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Life Quotes about Leadership He that would be a leader must be a bridge. __ Welsh Proverb Life is like a dog-sled team. If you ain’t the lead dog, the scenery never changes. __Lewis Grizzard The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack. __Wayne Lukas If you want truly to understand something, try to change it. __ Kurt Lewin We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly. __Margaret Atwood Asking, “Who ought to be boss?” is... Read Full Story

Life Quotes on Leadership Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can. __Danny Kaye The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet.__ Theodore Hesburgh High sentiments always win in the end. The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic. __ George Orwell... Read Full Story

Differences between Stafford, Perkins, and PLUS Student Loans   What is a Stafford student Loan? The Stafford Loans program is a government based program that essentially guarantees lenders they will not lose money by loaning to students. The responsibility of repaying these Stafford Loans falls on the student, not their parents.   Stafford Loans are either subsidized or unsubsidized. Subsidized loans, available to students demonstrating certain levels of financial need, get a slightly better... Read Full Story

Life Quotes on Self-Control Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything. __ Aesop Gammy used to say, “Too Much scrubbing takes the life right out of things.” __ Betty MacDonald To wear your heart on your sleeve isn’t a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best. __ Margaret Thatcher Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. __ Epicurus I... Read Full Story

Life Quotes on Exercising Self-Restraint Everybody’s business is nobody’s business, and nobody’s business is my business. __Clara Barton What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. __Aristotle A good example is the best sermon. __Anon. Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone. __Elbert Hubbard If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don’t accept, because you will lose one friend. __St. Augustine There is a difference between... Read Full Story

By Cassandra George Sturges MA, MA, Psy.D Each week I will post a scene from my movie Beauty & Betrayal.   Scene: 1 Two fifteen-year-old girls are lying on their stomachs on a double bed face to face cupping their chins with both hands arched on their elbow, legs folded at the knee, wavering back and forth. Their foreheads are inches apart almost touching. Candy and lollipops are next to them on the bed. Several stuffed animals and pillows are neatly placed on the lace pink... Read Full Story

By Cassandra George Sturges, MA, MA, Psy.D As women, most of us put a lot of time and effort into selecting the perfect dress, earrings, shoes and accessories when going out on a date. We hem and haw over whether or not we should wear our hair in a bun, pony-tail, or let it hang down. We practice walking in the cute, to-die-for stilettos that hurt our feet not all the time –only when we walk. We make sure that our make-up is perfect, and that our panties and bra match even though there... Read Full Story

Life Quotes about Solitude If you are looking for quotes and quotations about solitude read the quote collection below. Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude. __Sir Thomas Browne When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death—ourselves. __Edna LeShan We visit others as a matter of social obligation. How long has it been since we have visited with ourselves? __Morris Adler We cannot... Read Full Story

Life Quotes on Happiness How would you measure happiness if you were a scientist? Is happiness a state of being or a fleeting emotion? Do you know when you are happy? Ponder the following Life Quotes on Happiness: Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a man’s hands just to see how miserable he can make himself with them. -- Don Marquis Happiness is a hard thing because it is achieved only by making others happy.-- Stuart Cloete Happiness is not... Read Full Story

By Cassandra George Sturges Psy.D, MA, MA, Jennifer Hudson bragged about how proud she was of her voluptuous curves and how she “represented” for the big girls i.e.… meaning that she was a role model of beauty, glamour and high self-esteem for plus size women. She once commented that people paid good money to get breasts as big as hers. Jennifer Hudson is now the spokesperson for Weight Watchers and has lost approximately 80 pounds and has gone from a size 16 to a size 6. Jennifer’s... Read Full Story