“Time after time, during the Civil War, Lincoln put a new general at the head of the Army of the Potomac, and each one in turn—McClellan, Pope, Burnside, Hooker, Meade—blundered tragically and drove Lincoln to pacing the floor in despair. Half the nation savagely condemned these incompetent generals, but Lincoln, “with malice toward none, with charity for all,” held his peace. One of his favorite quotations was “Judge not, that ye be not judged.” And when Mrs. Lincoln and others spoke harshly of the southern people, Lincoln replied: “Don’t criticize them; they are just what we would be under similar circumstances.”
― How To Win Friends and Influence People
― How To Win Friends and Influence People
“Our most precious gift is our brain. It is what allows us to learn, love, think, create, and even to experience joy. It is the gateway to our emotions, to our capacity for deeply experiencing life, to our ability to have lasting intimacy. It allows us to innovate, grow, and accomplish.”
― Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life
― Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life
“Give a person an idea, and you enrich their day. Teach a person how to learn, and they can enrich their entire life.”
― Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life
― Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life
“Knowledge is power: You hear it all the time but knowledge is not power. It's only potential power. It only becomes power when we apply it and use it.
Somebody who reads a book and doesn't apply it, they're at no advantage over someone who's illiterate.
None of it works unless YOU work. We have to do our part. If knowing is half the battle, action is the second half of the battle.”
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Somebody who reads a book and doesn't apply it, they're at no advantage over someone who's illiterate.
None of it works unless YOU work. We have to do our part. If knowing is half the battle, action is the second half of the battle.”
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“This is the journey marriage calls us to, to seek to understand and empathize, for each of us to strive to become a redemptive partner rather than a legal opponent.”
― A Lifelong Love: How to Have Lasting Intimacy, Friendship, and Purpose in Your Marriage
― A Lifelong Love: How to Have Lasting Intimacy, Friendship, and Purpose in Your Marriage
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