wise words

Saturday, January 30th, 2010
at 10.35 pm


guys, di bawah ini ada beberapa wise words dari tokoh-tokoh terkemuka di dunia. happy reading ya and I hope it's inspiring for you all :)

o “Tempat saya yang terbaik adalah di tengah-tengah anak buah. Saya akan meneruskan perjuangan.” (Panglima Besar Jendral Sudirman)
o “Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends.” (William Shakespeare)
o “Setiap masalah ada jalan keluarnya, setiap konflik ada solusinya, setiap krisis mengansung peluang.” (SBY)
o “He who can’t change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality, and will never, therefore, make any progress.” (Anwar el-Sadat)
o “During the first period of man’s life the greatest danger is not to take the risk. When once the risk has really been taken, then the greatest danger is to risk too much.” (Kahlil Gibran)
o “The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly.” (Mahatma Gandi)
o “Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand.” (Lakhdar Brahimi)
o When you wholeheartedly adopt a “with all your heart” attitude and go out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things.” (Norman Vincent Peale)
o “There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order.” (Niccolo Machiavelli)
o “Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.” (Jenderal Colin Powell)
o “Never promise more than you can perform” (Publilius Syrus)
o “True morality consists not in following the well-beaten track, but in finding out the true path for ourselves and in fearlessly following it.” (Mahatma Gandi)
o Seven social sins (tujuh dosa besar)
 Politics without principle
 Wealth without work
 Pleasure without conscience
 Knowledge without character
 Commerce without morality
 Science without humanity
 Worship without sacrifice
(Mahatma Gandi in young India 1425)
o “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” (Sun Tzu)
o “The mark of true leader is not how many times he is prepared to say ‘yes’, but how prepared he is to say ‘no’.” (PM Tony Blair)
o “Sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.” (Dalai Lama)


how is it? great, right?