You can’t make an omelet without breaking eggs
Without oxen a stable stays clean, but you need a strong ox for a large harvest. The Bible, Proverbs 14:4 (NLT)
Month: July 2020
Challenge
Difficulties break some men but make others. Nelson Mandela – South African anti-apartheid activist and politician, 1994-99 president, Nobel Peace Prize (1918-2013), from a letter to Winnie Mandela from Robben Island (February 1st, 1975)
Przyszłośc
Przyszłości się nie poznaje, lecz się ją tworzy. Stanisław Brzozowski - polski filozof i pisarz (1878 - 1911), z "Legenda Młodej Polski. Studia o strukturze duszy kulturalnej" (1910) You don"t recognize the future, but you create it. Stanisław Brzozowski - Polisch philosopher and writer (1878-1911), from "The Legend of Young Poland. Studies on the Structure of the Cultural Spirit" ("Legenda...
Brand sharpening
You"re lucky to get 5 minutes with your consumer a year, so make sure you know what you want to say. marketing wisdom
Elegance
Elegance is not to be noticed, it"s to be remembered. attributed to Giorgio Armani – Italian fashion designer (b. 1934) L"eleganza non è farsi notare, ma farsi ricordare. attribuita a Giorgio Armani - stilista italiano (*1934)
Passion
Do it with passion, or not at all. wisdom, attributed to Rosa Nouchette Carey - English children"s writer (1840-1909)
Start early
Plan the difficult when it is easy; Handle the big where it is small. The world"s hardest work begins when it is easy; The world"s largest effort begins where it is small. from the Tao Te Ching - most significant proverb collection of Daoism (chapter 63, 4th century BC), according to a legend written by Lao Tzu (Chinese philosopher, c. 3rd to 5th century BC)
Бог
God is not in power, but in truth. Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky - Russian military leader and nobleman, between 1236 and 1259 Prince of Novgorod, 1249-63 Grand Prince of Kiev, 1252-1263 Grand Prince of Vladimir (1221-1263) Не в силе Бог, а в правде. Алекса́ндр Яросла́вич Не́вский - Русский армейский лидер и дворянин, между 1236 и 1259 князь новгородский, 1249-1263 великий князь киевский,...
Everyone starts small!
Every artist was first an amateur. Ralph Waldo Emerson - American writer (1803-1882), from "Letters and Social Aims", chapter 7: "Progress of Culture" (1875)
Motivation
The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. Richard Bach – American writer (b. 1936), from "Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah" (1977)
Help others
The more you do for others, the better shape you"re in. Walter Breuning - American railroader and supercentenarian, 2009-2011 world"s oldest known man (1896-2011)
The way to the stars
There is no easy way from the earth to the stars. Non est ad astra mollis e terris via. Lucius Annaeus Seneca – Roman philosopher (4 B.C.-65 A.C.), from his comedy "Hercules Furens", line 437 "Megara" (c. 54)
Optimist
For the optimist life is not the problem but already the solution. attributed to Marcel Pagnol - French writer, playwrigt and director (1895-1974) Pour l"optimiste, la vie n"est pas un problème, mais une solution. attribué à Marcel Pagnol - écrivain, dramaturge et cinéaste français (895-1974)
Innovation
Innovation distinguishes a leader from a follower. Steve Jobs – American company founder: Apple (1955-2011), as quoted in "Steve Jobs, the Journey Is the Reward" (1988)
Working
No work is worse than overwork. Samuel Smiles - Scottish author and government reformer (1812-1904), from "Character" (1871)
Liberal
The liberal position is based on courage and confidence. Friedrich August von Hayek - Austrian economist and social philosopher, Nobel Memorial Prize in economic sciences 1974 (1899-1992), from "The Constitution of Liberty" ("Die Verfassung der Freiheit", 1960)
Успеть
Успех – это успеть. Мари́на Ива́новна Цвета́ева - Русский Люрикер (1892-1941) Success is to be in time. Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva - Russian poet (1892-1941)