Opportunities, Problems, Creativity, Appearance, Courage, and Tolerance
June 2nd, 2009 by andi
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We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems. - John W. Gardner
When Alexander the Great visited Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for the famed teacher, Diogenes replied: ‘Only stand out of my light.’ Perhaps some day we shall know how to heighten creativity. Until then, one of the best things we can do for creative men and women is to stand out of their light. - John W. Gardner
The world is governed more by appearances than realities, so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it. - Daniel Webster (1782 – 1852)
The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority. - Ralph W. Sockman
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