Monday, June 30, 2008

The Pride of Humility

"Its easy to be humble when you're the center of attention."

- John MacArthur


"pride and vanity have built more hospitals than all the virtues together."

- Bernard Mandeville, The Fable of the Bees

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

quit living by the polls

"I hear it said... leaders should keep their ears to the ground. All I can say is that the British nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are detected in that somewhat ungainly posture."


Winston Churchill, on leaders who are captive to public opinion