"Hell begins the day that God grants..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Hell begins the day that God grants you the vision to see all that you could have done, should have done, and would have done, but did not do.
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“The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the common run of people is satisfied with ornament.”
“Perfection is the measure of heaven, and the wish to be perfect the measure of man.”
“Ingratitude is always a kind of weakness. I have never known men of ability to be ungrateful.”
More on Regret
“I used to be cruel to my woman, and physically - any woman. I was a hitter. I couldn't express myself and I hit. I fought men and I hit women. That is why I am always on about peace, you see. It is the most violent people who go for love and peace. Everything's the opposite. But I sincerely believe in love and peace. I am a violent man who has learned not to be violent and regrets his violence. I will have to be a lot older before I can face in public how I treated women as a youngster.”
“My father died very suddenly at sixty-three. Just dropped dead. For a long time afterward, I'd ask myself, Why didn't I ask him to play golf more? Why didn't I spend more time with him? But when you're off trying to get the brass ring, you forget and overlook those little things. It gives you a certain amount of regret later on, but there's nothing you can do about it. So you just forge on.”
“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”
More on Potential
“Any conclusion you reach about yourself has to be an unseen limitation because there's always more to see.”
“If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.”
“Having the capacity to lead is not enough. The leader must be willing to use it.”