It is never too late …
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” (George Eliot)
Roberto Grippi
The difference between luck and …
“The difference between luck and ability is duration.” (Solomon Short)
Obstacles are those frightful things …
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” (Henry Ford)
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls …
Today it is Easter, it inspires me to expand my thoughts. Today’s quote is well known, and I propose it as it was originally written to show that the need to consider all as part of a group is not a new sentiment and was not elaborated in times of virtual meetings. No man is … Read more
I have often regretted my speech …
“I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.” (Xenocrates)
We should not speak so that …
“We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.” (Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, Roman teacher and writer) “Institutio Oratoria (Institutes of Oratory)” Quintilian Book (Book VIII, Chapter II), circa 95 AD.
Small people you recognise immediately …
“Small people you recognise immediately, they are the ones trying to explain to you how big they are.” (Mauro Soldano)
An Epitaph
Here lies the body Of William Jay, Who died maintaining His right of way. He was in the right As he sped along, But he’s just as dead As if he’d been wrong. Edgar A. Guest (1916)‘An Epitaph’, In the Detroit Free Press, 1 October 1916, p. 72Detroit, Michigan
Constant kindness can accomplish much …
“Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.” (Albert Schweitzer)
Don’t let someone else’s opinion of you …
“Don’t let someone else’s opinion of you become your reality.” (Les Brown)
We are more often frightened than hurt …
“We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.” (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
If ignorance were a void …
“If ignorance were a void, it would be easy to fill it with things, with culture, with civilisation. But ignorance, dear me, is a fullness. It is a wall, and walls can only be knocked down, or climbed over.” (Antonio Tabucchi)
Knowledge is not power, it is only potential
“Knowledge is not power, it is only potential. Applying that knowledge is power. Understanding why and when to apply that knowledge is wisdom.” (Takeda Shingen, Daimyo (Japanese Lord), 1521 – 1573)
We are all under the same sky …
‘We are all under the same sky, but we do not all have the same horizon.” (Konrad Adenauer)
There are two kinds of people …
“There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit.Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.” (Indira Gandhi)