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Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more. Mark Twain
Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory. Leonardo da Vinci
The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.
Kenneth BlanchardTo do just the opposite is also a form of imitation. Georg C. Lichtenberg
Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. Susan Ertz
Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but by its breathtaking moments. Michael Vance
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us Oliver Wendell Holmes
All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy. Scott Alexander
Destroying is a necessary function in life. Everything has its season, and all things eventually lose their effectiveness and die. Margaret J. Wheatley
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem to be more afraid of life than death. James F. Bymes
Religion is the human response to being alive and having to die. Forrest Church
Death? Why this fuss about death. Use your imagination, try to visualize a world without death! ... Death is the essential condition of life, not an evil. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
People living deeply have no fear of death. Anais Nin
Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand.
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
Oscar Wilde
Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.
John Dewey
Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.
Edith Wharton
Never, "for the sake of peace and quiet," deny your own experience or convictions. Dag Hammarskjold
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.
Benjamin FranklinLearning from experience is a faculty almost never practiced. Barbara Tuchman
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