Beware the flatterer: he feeds you with an empty spoon.
Who wins – traits for success
Peter Drucker, 1909-2005
John Adams
There is no encouragement to be faithful. Neither profit, nor honor, nor applause is acquired by faithfulness.Virtue is not in fashion. Vice is not
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
W.J. Davison
The life that conquers is the life that moves with a steady resolution and persistence toward a predetermined goal. Those who succeed are those
Walter Annenberg
I want to remind you that success in life is based on hard slogging. There will be periods when discouragement is great and upsetting,
Mark Twain
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and
Thomas A. Edison
The three great essentials to achieving anything worthwhile are; first, hard work, second, stick-to-it-iveness, and third, common sense.
Thomas Jefferson
I agree with you that there is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talent. – from a letter