If you don’t have a plan for yourself, you’ll be a part of someone else’s.
—Anonymous
14
Adventure is just bad planning.
—Roald Amundsen
15
Plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
—Dwight Eisenhower, 1962
I rarely plan my research; it plans me.
—Max Perutz, 1998
Man proposes and God disposes.
—European proverb
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
—Henry Kissinger, 1978
***
Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you’re scared to death.
—Harold Wilson, 1977
Courage is doing what you’re afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you’re scared.
—Eddie Rickenbacker, 1977
Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.
—Thomas Fuller, 1732
***
Each of us bears his own Hell.
—Virgil
16
Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
—Seneca, *64 AD
To be strong, conquer yourself.
—German proverb
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1841
14
I have seen this quote attributed to Emanuel James “Jim” Rohn (1930-2009), and also used,
slightly paraphrased, in a 1996 book by some John Mason, but could not find a reliable confirmation of either authorship.
15
As quoted, without a date, in several reputable sources, including Wikiquote.
16
From his Aeneid, written in 29–19 BC.
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—Anonymous
14
Adventure is just bad planning.
—Roald Amundsen
15
Plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
—Dwight Eisenhower, 1962
I rarely plan my research; it plans me.
—Max Perutz, 1998
Man proposes and God disposes.
—European proverb
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
—Henry Kissinger, 1978
***
Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you’re scared to death.
—Harold Wilson, 1977
Courage is doing what you’re afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you’re scared.
—Eddie Rickenbacker, 1977
Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.
—Thomas Fuller, 1732
***
Each of us bears his own Hell.
—Virgil
16
Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
—Seneca, *64 AD
To be strong, conquer yourself.
—German proverb
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1841
14
I have seen this quote attributed to Emanuel James “Jim” Rohn (1930-2009), and also used,
slightly paraphrased, in a 1996 book by some John Mason, but could not find a reliable confirmation of either authorship.
15
As quoted, without a date, in several reputable sources, including Wikiquote.
16
From his Aeneid, written in 29–19 BC.
On Human Attitudes
83