"Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey."
― Marcel Proust
Topic(s):
Leadership
More From Marcel Proust
- "We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us."
- "If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time."
- "Habit is a second nature which prevents us from knowing the first, of which it has neither the cruelties nor the enchantments."
More In Leadership
- "A great tennis career is something that a 15-year-old normally doesn’t have. I hope my example helps other teens believe they can accomplish things they never thought possible."― Maria Sharapova
- "In any case, decisions on troop levels in the American system of government are not made by any general or set of generals but by the civilian leadership of the war effort."― Bill Kristol
- "This week you will nominate the most experienced executive to seek the presidency in 60 years in Mitt Romney. He has no illusions about what makes America great, and he doesn’t confuse the presidency with celebrity, or loftiness with leadership."― Artur Davis