On Success
“There is no formula for success—you just begin and then you continue”.
– Cameron Esposito
(Standup comedian)
My Take: There is no short cut to hard work.
A simple recipe for success
“Think of many things. Do one.”
– Portuguese proverb
My Take: Ideate, ideate and ideate.
On Courage
“Courage is the most important of all the virtues. Without that virtue, you can’t practice any other virtue with consistency.”
-Maya Angelou
(Poet and Author)
My Take: Both Physical and Moral Courage are important.
On Change
“Change may not always bring growth, but there is no growth without change.”
-ROY T. BENNETT
(Author)
My Take: Change the environment. If You can’t – change your attitude.
On Responsibility
”It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.”
-MOLIÈRE
(French playwright, actor, and poet)
My Take: Have broad Shoulders.
On Knowledge
“In life, there isn’t a single person that knows everything and there is no person that knows nothing. It’s not too late to learn”.
-Marie-Christine Gasingirwa
(Director at the Ministry of Education in Rwanda)
My Take: Never stop learning.
On Greatness
”Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”
-William Shakespeare
My Take: First be great human then a great professional.
On the importance of enhancing what already works.
“A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked”.
-John Gall.
(Physician and author)
My Take: Improve what already exists.
On the trap of self-pity
“Nobody’s going to do your life for you. You have to do it yourself”.
– Cheryl Strayed
(Author)
My Take: Get up and get going.
And The Best
“Never converse with a man who has written more than he has read.”
– Samuel Johnson
(Playwright, poet, and writer)
My Take: Never argue – work in ‘take it or leave it’ mode.
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