You can't effect the cards that you are dealt, but you can determine how you play them.
The longest part of the journey is said to be the passing of the gate.
Divine Nature gave the fields, human art built the cities.
Divine nature gave us fields, human skill built our cities. -Divina natura dedit agros, ars humana aedificavit urbes
It is for the good of states that men should be deluded by religion.
He who overlooks a healthy spot for the site of his house is mad and ought to be handed over to the care of his relations and friends. [Lat. , Qui salubrem locum negligit, mente est captus atque ad agnatos et gentiles deducendus. ]
He who flees at the right time can fight again.
Most leadership strategies are doomed to failure from the outset. As people have been noting for years, the majority of strategic initiatives that are driven from the top are marginally effective - at best.
I don't like to be recognized on the street or in restaurants, and I don't like the whole celebrity thing.
No one is born with good character; it's not a hereditary trait. And it isn't determined by a single noble act. Character is established by conscientious adherence to moral values, not by lofty rhetoric or good intentions.
Because it was starting to get dark, and because the streets were crowded, I bumped into a googolplex people. Who were they? Where were they going? What were they looking for? I wanted to hear their heartbeats, and I wanted them to hear mine.