What an absurd thing it is to ...

What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.
What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.

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Inspirational leaders need to have a winning mentality in order to inspire respect. It is hard to trust in the leadership of someone who is half-hearted about their purpose, or only sporadic in focus or enthusiasm.
 Sebastian Coe
I've always had the mentality of: work hard, get to bed early, focus - and let your work speak for itself.
 Olivia Palermo
The fixed determination to have acquired the warrior soul, to either conquer or perish with honor, is the secret of victory.
 George S. Patton
SHUCHU RYOKU - Focus all your energy to one point.
 Gozo Shioda
See first with your mind, then with your eyes, and finally with your body.
 Yagyu Munenori

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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of oneself, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
He only is a great man who can neglect the applause of the multitude and enjoy himself independent of its favor.
Let freedom never perish in your hands.
Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.
An honest private man often grows cruel and abandoned when converted into an absolute prince. Give a man power of doing what he pleases with impunity, you extinguish his fear, and consequently overturn in him one of the great pillars of morality.