Far better it is to dare might things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they in the gray twilight that knows nor victory nor defeat.
Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.
- Topic: Integrity, Leadership
- Location: Antelope Canyon
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism… The one absolutely certain way of brining this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities.
To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.
The liar is no better than the thief, and if his mendacity takes the form of slander he may be worse than most thieves. It puts a premium upon knavery untruthfully to attack an honest man, or even with hysterical exaggeration to assail a bad man with untruth.
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Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.
One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.
Here the people could stand it no longer and complained of the long voyage; but the Admiral cheered them as best he could, holding out good hope of the advantages they would have.
Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and knowledge are not infused into us from without.
Do you know that one of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas.
Love inspires, illumines, designates and leads the way.
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