Category: Ballroom Dancing

  • No 46 11-16-17 Three Keys to Success

    No 46 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, November 17, 2017 Three Keys to Success! First: Believe in yourself and know who you are! Let go of what others expect you to be. We all know what defines us and what makes us special and unique. My life has been spent trying…

  • No 45 11-10-17 Nothing is ever lost by courtesy

    No 45 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, November 10, 2017 Nothing is ever lost by courtesy “Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of pleasures, costs nothing, and conveys much.” – Erastus Wiman (1834 – 1904) Canadian journalist and businessman Growing up, my dad always said to my mom…

  • No 43 10-27-17 The size of the fight in the dog.

    No 43 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, October 27, 2017 The size of the fight in the dog. “What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 – 1969) Military Commander and 34th US…

  • No 41 10-13-17 Do What You Can Where You Are and With What You’ve Got!

    No 41 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, October 13, 2017 “Do what you can where you are with what you’ve got.” – Theodore Roosevelt (1858 – 1919) 26th President of the United States Do you ever wish things were different in your life? Sometimes I do. I wish that things were moving…

  • No 37 9-14-17 “It is never too late to be what you might have been.”

    No 37 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, September 15, 1956 “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot (1819-1880) English Novelist Do you ever say any of these things? Someday I’ll make it!  I can’t wait until my ship comes in! I’ll try again.…

  • No 36 9-8-17 Just Keep On Playing

    No 36 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, September 1, 1956 Just Keep on Playing! “If you just keep playing, keep believing and have some faith, something good can happen.” – Washington Redskins coach Norv Turner, whose team became only the second in NFL history to win six games after losing the…

  • No 35 9-1-56 The Formula for Success

      No 35 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, September 1, 1956 The Formula for Success “I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through – then follow through.” – Eddie Rickenbacker (1890 – 1973) American Aviator and Business Executive How true is this quote! The art of thinking things…

  • No 24 “If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.”

    No 24 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, June 16, 2017 “If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.” – David Viscott (1938 – 1996) American psychiatrist It seems I have begun over and over many times. My life does not seem like the normal life to me.…

  • No 20 5-19-17 Never Quit, Even if You Want To!

    No 20 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, May 19, 2017 “Never quit, even if you want to” “You, enlightened, self-sufficient, self-governed, endowed with gifts above your fellows, the world expects you to produce as well as to consume, to add to and not to subtract from its store of good, to…

  • No 18 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, May 5, 2017 Be The Change You Want To See In The World I’m a high maintenance person. I’m either very happy, very sad, very peaceful, very upset, very productive or very blah! There is not too much grey area for me. As a…