Quote of the day

"Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will."

By Suzy Kassem

Quote of the day

"Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter."
-- Francis Chan

Quote of the day

"We know what we are, but know not what we may be."

William Shakespeare

Quote of the day

"Find happiness in the journey, it isn't guaranteed at the destination."

- Palle Oswald

Knowing Where To Tap

The engine of a giant ship failed to start.

The ship's owners tried one expert after another, but none of them could figure out how to fix the engine.

Then they brought in an old man who had been fixing ships since he was a youngster. He carried a large bag of tools with him, and when he arrived, he immediately went to work. He inspected the engine very carefully, top to bottom.

Two of the ship's owners were there, watching this man, hoping he would know what to do. After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer. He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life. He carefully put his hammer away. The engine was fixed!

A week later, the owners received a bill from the old man for ten thousand dollars.

"What?!" the owners exclaimed. "He hardly did anything!"

So they wrote the old man a note saying, "Please send us an itemized bill."

The man sent a bill that read:

Tapping with a hammer $ 2.00
Knowing where to tap $ 9998.00

Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort makes all the difference!