“I need to listen well so that I can hear what is not said.”
~ Thuli Madonsela
Moral of the Work
In War: Resolution
In Defeat: Defiance
In Victory: Magnanimity
In Peace: Good Will
~ Winston Churchill
The Unnecessary War
One day President Roosevelt told me that he was asking publicly for suggestions about what the war should be called. I said at once "The Unnecessary War." There never was a war more easy to stop than that which has just wrecked what was left of the world from the previous struggle. The human tragedy reaches its climax in the fact that after all the exertions and sacrifices of the Righteous Cause, we have still not found Peace or Security, and that we lie in the grip of even worse perils than those we have surmounted.
~ Winston Churchill, forward, The Gathering Storm
A very long distance
Sometimes a person has to go a very long distance out of his way to come back a short distance correctly.
~ Edward Albec
A man's work
In the morning, when you are sluggish about getting up, let this thought be present: "I am rising to a man's work."
~ Marcus Aurelius
To dare
in Boldness, Confidence, Courage
To dare is to lose your footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose yourself.
~ Kierkegaard
What makes you come alive
Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
~ Howard Thurman
No bad news
I know that the enterprise is worthy. I know that things work well. I have heard no bad news.
~ Henry David Thoreau
The right thing to do
in Action, Courage, Determination, Judgment
In a moment of decision, the best thing to do is the right thing to do. The worst thing to do is nothing.
~ Theodore Roosevelt
Think wrongly
Think wrongly if you please, but in all cases, think for yourself.
~ Louisa May Alcott
Words and deeds
Words that do not match deeds are not important.
~ Che Guevara
Your story
"Child," said the Lion, "I am telling you your story, not hers. No one is told any story but their own."
~ C.S. Lewis
Waste no time
in Change, Character, Commitment
Waste no time debating what a good person should be. Be one.
~ Marcus Aurelius
The price of apathy
in Apathy, Evil, Indifference, Politics
The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
~ Plato
The impossible
"It's kind of fun to do the impossible."
~ Walt Disney
Good judgment
in Failure, Experience, Judgment
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience -- well, that comes from poor judgment.
~ A. A. Milne
Hearts are strongest
in Idealism
Hearts are strongest when they beat in response to noble ideals.
~ Ralph Bunche
A second time
in Boldness, Change, Imagination, Creativity, Vision, Exploration
Never travel to any road a second time.
~ Ibn Batthtah
Make it hot
in Action, Initiative
Not only strike when the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.
~ Oliver Cromwell
The weak's weapon
The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong.
~ Geoges Bidault