Wisdom on Discovery

Publicado el 4 sept 2015

A great leader realizes constant discovery with eyes forever trained on the extraordinary within the seemingly ordinary.

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge. – Daniel J. Boorstin

We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves. – Galileo Galilei

We discover in others what others hide from us, and we recognize in others what we hide from ourselves. – Marquis de Vauvenarques

Reality is sometimes brought through foreign eyes; because if you do not know any better, you cannot see the worse (and vice versa). – Criss Jami

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines and sail away from the safe harbor. – H. Jackson Brown Jr.

The greatest discoveries have come from people who have looked at a standard situation and seen it differently. – Ira Erwin

The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible. – Arthur C. Clarke

To be outstanding is to do the same thing others have done in a different way. But to STAND-OUT is to do what no one has ever done before. Being outstanding is good, but STANDING-OUT is better. – Olaotan Fawehinmi

Jeanne Yizhen Yin

Special acknowledgement to Symphony of Love: Inspiring Love, Peace, and Happiness for the beautiful and insightful photo.

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