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If you count all your assets you always show a profit.
If you count all your assets you always show a profit.
The question "Who ought to be boss?" is like as "Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?" Obviously, read more
The question "Who ought to be boss?" is like as "Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?" Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.
A Traveller at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a
Lacedaemonian, "I do not believe you can read more
A Traveller at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a
Lacedaemonian, "I do not believe you can do as much." "True,"
said he. "but every goose can."
Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.
Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.
People are always ready to admit a man's ability after he gets there.
People are always ready to admit a man's ability after he gets there.
To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.
[Fr., C'est une grande habilete que de savoir cacher read more
To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.
[Fr., C'est une grande habilete que de savoir cacher son
habilete.]
God does not ask about our ability, but our availability.
God does not ask about our ability, but our availability.
It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing or Harvard. We hire a man, not read more
It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history.