Quotes
Quotes about Age
Nothing encourages creativity like the chance to fall flat on one's face.
The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Yet spirit immortal, the tomb cannot bind thee, But like thine own eagle that soars to the sun Thou springest from bondage and leavest behind thee A name which before thee no mortal hath won.
Impatience is the mark of independence not of bondage.
Voyager upon life's sea:-- To yourself be true, And whate'er you lot may be, Paddle your own canoe.
If inflation continues, the two-car garage will be replaced by the two-family garage.
The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency. The second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity. Both bring a permanent ruin.
My heart is feminine, nor can forget-- To all, except one image, madly blind; So shakes the needle, and so stands the pole, As vibrates my fond heart to my fix'd soul.
An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modest innocence away.
Whoe'er has travel'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome, at an inn.
Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, "Make me feel important." Never forget this message when working with people.
One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the world. It takes rigor, and it takes courage.
We make a vessel from a lump of clay; It is the space inside the vessel that makes it useful. ... Thus, while the tangible has advantages, It is the intangible that makes it useful.
If at first you don't succeed, you are running about average.
The best soldier does not attack. The superior fighter succeeds without violence. The greatest conqueror wins without struggle. The most successful manager leads without dictating. This is intelligent nonaggressiveness. This is called the mastery of men.
This is my peace message in one sentence: This is the way of peace-overcome evil with good, and falsehood with truth, and hatred with love.
Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions.
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
A leader knows what's best to do; a manager knows merely how best to do it.
Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged.
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.
No man can live happily who regards himself alone, who turns everything to his own advantage. Thou must live for another, if thou wishest to live for thyself.
The chief executive who knows his strengths and weaknesses as a leader is likely to be far more effective than the one who remains blind to them. He also is on the road to humilityâthat priceless attitude of openness to life that can help a manager absorb mistakes, failures, or personal shortcomings.
