Judgement

For all right judgment of any man or things it is useful, nay, essential, to see the good qualities before pronouncing on the bad.

Thomas Carlyle

Live for the Occasional Moment of Joy

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.

William Hazlitt

Feedback Loops Matter

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.

Winston Churchill

Do it !

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.

Dale Carnegie

In General

We think in generalities, but we live in detail.

Alfred North Whitehead

Take Control

Your life won't change unless you change it.

Hamed Okhravi

For Bankers

Seek simplicity, and distrust it.

Alfred North Whitehead

Devils, Details and so on

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Aldous Huxley

For John McCain

Macho does not prove mucho.

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Don't Make it Personal

Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention.

Abraham Lincoln

My Humble Opinion

It’s never a shame when you admit you don’t know something, and often a shame when you assume that you do.

Eric Zorn

Limits

You can do anything. But not everything.

David Allen

"What Gets measured ..."

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

Albert Einstein

Why "Plain English" Won't Work

Language is a part of our organism and no less complicated than it.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Planning

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Liberation

Reality is negotiable. Outside of science and law, all rules can be bent or broken.

Tim Ferriss

Politicians Know This

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Aristotle

Say No

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

How ?

It is surprising how easy it is to forget that the way to get things done is to do them.

Mark Forster

What is Moral ?

Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.

Albert Einstein