El Greco's The Fable
Austere's the canvas I quietly regard
as if some shocking story prevailed
the artist forced to work very hard
his exuberance soundly curtailed
Dying embers of a smouldering taper
centre stage and observed by three
monkey and buffoon amidst the vapour
furtive and yet they seem to agree
Perhaps symbolism is hanging in the air
where truth is fleeting, prone to fade
a painter enticing us to see what's there
hidden amongst subtle light and shade
"Chess first of all teaches you to be objective."
Source: "The Soviet School of Chess" Book by Alexander Kotov, p. 42, 2001.
"Chess isn't always about winning. Sometimes, it is simply about learning and so is life." – Anonymous
"I prefer to lose a really good game than to win a bad one." – David Levy
"I hate a liar. Maybe because I'm such a good one myself, heh? Anyway, to find someone has told an out and out lie puts him on the other side of the fence from me for all time." ― Clark Gable
"It's where we go, and what we do when we get there, that tells us who we really are." ― Joyce Carol Oates
"Dream your dreams with open eyes and make them come true." ― T. E. Lawrence
"No player can escape from having bad games or bad tournaments from time to time. What separates the best from the rest is the ability to stay calm, cope with disappointment, and bounce right back to fight even harder. Winners never quit!" ― Susan Polgar
"Champions do not quit when facing adversity! They go back to the drawing board, pinpoint the problems, fix them, then fight again with even more determination and intensity!" ― Susan Polgar
"When people ask what is the biggest achievement of my 45+ year career, in my mind, it will be my next success. My advice is do not live in your past glory. Continue to go forward and aim for the next big accomplishment!"
― Susan Polgar
"The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost." ― Viktor Korchnoi
"In chess, you should be as cool as a cucumber." ― Yuliya Snigir
"O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!"
― Walter Scott
How did Claire pay for that airplane? Cash up front? Claire did not have a private plane before going into politics. Claire and husband soon became rich after getting into politics.
That so-called RV campaign tour from town to town sure backfired, didn't it? You got caught flying around in your private plane when you said you were in your RV, trying to act like common folks. You aint common folks no more, and you aint in office no more either. Just another ex-politician who stuffed her pockets, lied to the American people, now a lobbyist stuffing her pockets more.
Not to worry, lovely Claire landed a gig on fake news CNN. She is pleasant enough, if one prefers watching extremist propaganda. Good luck with that.
* Intro Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwf...
* Call the King's hotline: Game Collection: Pirc, 150 Attack
* Pat's collection: Game Collection: Pirc, 150 Attack
* Immortals Last Forever: Game Collection: Immortal Games
* Glossary W: Wikipedia article: Glossary of chess
Romans 12:2, King James Bible
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
The laughter of a child lights up the house. ~ Swahili proverb
"Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
All that glitters is not gold – this line can be found in a text from c.1220: ‘ Nis hit nower neh gold al that ter schineth.'
A friend in need is a friend indeed – a proverb from c.1035 say this: ‘Friend shall be known in time of need.'
All's well that ends well – a line from the mid-13th century is similar: ‘Wel is him te wel ende mai.' Meanwhile, Henry Knighton's Chronicle from the late 14th-century one can read: ‘ If the ende be wele, than is alle wele.'
Hay dos maneras de hermosura: una del alma y otra del cuerpo; la del alma campea y se muestra en el entendimiento, en la honestidad, en el buen proceder, en la liberalidad y en la buena crianza, y todas estas partes caben y pueden estar en un hombre feo; y cuando se pone la mira en esta hermosura, y no en la del cuerpo, suele nacer el amor con ímpetu y con ventajas. (There are two kinds of beauty: one of the soul and the other of the body; that of the soul shows and demonstrates itself in understanding, in honesty, in good behavior, in generosity and in good breeding, and all these things can find room and exist in an ugly man; and when one looks at this type of beauty, and not bodily beauty, love is inclined to spring up forcefully and overpoweringly.)
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616)
Cuando una puerta se cierra, otra se abre. (When one door is closed, another is opened.) ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616)
Dijo la sartén a la caldera, quítate allá ojinegra. (The frying pan said to the cauldron, "Get out of here, black-eyed one." This is believed to be the source of the phrase "the pot calling the kettle black.") ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
* One of Pandolfini's Best: Game Collection: Solitaire Chess by Bruce Pandolfini
* Two Great Attackers: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...
* Capablanca's Double Attack — having the initiative is important: https://lichess.org/study/tzrisL1R
* Anderssen - Steinitz Match: Anderssen - Steinitz (1866)
* Chessmaster 2000 Classic Games:
Game Collection: Chessmaster '86
* Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz): Game Collection: 0
* Glossary: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/13/...
* GK: Game Collection: Kasparov - The Sicilian Sheveningen
* GPA: https://chesstier.com/grand-prix-at...
* B20s: Game Collection: Grand Prix (Ginger's Models)
* How dumb is it? Game Collection: Diemer-Duhm Gambit
* King Registration: https://www.kingregistration.com/to...
* Make a Stand: https://www.history.com/topics/amer...
* MC Move-by-Move: Game Collection: Move by Move - Carlsen (Lakdawala)
* Tactical Games: Game Collection: Yasser Seirawan's Winning Chess Tactics
Hacked!
* Starting Out: French Defense: Game Collection: Starting out : The French
* Gambits against the French Defense:
Game Collection: alapin gambit -alapin diemer gambit + reti gam
* ICA Youth Resources: https://www.il-chess.org/index.php?...
* katar's hack attack: Game Collection: An Opium Repertoire for White
* Kingpin magazine: https://www.kingpinchess.net/
* LG - White wins: Game Collection: Latvian Gambit-White wins
* Malagueña: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz2...
* Modern Masterpieces: Game Collection: Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces ~ Stohl
* Matovinsky Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF7...
* MC Move-by-Move: Game Collection: Move by Move - Carlsen (Lakdawala)
* Masterful: Game Collection: FRENCH DEFENSE MASTERPIECES
* Lasker's Manual: Game Collection: Manual of Chess (Lasker)
* Miniatures: Game Collection: 200 Miniature Games of Chess - Du Mont (III)
* Monday Puzzles: Game Collection: Monday Puzzles, 2011-2017
* Nunn's Chess Course: Game Collection: Lasker JNCC
* Pinch of... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU_...
* POTD 2023: Game Collection: Puzzle of the Day 2023
* Not so simple: Game Collection: Simple Chess by Michael Stean
* N vs RPs: Game Collection: KNIGHTS *HATE* ROOK PAWNS!
* Overloaded! Game Collection: OVERLOADED!
* Plenty to see: http://www.schackportalen.nu/Englis...
* POTD Scotch: Game Collection: POTD Scotch Game Scotch Gambit
* RL Minis: Game Collection: Ruy Lopez Miniatures
* Reasonable book choices: https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell...
* Spassky could bring the heat: Game Collection: 0
* Ten books for aspiring masters: http://chessskill.blogspot.com/2023...
* More teenage tagging: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU9...
* Bobby Fischer playing White against the Sicilian: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...
* Wild: Game Collection: Wild Games!
* Wonders and Curiosities: Game Collection: Wonders and Curiosities of Chess (Chernev)
* Stunners: Game Collection: Stunners
* A great decade of chess: Game Collection: Mil y Una Partidas 1950-1959
* Great Attacks: Game Collection: great attack games
PRF
Lord Dunsany wrote what is perhaps the finest chess poem ever written. It marked the death of R.H.S. Stevenson and was published on page 74 of the April 1943 BCM:
One art they say is of no use;
The mellow evenings spent at chess,
The thrill, the triumph, and the truce
To every care, are valueless.
And yet, if all whose hopes were set
On harming man played chess instead,
We should have cities standing yet
Which now are dust upon the dead.
"In chess as in life, when defending or attacking, a good chess player understands that one rash, ill-conceived, bad move can worsen the position and lose the game." ― John Bain, chess author
"For a period of ten years--between 1946 and 1956--Reshevsky was probably the best chessplayer in the world. I feel sure that had he played a match with Botvinnik during that time he would have won and been World Champion."
― Bobby Fischer
Oct-04-23 HeMateMe: I play 3/2 blitz occasionally on Lichess. I find it an excellent site, none of the delays/cancellations that ruined chess.com (for me).
Oct-04-23 Cassandro: Yes, lichess is by far the best site for online chess. And you never know, apparently you may even get to play against a living legend like the highly esteemed Leonard Barden there!
FTB plays all about but has always been happy with FICS: https://www.freechess.org/
St. Thomas
Mark 3:25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
Drive sober or get pulled over.
"For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable." — Assiac
Once I asked Pillsbury whether he used any formula for castling. He said his rule was absolute and vital: castle because you will or because you must; but not because you can.' — W.E. Napier (1881-1952)
Connecticut: Windsor
Established in: 1633
Windsor was Connecticut's first English settlement, with a perfect location on the water. Today, the city uses its "first town" status to create a historical atmosphere ideal for tourism.
* Chess History: https://www.uschesstrust.org/chess-...
The Kings of Chess: A History of Chess, Traced Through the Lives of Its Greatest Players by William Hartston
William Hartson traces the development of the game from its Oriental origins to the present day through the lives of its greatest exponents - men like Howard Staunton, who transformed what had been a genteel pastime into a competitive science; the brilliant American Paul Morphy, who once played a dozen simultaneous games blindfold; the arrogant and certified insane Wilhelm Steinitz; the philosopher and mathematician Emanual Lasker; Bobby Fischer, perhaps the most brilliant and eccentric of them all; and many other highly gifted individuals. Hartson depicts all their colorful variety with a wealth of rare illustrations.
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
ISBN: 006015358X
ISBN13: 9780060153588
Release Date: January 1985
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Length: 192 Pages
Weight: 1.80 lbs.
Q: What do you call something that goes up when the rain comes down?
A: An umbrella.
Q: What do you call a doctor who fixes websites?
A: A URL-ologist.
Q: What do you call a sleeping dinosaur?
A: A dinosnore.
Q: What do you call a Christmas tree that knows karate
A: Spruce Lee.
Q: What does a triangle call a circle?
A: Pointless.
Q: What do you call a piece of sad cheese?
A: Blue cheese.
Q: What do you call a cow in an earthquake?
A: A milkshake.
Q: What do you call an M&M that went to college?
A: A smarty.
An Animal In The Moon
While one philosopher affirms
That by our senses we're deceived,
Another swears, in plainest terms,
The senses are to be believed.
The twain are right. Philosophy
Correctly calls us dupes whenever
On mere senses we rely.
But when we wisely rectify
The raw report of eye or ear,
By distance, medium, circumstance,
In real knowledge we advance.
These things has nature wisely planned –
Whereof the proof shall be at hand.
I see the sun: its dazzling glow
Seems but a hand-breadth here below;
But should I see it in its home,
That azure, star-besprinkled dome,
Of all the universe the eye,
Its blaze would fill one half the sky.
The powers of trigonometry
Have set my mind from blunder free.
The ignorant believe it flat;
I make it round, instead of that.
I fasten, fix, on nothing ground it,
And send the earth to travel round it.
In short, I contradict my eyes,
And sift the truth from constant lies.
The mind, not hasty at conclusion,
Resists the onset of illusion,
Forbids the sense to get the better,
And never believes it to the letter.
Between my eyes, perhaps too ready,
And ears as much or more too slow,
A judge with balance true and steady,
I come, at last, some things to know.
Thus when the water crooks a stick,
My reason straightens it as quick –
Kind Mistress Reason – foe of error,
And best of shields from needless terror!
The creed is common with our race,
The moon contains a woman's face.
True? No. Whence, then, the notion,
From mountain top to ocean?
The roughness of that satellite,
Its hills and dales, of every grade,
Effect a change of light and shade
Deceptive to our feeble sight;
So that, besides the human face,
All sorts of creatures one might trace.
Indeed, a living beast, I believe,
Has lately been by England seen.
All duly placed the telescope,
And keen observers full of hope,
An animal entirely new,
In that fair planet, came to view.
Abroad and fast the wonder flew; –
Some change had taken place on high,
Presaging earthly changes nigh;
Perhaps, indeed, it might betoken
The wars that had already broken
Out wildly over the Continent.
The king to see the wonder went:
(As patron of the sciences,
No right to go more plain than his.)
To him, in turn, distinct and clear,
This lunar monster did appear. –
A mouse, between the lenses caged,
Had caused these wars, so fiercely waged!
No doubt the happy English folks
Laughed at it as the best of jokes.
How soon will Mars afford the chance
For like amusements here in France!
He makes us reap broad fields of glory.
Our foes may fear the battle-ground;
For us, it is no sooner found,
Than Louis, with fresh laurels crowned,
Bears higher up our country's story.
The daughters, too, of Memory, –
The Pleasures and the Graces, –
Still show their cheering faces:
We wish for peace, but do not sigh.
The English Charles the secret knows
To make the most of his repose.
And more than this, he'll know the way,
By valour, working sword in hand,
To bring his sea-encircled land
To share the fight it only sees today.
Yet, could he but this quarrel quell,
What incense-clouds would grateful swell!
What deed more worthy of his fame!
Augustus, Julius – pray, which Caesar's name
Shines now on story's page with purest flame?
O people happy in your sturdy hearts!
Say, when shall Peace pack up these bloody darts,
And send us all, like you, to softer arts?
Q: What do you call a horse that can't lose a race?
A: A sherbet.
Q: What do you call the security guards outside the Samsung factory?
A: The Guardians of the Galaxy.
Q: What do you call someone that saw an iPhone being stolen?
A: An iWitness.
Q: What do you call someone who never passes gas in public?
A: A private tutor.
Q: What do you call it when a prisoner takes his own mugshot?
A: A cellfie.
Q: What do you call blackbirds that stick together?
A: Vel-crows.
Q: What do you call the daughter of a hamburger?
A: Patty. Here are hilarious clean jokes for the whole family to enjoy.
Q: What do you call a tiny mother?
A: A minimum!
"Chess is life in miniature. Chess is a struggle, chess battles." — Garry Kasparov
"Sometimes in life, and in chess, you must take one step back to take two steps forward." — IM Levy Rozman, GothamChess
So much, much, much better to be an incurable optimist than deceitful and untrustworthy.
<Steinitz's Theory
1. At the beginning of the game, Black and White are equal.
2. The game will stay equal with correct play on both sides.
3. You can only win by your opponent's mistake.
4. Any attack launched in an equal position will not succeed, and the attacker will suffer.
5. You should not attack until an advantage is obtained.
6. When equal, do not seek to attack, but instead, try to secure an advantage.
7. Once you have an advantage, attack or you will lose it.>
"A loose tooth will not rest until it's pulled out." ~ African Proverb
"Do not wake sleeping dogs." ~ Dutch Proverb
"Go far, you'll be loved more." ~ Egyptian Proverbs
"The cheapest is always the most expensive." ~ German Proverb
Here's a poem a dad wrote:
<ODE TO CHESS
Ten times I charged the grim, foreboding walls
and was pitched into the pit of defeat.
But, heedless of humiliating falls,
I clambered bravely back onto my feet
and charged again, again to be down thrust
onto the scrap heap of people who lose
onto the mound of mortifying dust
whilst my opponent sat without a bruise
upon his pedestal. We changed sides
and fought again, but I was defeated
whilst he with arrogant and haughty strides
took the throne upon which I had been seated.
Ha! Win or lose, it's how you play the game.
But I would like to beat him just the same.>
"Chess is as much a mystery as women." ― Cecil John Seddon Purdy
"If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure." ― Garry Kasparov
"There are more adventures on a chessboard than on all the seas of the world." ― Pierre Mac Orlan
For those in Rogoff land, FTB has never used the term <divine right> on these pages. fictious is a liar's liar having made numerous fabrications about members year after year based upon nothing but his own sinister imagination. The malicious fictious is a <defamation artist>, putting words in the mouths of his targets that never were said (now mimicked by his looney disciple Rabid). fictious is a sick narcissist, always attempting to assassinate the character of his targets with his fabrications. He is as dishonest as the day is long, and he knows it. It's by deliberate design in a willful attempt to negatively influence others against certain members, to inspire hatred of members by miscasting them repeatedly.
The Boy and the Schoolmaster
Wise counsel is not always wise,
As this my tale exemplifies.
A boy, that frolicked on the banks of Seine,
Fell in, and would have found a watery grave,
Had not that hand that plants never in vain
A willow planted there, his life to save.
While hanging by its branches as he might,
A certain sage preceptor came in sight;
To whom the urchin cried, "Save, or I'm drowned!"
The master, turning gravely at the sound,
Thought proper for a while to stand aloof,
And give the boy some seasonable reproof.
"You little wretch! this comes of foolish playing,
Commands and precepts disobeying.
A naughty rogue, no doubt, you are,
Who thus requite your parents" care.
Alas! their lot I pity much,
Whom fate condemns to watch over such."
This having coolly said, and more,
He pulled the drowning lad ashore.
This story hits more marks than you suppose.
All critics, pedants, men of endless prose, –
Three sorts, so richly blessed with progeny,
The house is blessed that does not lodge any, –
May in it see themselves from head to toes.
No matter what the task,
Their precious tongues must teach;
Their help in need you ask,
You first must hear them preach.
"No one has ever won a game of chess by taking only forward moves (what about Scholar's Mate?). Sometimes you have to move backwards in order to be able to take better steps forward. That is life." – Anonymous
Drive sober or get pulled over.
"For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable." — Assiac
Old Russian Proverb: "Every sandpiper praises its own swamp. (Всяк кулик свое болото хвалит.)" People tend to have high opinion about the place where they live.
"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." ― Thomas Jefferson, chess player
"Thirty Days Hath September" Lyrics
Thirty days hath September,
April, June and November;
All the rest have thirty-one,
Excepting February alone.
Which only has but twenty-eight days clear
And twenty-nine in each leap year.
"Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous & varied ways." – Vladimir Kramnik
"I've come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists." – Marcel Duchamp
<<<Fundamental Chess Principles>
according to CJS Purdy>
On Combinations
One simultaneous double threat is better than a great many successive single threats. That is the main lesson of chess. A double threat is a combination of two threats. (pg. 31)
A combination (threat plus restraint or threat plus obstruction) may be called a "net". It is the most important kind of combination because every mate, without exception, is a "net". (pg. 32)
Watch out for pieces of limited mobility, especially pieces without retreat. Remember that one retreat may not be enough.(pg. 32 / 33)
On Tied Pieces
An important rule for avoiding a trap is this:
Where feasible, avoid using a piece to defend something that is attacked. Either protect the attaced unit with a pawn or move it away. (pg. 34)
A knight is the worst defender because he cannot possibly maintain the defense if forced to move. (pg. 34)
The best protector is a pawn - for three reasons:
There is no possibility of it being attacked by a unit of lesser value;
It is a complete defense against any piece bigger than the one attacked;
above all, a menial task is suited to it, whereas a piece used for defending one particular thing is wasting its talents.
(pg. 35)
If you must use pieces to protect something, perhaps because it cannot move away, try to use one more than necessary! You are then free to moe any one of the protectors; not a single one is absolutely tied to its defensive task. (pg. 35)
On Position Play
Position play is the art of improving your position in small ways when no sound combination is possible. (pg. 40)
One can say that an endgame has arrived when neither side has more pieces than the equivalent of Queen plus pawn (with of course, the Kings, who are always with us). (pg. 41)
Combinations are of primary importance, position play of secondary importance. (pg. 41)
Pages refer to where content can be found in Purdy's book "Guide to Good Chess".>
Posted by Chessbuzz
I'm Popeye the Sailor Man
I live in a Garbage Can
I love to go swimmin'
With bow-legged wimmin
And swim between their legs
Swim between their legs.
<"Here's to you and here's to me,
Wherever we may roam;
And here's to the health and happiness
Of the ones who are left at home">
– Anonymous
Hydraulic engineering
In the late 19th century, hydraulic engineering solved a major problem: bringing fresh water into homes and sending sewage away from settlements. Although sophisticated waterworks existed earlier in ancient Rome, hydraulic engineering greatly improved wastewater treatment and sanitation in general. Infectious diseases caused by contaminated water were greatly minimized so countries like the United States and Britain could develop better.
The Human Seasons
by John Keats
Four Seasons fill the measure of the year;
There are four seasons in the mind of man:
He has his lusty Spring, when fancy clear
Takes in all beauty with an easy span:
He has his Summer, when luxuriously
Spring's honied cud of youthful thought he loves
To ruminate, and by such dreaming high
Is nearest unto heaven: quiet coves
His soul has in its Autumn, when his wings
He furleth close; contented so to look
On mists in idleness—to let fair things
Pass by unheeded as a threshold brook.
He has his Winter too of pale misfeature,
Or else he would forego his mortal nature.
Misclick
Lichess has all the same basic offerings as Chess.com: a large community, many game types, tutorials, puzzles, and livestreams. The site has a simple appearance, and it seems built to get you where you want to go in as few clicks as possible. You can create an account, but if you're not concerned with tracking your games and finding other players at your level, there's no need to log in. Just fire up a new game, try some puzzles, or watch a chess streamer play three-minute games while listening to techno and chatting with the comments section.
* Frankenstein-Dracula Variation:
1.e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4
Another common way of reaching the same position is 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 (Bishop's Opening) Nf6 3.Nc3.
3... Nxe4
This move defines the Frankenstein–Dracula Variation. White cannot win material immediately, since 4.Nxe4 brings 4...d5.
4.Qh5 is best.
A trap: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EYO_...
4.Nxe4 d5 is considered to give Black no problems. 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe4 is considered good for Black as long as he avoids 5...Nc6 (5...d5) 6.Qf3+ Kg8 7.Ng5! and White wins (7...Qxg5 8.Qd5#). 4.Qh5 threatens Qxf7#, a threat that White continues to renew in this line.
4... Nd6
This move is the only good response to White's dual threats against f7 and e5; 4...Ng5 would be met by 5.d4 Ne6 6.dxe5 with some advantage. Also possible is 6.d5, when 6...g6 loses to 7.dxe6, as in Böök–Heidenheimo 1925.2 Instead, 6.d5 Nd4 led to very complicated play in Kis–Csato, Hungarian Team Championship 1993.
5.Bb3
Swedish grandmaster Ulf Andersson recommended 5.Qxe5+ Qe7 6.Qxe7+ Bxe7 7.Be2, claiming that White has some advantage.
The Vienna Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QQ...
The Vienna Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/61Vt...
* Frank's way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQz...
Come, Lord Jesus, our guest to be
And bless these gifts
Bestowed by Thee.
And bless our loved ones everywhere,
And keep them in Your loving care.
Amen.
"What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset." ― Blackfoot nation saying
<<<endgame>
by lei>
it feels like it's just you and i;
four knights, two kings,
and two queens
on the edge of the match.
two teams of darkness and light
trapped inside four walls
enveloped in white noise and
the rush of blood through green-blue veins.
time stands still when you are close
and my heart still races
minutes after you make a move
that pushes me closer to my downfall.
i wait with bated breath.
i wait.
and i wait.
you make a move:
<"checkmate.">>
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."
— Calvin Coolidge
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
Romans 8:28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
JACK BE NIMBLE
Jack be nimble
Jack be quick
Jack jump over
The candlestick
16 yellow #2 pencilz
Kibitzing
