Confucius: Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly…
Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.
In today’s wordsWanting things done quickly keeps them from being done well. Focusing on small gains keeps great things from being accomplished.
- Also quoted as
- Also quoted as “Do not be eager for quick results or look at small advantages; haste prevents thoroughness.”
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- All desire stems from passion. Passion stems from our pictures (vision) of the future
- Your vision of your future will determine WHAT IS POSSIBLE in your future.”
- A lack of passion for any area of your life is due to a lack of vision. Where there is no vision there is no passion.
- Vision is a God-inspired portrait of a better future which produces Passion. It must be individually received and can only be collectively achieved.
- We have never arrived. We are in a constant state of becoming.
- When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.