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Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you. Aldous Huxley
When I was a boy, the Dead Sea was only sick. George Burns
Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result." Churchill
To know the laws that govern the winds, and to know that you know them, will give you an easy mind on your voyage around the world; otherwise you may tremble at the appearance of every cloud. Joshua Slocum
It takes the right mixture of common horse sense and stupidity to make a good commander. Gen George S Patton
I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said, “I don’t know. Mark Twain
Where you have been determines where you are. anon
To change and to change for the better are two different things. German Proverb
Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands. Clint Eastwood
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
Churchill
A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in on the experience.
Elbert Hubbard
By perseverance the snail reached the ark. Charles Spurgeon
We must have a superiority complex. Always attack. Never surrender. Gen George S Patton
I have not yet begun to fight! John Paul Jones
You are not beaten until you admit it. Hence don’t. Gen George S Patton
It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer. Einstein
When the solution is simple, God is answering. Einstein
When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say. Lincoln
Convincing yourself doesn't win an argument. Robert Half
If Columbus had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock. A J Goldberg
Here lies the body of Michael O’Day;
He died maintaining HIS right of way;
He was dead right;
But he’s just as dead as if he’d been wrong.
Never get in a pissing contest with a stud horse.
MARINE
He that would learn to pray, let him go to sea.
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters, these see the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deep. Psalms 107
One sight (of the area around Cape Horn) is enough to make a landsman dream for a week about death, peril, and shipwreck. Darwin
If there is one thing that will make a man peculiarly and insufferable self-conceited, it is to have his stomach behave itself, the first day at sea, when nearly all his comrades are seasick. Mark Twain
When it's steamboat time, you steam. Mark Twain
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So, throw off the bow lines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in you sails. Mark Twain
Never mind the maneuvers, just go straight at them. Nelson
The light we saw at sea never fades. It survives our voyaging. It shines into the mind and abides there. H M Tomlinson
The pessimist complains about the wind;
The optimist expects it to change;
The realist trims the sails. Wm A Ward
MENTORING
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
Einstein
"The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.
The only service a friend can really render is to keep your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself. George Bernard Shaw
A salesman minus enthusiasm is just a clerk. Harry F Banks
It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men. Thucydides
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others. Robert Lewis Stevenson
Generals must never show doubt, discouragement, or fatigue. Gen George S Patton
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving. Dale Carnegie
Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement -and we will make the goal. anon
Correction does much, but encouragement does more. Goethe
Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses. Washington
The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help them or concluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership. Colin Powell
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
Bill Cosby
One kind word can warm three winter months. Japanese proverb
You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself. Galileo
Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant. Colin Powell
Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission. Colin Powell
Leadership: The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. Eisenhower
Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal. Vince Lombardi
The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert. Vince Lombardi
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will. Vince Lombardi
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
Vince Lombardi
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
T S Eliot
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. Ann Landers
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom. Gen George S Patton
Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead. Benjamin Franklin
Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the tradewinds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Mark Twain.
Loose lips sink ships. WWII Poster
The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea. Isak Dinesen
It’s out there at sea that you are really yourself. Vito Dumas
ABOUT US
A little experience often upsets a lot of theory. S P Cadman
The only source of knowledge is experience. Einstein
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes. Oscar Wilde
Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you. Aldous Huxley
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. Einstein
OUR TEAM
In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product and profits. Unless you've got a good team, you can't do much with the other two. Lee Iacocca
Where there is strong leadership, there are no (office) politics. Frank Aldred
I prefer a loyal staff officer to brilliant one. Gen George S Patton
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Was there ever a sailor free to choose, that didn’t settle somewhere near the sea? Kipling