://ping.fm/KubXG

'#Anonymous' hackers claim to take down Justice Department website in retaliation for Megaupload shutdown

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"The government takes down Megaupload? 15 minutes later Anonymous takes down government & record label sites," http://ping.fm/kK5iK

"Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on the beautiful and the good, and dwell as little as possible on the evil and the false."

- Richard Cecil

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

- Aristotle

10 reasons the U.S. is no longer the land of the free "The Washington Post" http://ping.fm/9TS9q

The Top 1 Percent: What Jobs Do They Have? http://ping.fm/bXh6j

When the archer misses the mark, he turns and looks for the fault within himself. Failure to hit the bull's eye is never the fault of the target. To improve your aim - improve yourself...

Three new features into Google search results being social: http://ping.fm/rVJyI

Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure...

If you can dream it, you can do it...

The side that most people don't ever get to see http://ping.fm/TDf5U anonymous @YourAnonNews

Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't...

All success comes when we do the things we know we need to do, when we "Don't feel like it...

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body...

Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets...

Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it...

"When you help someone up a hill, you're that much nearer the top yourself."

- Anonymous

"Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected."

- Steve Jobs

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't...

Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all...

Empowerment
2012 is going to be a year of extraordinary change. To maximize your energy and get the most out of this year you must move into a state of empowerment.

Moving into this energy requires you to put your needs first. You may see this as selfish or ego driven but it is the opposite. When you are empowered you are in a state of self-love.

The better you feel the higher your energy. In a state of high energy and self-love you are a beacon of hope for others. Live in a state of empowerment and make this year a blessing to all.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself - and be lenient to everybody else...

A man has cause for regret only when he sows and no one reaps...

he moment you commit and quit holding back, all sorts of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, will rise up to help you. The simple act of commitment is a powerful magnet for help...

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die...

Help Sophie fight her stage 4 bone cancer please... http://ping.fm/dHZH8

Life isn't about finding yourself. It's about
creating yourself...

A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user...

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone...

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought...

Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.