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In addition to self-awareness, imagination and conscience, it is the
fourth human endowment-independent will-that really makes effective
self-management possible. It read more
In addition to self-awareness, imagination and conscience, it is the
fourth human endowment-independent will-that really makes effective
self-management possible. It is the ability to make decisions and choices
and to act in accordance with them. It is the ability to act rather than
to be acted upon, to proactively carry out the program we have developed
through the other three endowments. Empowerment comes from learning how to
use this great endowment in the decisions we make every day.
The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born read more
The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age. He can only get a vision of the unselfish forces in the world by appealing to them, and every appeal is a call to arms. If he fights he must fight, not one man, but a conspiracy. He is always at war with a civilization. On his side is proverbial philosophy, a galaxy of invisible saints and sages, and the half-developed consciousness and professions of everybody. Against him is the world, and every selfish passion in his own heart.
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
They who are all things to their neighbors cease to be anything to
themselves.
They who are all things to their neighbors cease to be anything to
themselves.
What you can become you are already.
What you can become you are already.
I hate the outdoors. To me the outdoors is where the car is.
I hate the outdoors. To me the outdoors is where the car is.
The Three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to
himself.
The Three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to
himself.
You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can
get with just a kind word.
You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can
get with just a kind word.
