The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.
Joseph Joubert
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November 30, 2007
November 26, 2007
Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.
Theodore Roosevelt
November 15, 2007
The life that conquers is the life that moves with a steady resolution and persistence toward a predetermined goal. Those who succeed are those who have thoroughly learned the immense importance of plan in life, and the tragic brevity of time.
W.J. Davison
October 31, 2007
To think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world. If you leave your mind to itself it will spiral down into ever increasing unhappiness. To think good thoughts, however, requires effort. This is one of the things that discipline – training – is about.
James Clavell, in his novel “Shogun”
October 17, 2007
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
Theodore Roosevelt
October 16, 2007
Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favorable do nothing.
William Feather
October 14, 2007
I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.
Edward Everett Hale
October 13, 2007
Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive;
Enjoy the day; live life to the fullest;
Make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.Horace
October 12, 2007
The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
Theodore Roosevelt
October 12, 2007
In order to discover new lands, one must be willing to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
Andre Gide (1869–1951)
