inspirations
My dad's been collecting all sorts of quotes - and I realize they're mostly reflections of what I've been telling him!
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles a world.
- Einstein -
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
- Faulkner -
The further backward you can look, the further forward you will see.
- Winston Churchill -
(From Queen of Seondeok in a Korean drama series my dad and peggy seem hooked on - the queen that declared she didn't want to be queen, but king instead during a test by a grandmaster of 10 captains to pick a commander.)
Test 1:
When a leader goes into battle, what must he focus on?
A leader should not focus on any one place, but always look at the whole.
Test 2:
Why must he look at the whole?
A soldier who cannot observe the whole dies alone. But a leader who cannot judge a whole situation will kill all his men.
[Grandmaster's response to one of the captains: Perfect.]
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