“It takes vast willpower, luck, and skill to be the first. But it takes a gigantic heart to be number two.”
“We all have a vast number of areas in which we have no talent or skill and little chance of becoming even mediocre. In those areas a knowledge workers should not take on work, jobs and assignments. It takes far more energy to improve from incompetence to mediocrity than it takes to improve from first-rate performance to excellence.”
“Chance is the first step you take, luck is what comes afterward.”
“Most of life's actions are within our reach, but decisions take willpower.”
“Be kind to your sleeping heart. Take it out in the vast field of light And let it breathe.”
“With willing hearts and skillful hands, the difficult we do at once; the impossible takes a bit longer.”