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Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live read more
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.
Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.
Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make read more
Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans. Aim high in hope and work. Remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die.
When you seek it, you cannot find it.
When you seek it, you cannot find it.
The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you
shouldn't-it just keeps you from enjoying it.
The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you
shouldn't-it just keeps you from enjoying it.
Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp read more
Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.
If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that read more
If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.
Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly until you learn to do it well.
Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly until you learn to do it well.
Jesus might have said, "I became man for you. If you do not become
God for me, you wrong me.".
Jesus might have said, "I became man for you. If you do not become
God for me, you wrong me.".