François de La Rochefoucauld: There are no accidents so unfortunate from which skilful men will not draw some…
There are no accidents so unfortunate from which skilful men will not draw some advantage, nor so fortunate that foolish men will not turn them to their hurt.
In today’s wordsNo accident is so unfortunate that a skillful person can't gain something from it, and none so fortunate that a fool can't turn it to his harm.
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- If someone’s life has better fruit than yours, learn how they think as a template to produce better fruit in yours.
- Wisdom is the long term ROI, when you choose to be a listener, especially when you want to say something.
- Never allow a door that has been closed to keep you from going through a door that is open.
- The purpose of any test is not just to prove your present knowledge based on past experience, but to approve your wisdom for future success.
- Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations… If you adopt their attitudes, then the possibility won’t exist because you’ll have already shut it out… You can hear other people’s wisdom, but you’ve got to re-evaluate the world for yourself.
- Opportunities of some type or other are ever around us; they whisper or thunder in every man's ear and pass in some way and at some time every man's door.