Christian Nestell Bovee: Haste turns usually upon a matter of ten minutes too late, and may be avoided…
Haste turns usually upon a matter of ten minutes too late, and may be avoided by a habit like that of Lord Nelson, to which he ascribed his success in life, of being ten minutes too early.
In today’s wordsHaste usually comes down to being ten minutes late, and can be avoided by Lord Nelson's habit, which he credited for his success, of being ten minutes early.
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- When we take natural moments, negative or positive, and use them to create positive momentum, the moment becomes a super-natural moment - a miracle! When we choose to see the positive in the negative, we are creating momentum in the moment.
- The less willing you are to be interrupted the more destined you are to be the same.
- Seize the moment!
- People often complain about lack of time when lack of direction is the real problem.
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