The Development Compass

“Americans are overreachers; overreaching is the most admirable of the many American excesses.”

“True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table; luckiest is he who knows just when to rise and go home.”

“Without discipline, there’s no life at all.”

“Real strength is not just a condition of one’s muscle, but a tenderness in one’s spirit.”

“I like weights. You know where you stand with them. Well, sometimes you’re lying under them, trying not to let them crush you, but you see, you KNOW they’d crush you if they could. There’s honesty.”

“Dignity comes not from control, but from understanding who you are and taking your rightful place in the world.”

“Measure not the work until the day’s out and the labor done.”