The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.
— Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1757, by Joshua Reynolds; Public Domain)
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Experience and Humility
Some generations have been notably humble due to what they had to endure; other generations have been notably arrogant for what they never had to endure. —Mike Hazell (Image Licensed by Penn...
Defoe on Thankfulness
All of our discontents about what we want appear to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have. —Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe (Artist unknown; style of Sir Godfrey...
Humor Friday
I am easily satisfied with the very best. —Winston Churchill (Image licensed by Penn Wealth Pub.)
Your Success Will Come, Stay the Course!
A minute’s success pays the failure of years. —Robert Browning (1888, by Herbert Rose Barraud; Public Domain)
The Fool is One Who Habitually Quits Too Soon
If only the fool would persist in his folly, he would surely become wise. —William Blake (1807, by Thomas Phillips; Public Domain)
Think Differently
There is a persistent overall tendency for equity to flow from the many to the few. In the long run, the majority loses. The implication for the trader is that to win you must act like the...
Useless Work
There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. —Peter Drucker (by Jeff McNeill; Creative Commons) Many a productive day has been lost to useless work; to...
An Elegantly Simple Definition of Faith
Faith is a passionate intuition. —William Wordsworth (1842, by Benjamin Haydon; Public Domain)
Simply Continue to Act, Always with the End Goal in Mind
Beware the fury of a patient man. —John Dryden (by Sir Godfrey Kneller; Public Domain)
Tapping Into Powerful Thought Patterns
Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise! —Alexander Pope (1727, by Michael Dahl; Public Domain)
Humor Friday
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. —Mark Twain (by A.F. Bradley; Public Domain)
Retaining Individuality Within the Group
Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you’re just sitting still? —J. Paul Getty (Image...
Dream Into Action
There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other. —Erasmus, Catholic priest and Dutch philosopher (1523,...
One Simple Metric for Gauging Leadership Potential
The higher one climbs, the longer their working day. There are no office hours for leaders. —Cardinal James Gibbons (Image in the Public Domain)
To Solve the Challenge Before You, Start by Breaking It Down
No problem can be solved until it is reduced to some simple form. The changing of a vague difficulty into a specific, concrete form is a very essential element in thinking. —John Pierpont Morgan...
Humor Friday
Personally, I am always ready to learn; though I do not always like being taught. —Winston Churchill, British PM (Image licensed by Penn Wealth Pub.)
The Noble Virtue of Patience
Patience is a noble Virtue, and, when rightly exercised, does not fail of its Reward. —General George Washington (Excerpt from 1783 letter to Reverend John Rodgers; Image licensed) Patience does...
Prudence…and Daring
It is a military maxim that ‘fortune may fail us, but a prudent conduct never will.’ At the same time, some of the most brilliant victories have been obtained by a daring stroke. —Maj Gen William...
Stanhope on Humility
Never seem wiser or more learned than the company you are with. Treat your knowledge like a watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked....
You Control the Direction of Your Life
You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. —C.S. Lewis (Image licensed by Penn Wealth Pub.)