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.
Ovid·16 BCWe always strive for what is forbidden, and desire what is denied.
G.K. ChestertonThere are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.
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.
