Walter Savage Landor: The bird of wisdom flies low, and seeks her food under hedges; the eagle…
The bird of wisdom flies low, and seeks her food under hedges; the eagle himself would be starved if he always soared aloft and against the sun.
In today’s wordsThe bird of wisdom flies low and looks for food under hedges; even the eagle would starve if he always soared aloft against the sun.
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- If the foundation of what you build is not right, nothing you ever build will be right.
- Humility is an inward disposition of a desire to grow and be better than puts you in a position to reach your full God given potential.
- Cookie-cutter advice is not only the enemy of common sense, but hinders strategic wisdom from producing positive solutions.
- Humility is not silence; it is not insecurity (not speaking up or out because you are concerned about how you might look or how people may feel about you). Humility is giving up your right to be right, for what is best overall.
- No good work whatever can be perfect; and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends of art.
- Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up.