#tho

Prudence is but experience, which equal time, equally bestows on all men, in those things they equally apply themselves unto. ↗

— Thomas Hobbes

#bestows #equal #equally #experience #men

Sudden glory is the passion which maketh those grimaces called laughter. ↗

— Thomas Hobbes

#glory #laughter #maketh #passion #sudden

The flesh endures the storms of the present alone; the mind, those of the past and future as well as the present. Gluttony is a lust of the mind. ↗

— Thomas Hobbes

#endures #flesh #future #gluttony #lust

It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance, and wisdom. ↗

— Dee Hock

#also #different #employ #essential #humility

Success follows those adept at preserving the substance of the past by clothing it in the forms of the future. ↗

— Dee Hock

#clothing #follows #forms #future #past

If you look to lead, invest at least 40% of your time managing yourself - your ethics, character, principles, purpose, motivation, and conduct. Invest at least 30% managing those with authority over you, and 15% managing your peers. ↗

— Dee Hock

#character #conduct #ethics #invest #lead

The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out. ↗

— Dee Hock

#how #innovative #into #mind #never

The prudent course is to make an investment in learning, testing and understanding, determine how the new concepts compare to how you now operate and thoughtfully determine how they apply to what you want to achieve in the future. ↗

— Dee Hock

#apply #compare #concepts #course #determine

I think Picasso was, without doubt, the greatest portraitist of the 20th century, if not any other century. ↗

— David Hockney

#any #century #doubt #greatest #i

I worked in the NHS as a hospital orderly during my national service, and people thought it was a noble service. But over the years it's lost its humanity. ↗

— David Hockney

#hospital #humanity #i #lost #national