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Miller <br/> Founder & <br/> Chief Executive Organizer </em></p> <p> </p> <p>(212) 228-8375 <br/></p> <p> </p> <p><em>Helping busy <br/> New Yorkers <br/> get organized!<br/></em></p> <p> </p> </div> <div id="content"> <h1> Inspiration </h1> <h2> There's no better time to get organized than now. </h2> <br /> <br /> <div class="center"><img src="images/inspiration.jpg" width="305" height="205" alt="A.J. Miller" /></div> <br /> <br /> <p><strong>Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - William Morris (1834 - 1896), English artist and writer </em><h9> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - William James (1842 - 1910), American psychologist and philosopher </em></h9> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the <br/> middle of difficulty, lies opportunity. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), German-born theoretical physicist </em></h9></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Time is really the only capital any human being has, and the one <br/>thing he can't afford to waste.</strong></p> <p><em><h9> - Thomas Edison (1847 - 1931), American inventor </em></h9></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Henry Ford (1863 - 1947), American industrialist </em></h9></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> For every minute spent organizing, an hour is earned. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), Founding Father of the United States </em></h9></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time <br /> is now. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Chinese proverb </em></h9></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>The greatest discovery of our generation is that human beings can <br /> alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. As you think, so <br /> shall you become. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - William James (1842 - 1910), American psychologist and philosopher </em></h9></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>There must be more to life than having everything.</strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Maurice Sendak (born 1928), American writer and illustrator </em></h9></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Sweep away the clutter of things that complicate our lives.</strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), American philosopher </em></h9></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a <br/> person's determination. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Tommy Lasorda (born 1927), American baseball player and manager </em></h9></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Havelock Ellis (1859 - 1939), British psychologist and writer </em></h9></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used <br/> when we created them. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), German-born theoretical physicist </em></h9></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change <br/> them yourself. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987), American artist </em></h9></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> A thing does not go wrong because of some perverse fate. It is more <br/> than likely that you lack the proper approach. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993), Protestant preacher and author </em></h9></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> You must do the thing you think you cannot do.</strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962), American political leader</em></h9></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> Progress is impossible without change and those who cannot change<br/> their minds cannot change anything. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Irish playwright </em></h9></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>The best things in life are usually not things. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Anonymous </em></h9></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.</strong></p> <p><h9><em> - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), English playwright </em></h9></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more <br/> important than any one thing. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), President of the United States </em></h9></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make <br/> of them. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592), French writer </em></h9></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius,<br/> power and magic in it. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Goethe (1749 - 1832), German playwright </em></h9></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard <br/> at it. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Unknown </em></h9></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> Man is so made that whenever anything fires his soul, impossibilities <br/> vanish. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Jean de la Fontaine (1621 - 1695), French poet </em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you <br/> do it, it's not all mixed-up.</strong></p> <p><h9><em> - A.A. Milne (1882 - 1956), English author </em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Hans Hoffman (1880 - 1966), German-born American painter </em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>The person who moves a mountain begins by carrying small stones.</strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Chinese Proverb </em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Lewis Carroll (1832 - 1898), English writer </em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), American philosopher </em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> Ideas are worthless unless followed by action. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Anonymous </em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out.</strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Robert Collier (1885 - 1950), American writer </em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>One of the great discoveries a man makes, one of his great <br/>surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Henry Ford (1863 - 1947), American industrialist </em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Who is stopping you but you? </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Virginia Satir (1916 - 1988), American psychologist </em></h9></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Carol Burnett (born 1933), American comedian </em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which <br/>difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - John Quincy Adams (1767 - 1848), President of the United States </em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> Well begun is half done. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Greek philosopher </em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> Never let the fear of striking out get in your way. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Babe Ruth (1895 - 1948), American baseball player </em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Chinese Proverb </em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are first, <br/> hard work; second, stick-to-it-iveness; and third, common sense. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Thomas Edison (1847 - 1931), American inventor </em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804), German philosopher </em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Minds are like parachutes. They only work when they open. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Unknown </em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> In order to seek one's own direction, one must simplify the mechanics <br/> of ordinary everyday life. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Plato (429 - 347 B.C.E.), Greek philosopher </em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>That which we elect to surround ourselves with becomes the museum <br/> of our soul and the archive of our experiences. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), President of the United States </em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> Order is the shape upon which beauty depends. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Pearl Buck (1892 - 1973), American writer </em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.</strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Abraham Maslow (1908 - 1970), American psychologist </em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up somewhere else.</strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Yogi Berra (born 1925), American baseball player and manager </em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> To change one's life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. No exceptions.</strong></p> <p><h9><em> - William James (1842 - 1910), American psychologist and philosopher </em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most <br/> intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Attributed to Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882), British evolutionary biologist </em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> When you aim for perfection, you discover it's a moving target. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - George Fisher </em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> There was a man <br/> And some did think him mad.<br/> The more he cast away <br/> The more he had. </p> </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - John Bunyan (1628 - 1688), English writer and preacher </em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Happiness is a place between too little and too much. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Finnish proverb </em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> It is never too late to be what you might have been. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - George Eliot (1819 - 1880), English writer </em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> What you are afraid to do is a clear indication of the next thing you<br/> need to do.</strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), American writer and philosopher </em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>In any moment of decision, the very best thing you can do, is what <br/> is right; the next best thing you can do, is what is wrong; the worst <br/> thing you can do is NOTHING. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Teddy Roosevelt (1887 - 1944), President of the United States </em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> Life is not a having and a getting, but a being and a doing. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Unknown </em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Success is never final, failure is never fatal; it is courage that counts. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), British politician </em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong> Do you love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff that <br/> life is made of. </strong></p> <p><h9><em> - Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), Founding Father of the United States </em></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="#top">back to top</a></p> <h6>Being organized is about being able to get everything done when it's due and finding everything you need when you need it. <br/><br/> © 2005 - 2008 MILLER ORGANIZING. All rights reserved. <br/> 14 Stuyvesant Oval<br/> New York, N.Y. 10009 </h6> </div> <div id="footer"> <div id="clear"></div> </div> </div> </body> </html>