Obar, N. M. townsite plaque

Charles Ulysses Link
Excerpt from Southwest Trail, Obar, N.M., 1906

“No one can miss it in coming to New Mexico.”

Ulysses Sam Grant

“In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten,
then he who continues the attack wins.”

Dale Carnegie

“Success is getting what you want.
Happiness is wanting what you get.”

“First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen?
Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.” 

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people
who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”

“Develop success from failures.
Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.”

“Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do.”

“Today is life - the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you.
Live today with gusto.”

Marcus Aurelius

“Very little is needed to make a happy life;
it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.”

“You have power over your mind - not outside events.
Realize this, and you will find strength.”

Stephen Covey

“Seek first to understand,
then to be understood.”

“The main thing is to keep the main thing
the main thing.”


W. Edwards Deming

“A bad system will beat a good person every time.”

Carl Buechner

“They may forget what you said,
but they will never forget how you made them feel.”

Lincoln

“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed
is more important than any one thing.”

Churchill

“Democracy is the worst form of government,
except for all those other forms that have been tried.”

Doc Holliday and Virgil Earp

John “Doc” Holliday and Virgil Wyatt

From the Movie Wyatt Earp

"Virgil Earp: "We're gonna disarm them and take 'em in. You understand, Doc?”
Doc Holliday: “Oh, I understand Virgil. <<Taps shotgun>> But do you think they will?"