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Ponder Aristotle’s Nuggets …
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
Courage is the first of the human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all the others.
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than [...]
Solid Stuff from Colin Powell
Not everyone has a right to sneak into your life. Never make someone a priority when you are only an option for them.
The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve. Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity.
An important attribute in successful people is their impatience with negative thinking and negative [...]
Benjamin Disraeli … the liberal PM …
Success is the child of audacity. The secret of success is constancy to purpose. Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius. Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
Diligence is the mother of good fortune. Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain [...]
Ralph Waldo Emerson …
You will hear everyday the maxims of a low prudence. You will hear that the first duty is to get land and money, place and name. “What is this Truth you seek? What is this Beauty?” – men will ask with derision.
If never the less God hath called any of you to explore Truth and [...]
Physical aspects of the ‘Magnetic’ …
Personal impact is made by how we are seen, heard (voice, words and thought) and our moods. Here are the attributes of the magnetic men and women of the world.
The first quality is … P O I S E.
Waking, sleeping, walking, talking, sitting, standing, doing most anything. An inherent consciousness of being and remaining [...]
Heinrich Schiller … friend of Goethe …
The strong man is strongest when alone.
Dare to err, and Dream. Will it, and briskly set to work. Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing; and he who considers too much will perform little. It hinders the creative work of the mind if the intellect examines too closely the ideas as they pour in. [...]
M*A*S*H … Alan Alda … & History…
M*A*S*H is an American television series adapted from the 1970 feature film MASH (based on the 1968 novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors, by Richard Hooker).
The series is a medical drama/black comedy that follows a team of doctors and support staff stationed at the 4077 Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in South Korea, during [...]
Plutarch … the provincial moralist …
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. Character is simply habit long continued.
Passion for fame, a passion which is the instinct of all great souls. I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.
If [...]
Robert Louis Stevenson …
An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding. To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming is the only end of life. Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well. Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Marcus Fabius Quintilian …
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude these may be.
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The perfection of art is to conceal art.
While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin, the opportunity is lost.
We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
The pretended admission of a fault on our part [...]
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