The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in life how not to be busy. They saw through that adage, repeated to me so often in childhood, that anything worth doing is worth doing well. The truth is, many things are worth doing only in the most slovenly, halfhearted fashion possible, and many other things are not worth doing at all.
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The leader seeks to communicate his vision to his followers. He captures their attention with his optimistic intuition of possible read more
The leader seeks to communicate his vision to his followers. He captures their attention with his optimistic intuition of possible solutions to their needs. He influences them by the dynamism of his faith. He demonstrates confidence that the challenge can be met, the need resolved, the crisis overcome.
While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the
other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.
While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the
other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.
You know you've achieved perfection in design,
Not when you have nothing more to add,
But when you have read more
You know you've achieved perfection in design,
Not when you have nothing more to add,
But when you have nothing more to take away.
One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled
with noble risks, is worth whole years read more
One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled
with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry
decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters
through a marsh, without either honour or observation.
The only people who never fail are those who never try.
The only people who never fail are those who never try.
I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.
I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.
Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage
unless you're scared.
Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage
unless you're scared.
You see things; and you say: "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say: "Why not?"
You see things; and you say: "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say: "Why not?"
Humanity has only scratched the surface of its real potential.
Humanity has only scratched the surface of its real potential.
