“The ultimate measure of a person is not her mistakes or accomplishments, but what she does with them.”
“The sage produces without possessing, acts without expectations, and accomplishes without abiding in her accomplishments. It is precisely because she does not abide in them that they never leave her.”
“He measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure him by what he envisaged or planned.”
“They seek the edges, because it is the edges that ultimately lead us. A wise person does not fear the edges and fringes, but studies them. Indeed, he or she is often in them, working to make change happen.”
“Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability. ”
“There is never a better measure of what a person is than what he does when he's absolutely free to choose.”