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Friday Filosophy #2016-8

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Pride is a double edged sword. One side is good and the other, well, not so good. Here are some provocative thoughts on pride for Friday Filosophy #2016-8.  Since our focus is on learning, remember that pride can be the enemy of attaining knowledge.  On the other hand, pride in our work can push us to achieve more.

 

A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

Henry Ward Beecher

 

Concept is God’s gift to little men.

Bruce Barton

 

Some of the proudest and most arrogant people I have known were morons and paupers, while some of the most wonderful and humble were wealthy.

Howard Callahan

 

A great business success was probably never attained by chasing the dollar but is due to pride in one’s work – the pride that makes business an art.

Henry L Doherty

 

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

Benjamin Franklin

 

Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve.

Alexander Pope.

 

My pride fell with my fortunes.

William Shakespeare

 

If a proud man makes me keep my distance, the comfort is that he keeps his at the same time.

Jonathon Swift

 

A man given to pride is usually proud of the wrong thing.

Henry Ford

 

The time is now.

Friday Filosophy #2016-3

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With our Friday Filosophy #2016-3, I want to continue to focus on education, with some of the terms we like to use to describe intellect.  Intelligence and genius are interesting words with all manner of preconceived notions as to what they mean. So here are some interesting quotes to consider on Intelligence.

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

Albert Einstein.

 

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.

Henry Ford

 

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

Salvador Dali

 

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

Aristotle.

 

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

Stephen Hawking.

 

Common sense is not so common.

Voltaire.

 

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

Plutarch.

 

There are no limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination and wonder.

Ronald Reagan.

 

The time is now.

Friday Filosophy #2015-8

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It is only our 8th Friday Filosophy for 2015, and already the year is off to a busy start!  Some words of wisdom for your weekend:

 

Example is leadership.

Albert Schweitzer

 

If you think you can or you think you can’t, either way you are right.

Henry Ford

 

Action is the foundation key to all success.

Pablo Picasso

 

The time is now.

Friday Filosophy #2014-44

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A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

Max Lucado

 

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

Dalai Lama

 

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

Henry Ford

 

The time is now…