Kebijaksanaan Mark Twain yang Tak Lekang oleh Waktu

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Mari kita mulai blog ELAvate Leadership di bulan April dengan beberapa kutipan pendek namun bermakna dari Mark Twain. Kutipan-kutipannya yang berusia lebih dari 120 tahun masih relevan sampai sekarang. Baca dan dapatkan inspirasinya.

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”

“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.”

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.”

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”

“Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.”

“The lack of money Is the root of all evil”

“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.”

“Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.”

The two most important days of your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”

“I can live for two months on a good compliment.”

“The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.”

“Architects cannot teach nature anything.”

“Do the right thing, it will gratify some people and astonish the rest.”

"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."

“There Is no sadder thing than a young pessimist‚ except an old optimist.”

"Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to"

"If everybody was satisfied with himself, there would be no heroes.”

"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time."

"Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it."

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness."

"Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime."

"It is noble to teach oneself, but still nobler to teach others — and less trouble.”

"Education consists mainly in what we have unlearned.”

"A full belly is little worth where the mind is starved.”

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."

"Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.”

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”

Kata-kata bijak yang menggugah ini patut direnungkan! Mark Twain mengingatkan kita bahwa keberanian bukan berarti tidak pernah takut, tapi berani menghadapi ketakutan itu sendiri. Anda bisa bagikan pemikiran berharga ini dengan keluarga, rekan kerja, dan tim kamu - mungkin ini bisa jadi inspirasi yang mereka butuhkan hari ini!

Michael J Griffin
ELAvate CEO and Founder
Maxwell Leadership Founding Member
michael.griffin@elavateglobal.com
+65 91194008 (WhatsApp)

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