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You're never a loser until you quit trying.
You're never a loser until you quit trying.
The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake read more
The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs. Self-conceit often regards it as a sign of weakness to admit that a belief to which we have once committed ourselves is wrong. We get so identified with an idea that it is literally a "pet" notion and we rise to its defense and stop our eyes and ears to anything different.
Most managers were trained to be the thing they most
despise, bureaucrats.
Most managers were trained to be the thing they most
despise, bureaucrats.
The question is not whether the system works, but whether we like the way it works. Just because something works read more
The question is not whether the system works, but whether we like the way it works. Just because something works doesn't mean it is desirable. Concentration camps work, if your purpose is to enslave people. Stealing works, if all you care about is money. Lying works, if you don't give a damn about your personal integrity. Literally anything, no matter how monstrously immoral will work, depending on your desires and how you define the term work,.
Great minds must be ready not only to take opportunities, but to make
them.
Great minds must be ready not only to take opportunities, but to make
them.
An act of God was defined as "something which no reasonable man could have expected.".
An act of God was defined as "something which no reasonable man could have expected.".
Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.
Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.
How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes,
such enchanted musical instruments as the read more
How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes,
such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous
arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than
a god.
Morale is faith in the man at the top.
Morale is faith in the man at the top.
