Category: Arthur Murray Dance Center
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No 38 9-21-18 “We will never give up”
“There is a sense of exhilaration that comes from facing head-on the hard truths and saying, “We will never give up. We will never capitulate. It might take a long time, but we will find a way to prevail.” – Jim Collins, from his book, Good to Great (1958) American business consultant Ever want to give up or…
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No 38 9-14-18 “Obscure Heroes”
“Man’s greatest actions are performed in minor struggles. Life, misfortune, isolation, abandonment and poverty are battlefields which have their heroes – obscure heroes who are at times greater than illustrious heroes.” – Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French Writer Have you had a hero in your life? My dad was my hero in every way. When…
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No 36 9-7-18 “To Discover Ability in Others”
“It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.” – Elbert Hubbard (1856 – 1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher Today as an older dancer, I love to discover the great new dancers of today and help them grow and mature to their full…
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No 35 8-31-18 “Go out and do something kind for somebody”
“When you find yourself overpowered, as it were, by melancholy, the best way is to go out and do something kind for somebody.”
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No 33 8-17-18 “Good friendships are fragile things”
“Good friendships are fragile things and require as much care as any other fragile and precious thing.” – Randolph S. Bourne (1886 – 1918) American Writer After 42 years with Arthur Murray Dance Centers, I now have a lifetime of my dancing friends, and they are truly my family. These are precious and fragile relationships. All…
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No 28 7-13-18 “The Greatest Test of Courage”
“The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.” – R.G. Ingersoll (1833 – 1899) American lawyer Do you like the rough times in life? I don’t. I can barely handle the great times in life with all their abundance and joy, much less loss, illness,…
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No 27 7-6-18 “Keeping your Memories”
“If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them.” – Bob Dylan (1941) American songwriter, singer Living your dreams is not easy. It takes a lot of courage and pluck to turn a thought into an action that turns into a dream that becomes a reality. And dream has a way of…
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No 23 6-8-18 “Learn to be Brave and Patient”
“Learn to be Brave and Patient”
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No 19 5-11-18 “A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.”
“A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.” – Jack Dempsey (1895 – 1983) American professional boxer There have been a few times when I could not get up in life. I was beaten down, crushed, defeated, and lost in the dark night of the soul. And yet, I got up. Jack Dempsey said it…
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No 17 4-27-18 “A Failure is a Mark of Experience”
I had not failed, but I had not fully opened my eyes to our true success and our great possibilities of growth. Perhaps my past ‘marks of experience’ had given me strength, wisdom, hope, vision, and a new excitement to achieve and hit new great goals.