Words of Wisdom from a Great Man

schwarcw
schwarcw Posts: 7,335
edited June 2010 in The Clubhouse
There is already a thread lamenting John Wooden and his accomplishments. I'd like to share this little quote that Mr. Wooden attributed to his father:

"Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books — especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day."

John Wooden was much more than a basketball coach. He was truly a great man. Anybody else like to share some of Mr. Wooden's quotes?
Carl

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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,079
    edited June 2010
    schwarcw wrote: »

    "Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books — especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day."

    Wow that is deep. What a great man.
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  • Jetmaker737
    Jetmaker737 Posts: 1,045
    edited June 2010
    ^^^^^ Great quotes there X!
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited June 2010
    You lost me at Bible...
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,335
    edited June 2010
    "Learn as if you were to live forever; live as if you were to die tomorrow"


    "Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you."
    Carl

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  • tcrossma
    tcrossma Posts: 1,301
    edited June 2010
    Toxis wrote: »
    You lost me at Bible...

    Same with me, but those 10 quotes from X were excellent.
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited June 2010
    schwarcw wrote: »
    There is already a thread lamenting John Wooden and his accomplishments. I'd like to share this little quote that Mr. Wooden attributed to his father:

    "Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books — especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day."


    This is a great idea Carl, and you posted my favorite "Woodenism" to start it off.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited June 2010
    schwarcw wrote: »
    There is already a thread lamenting John Wooden and his accomplishments. I'd like to share this little quote that Mr. Wooden attributed to his father:

    "Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books — especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day."

    John Wooden was much more than a basketball coach. He was truly a great man. Anybody else like to share some of Mr. Wooden's quotes?

    You know there is ton of great people dying of hunger

    Threads like this are ...........
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited June 2010
    Toxis wrote: »
    You lost me at Bible...
    tcrossma wrote: »
    Same with me, but those 10 quotes from X were excellent.


    That's a shame. You don't know what you are missing.:)
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited June 2010
    schwarcw wrote: »
    "Learn as if you were to live forever; live as if you were to die tomorrow"

    Pretty sure Ghandi said that one. This guy was a good coach, but he was no Ghandi ;)
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited June 2010
    It's a shame one can't even pay respect to someone they admire on this board without it getting trashed.

    Way to go guys.
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