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1922·South Georgia Island
The quality I look for most is optimism: especially optimism in the face of reverses and apparent defeat.
I believe it is in our nature to explore, to reach out into the unknown. The only true failure would be not to explore at all.
Loneliness is the penalty of leadership, but the man who has to make the decisions is assisted greatly if he feels that there is no uncertainty in the minds of those who follow him, and that his orders will be carried out confidently and in expectation of success.
Lao Tzu·600 BCBy letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try, the world is beyond the winning.
Epicurus·300 BCDo not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for.
Shunryu Suzuki·1981When you do something, you should burn yourself completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.
