Coaching Quote of the Day 9th October 2011
“What we see depends mainly on what we look for.” (Sir John Lubbock)
“What we see depends mainly on what we look for.” (Sir John Lubbock)
“We seek the teeth that made the wounds.” (Anon)
“To ask the hard question is simple.” (W H Auden)
“There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your youth. Learn to repeat endlessly to yourself, ‘It all depends on me.’ “ (Andre Gide)
Prior to university I remember taking part in a local charity fundraising team quiz. A question on history came up and I recall saying to one of the other older team members – “you’ve got a degree in history, what’s the answer?” Looking back I’m pretty certain that my belief system was that to get … Read more
“The secrets of being happy is not doing what one likes, but liking what one does.” (J M Barrie)
“The great tragedy of science – the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.” (Thomas Huxley, biologist)
“Socretes said that the unexamined life is not worth living. But the over-examined life makes you wish you were dead. Given the alternative, I’d rather be living.” (Saul Bellow)