Ideation Strengthsfinder Quotes & Sayings

When tempted to do any thing in secret, ask yourself if you would do it in public. — Thomas Jefferson

For no man is found so prudent as to know how to adapt himself to these changes, both because he cannot deviate from the course to which nature inclines him, and because, having always prospered while adhering to one path, he cannot be persuaded that it would be well for him to forsake it. And so when occasion requires the cautious man to act impetuously, he cannot do so and is undone: whereas had he changed his nature with time and circumstances, his fortune would have been unchanged. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Every man has a map in his heart of his own country and that the heart will never allow you to forget this map. (p. 18) — Alexander McCall Smith

If you can't lead and you can't deliver, then your own personal political philosophy is pretty much irrelevant, there have been far too many occasions over the last four years where the House has been ineffective. — Rich Nugent

Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms. — Thomas Gray

How may paintings have preserved the image of a divine beauty which in its natural manifestation has been rapidly overtaken by time or death. Thus, the work of the painter is nobler than that of nature, its mistress. — Leonardo Da Vinci

There is nothing you can do about the past except keep it there. — Michael Connelly

Challenges in medicine are moving from 'Treat the symptoms after the house is on fire' to 'Can we preserve the house intact?' — Elizabeth Blackburn

Finally, say that she was beautiful. That is all that can be well said. That she was beautiful, through to her bones, despite any flaw or fault. — Patrick Rothfuss