"Hardly any human being is capable of..." - Quote by Plato

“Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.”

“The greatest wealth is to live content with little.”

“When men speak ill of thee, live so that nobody will believe them.”

“I have always thought that one man of tolerable abilities may work great changes, and accomplish great affairs among mankind, if he first forms a good plan, and, cutting off all amusements or other employments that would divert his attention, make the execution of that same plan his sole study and business.”

“I don't think we can win every game. Just the next one.”

“Focus on opportunities, not problems.”

“Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.”

“In those days a boy on the classical side officially did almost nothing but classics. I think this was wise; the greatest service we can to education today is to teach few subjects. No one has time to do more than a very few things well before he is twenty, and when we force a boy to be a mediocrity in a dozen subjects we destroy his standards, perhaps for life.”

“No one achieves greatness by becoming a generalist. You don't hone a skill by diluting your attention to its development. The only way to get to the next level is focus.”