To take the measure

To take the measure of oneself by reference to one’s colleagues leads to envy or complacency rather than constructive self-examination.

~ Benno C. Schmidt Jr.

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Begin with the end in mind.

~ Stephen R. Covey

Life offers two great gifts–time, and the ability to choose how we spend it. Planning is a process of choosing among those many options. If we do not choose to plan, then we choose to have others plan for us.

~ Richard I. Winword

A truth that’s told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.

~ William Blake

People don’t ask for facts in making up their minds. They would rather have one good, soul-satisfying emotion than a dozen facts.

~ Robert Keith Leavitt

Love is often nothing but a favorable exchange between two people who get the most of what they can expect, considering their value on the personality market.

~ Erich Fromm

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.

~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

You carry on no matter what are the obstacles. You simply refuse to give up -and, when the going gets tough, you get tougher. And, you win.

~ Vince Lombardi

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

~ Benjamin Franklin

No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.

~ Aesop

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