1. Pele scored a total of 1,283 first-class goals, including 77 for Brazil.
2. He won three World Cups, two World Club Championships and nine Sao Paulo State Championships.
3. Pele was named after American inventor Thomas Edison, his real name being Edson Arantes do Nascimiento.
4. Pele was signed by Santos when he was 15. He scored four goals on his league debut in a match against FC Corinthians on 7 September, 1956.
5. Waldemar de Brito, another great Brazilian forward, is credited with discovering Pele, taking him to Santos, and telling them then that he was going to be "the greatest football player in the world."
Record breaker | Pele after the 1958 World Cup final
6. At 17, Pele became the youngest ever winner of a World Cup. He also scored twice in the final against home side Sweden.
7. Pele was appointed as Minister of Sport in Brazil in 1995, serving until 1998.
8. He was voted athlete of the century by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1999.
9. In 1997, Pele was given an honorary British Knighthood.
10. On the 19th November 1969, Pele scored his 1000th career goal. Hundreds raced onto the pitch to mob the Brazilian star and it took over thirty minutes for the game to resume.
11. At Santos, 19th November is known as 'Pele Day', to celebrate the anniversary of his 1,000th goal.
12. Pele is 5th on the all time World Cup goal scorers list with 12 - although only the 2nd highest-placed Brazilian behind Ronaldo.
13. When Pele retired, J.B. Pinheiro, the Brazilian ambassador to the United Nations, said: "Pele played football for 22 years, and in that time he did more to promote world friendship and fraternity than any other ambassador anywhere".
14. In 1967, a 48-hour ceasefire was declared in Nigeria so that Federal and Rebel troops could watch Pele play on a visit to the war-torn nation.
15. Pele said in 2006: "For 20 years they have asked me the same question, who is the greatest? Pele or Maradona? I reply that all you have to do is look at the facts - how many goals did he score with his right foot or with his head?"
16. When Pele played for the New York Cosmos so many of his opponents wanted to swap shirts with him that the club had to give each of their opponents a shirt after every match. "Pele was the main attraction," says Gordon Bradley, one of the club's coaches at the time. "Sometimes we had to take 25 or 30 shirts with us to a match - otherwise, we'd never have got out of the stadium alive."
17. Pele made a cameo appearance in the film Mike Bassett: England manager, in which he was interiewed by the broadcaster Martin Bashir. He laughs off England's chances of winning the World Cup.
18. Pele on the importance of football stars: "When football stars disappear, so do the teams, and that is a very curious phenomenon. It is like in the theatre, in a play, where there is a great star. If the star is not well, the whole cast suffers."
19. Pele has helped raise millions for charitable causes including Great Ormond Street and Harlem Street Soccer.
20. Noted English football writer Geoffrey Green once declared: “Di Stefano was manufactured on earth, Pele was made in heaven.”
21. On August 1, 2010, Pelé was introduced as the Honorary President of a revived New York Cosmos.
22. Pele once said: "A penalty is a cowardly way to score."
23. In March 2003, Brazilian model Gisele Bundchen was offered special intensive training in flag-waving in advance of the 32nd Brazilian Grand Prix. Why? Organisers wanted her to do a better job than soccer star Pele, the previous year's flag waver, who got "distracted" and failed to notice Michael Schumacher crossing the finish line!
24. "How do you spell Pelé?" the Times of London once declared. "G-O-D".
25. Pele and Maradona are hardly friends. Earlier this year Pele said of the Argentinian: “He is not a good example for the youth. He had the God-given gift of being able to play football, and that is why he is lucky." Maradona's response: “Who cares what Pele says? He belongs in a museum.”
26. England World Cup-winning captain Bobby Moore on Pele: “The most complete player I've ever seen.”
27. His family gave him the nick-name "Dico". He did not get the nickname Pele until he started schooling. During his school days, he used to pronounce the name of the local Vasco da Gama goalkeeper Bile as Pile. Hence, a classmate of his gave him the nickname Pele.
28. Pele's father once scored five headed goals in one game, a feat that Pele was never able to replicate. The most headers Pele ever scored in a game was four.
29. Former Manchester City and England star once said of Pele: “Comparing Gascoigne to Pele is like comparing Rolf Harris to Rembrandt.”
30. Pele's header against Brazil in the 1970 World Cup final was their 100th World Cup goal.
31. His first World Cup finals goal came against Wales in the 1958 quarter-final. Brazil won 1-0.
32. Since April 1994 Pelé has been married to psychologist and gospel singer Assíria Lemos Seixas.
33. Pele on being a role-model: "Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pele. I have a great responsibility to show them not just how to be like a soccer player, but how to be like a man."
34. Pele on achievement: "Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do."
35. Pele is mentioned in the song "Ghetto Superstar" by the rapper Pras.
36. In 2000, Pelé was named second in the BBC's "Sportsman of the Century" award. Boxing legend Muhammad Ali came first.
Mexican delight | Pele celebrates after scoring a goal in the 1970 World Cup
37. Tarcisio Burgnich, Italian defender who marked Pelé in the 1970 World Cup Finals said afterwards: "I told myself before the game, he's made of skin and bones just like everyone else — but I was wrong."
38. In Brazil he is often called “Pérola Negra”, which means Black Pearl.
39. The Brazilian government declared Pelé an official national treasure in 1961 to prevent him from being transferred out of the country.
40. In 1993, Pele was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
41. To persuade Pele to sign for the New York Cosmos in 1975, Clive Toye, the team's general manager said: "Don't go to Italy, don't go to Spain, all you can do is win a championship. Come to the U.S. and you can win a country."
42. Pele’s first football team was formed with a bunch of friends from his neighbourhood, and they called themselves ‘the shoeless ones’.
43. In Brazil, Coca-Cola sponsors a Pele museum on wheels that travels throughout the country
44. Cristiano Ronaldo said: "Pele is the greatest player in football history, and there will only be one Pele".
45. Pele is the only player to have been a part of three World Cup winning teams.
46. On November 21 1964, Pele scored eight goals against as Santos ran rout against Botafogo to register a monumental 11-0 victory.
47. Pele scored 92 hat-tricks, and scored four goals on 31 occasions, five on six occasions, and once scored eight
48. As a boy, Pele used to play with a sock stuffed with paper as he could not afford to buy a football.
49. Pele on winning: "If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing."
50. Pele has worked as a UNICEF Goodwill ambassador and as a United Nations ambassador, working to protect the environment and fight corruption in Brazil.
51. Pele came out of international retirement to play one last game for Brazil on October 6, 1976 against club side Flamengo, who won the match 2-0. His last international game for Brazil, however, was a 2-2 draw with Yugoslavia on July 18, 1971.
52. On October 1, 1977, Pele played his last game as a footballer as Santos played New York Cosmos at the Giants Stadium. He played the first half of the game for the American club, and the second half for Santos.
53. Brazil never lost a game when Pele and the legendary Garrincha played together.
54. He holds the record for the most number of goals scored for the national team, which is a record that has stood for almost 40 years.
55. Pele scored Brazil's 100th World Cup goal with his head
56. Pele had a video game named after him back in the 1980s called "Pelé's Soccer".
57. MMA (mixed martial arts) fighter Jose Landi-Jons was nicknamed "Pelé" after him.
58. Dutch artist Dick Brynestein made a drawing of him and called him Pietje Pele.
59. His presence in the USA helped boost average attendance across the league by almost 80 percent from 1975 (7,597) to 1977 (13,584).
60. Scored his first hat-trick for Santos against Lavras on June 9, 1957.
61. Pele made his first appearance for New York Cosmos on June 5, 1975, against Dallas Tornadoes. He managed to score on his debut, with the game ending in a 2-2 draw.
62. Pele starred in Escape to Victory, a World War II drama about a team of prisoners of war who play their Nazi captors in a football match. Unsurprisingly, he played the team's star attacker, Corporal Luis Fernandez, who hailed from Trinidad and Tobago.
Iconoclaust | Pele remains a hero to today's stars
63. In 2005, Pele fronted an advertising campaign for the drug Viagra, and was widely credited for breaking the taboo about speaking or receiving treatment for erectile dysfunction.
64. American forward Edson Buddle is named after the great Brazilian. "I thought naming him Pele would be too much pressure," his dad revealed. "Edson not many people would know."
65. As he prepared to kick off in a game during Mexico '70, Pele gestured to the referee that he needed to tie his laces. The cameras panned in to reveal the forward's Puma boots — the company subsequently experienced a huge sales boost.
66. Pele scored three or more goals a staggering 129 times during his career.
67. Pele has never liked his nickname, admitting it sounds like "baby-talk".
68. Pele's 1000th goal was a penalty. Romario, chasing his own 1000th strike in 2007, eventually reached the milestone in the same manner — although his tally is disputed in some quarters.
69. How hard is it to turn an elephant into Pele? Not very, at least if you're artist Paul Trevillion.
70. Filming on Citizen Kane, widely viewed as one of the defining films in Western cinema, finished on the day of Pele's birth. In 2001, on Pele's birthday the world got its first glimpse at one of the defining gadgets of the modern era — the iPod.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Saturday, June 25, 2011
I LOVE PELE!
"It seems that God brought me to Earth with a mission to play soccer," Edson Arantes Do Nascimento (Pelé).
Written by Ozzie Gonzalez, www.latinosportslegends.com
Born Edson Arantes Do Nascimento (better known as Pelé) is known as a legend and the best soccer player to ever play the game. He was raised in a very poor family in Tres Coracos, Brazil and his parents, Dondinho and Celeste Nascimento called Edson "Dico," growing up.
He first learned the game of soccer from his father, Dondinho, who was a decent center forward until his career was halted by a fractured leg.
Pelé began playing soccer for a local minor-league club when he was a teenager. When he wasn't playing soccer he shined shoes for pennies. He was discovered at the age of 11 by one of the country's premier players, Waldemar de Brito. When Brito brought Pelé to Sao Paulo he declared to the disbelieving directors of the professional team in Santos, "This boy will be the greatest soccer player in the world."
He was right! Pelé's impact was immediate! On his first appearance for the team, against Corinthians F.C., he scored a goal right away. He was only 16.
Pelé went on to play in four World Cups with Brazil's National Team. At the 1958 World Cup in Sweden -- one he nearly missed because of a knee injury -- Pelé stunned the world scoring six goals, including two in the championship game to help Brazil win its first World Cup 5-2 over Sweden. He was only 17 years-old, but a legend was born.
An average-sized man, he was blessed with speed, great balance, tremendous vision, the ability to control the ball superbly, and the ability to shoot powerfully and accurately with either foot and with his head.
Four years later he played on Brazil's World Cup team at in the finals in Chile, but an injury suffered in the first game of the tournament prevented him from helping Brazil win its second title.
Wealthy European clubs offered massive fees to sign the young player, but the government of Brazil declared Pelé an official national treasure to prevent him from being transferred out of the country.
At the 1966 World Cup in England, Pelé was the victim of some brutal tackles from Bulgarian and Portuguese defenders and left the finals injured and in tears. But the best of Pelé was still to come.
At the 1970 finals in Mexico, the 29-year-old Pelé, led one of the greatest teams ever assembled to win Brazil's third World Cup. In the 4-1 title triumph over Italy, Pelé, scored a glorious goal. It was Brazil's 100th World Cup goal, and the one he remembers the most.
"I have a special feeling for that goal because I scored it with my head," he said. "My father was a soccer player and once scored five goals in a game, all with his head. That was one record I was never able to break."
Pelé's statistics are staggering. During his career he scored 1,280 goals in 1,360 games, second only to another Brazilian, Arthur Friedenreich, who recorded 1,329 goals. He scored an average of a goal in every international game he played--the equivalent of a baseball player's hitting a home run in every World Series game over 15 years.
At the club level he shattered records in Brazil. He scored 127 goals for Santos F.C. in 1959, 110 in 1961 and 101 goals in 1965, and led the club to two World Club championships.
Pelé also holds the world record for hat tricks (92) and the number of goals scored on the international level (97). His statistics are all the more amazing when compared to today's top players who can barely score more that 30 goals in a season.
He retired from the game in 1974, but came out of retirement the following year to play in the North American Soccer League for the New York Cosmos for just over two seasons. A reported 7-million-dollar contract for three years made him the highest paid soccer player of the North American Soccer League.
His appearance in the NASL gave the American League instant credibility and made millions of Americans aware of the sport, he dubbed the "beautiful game." He said he came out of retirement, not for the money, but to "make soccer truly popular in the United States."
During his career he played in 93 full internationals for Brazil and in all first class matches scored a remarkable 1,280 goals, second only to Artur Friedenreich, another Brazilian, who holds the world record with 1,329.
In many ways, Pelé was the complete athlete. With his skill and agility, he could have played in any position on the field, but he chose on wearing the number-10 shirt as an inside-left forward. He had great balance, which enabled him to dribble effortlessly around defenders, and his heading ability was remarkable.
On Oct. 1, 1977, Pelé's mission in the NASL ended. His last match, an exhibition game between the Cosmos and Santos, was sold out six weeks beforehand, covered by 650 journalists and broadcast in 38 nations.
Muhammad Ali embraced him in the locker room before the match and said, "Now there are two of the greatest." In a speech to dignitaries, celebrities and more than 75,000 fans, Pelé urged his audience to pay attention to the children of the world. At his request, the assemblage shouted, "Love! Love! Love!"
Then he went out and played the first half for the Cosmos -- scoring a goal on a rocket from 30 yards out -- and the second half for Santos.
On Pelé's retirement, J.B. Pinheiro, Brazil's ambassador to the U.N., said Pelé had "spent 22 years playing soccer, and in that time he has done more for goodwill and friendship than all of the ambassadors ever appointed."
In addition to his great accomplishments in soccer, he published several best-selling autobiographies, starred in several documentary and semi-documentary films, and composed numerous musical pieces, including the entire sound track for the film 'Pelé' (1977). He was the 1978 recipient of the International Peace Award, and in 1980 he was named athlete of the century.
In 1993, Pelé was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame and is the former ambassador of sports in Brazil. He has also done extensive work for children's causes through UNICEF.
In 2000, Pelé was named second for the "Sportsman of the Century" award. The legendary Muhammad Ali got the honors.
Written by Ozzie Gonzalez, www.latinosportslegends.com
Born Edson Arantes Do Nascimento (better known as Pelé) is known as a legend and the best soccer player to ever play the game. He was raised in a very poor family in Tres Coracos, Brazil and his parents, Dondinho and Celeste Nascimento called Edson "Dico," growing up.
He first learned the game of soccer from his father, Dondinho, who was a decent center forward until his career was halted by a fractured leg.
Pelé began playing soccer for a local minor-league club when he was a teenager. When he wasn't playing soccer he shined shoes for pennies. He was discovered at the age of 11 by one of the country's premier players, Waldemar de Brito. When Brito brought Pelé to Sao Paulo he declared to the disbelieving directors of the professional team in Santos, "This boy will be the greatest soccer player in the world."
He was right! Pelé's impact was immediate! On his first appearance for the team, against Corinthians F.C., he scored a goal right away. He was only 16.
Pelé went on to play in four World Cups with Brazil's National Team. At the 1958 World Cup in Sweden -- one he nearly missed because of a knee injury -- Pelé stunned the world scoring six goals, including two in the championship game to help Brazil win its first World Cup 5-2 over Sweden. He was only 17 years-old, but a legend was born.
An average-sized man, he was blessed with speed, great balance, tremendous vision, the ability to control the ball superbly, and the ability to shoot powerfully and accurately with either foot and with his head.
Four years later he played on Brazil's World Cup team at in the finals in Chile, but an injury suffered in the first game of the tournament prevented him from helping Brazil win its second title.
Wealthy European clubs offered massive fees to sign the young player, but the government of Brazil declared Pelé an official national treasure to prevent him from being transferred out of the country.
At the 1966 World Cup in England, Pelé was the victim of some brutal tackles from Bulgarian and Portuguese defenders and left the finals injured and in tears. But the best of Pelé was still to come.
At the 1970 finals in Mexico, the 29-year-old Pelé, led one of the greatest teams ever assembled to win Brazil's third World Cup. In the 4-1 title triumph over Italy, Pelé, scored a glorious goal. It was Brazil's 100th World Cup goal, and the one he remembers the most.
"I have a special feeling for that goal because I scored it with my head," he said. "My father was a soccer player and once scored five goals in a game, all with his head. That was one record I was never able to break."
Pelé's statistics are staggering. During his career he scored 1,280 goals in 1,360 games, second only to another Brazilian, Arthur Friedenreich, who recorded 1,329 goals. He scored an average of a goal in every international game he played--the equivalent of a baseball player's hitting a home run in every World Series game over 15 years.
At the club level he shattered records in Brazil. He scored 127 goals for Santos F.C. in 1959, 110 in 1961 and 101 goals in 1965, and led the club to two World Club championships.
Pelé also holds the world record for hat tricks (92) and the number of goals scored on the international level (97). His statistics are all the more amazing when compared to today's top players who can barely score more that 30 goals in a season.
He retired from the game in 1974, but came out of retirement the following year to play in the North American Soccer League for the New York Cosmos for just over two seasons. A reported 7-million-dollar contract for three years made him the highest paid soccer player of the North American Soccer League.
His appearance in the NASL gave the American League instant credibility and made millions of Americans aware of the sport, he dubbed the "beautiful game." He said he came out of retirement, not for the money, but to "make soccer truly popular in the United States."
During his career he played in 93 full internationals for Brazil and in all first class matches scored a remarkable 1,280 goals, second only to Artur Friedenreich, another Brazilian, who holds the world record with 1,329.
In many ways, Pelé was the complete athlete. With his skill and agility, he could have played in any position on the field, but he chose on wearing the number-10 shirt as an inside-left forward. He had great balance, which enabled him to dribble effortlessly around defenders, and his heading ability was remarkable.
On Oct. 1, 1977, Pelé's mission in the NASL ended. His last match, an exhibition game between the Cosmos and Santos, was sold out six weeks beforehand, covered by 650 journalists and broadcast in 38 nations.
Muhammad Ali embraced him in the locker room before the match and said, "Now there are two of the greatest." In a speech to dignitaries, celebrities and more than 75,000 fans, Pelé urged his audience to pay attention to the children of the world. At his request, the assemblage shouted, "Love! Love! Love!"
Then he went out and played the first half for the Cosmos -- scoring a goal on a rocket from 30 yards out -- and the second half for Santos.
On Pelé's retirement, J.B. Pinheiro, Brazil's ambassador to the U.N., said Pelé had "spent 22 years playing soccer, and in that time he has done more for goodwill and friendship than all of the ambassadors ever appointed."
In addition to his great accomplishments in soccer, he published several best-selling autobiographies, starred in several documentary and semi-documentary films, and composed numerous musical pieces, including the entire sound track for the film 'Pelé' (1977). He was the 1978 recipient of the International Peace Award, and in 1980 he was named athlete of the century.
In 1993, Pelé was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame and is the former ambassador of sports in Brazil. He has also done extensive work for children's causes through UNICEF.
In 2000, Pelé was named second for the "Sportsman of the Century" award. The legendary Muhammad Ali got the honors.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
OPTIONS
Options.
Life presents us with options only if we can recognise them.
The ability to locate the viable option to every hard route is the key ingredient of a "turn-around" leader.
The life-line of a team rest solely on how accurately the leadership can response and fix challenges.
First outlook to challenges of leadership is to know that they are common to men. Also, know that there are viable options if you will be patient enough to locate them.
That calm mode must be reached by every leader in any crisis before a solution is attained. Answers are never in the troubled waters.
Set out before the rain.
Start thinking options now.
Let there be a plan b for everything, only in Gods’ hands can you leave things to bear.
Never run away from your battles.
Fight them they make you stronger.
Be calm, there are viable options.
Life presents us with options only if we can recognise them.
The ability to locate the viable option to every hard route is the key ingredient of a "turn-around" leader.
The life-line of a team rest solely on how accurately the leadership can response and fix challenges.
First outlook to challenges of leadership is to know that they are common to men. Also, know that there are viable options if you will be patient enough to locate them.
That calm mode must be reached by every leader in any crisis before a solution is attained. Answers are never in the troubled waters.
Set out before the rain.
Start thinking options now.
Let there be a plan b for everything, only in Gods’ hands can you leave things to bear.
Never run away from your battles.
Fight them they make you stronger.
Be calm, there are viable options.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
LEARNING TO BE INVISIBLE
Growing up with the picture of a powerful and influential man sometimes been painted as a SUPERMAN (the super hero), I develop the tendency to wanting to disappear and reappear or sometimes be able to shoot gun and win battles, may be that was from the cartoons and late night movies.
As a young man I soon discover that the most powerful of all only stay behind the scene, controlling the activities and making things happen. This seems to make them INVISIBLE.
Many have picked up wrong doctrines from such representation, thereby be coming wicked and crafty.
How I love to be famous and influential! If that is your quest I do know in road, although am learning the process too. In my pursuit in life I have discover certain truth that may grant the Midas touch.
1. Be Single eye.
This principle those not relate to our physical human eye, but rather our intension.
Purity of purpose and intention per time is key to long lasting abundance. Anyone who deals with double mind may gather a few, but everything will soon disappear in his eyes.
To mature minds such attitude smells and can be perceived as disloyal, which may cost a fortune. If you reward evil for good, the sword may not depart your door. Make all things appear blameless (and truly blameless) before all.
To the pure all things are pure.
2. Practice transmutation.
Learning this in the university was a rewarding experience. Transmutation is the conscious shift of mental worries to active and productive venture.
When it seems that you are wounded or fall short of expectations, shift that hurt psychologically to a profitable event, getting to intensify your effort to follow through to success.
Leading a faith-based organisation on campus came with so much fame and responsibility for me, but at every time I tried to establish a relationship with a female friend and it turned to fall short of expectation, that is, a positive response, though feeling wounded I get back to my leadership position pouring that hurt out as quality time of investment on my work yielding better results and adding more crown to my name I more or less became invisible.
That is called SEX TRANSMUTATION.
3. Be dynamic, spontaneous and focus
To be successful you must be able to multi-task. However, being able to focus on each task to follow through to success is a great virtue.
Focus is the greatest skill of a sniper, dynamic and spontaneous response is the skill to keep him alive to win battles.
Your response as a leader in time of crisis determine whether your team float, sink or swim.
Never leave life to chance, you may never have an opportunity to replay.
As a young man I soon discover that the most powerful of all only stay behind the scene, controlling the activities and making things happen. This seems to make them INVISIBLE.
Many have picked up wrong doctrines from such representation, thereby be coming wicked and crafty.
How I love to be famous and influential! If that is your quest I do know in road, although am learning the process too. In my pursuit in life I have discover certain truth that may grant the Midas touch.
1. Be Single eye.
This principle those not relate to our physical human eye, but rather our intension.
Purity of purpose and intention per time is key to long lasting abundance. Anyone who deals with double mind may gather a few, but everything will soon disappear in his eyes.
To mature minds such attitude smells and can be perceived as disloyal, which may cost a fortune. If you reward evil for good, the sword may not depart your door. Make all things appear blameless (and truly blameless) before all.
To the pure all things are pure.
2. Practice transmutation.
Learning this in the university was a rewarding experience. Transmutation is the conscious shift of mental worries to active and productive venture.
When it seems that you are wounded or fall short of expectations, shift that hurt psychologically to a profitable event, getting to intensify your effort to follow through to success.
Leading a faith-based organisation on campus came with so much fame and responsibility for me, but at every time I tried to establish a relationship with a female friend and it turned to fall short of expectation, that is, a positive response, though feeling wounded I get back to my leadership position pouring that hurt out as quality time of investment on my work yielding better results and adding more crown to my name I more or less became invisible.
That is called SEX TRANSMUTATION.
3. Be dynamic, spontaneous and focus
To be successful you must be able to multi-task. However, being able to focus on each task to follow through to success is a great virtue.
Focus is the greatest skill of a sniper, dynamic and spontaneous response is the skill to keep him alive to win battles.
Your response as a leader in time of crisis determine whether your team float, sink or swim.
Never leave life to chance, you may never have an opportunity to replay.
Friday, June 3, 2011
Tips for living happily with your spouse
Living happily with your spouse does not happen by chance but takes several deliberate and carefully calculated steps
You have to be deliberate about being happy.
Happiness is not just a function of the buoyancy of your pocket but it’s a state of the mind. Happiness is available to the rich and the poor.
Here is a collection of tips that would help you achieve living happily with your spouse. If we can stay up all night to study and pass school exams, then these tips shouldn’t be too long for us to print and possibly recite over and over again until they become part of us.
The quality of your preparation determines the quality of your performance so start now especially if you are not married yet.
1. Never assume.
2. Compliment more than you criticize.
3. For each time you vent about your husband/wife/partner to your friends, tell three positive stories.
4. Remember that it is ok to do things differently (e.g. there is more than one way to peel a potato or fold the laundry).
5. Always make time for the two of you.
6. Marry someone that you enjoy listening and talking to.
7. Remember that marriage is sometimes a bed of roses and sometimes there are thorns.
8. Remember that the best gift that you can give your children is to love their mother/father.
9. Be fair! Split the housework, spending money, etc evenly. This way you are never resentful of your partners contributions (or lack of) or expenditures.
10. Never go to bed angry. (Unless it's 3a.m. and you're exhausted, angry, and not thinking straight.)
11. Remember that people do fight. It's how you do it that matters.
12. Before starting an argument, consider if it's really worth it.
13. Fight naked. ;)
14. Agree to disagree.
15. Never, ever mention the "D" word (divorce).
16. Do you want to be right or do you want to be married?
17. Respect each other's privacy.
18. Remember that "love is like childhood. You need to learn to share."
19. Marriage is not 50/50, it's two people giving 100/100 all of the time.
20. Surprise each other now and then.
21. The secret to a happy marriage is two TV's!
22. Have date night!
23. Never pass up an opportunity to say "I love you".
24. Hold hands.
25. Hug & kiss every day (several times a day actually!).
26. Always believe that you got better than you deserved.
27. Be quick to say "I'm sorry".
28. Choose the one you love, then love the one you choose.
29. Keep the in-laws out of your marriage!
30. Love isn't always a feeling, it's a decision.
31. Hang in there. It's worth it.
32. Play nice, play often, love much.
33. Never air your dirty laundry as a couple in public.
34. Never keep secrets from each other.
35. Be each other's champion. No matter what, take your husband or wife's/partner’s side first!
36. Communication is the key!
37. Always respect each other.
38. Never underestimate the power of a good belly-laugh and don't be afraid to laugh at yourself.
39. It's the little things that matter most.
40. Never use the words 'Always' and 'Never' in a fight.
41. It's ok to argue, but never use curse words to express your anger.
42. Never compare your marriage to others. What you see on the outside is not always what it is on the inside.
43. Don't make love in the same place/position every time. Variety is the spice of life!
My passion: Seeing relationships work not just by chance; but by taking calculated, ordered and cautious steps through God’s wisdom
You have to be deliberate about being happy.
Happiness is not just a function of the buoyancy of your pocket but it’s a state of the mind. Happiness is available to the rich and the poor.
Here is a collection of tips that would help you achieve living happily with your spouse. If we can stay up all night to study and pass school exams, then these tips shouldn’t be too long for us to print and possibly recite over and over again until they become part of us.
The quality of your preparation determines the quality of your performance so start now especially if you are not married yet.
1. Never assume.
2. Compliment more than you criticize.
3. For each time you vent about your husband/wife/partner to your friends, tell three positive stories.
4. Remember that it is ok to do things differently (e.g. there is more than one way to peel a potato or fold the laundry).
5. Always make time for the two of you.
6. Marry someone that you enjoy listening and talking to.
7. Remember that marriage is sometimes a bed of roses and sometimes there are thorns.
8. Remember that the best gift that you can give your children is to love their mother/father.
9. Be fair! Split the housework, spending money, etc evenly. This way you are never resentful of your partners contributions (or lack of) or expenditures.
10. Never go to bed angry. (Unless it's 3a.m. and you're exhausted, angry, and not thinking straight.)
11. Remember that people do fight. It's how you do it that matters.
12. Before starting an argument, consider if it's really worth it.
13. Fight naked. ;)
14. Agree to disagree.
15. Never, ever mention the "D" word (divorce).
16. Do you want to be right or do you want to be married?
17. Respect each other's privacy.
18. Remember that "love is like childhood. You need to learn to share."
19. Marriage is not 50/50, it's two people giving 100/100 all of the time.
20. Surprise each other now and then.
21. The secret to a happy marriage is two TV's!
22. Have date night!
23. Never pass up an opportunity to say "I love you".
24. Hold hands.
25. Hug & kiss every day (several times a day actually!).
26. Always believe that you got better than you deserved.
27. Be quick to say "I'm sorry".
28. Choose the one you love, then love the one you choose.
29. Keep the in-laws out of your marriage!
30. Love isn't always a feeling, it's a decision.
31. Hang in there. It's worth it.
32. Play nice, play often, love much.
33. Never air your dirty laundry as a couple in public.
34. Never keep secrets from each other.
35. Be each other's champion. No matter what, take your husband or wife's/partner’s side first!
36. Communication is the key!
37. Always respect each other.
38. Never underestimate the power of a good belly-laugh and don't be afraid to laugh at yourself.
39. It's the little things that matter most.
40. Never use the words 'Always' and 'Never' in a fight.
41. It's ok to argue, but never use curse words to express your anger.
42. Never compare your marriage to others. What you see on the outside is not always what it is on the inside.
43. Don't make love in the same place/position every time. Variety is the spice of life!
My passion: Seeing relationships work not just by chance; but by taking calculated, ordered and cautious steps through God’s wisdom
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