The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Man is not imprisoned by habit. Great changes in him can be wrought by crisis - once that crisis can be recognized and understood. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. It's the hard that makes it great. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>