Apr

23

Thoreau on Man’s Pursuit of Perfection

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“I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.”

Henry David Thoreau

Feb

15

24 Chances

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Every person is given the same 24 hours each day. What defines who we are and what we achieve in life is how each of us chooses to use those 24 hours.

Sep

28

Ask a Favor

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“He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.” - Benjamin Franklin

Sep

4

Aristotle On Excellence

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“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.” - Aristotle

Aug

10

It Is Not The Critic That Counts

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It is not the critic that counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood…who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly. Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that know neither victory nor defeat.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th U.S. President

Jul

28

Defining Perfect

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“Believing that the future can be better than the present does, after all, entail believing that the present isn’t perfect.” - Virginia Postrel