Self-destruction is the effect of cowardice in the highest extreme.
—Daniel Defoe (English Writer)
Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences; whence it is bad in council though good in execution.—The right use of the bold, therefore, is, that they never command in chief, but serve as seconds under the direction of others.—For in council it is good to see dangers, and in execution not to see them unless they be very great.
—Francis Bacon (English Philosopher)
You can make up a quarrel, but it will always show where it was patched.
—E. W. Howe (American Novelist)
The way a man wins shows most of his character,|The way he loses shows all of it.
—Unknown
The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour.
—Japanese Proverb
The fishing is best where the fewest go, and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone else is aiming for base hits. There is just less competition for bigger goals.
—Tim Ferriss
Charisma becomes the undoing of leaders. It makes them inflexible, convinced of their own infallibility, unable to change.
—Peter Drucker (Austrian-born Management Consultant)
A multitude of small delights constitute happiness.
—Charles Baudelaire (French Poet)
It is more easy to be wise for others than for ourselves.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It’s been said that knowing something doesn’t make a difference. But taking what you know and doing something with it makes all the difference.
—Steve Goodier