There is something that is much more scarce,
something rarer than ability.
It is the ability to recognize ability.
– Robert Half
Doing easily what others find difficult
is talent;
doing what is impossible for talent
is genius.
– Henri-Frederic Amiel
To be able to look back
upon ones life in satisfaction,
is to live twice.
– Kahlil Gibran
Love is blind;
friendship closes its eyes.
– Proverb
Footprints on the sands of time
are not made by sitting down.
– Proverb
One never notices
what has been done;
one can only see
what remains to be done.
– Marie Curie
Better three hours too soon,
than one minute too late.
– William Shakespeare
Any coward can fight a battle
when he’s sure of winning;
but give me the man who has
the pluck to fight
when he’s sure of losing.
– George Eliot
There are two things to aim at in life:
first to get what you want;
and after that, to enjoy it.
– Logan Pearsall Smith
The man who makes no mistakes
does not usually make anything.
– Bishop W.C. Magee
Many of life’s failures are people
who did not realize how close they were
to success when they gave up.
– Thomas Edison
All things at first appear difficult.
– Chinese Proverb
Happiness is a perfume
you cannot pour on others
without getting a few drops
on yourself.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
A leader is one who
knows the way,
goes the way,
and shows the way.
– John C. Maxwell
It’s what you learn
after you know it all
that counts.
– John Wooden
It is the province of knowledge
to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom
to listen.
– Oliver Wendell Holmes
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And some horoscopes:
Aries,
You will not accept a new duty as it is not falling under your competence, but your superior will try to force you. In love, he/she will complain because you are not paying enough attention to him/her. Tip: try to be compliant.
Don’t even think about sitting still, and don’t promise your companion that you will. You’ll be even more high-energy than usual, which is really saying something. You’ll find a productive outlet for all that energy. Just use your imagination.
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Aries Horoscope for week of December 16, 2004
In 1874, a fire broke out in an underground coalfield in western China. It burned nonstop until 2004, when firefighters finally squelched it. In the intervening 130 years, 200 million tons of fuel went to waste, spewing out copious amounts of polluting gases. I nominate the denouement of this long-running drama to serve as your personal metaphor for early 2005. In January and February, you will finally douse a smoldering inner fire that has been a poor use of your ambition. This will set the stage for a fresh start. No later than your birthday, you will ignite a new blaze that’s both more efficient and more worthy of you.
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