Archive for April, 2008

James Dakin on Teaching

“For something to be memorable; it has to stand out – it needs to be engaging, it needs to make an impact and it needs to be relevant.”

- James Dakin

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Hafsat Abiola-Costello on Duty

“noblesse oblige – from those to whom much is given, much is expected.”

- Hafsat Abiola-Costello

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Eric Hoffer on Compassion

“Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.”

 - Eric Hoffer 

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Robert Conklin on Appreciation

“If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.” 

 - Robert Conklin 

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge on Friendship

“Friendship is a sheltering tree.” 

 - Samuel Taylor Coleridge 

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Benjamin Disraeli on Purpose

“The secret to success is constancy to purpose.”

 - Benjamin Disraeli

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Gita Bellin on Experience

“Experience is determined by yourself — not the circumstances of your life.” 

 - Gita Bellin

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Charles Caleb Colton on Wisdom

“The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world.”

- Charles Caleb Colton

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Queen Elizabeth on Training

“It’s all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you’re properly trained.”

- Queen Elizabeth

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Francis Bacon on Wisdom

“Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.”

- Francis Bacon

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