If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;…
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;…
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’
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Tolerance
Jefferson’s tolerance of moral and religious beliefs that “neither pick my pocket nor break my leg”.
Things not being necessary is what makes life interesting. The little *extras* in life.
– Stephen Fry
Purpose of marriage
If you can’t support me when I’m lying, why are we even married?
– Howard Wolowitz, S09 E09
Answering phones
Get a reputation for answering phones, and then all they do is constantly ring
– John Luther, S01 E02
(John puts it in better words than me, why I *heavily* filter calls)
Democracy.
The voters that you champion and that I can’t stand.
– Josh Lyman, in The West Wing
What a beautiful day to die
We mostly lose our tempers not with those who are actually to blame; but with those who love us enough to forgive us our foul moods.
Teach with wonder in your eyes
Teach when you are filled with wonder, before you become a boring expert.
— Mark Pilgrim (via Matt Mullenweg)
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
— Maya Angelou