“Require nothing unreasonable of your officers and men, but see that whatever is required be punctually complied with. Reward and punish every man according to his merit, without partiality or prejudice; hear his complaints; if well founded, redress them; if otherwise, discourage them, in order to prevent frivolous ones. Discourage vice in every shape, and impress upon the mind of every man, from the first to the lowest, the importance of the cause, and what it is they are contending for.” IfsMenMindFirstsWellsOrderCausesShapesImportancePrejudiceRewardsVicesEvery ManMeritOfficersImpressComplaintsLowestDiscouragingUnreasonableFrivolousRedressContendingPartiality Book:Maxims of George Washington: Political, Military, Social, Moral, and Religious Source: Maxims of George Washington: Political, Military, Social, Moral, and Religious
“The hard thing when you get old is to keep your horizons open. The first part of your life everything is in front of you, all your potential and promise. But over the years, you make decisions; you carve yourself into a given shape. Then the challenge is to keep discovering the green growing edge.” YearsFirstsHardGivenChallengesDecisionGrowingFrontsPromiseShapesGreenEdgesHorizonDiscoveringHard Things Author:Howard Thurman
“Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space. I know of no sculpture, painting or music that exceeds the compelling spiritual command of the soaring shape of granite cliff and dome, of patina of light on rock and forest, and of the thunder and whispering of the falling, flowing waters. At first the colossal aspect may dominate; then we perceive and respond to the delicate and persuasive complex of nature.” KnowsFirstsMayLightSpiritualFallWaterSpaceWonderRocksPaintingShapesAspectStonesGreenComplexesForestsCommandGoldenPerceiveValleysDelicateCompellingSunriseSoarSculptureThunderCliffsExceedWhisperingGlitterPersuasiveColossalEdificeDomesGraniteYosemiteFlowing Water Author:Ansel Adams
“A cross could be a shape for expressing something spacious; such as the coordinators of space. That could be called its first significance or its first relevance.” FirstsSpaceShapesCrossesSymbolsSignificanceRelevanceCoordinator Author:Antoni Tapies