Sunday, June 10, 2007

[1895 - Hattie McDaniel, Academy Award-winning actress, born in Wichita, Kansas]

[1898 - US Marines land at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba]

[1903 - Clyde Beatty, circus lion tamer and owner, born in Bainbridge, Ohio]

[1901 - Frederick Loewe, Oscar-winning composer, born in Vienna, Austria]

[1910 - Howlin' Wolf (Chester Burnett), blues musician, born in White Station, Mississippi]

[1915 - Saul Bellow, Nobel laureate writer, born in Lachine, Quebec]

[1935 - Dr. Robert Smith and William G. Wilson found Alcoholics Anonymous]

Self-discipline

Disciplining the body is straightforward, but difficult;
Disciplining the mind is considerably harder, but doable,
Disciplining the heart is, fortunately, impossible.

William's Whimsical Words:

Too much discipline is as bad as too little.

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