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Ecclesiasticus
Trust also your own judgment, for it is your most reliable counselor. A man's mind has sometimes a way of telling him more than seven watchmen posted on a high tower.
I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident.
The value of an idea lies in the using of it.
To
accomplish things there must first be an idea that the thing is possible.
Then the watchword must be try, and keep on trying with enthusiasm and a
thorough belief in your ability to succeed.
If you are convinced that a certain thing can be done, never mind what
the world says to the contrary; experiment, never give up.
Forget the word “disappointment.” Failures, so called, are but fingerposts pointing out the right direction to those who are willing to learn.
Edwards
If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to others.
Einstein, Albert
I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.
The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.
Eisenhower
Leadership: the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.
When you are in any contest you should work as if there were—to the very last minute—a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything.
Make big decisions
in the calm.
Ellington, Duke (1899-1974), musician and composer
You’ve got to find some way of saying it without saying it.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
What
we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us; . . . and hence the high
caution, that, since we are sure of having what we wish, we beware to ask only
for high things.
The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops but the kind of man that the country turns out.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
The
glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the
joy of companionship;
it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone
else believes in him and
is willing to trust him with his friendship.
Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation; but of the adopted talent of another, you have only an extemporaneous half-expression. That which each can do best none but his Maker can teach him.
Know then that the world exists for you. . . . All that Adam had, all that Caesar could, you have and can do. Adam called his house heaven and earth; Caesar called his house Rome; you perhaps call yours a cobbler's trade, a hundred acres of ploughed land, or a scholar's garret. Yet line for line and point for point your dominion is as great as theirs, though without fine names. Build therefore your own world.
Every man I meet is in some way my superior.
It is easy to live for others. Everybody does. I call on you to live for yourselves.
What lies behind us and what lies before use are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than material force, that thoughts rule the world.
This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.
Epictetus
Be not swept off your feet by the vividness of the impression, but say, "Impression, wait for me a little. Let me see what you are and what you represent. Let me try you."
Conduct thyself in life as at a banquet. If a plate is offered thee, extend thy hand and take it moderately; if it is to be withdrawn, do not detain it. If it come to thy side, make not thy desire loudly known, but wait patiently until it be offered thee.
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those that he has.
When you have shut your doors and darkened your room, remember, never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone, but God is within, and your genius is within.
Epicurus (c. 341-270 B.C.), philosopher
Of all the means which wisdom uses to ensure happiness throughout the whole of life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.
It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.
Once I ran across
the following statement: “In golf and in life, it’s the follow-through that
makes the difference.” It’s not
only a true statement in golf, however, it really is true in real life
situations. Whether or not we
follow through on our ideas, our goals, or our intentions is what really
makes the difference. If we don’t
follow through on our ideas, they became only wishes, and wishes by themselves
don’t do anything.
- Motivational Minutes, Career Press, Inc
Eulenberg, Ed
Caution to a young reporter: Be wary. If your mother says she loves you, check on it.
Slight
not what's near, while aiming at what's far.
- Rhesus
Do
not consider painful what is good for you.
Evert, Chris
You've
got to take the initiative and play your
game. In a decisive set, confidence
is the difference.
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