Were we to take as much pains to be what we ought, as we do to disguise what we are, we might appear like ourselves without being at the trouble of any disguise at all.
—François de La Rochefoucauld (Public domain)
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By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher. ——Socrates (Creative Commons, see attrib) Advertisements
Using the Experience of Others to Gain Leverage
From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own. …Whatever our undertaking, there are many points at which it will seem to be a daunting task. Unless we have spent a lifetime in a field,...
Andy Grove on Vigilance
Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive. —Andy Grove (Creative Commons, see attribution) Advertisements
Singularity of Focus
The average person puts only 25% of their energy and ability into their work. The world takes its hat off to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few...
Find Your Passion
From a little spark may burst a flame. —Dante (Public domain) …You would be amazed at the percentage of people who live their lives in an almost subconscious state; going through the motions in a...
Humor Friday
We are not retreating – we are advancing in another direction. —Douglas MacArthur (Public domain) Advertisements
Take the Helm
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. —Publilius Syrus (Public domain) …When the sea on which we are traveling is calm, it is easy to talk tough and appear strong. It is when the...
What we were once blind to, we can now clearly see
Time is the wisest counselor of all. —Pericles (495-429 BC; Greek statesman and Athenian general) Advertisements
We Become What We Think
We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves. —Buddha (Public Domain) Advertisements
The Human Connection
A man is never astonished that he doesn’t know what another does, but he is surprised at the gross ignorance of the other in not knowing what he does. —Richard Halliburton (Public Domain) …The...
Humor Friday
I’ve always been interested in people, but I’ve never liked them. —Henry James, British-American author (Bain News Service; Public Domain) Advertisements
Learn from the missteps of others
Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. —George Santayana (by Samuel Johnson Woolf; Public Domain) …And this is not limited to your past. No matter the endeavor you wish to...
Follow Your Conscience, Not the Crowd
The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It’s the age-old struggle: the roar of the crowd on the one side, and the voice of your conscience on the other. —Douglas MacArthur (Public...
Drive Forward
Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears. — Marcus Aurelius (Public Domain) …Drive forward, leaving the real or perceived obstacles in the dust behind you. —MSH, Penn Wealth...
Live with Gratitude
Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life. — Robert Louis Stevenson (by Henry Walter Barnett; Public Domain) Advertisements
Don’t Dwell…Act!
The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds. — Will Durant (Photo licensed) …It is so easy to be consumed by our “hopes or...
Seneca on Courage
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage. — Seneca the Younger (4 BC-65 AD, Advisor to Nero) Advertisements
Go Forward or Go Back, There is No Other Choice
Business is like rowing a boat upstream. You have no choice; you must go forward or you will go back. — Lewis E. Pierson (Photo of Clutha River, New Zealand; licensed) …but the view along the way...
Humor Friday
Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious. — William Feather (Public Domain) Advertisements
Which camp are you in?