Saturday 28 November 2015

"Action without study is fatal. Study without action is futile." - Mary Beard


Tuesday 10 November 2015

“There is no other way to guard yourself against flattery than by making men understand that telling you the truth will not offend you.” - Machiavelli


“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.” - Machiavelli


“Without an opportunity, their abilities would have been wasted, and without their abilities, the opportunity would have arisen in vain.” - Machiavelli


“Minds are of three kinds: one is capable of thinking for itself; another is able to understand the thinking of others; and a third can neither think for itself nor understand the thinking of others. The first is of the highest excellence, the second is excellent, and the third is worthless.” - Machiavelli


“He who becomes a Prince through the favor of the people should always keep on good terms with them; which it is easy for him to do, since all they ask is not to be oppressed.” - Machiavelli


"Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be." -- Zig Ziglar


Monday 9 November 2015

“Men intrinsically do not trust new things that they have not experienced themselves.” - Machiavelli


“It must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things.” - Machiavelli


“Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.” - Machiavelli


“All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger, but calculating risk and acting decisively.” - Machiavelli


"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." - John Shedd


"Teach others how to think, not what to think.." - Alex Mandossian


“It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.” - Machiavelli


"The clean tongue, the clear head, and the bright eye are birthrights of each day." - Sir William Osler