Life has been compared to a race, but the allusion improves by observing, that the most swift are usually the read more

Life has been compared to a race, but the allusion improves by observing, that the most swift are usually the least manageable and the most likely to stray from the course. Great abilities have always been less serviceable to the possessors than moderate ones.

The single most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up and walk away from the read more

The single most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up and walk away from the table without a deal

The only disability in life is a bad attitude.

The only disability in life is a bad attitude.

Every person is responsible for all the good with the scope of
his abilities, and for no more, and read more

Every person is responsible for all the good with the scope of
his abilities, and for no more, and none can tell whose sphere is
the largest.
- Gail Hamilton (pseudonym of Mary Abigail Dodge),

The dwarf sees farther than the giant, when he has the giant's
shoulders to mount on.

The dwarf sees farther than the giant, when he has the giant's
shoulders to mount on.

Smile when it hurts most.

Smile when it hurts most.

If you count all your assets you always show a profit.

If you count all your assets you always show a profit.

There is great ability in knowing how to conceal one's ability.

There is great ability in knowing how to conceal one's ability.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows.