In addition to self-awareness, imagination and conscience, it is the
fourth human endowment-independent will-that really makes effective
self-management possible. It read more

In addition to self-awareness, imagination and conscience, it is the
fourth human endowment-independent will-that really makes effective
self-management possible. It is the ability to make decisions and choices
and to act in accordance with them. It is the ability to act rather than
to be acted upon, to proactively carry out the program we have developed
through the other three endowments. Empowerment comes from learning how to
use this great endowment in the decisions we make every day.

I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of
committees.

I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of
committees.

The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is
unchangeable or certain.

The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is
unchangeable or certain.

The treacherous, unexplored areas of the world are not in continents or the seas; they are in the hearts and read more

The treacherous, unexplored areas of the world are not in continents or the seas; they are in the hearts and minds of men.

Days are scrolls: Write on them only what you want
remembered.

Days are scrolls: Write on them only what you want
remembered.

You don't need strength to let go of something. What you really
need is understanding.

You don't need strength to let go of something. What you really
need is understanding.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

What every man needs, regardless of his job or the kind of work he is doing, is a vision of read more

What every man needs, regardless of his job or the kind of work he is doing, is a vision of what his place is and may be. He needs an objective and a purpose. He needs a feeling and a belief that he has some worthwhile thing to do. What this is no one can tell him. It must be his own creation. Its success will be measured by the nature of his vision, what he has done to equip himself, and how well he has performed along the line of its development.

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for
the things we did not read more

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for
the things we did not do that is inconsolable.