"Knowing the future is difficult, controlling the..." - Quote by John C Maxwell
Knowing the future is difficult, controlling the future is impossible. Knowing today is essential; controlling today is possible.
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“Courage and initiative come when you understand your purpose in life.”
“Motivation is like love and happiness. It's a by-product. When you're actively engaged in doing something, it sneaks up and zaps you when you least expect it.”
“You must find a way to get your vision seen, implemented, and contributed to by others.”
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“A man's wits are better employed in bearing up under the misfortunes that lie upon him at present than in foreseeing those that may come upon him hereafter.”
“Old & New put their stamp to everything in Nature. The snowflake that is now falling is marked by both. The present moment gives the motion & the color of the flake: Antiquity, its form & properties. All things wear a luster which is the gift of the present & a tarnish of time.”
“Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future.”
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“I am an acme of things accomplished, and I an encloser of things to be.”
“We can see the light but we are still inside the tunnel, ... We have not been able to get to all the communities.”
“Man is unique in that he has plans, purpose and goals which require the need for criteria of choice. The need for ethical value is within man whose future may largely be determined by the choice he make”