Conflictis the gadfly

Conflictis the gadfly
Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.
  

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Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.
All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.
The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.
Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.
Imagination grows by excercise and in more powerful in the mature rather than in the young.
Some people suffer in silence louder than others
There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.
The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!
Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.
Work without faith is like at attempt to reach a bottom-less pit.
Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.