The pleasures of the…
The pleasures of the mighty are the tears of the poor. / It is blood of the soldiers that makes the general great. More »
The pleasures of the mighty are the tears of the poor. / It is blood of the soldiers that makes the general great. More »
It’s so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite. – Sam [Samuel] Levenson (1911 – 80) More »
If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it’s not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in… More »
It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure. – William (Henry) [Bill] Gates III (1955 – ) (Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from… More »
I don’t think of work as work and play as play. It’s all living. [There is no real difference between work and play – it's all living.] – Richard Branson (1950 – ) (Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech… More »
If there’s a remedy when trouble strikes, What reason is there for dejection? And if there is no help for it, What use is there in being glum? – Shantideva [Śāntideva] (c.685 – c.763): The Way of the Bodhisattva [A… More »
I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying. – Michael Jordan [Michael Jeffery Jordan] (1963 – ) (Image by David Mark from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that… More »
I sent the club a wire stating, PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION. I DON’T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT ME AS A MEMBER. – Groucho Marx [Julius Henry Marx] (1890 – 1977): Groucho and Me (autobiography) (Image… More »
If you try to remember, you will lose. Empty your mind. Be formless, shapeless, like water. Now, you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup; put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow… More »