“I've known people who thought that reaching their potential would come from shoring up their weaknesses. But do you know what happens when you spend all your time working on your weaknesses and never developing your strengths? If you work really hard, you might claw your way all the way to mediocrity! But you'll never get beyond it.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayHardMightHappensKnownWeaknessDevelopingReachingDo You KnowMediocrityClaws Book:The Leadership Handbook: 26 Critical Lessons Every Leader Needs Source: The Leadership Handbook: 26 Critical Lessons Every Leader Needs
“Do you know how hard it is to make a home?... That's something that a woman does from inside herself. You do it in the face of all sorts of opposition. Husbands are very appreciative when it works out well. But they're not that anxious to help. It's understandable. They don't know how.” KnowsWellsDoeHardHelpingHomeFacesKnow HowHusbandWork OutOppositionDo You KnowAnxiousAppreciative Book:Dhalgren Source: Dhalgren
“I think it's always hard for children to talk about abuse because it is only memory. I didn't carry around a tape recorder … I didn't chisel anything in stone … Anybody can look and say, 'Well how do you know for sure?' And that's one of the most painful things about it. You don't.” ThinkingKnowsWellsLooksChildrenHardMemoriesStonesAbusePainfulDo You KnowTapeRecordersChiselsPainful Things Author:Anne Heche
“Do you know what is more hard to bear than the reverses of fortune? It is the baseness, the hideous ingratitude, of man.” KnowsMenHardBearsFortuneDo You KnowReverseHideousIngratitudeBaseness Author:Napoleon Bonaparte