When your views on the world and your intellect are being challenged
and you begin to feel uncomfortable because of a contradiction you've
detected that is threatening your current model of the world or some
aspect of it, pay attention. You are about to learn something. This
discomfort and intellectual conflict is when learning is taking place.
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Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn read more
Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time, to figure out whether you like it or no.
Keep quiet. Do your work in the world, but inwardly keep quiet. Then all will come to you.
Keep quiet. Do your work in the world, but inwardly keep quiet. Then all will come to you.
Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better
questions, and as a result, they get better answers.
Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better
questions, and as a result, they get better answers.
People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, read more
People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there light is from within.
A good leader needs to have a compass in his head and a bar of steel
in his heart.
A good leader needs to have a compass in his head and a bar of steel
in his heart.
The mind is just another muscle.
The mind is just another muscle.
To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep read more
To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it -- who can say this is not greatness?
Ideas not coupled with action never become bigger than the brain cells
they occupied.
Ideas not coupled with action never become bigger than the brain cells
they occupied.
Most people, once they graduate from the School of Hard Knocks,
automatically enroll in the University of Adversity.
Most people, once they graduate from the School of Hard Knocks,
automatically enroll in the University of Adversity.
