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Tush! Tush! my lassie, such thoughts resigne,
Comparisons are cruele:
Fine pictures suit in frames as fine,
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Tush! Tush! my lassie, such thoughts resigne,
Comparisons are cruele:
Fine pictures suit in frames as fine,
Consistencie's a jewell.
For thee and me coarse cloathes are best,
Rude folks in homelye raiment drest,
Wife Joan and goodman Robin.
Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.
Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.
A plan is a list of actions arranged in whatever sequence is thought likely to achieve an objective.
A plan is a list of actions arranged in whatever sequence is thought likely to achieve an objective.
My goal in sailing isn't to be brilliant or flashy in individual races, just to be consistent over the long read more
My goal in sailing isn't to be brilliant or flashy in individual races, just to be consistent over the long run.
Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.
Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.
Everything someone does on a daily basis should be traceable back to an annual or quarterly plan.
Everything someone does on a daily basis should be traceable back to an annual or quarterly plan.
Some self-confronting questions: "Where do I want to be at any given time?" "How am I going to get there? read more
Some self-confronting questions: "Where do I want to be at any given time?" "How am I going to get there? "What do I have to do to get myself from where I am to where I want to be?"... "What's the first, small step I can take to get moving?".
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by
little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by
little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
No well-informed person has declared a change of opinion to be
inconstancy.
[Lat., Nemo doctus unquam mutationem consilii read more
No well-informed person has declared a change of opinion to be
inconstancy.
[Lat., Nemo doctus unquam mutationem consilii inconstantiam dixit
esse.]