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“If you can't swallow your pride, you can't lead. Even the highest mountain had animals that step on it.”
― Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
― Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
“He had everything, but he possessed nothing. There is the spiritual secret.”
― The Pursuit of God: The Human Thirst for the Divine
― The Pursuit of God: The Human Thirst for the Divine
“The first key to leadership was self-control, particularly the mastery of pride, which was something more difficult, he explained, to subdue than a wild lion and anger, which was more difficult to defeat than the greatest wrestler. He warned them that "if you can't swallow your pride, you can't lead.”
― Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
― Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
“I have lost my friends," D'Artagnan said ruefully, burying his head in his hands. "I have nothing left but the bitterest of recollections..."
Two large tears rolled down his cheeks.
"You are young," Athos answered. "Your bitter recollections have the time requisite to change into the happiest of memories.”
― The Three Musketeers
Two large tears rolled down his cheeks.
"You are young," Athos answered. "Your bitter recollections have the time requisite to change into the happiest of memories.”
― The Three Musketeers
“People want to be loved; failing that admired; failing that feared; failing that hated and despised. They want to evoke some sort of sentiment. The soul shudders before oblivion and seeks connection at any price.”
― Doctor Glas
― Doctor Glas
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