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The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we
call luck.
The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we
call luck.
An adventure is only an inconvenience, rightly considered.
An adventure is only an inconvenience, rightly considered.
Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and read more
Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
Integrity is the essence of everything successful.
Integrity is the essence of everything successful.
But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out read more
But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out of his belly, contending with the strange rapacity of savage life, the lower stage of creation, he cannot make the effort any more.
In the heating and air conditioning trade, the point on the thermostat
in which neither heating nor cooling must operate-around read more
In the heating and air conditioning trade, the point on the thermostat
in which neither heating nor cooling must operate-around 72 degrees-is
called the "Comfort Zone." It's also known as the "Dead
Zone.".
In really good companies, you have to lead. You have to come up with big ideas and express them forcefully. read more
In really good companies, you have to lead. You have to come up with big ideas and express them forcefully. I have always been encouraged -- or sometimes forced -- to confront the very natural fear of being wrong. I was constantly pushed to find out what I really thought and then to speak up. Over time, I came to see that waiting to discover which way the wind was blowing is an excellent way to learn how to be a follower.
You have to believe in yourself.
You have to believe in yourself.
The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability
and determination to overcome bad read more
The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability
and determination to overcome bad luck.
