It is a lesson

It is a lesson
It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.
  

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The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.
I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him
Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.
The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They
Voilence is a Just when kindness is vain
Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.
Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?
You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.
It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.
Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.
Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.