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“Success, cannot be attained alone. Any person's time and power is limited. A wise leader enlists others in working toward organizational goals.”

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Gichin Funakoshi

Gichin Funakoshi, known as the father of Japanese Kendo, was born on November 10, 1868, and passed away on April 26, 1957. He played a crucial role in the development of Japanese Kendo and was instrumental in establishing modern Kendo. Funakoshi's work has had a significant impact on the spread of Japanese culture and the practice of Kendo worldwide. more

“It would be foolish to give credit to Euclid for pangeometrical conceptions; the idea of geometry deifferent from the common-sense one never occurred to his mind. Yet, when he stated the fifth postulate, he stood at the parting of the ways. His subconscious prescience is astounding. There is nothing comperable to it in the whole history of science.”

Way Giving Mind Ideas Whole Would Be Common Credit Foolish Common Sense Conception Subconscious Fifth Parting Geometry History Of Science Euclid

Author:George Sarton

“As the sun is best seen at his rising and setting, so men's native dispositions are clearest seen when they are children, and when they are dying.”

Men Children Sun Dying Personality Setting Settings Rising Native Disposition

Author:Robert Boyle

“Intellectual work is an act of creation. It is as if the mental image that is studied over a period of time were to sprout appendages like an ameba—outgrowths that extend in all directions while avoiding one obstacle after another—before interdigitating with related ideas.”

Ifs Ideas Time Work Creation Periods Intellectual Obstacles Intellect Related Avoiding Sprouts

Book:Advice for a Young Investigator

Source: Advice for a Young Investigator

“I would be the last to deny that the greatest scientific pioneers belonged to an aristocracy of the spirit and were exceptionally intelligent, something that we as modest investigators will never attain, no matter how much we exert ourselves. Nevertheless ... I continue to believe that there is always room for anyone with average intelligence ... to utilize his energy and ... any man could, if he were so inclined, be the sculptor of his own brain, and that even the least gifted may, like the poorest land that has been well-cultivated and fertilized, produce an abundant harvest.”

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