Frank
こんにちは＜Frank＞です。
ご好評いただいている朝のひと言。
眠たい日もある、つらい日もある。
でも毎日続けていることで、見えてくる世界がある。
――Every cloud has a silver lining.
今日も一歩前進。朝を迎えられるだけでも幸せだよね。
- I don’t want to be the best of the best. I want to be the only one who can do what I do.
【出典】Anonymous proverb（作者不詳）
【日本語訳】最高のなかの最高になりたいのではない。自分にしかできないことをする唯一無二の存在になりたいのだ。
【注釈】他と比較されるレベルではなく、圧倒的なナンバーワン（オンリーワン）を目指すべきだという強い意志を表しています。 - When responsibility is removed, motivation soon follows.
【出典】Anonymous proverb（作者不詳）
【日本語訳】責任が取り除かれると、動機はすぐに失われる。
【注釈】物事を続けるために必要なのは「責任」や「役割」。責任がなくなると人の行動意欲は簡単に落ちるという心理を示した格言。 -
Acronyms grow fastest where ideas grow slowest.
【出典】The exact source is unknown（正確な出典不詳）
【日本語訳】アイデアが育たない場所ほど、略語だけが増えていく。
【注釈】本質的な発想が乏しい組織ほど、略語や専門用語が氾濫するという皮肉を表す言葉。 -
Never underestimate the power of nature.
【出典】The exact source is unknown（正確な出典不詳）
【日本語訳】自然の力を決して侮ってはいけない。
【注釈】自然の回復力、破壊力、生命力など、人間が制御しきれない大きな力への敬意を促す格言。 -
Nature cures; the physician treats.
【出典】Hippocrates（ヒポクラテス：古代ギリシャの医師、紀元前460–370）
【日本語訳】治すのは自然であり、医師は治療を施すだけである。
【注釈】自然治癒力の重要性を説いた言葉。医療の原点として引用されることが多い。 -
The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say ‘no’ to almost everything.
【出典】Warren Buffett（ウォーレン・バフェット：米国投資家、1930-）
【日本語訳】成功者と“本当に”成功した人の違いは、“本当に”成功した人はほとんどすべてに「ノー」と言うことだ。
【注釈】選択と集中の重要性を示すバフェットの有名な言葉。時間管理・意思決定論の名言として広く引用される。 -
What you tolerate, you encourage.
【出典】The exact source is unknown（正確な出典不詳）
【日本語訳】あなたが容認するものは、あなたが助長しているものでもある。
【注釈】職場・家庭・教育の場で引用されることが多く、許している行動が結果的にその行動を強めてしまうという含意を持つ。 -
You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
【出典】Wayne Gretzky（ウェイン・グレツキー：カナダの元プロアイスホッケー選手、1961-）
【日本語訳】打たないシュートは、100％外れる。
【注釈】挑戦しなければ可能性はゼロという意味で、ビジネスや教育の文脈で最も引用される名言の一つ。 -
Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.
【出典】Mark Twain（マーク・トウェイン：米国作家、1835–1910）
【日本語訳】政治家とおむつは頻繁に替えなければならない。そしてその理由も同じだ。
【注釈】政治風刺として有名なトウェインのユーモア。腐敗や停滞を避けるため、変化が必要というメッセージを込めている。
* Why fit in when you were born to stand out?
(Dr. Seuss, American children’s author, illustrator, animator, and cartoonist; Mar. 2, 1904 – Sep. 24, 1991)
* A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours.
(Milton Berle, American actor and comedian; Jul. 12, 1908 – Mar. 27, 2002)
* Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge.
(Anne Bradstreet, among the most prominent of early English poets of North America and the first writer in England’s North American colonies to be published; Mar. 8, 1612 – Sep. 16, 1672)
* Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
(The exact source is unknown.)
* Weak people boast authority; strong people demonstrate character.
(The exact source is unknown.)
* A nation’s greatness is measured by the quality of its citizens.
(The exact source is unknown.)
* If there’s only one person left in the audience, I’ll still go on stage.
(Anthony Hopkins, Welsh actor, considered one of Britain’s most recognizable and prolific actors; Dec. 31, 1937 – )
* I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
(Maya Angelou, American memoirist, essayist, poet, and civil rights activist; Apr. 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014)
* Strength does not come from winning… It comes from struggles.
(Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian and American actor, businessman, former politician, and former professional bodybuilder; Jul. 30, 1947 – )
* Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
(Charles de Gaulle, French general and statesman; Nov. 22, 1890 – Nov. 9, 1970)
* The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.
(Steve Jobs, American businessman, inventor, and investor best known for co-founding the technology company Apple Inc.; Feb. 24, 1955 – Oct. 5, 2011)
* Some things are better left unsaid.
(The exact source is unknown.)
* Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
(Robert Collier, American author of self-help and New Thought metaphysical books in the 20th century; Apr. 19, 1885 – Jan. 9, 1950)
* The mind is like a parachute — it works best when it’s open.
(Frank Zappa, American composer, songwriter, electric guitarist, conductor, actor, satirist, filmmaker and activist; Dec. 21, 1940 – Dec. 4, 1993)
* What you do when no one is watching defines you.
(The exact source is unknown.)
* The price of apathy toward public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
(The exact source is unknown.)
* You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.
(The exact source is unknown.)
* Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.
(Martin Luther King Jr., American Baptist minister, civil rights activist and political philosopher; Jan. 15, 1929 – Apr. 4, 1968)
* People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.
(Theodore Roosevelt, the 26the president of the United States; Oct. 27, 1858 – Jan. 6, 1919)
* The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
(Ralph Nader, American lawyer and political activist; Feb. 27, 1934 – )
* Examine the content, not the . 27bottle.
(The exact source is unknown.)
* The true believer is always a weak man who is seeking strength in numbers.
(Eric Hoffer, American philosopher and social critic; Jul. 25, 1902 – May 21, 1983)
* It always seems impossible until it’s done.
(Nelson Mandela, South African anti-apartheid activist and politician; Jul. 18, 1918 – Dec. 5, 2013)
* Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.
(Winston Churchill, British statesman, military officer, and writer; Nov. 30, 1874 – Jan. 24, 1965)
* The university prepares you for exams. Life prepares you for everything else.
(The exact source is unknown.)
* Do not mistake humility for humiliation.
(The exact source is unknown.)
* Speak clearly, if you speak at all.
(William Blake, English poet, painter, and printmaker; Nov. 28, 1757 – Aug. 12, 1827)
* Without darkness, there can be no light.
(The exact source is unknown.)
* Ideas are easy. Execution is everything.
(John Doerr, American investor and venture capitalist; Jun. 29, 1951 – )
* Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
(Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer, philosopher, satirist, and historian; Nov. 21, 1694 – May 30, 1778)
* No one has ever become poor by giving.
(Anne Frank, German-born Jewish girl and diarist who perished in the Holocaust; Jun. 12, 1929 – c. Feb. or Mar. 1945)
* Do it before you’re told to do it.
(Modern business proverb)
* True intelligence shines through empathy, not arrogance.
(The exact source is unknown.)
* Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
(Proverbs 16:18, The Bible)
* Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy more tunnel.
(John Quinton, American comedian; 1915–1989)
* Government of the people, by the people, for the people.
(Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States; Feb. 12, 1809 – Apr. 15, 1865)
* Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.
(Sun Tzu, Chinese military general, strategist, philosopher, and writer; 544 BC – 496 BC)
* The desire of quick gain is the root of all frauds.
(The exact source is unknown.)
* The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
(Thomas Jefferson, American Founding Father and the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809; Apr. 13, 1743 – Jul. 4, 1826)
* Meetings are indispensable when you don’t want to do anything.
(John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist, diplomat, public official, and intellectual; Oct. 15, 1908 – Apr. 29, 2006)
* Man is the only creature that consumes without producing.
(George Orwell, English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic; Jun. 25, 1903 – Jan. 21, 1950)
* Money is a good servant but a bad master.
(Francis Bacon, English philosopher and statesman; Jan. 22, 1561 – Apr. 9, 1626)
* When a man opens a car door for his wife, it’s either a new car or a new wife.
(Mark Twain, American writer, humorist, and essayist; Nov. 30, 1835 – Apr. 21, 1910)
* Small sins soon grow great; great sins greater still.
(Benjamin Franklin, American polymath; Jan. 17, 1706 – Apr. 17, 1790)
* Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.
(Albert Einstein, German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity; Mar. 14, 1879 – Apr. 18, 1955)
* The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
(Alvin Toffler, American writer, futurist, and businessman; Oct. 4, 1928 – Jun. 27, 2016)
* Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.
(William Bruce Cameron, American author, columnist, and humorist; Jul. 25, 1956 – )
* Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.
(Margaret Thatcher, British statesman; Oct. 13, 1925 – Apr. 8, 2013)
* Women politicians are judged more harshly than men.
(Anthony David Weiner, American politician and *** offender from the state of New York; Sep. 4, 1964 – )
* Genuine liberty is impossible if the opinion of the majority is allowed to tyrannize over the minority.
(John Stuart Mill, English philosopher, political economist, politician and civil servant; May 20, 1806 – May 7, 1873)
* One man’s music is another man’s noise.
(The exact source is unknown.)
* I am always learning. The tombstone will be my diploma.
(Earl Warren, American attorney and politician; Mar. 19, 1891 – Jul. 9, 1974)
* Too much knowledge inhibits creativity.
(The exact source is unknown.)
* The fallacy of composition is the assumption that what is true of a part must be true of the whole.
(Bertrand Russell, British philosopher, logician, mathematician, and public intellectual; May 18, 1872 – Feb. 2, 1970)
* Degrees don’t make character.
(The exact source is unknown.)
* God heals, and the doctor takes the fee.
(Benjamin Franklin, American polymath; Jan. 17, 1706 – Apr. 17, 1790)
* Politicians are skilled at pointing fingers, but helpless when the finger points back.
(The exact source is unknown.)
* The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says: ‘It’s a girl.
(Shirley Chisholm, American politician who, in 1968, became the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress; Nov. 30, 1924 – Jan. 1, 2005)
* An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.
(Simon Cameron, American businessman and politician; Mar. 8, 1799 – Jun. 26, 1889)
* Only those who keep going truly understand the power of persistence.
(Frank Yoshida)
* Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
(Howard Thurman, American author, philosopher, theologian, Christian mystic, educator, and civil rights leader; Nov. 18, 1899 – Apr. 10, 1981 [※A Christian mystic is someone who seeks direct, personal experience of God beyond formal doctrine or ritual.])
* Management is about persuading people to do things they do not want to do, while leadership is about inspiring people to do things they never thought they could.
(Steve Jobs, American businessman, inventor, and investor best known for co-founding the technology company Apple Inc.; Feb. 24, 1955 – Oct. 5, 2011)
* A great deal of money is spent to impress people who are not impressed.
(The exact source is unknown.)
* We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
(Aristotle, ancient Greek philosopher and polymath; 384–322 BC)
* A meeting is an event where minutes are kept and hours are lost.
(Author unknown.)
* A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman, of the next generation.
(James Freeman Clarke, American minister, theologian and author; Apr. 4, 1810 – Jun. 8, 1888)
* A genius does not concern themselves with talented individuals, but focuses on making the complex understandable to ordinary people.
(The exact source is unknown.)
* Interpreting is not translating words, but translating hearts.
(The exact source is unknown.)
* Academic elites do not change the world; rebels and visionaries do.
(The exact source is unknown.)
* It’s easy to be brave from a safe distance.
(Attributed to Aesop, the ancient Greek fabulist｜※Fabulist = a person who writes or tells fables [short stories with morals])
* The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman. [※satirist [sǽtərist]]
(Jonathan Swift, Anglo-Irish[1] writer, essayist, satirist, and Anglican cleric; Nov. 30, 1667 – Oct. 19, 1745)
* A society cannot thrive on bureaucracy; it thrives on vision, courage, and human spirit.
(The exact source is unknown.)
* Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.
(Jim Rohn, American entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker; Sep. 17, 1930 – Dec. 5, 2009)
* Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.
(Laurence Johnston Peter, Canadian educator and hierarchiologist; Sep. 16, 1919 – Jan. 12, 1990)
* A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it.
(Bob Hope, American comedian, actor, entertainer and producer, May 29, 1903 – Jul. 27, 2003)
* There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. [※expedience = doing what is useful or convenient right now, even if it’s not the most fair, right, or moral choice.]
(The exact source is unknown.)
* The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
(The exact source is unknown.)
* Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.
(The exact source is unknown.)
* The time is always right to do what is right.
(Martin Luther King Jr. American Baptist minister, civil rights activist and political philosopher; Jan. 15, 1929 – Apr. 4, 1968)
* I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people. [※Newton said this after losing a large amount of money in the South Sea Bubble of 1720, a major financial crash in England. Although he could understand and predict the laws of the universe, he realized he could not predict human greed and irrational behavior in the financial markets.]
(Sir Isaac Newton, English polymath active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author; Jan. 4, [O.S. Dec. 25] 1643 – Mar. 31 [O.S. Mar. 20] 1727／※O.S. = Old Style [Julian Calendar].
* Eighty percent of success is showing up.
(Woody Allen, American filmmaker, actor, and comedian; Nov. 30, 1935 – )
* As government expands, liberty contracts.
(Ronald Wilson Reagan, American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989; Feb. 6, 1911 – Jun. 5, 2004)
* Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.
(Leonardo da Vinci, Italian polymath of the High Renaissance; Apr. 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519／※A polymath is a person with wide knowledge and expertise in many different fields, rather than just one specialty.)
* A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves. [※This quote conveys a political message that the lack of independent awareness and critical spirit among the people allows those in power to act with tyranny.／beget [bigét] = to bring about]
(Edward Roscoe Murrow, American broadcast journalist and war correspondent; Apr. 25, 1908 – Apr. 27, 1965)
* Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
(George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans], Nov. 22, 1819 – Dec. 22, 1880; English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era)
* We cannot learn philosophy. We can only learn to philosophize. [=Philosophy should not be memorized, but practiced as an act of thinking.]
(Immanuel Kant, German philosopher and one of the central thinkers of the Enlightenment; Apr. 22, 1724 – Feb. 12, 1804)
* We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
(Helen Adams Keller, American author, disability rights advocate, political activist, and lecturer; Jun. 27, 1880 – Jun. 1, 1968)
* Ordinary people give praise. True leaders bring out the best in others.
(Kōnosuke Matsushita, Japanese industrialist who founded Panasonic; Nov. 27, 1894 – Apr. 27, 1989)
* Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction.
(Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer, poet, journalist and aviator; Jun. 29, 1900 – Jul. 31, 1944)
* Treasure every meeting, for it will never recur.
（Ii Naosuke, a feudal lord of Hikone and also Tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate, Japan; Nov. 29, 1815 – Mar. 24, 1860) [Note: No historical record shows that Sen no Rikyū himself left this expression in writing.]
* Avoid disclosing real name, age, salary, etc.／No off-duty photos, autograph requests, or social media tagging.／Avoid showing eating/drinking in public.／Keep romantic relationships private.／Maintain pure, elegant stage presence.
(“The ‘Sumire Code’ is an unwritten set of rules within the Takarazuka Revue, designed to preserve both the performers’ mystique and the audience’s illusion. It includes refraining from disclosing personal details such as real name, age, salary, or relationship status; avoiding social media posts or autograph/photo requests in off-duty settings; limiting public displays of eating or drinking (though modest scenes are increasingly accepted); keeping romantic relationships private; and maintaining a refined stage presence under the principle of ‘pure, correct, and beautiful.’)
* Sink or swim. [“Sink or swim” means to succeed or fail entirely by one’s own efforts, without any help.]
(This phrase is not a quote from any particular person but an old English proverb.)
* It is when we return to the self that we can obtain authentic freedom.
(Kitaro Nishida, Japanese moral philosopher, philosopher of mathematics and science, and religious scholar, May 19, 1870 – Jun. 7, 1945: This saying is an English rendering of Kitaro Nishida’s philosophy.)
* If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things.
(Norman Douglas, British writer, Dec. 8, 1868 – Feb. 7, 1952: He was charged with indecent assault and fled from England to Italy [Note: flee-fled-fled])
* I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
(Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and theatre designer, Oct. 25, 1881 – Apr. 8, 1973)
* Eureka! (= I have found it!)
(Archimedes, Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor, c. 287 – c. 212 BC [ ɑ̀rkəmíːdiːz])
* To finish first, you must first finish.
(Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine racing driver, Jun. 24, 1911 – Jul. 17, 1995) ※Argentine [árdʒəntàin].
* Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.
(Isaac Newton, English polymath active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author, Dec. 25, 1642 – Mar. 20, 1727)
* A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.
(George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist, Dec. 16, 1863 – Sep. 26, 1952)
* Write just one character a day, and in a year you will have 360. But neglect a single hour each night, and in a hundred years you will have lost 36,000.
(Yoshida Shōin, renowned intellectual and teacher of Japan’s late Edo era, Sep. 20, 1830 – Nov. 21, 1859)
* To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.
(Kofi Annan, Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006, Apr. 8, 1938 – Aug. 18, 2018)
* Kites rise highest against the wind—not with it.
(Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, British statesman, military officer, and writer, Nov. 30, 1874 – Jan. 24, 1965)
* A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it.
(George Augustus Moore, Irish novelist, short story writer, memoirist, and critic, Feb. 24, 1852 – Jan. 21, 1933)
* There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.
(Ernest Miller Hemingway, American novelist, short-story writer and journalist, Jul. 21, 1899 – Jul. 2, 1961)
* Be daring, Be first, Be different.
(Ray Kroc, American businessman who built McDonald’s into a global fast-food giant., Oct. 5, 1902 – Jan. 14, 1984)
* The biggest risk is not taking any risk.
(Mark Zuckerberg, American businessman, May 14, 1984 – )
* A book is a device to ignite the imagination.
(Alan Bennett, English playwright, author, actor and screenwriter, May 9, 1934 – )
* Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
(Mae Jemison, American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut, Oct. 17, 1956 – )
* Genius is eternal patience.
(Michelangelo, Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance, Mar. 6, 1475 – Feb. 18, 1564)
* We are the voice of the voiceless.
(Mohandas K. Gandhi, Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist, Oct. 2, 1869 – Jan. 30, 1948)
* One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. … And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
(Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, American political figure, diplomat, and activist, Oct. 11, 1884 – Nov. 7, 1962)
* True beauty lies not in perfection, but in the imperfections that make us unique.
(This quote is often cited as an inspirational saying with no clear source.)
* Eureka! Eureka! [= I’ve found it! I’ve found it!] ※A famous exclamation said to have been shouted by Archimedes when he discovered the principle of buoyancy while taking a bath.
(Archimedes, Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor, c. 287 – c. 212 BC)
* Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
(George Bernard Shaw, Jul. 26, 1856 – Nov. 2, 1950)
* The way of tea is nothing special. Boil water, make tea, and serve it with your heart. [= Simplicity and sincerity lie at the heart of mastery.]
(Sen no Rikyū, 1522 – Apr. 21, 1591)
* Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
(Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jan. 30, 1882 – Apr. 12, 1945)
* There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.
(Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic writer, Jun. 19, 1623 – Aug. 19, 1662)
* You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
(Galileo Galilei, Feb. 15, 1564 – Jan. 8, 1642)
* To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it.
(Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer, Apr. 16, 1889 – Dec. 25, 1977)
* A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
(William Shakespeare, Apr. 26, 1564 – Apr. 23, 1616)
* How people take out their trash—and how they run their country—both reveal the true level of a society. Civic responsibility starts at the curb.
(Frank Yoshida, International Business Consultant, Date of birth is not disclosed)
* If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
(J.K. Rowling, 31 July 1965 – )
※Quoted from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. This quote, of course, applies to everyone,
regardless of gender.]
* If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
(Isaac Newton, Dec. 25, English polymath, 1642 – Mar. 20, 1727)
* The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.
(Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer, Feb. 15, 1748 – Jun. 6, 1832)
* All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.
(Mark Twain, Nov. 30, 1835 – Apr. 21, 1910)
* It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. [※Quoted from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (1997)]
(J.K. Rowling, 31 July 1965 – )
* Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.
(Thomas Stearns Eliot, poet, essayist and playwright [Sep. 26, 1888 – Jan. 4, 1965])
* It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn’t give it up because by that time I was too famous.
(Robert Benchley, American humorist, newspaper columnist and actor, Sep. 15, 1889 – Nov. 21, 1945)
* There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact. [※Something that seems clearly true can actually hide the real truth.]
(Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, May 22, 1859 – Jul. 7, 1930)
* Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
(Oscar Wilde, Oct. 16, 1854 – Nov. 30, 1900 [The origin of this quote remains unverified.])
* The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.
(Mother Teresa, Aug. 26, 1910 – Sep. 5, 1997)
* Failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. – Harvard Commencement Speech, 2008
(J.K. Rowling, 31 July 1965 – )
* Deeds, not words.
(Emmeline Pankhurst, British political activist, Jul. 15, 1858 – Jun. 14, 1928)
* The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
(John F. Kennedy, May 29, 1917 – Nov. 22, 1963)
* No man’s knowledge here can go beyond his experience.
(John Locke, English philosopher and physician, Aug. 29, 1632 – Oct. 28, 1704)
* We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
(George Bernard Shaw, Jul. 26, 1856 – Nov. 2, 1950 [The origin of this quote remains unverified.])
* He who moves not forward, goes backward.
(Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Aug. 28, 1749 – Mar. 22, 1832)
* We don’t laugh because we’re happy――we’re happy because we laugh.
(William James, American philosopher and psychologist, Jan. 11, 1842 – Aug. 26, 1910)
* I’m called ‘the poorest president’, but I don’t feel poor.
(José Mujica, May 20, 1935 – May 13, 2025)／※He kept giving away 90% of his $1,000 monthly
income to help the poor.
* Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.
(Anonymous)
* Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.
(Marie Curie, Nov. 7, 1867 – Jul. 4, 1934)
* Liberty is to be taken, not given.
(Nakae Chōmin, Dec. 8, 1847 – Dec. 13, 1901)
* Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.
(Mark Zuckerberg, May 14, 1984 – )
* Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
(George Bernard Shaw, Jul. 26, 1856 – Nov. 2, 1950)
* Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success.
(Andrew Carnegie, , Nov. 25, 1835 – Aug. 11, 1919)
* Your brand is what other people say about you when you’re not in the room.
(Jeff Bezos, Jan. 12, 1964 – )
* I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.
(This quote is often attributed to Bill Gates, but no reliable source confirms it.)
* I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time.
(Blaise Pascal, Jun. 19, 1623 – Aug. 19, 1662)
* Only the gentle are ever really strong.
(James Dean, Feb. 8, 1931 – Sep. 30, 1955)
* It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.
(Henry Ford, Jul. 30, 1863 – Apr. 7, 1947)
* When it rains, look for rainbows. When it’s dark, look for stars.
(Anonymous, proverb-like saying)｜※Focus on the positive, even in difficult times.
* Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.
(Lucius Annaeus Florus, c. A.D. 70 – A.D. 140)
* Morality is always secondhand clothes.
(Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Mar. 1892 – Jul. 24, 1927)
* Understanding a question is half the answer.
(This quote is often attributed to Socrates, but no reliable source confirms it.｜Socrates [sákrətìz])
* Science is nothing but perception.
(Plato, c.428–423 BC – 348/347 BC) Note) = Science presents itself as objective,
yet its foundation lies in our subjective experience.
* Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain – and most fools do.
(Dale Carnegie, Nov. 24, 1888 – Nov. 1, 1955)
* Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
(Mahatma Gandhi, Oct. 2, 1869 – Jan. 30, 1948)
* I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse.
(Florence Nightingale, May 12, 1820 – Aug. 13, 1910)
* There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.
(Peter Drucker, Nov. 19, 1909 – Nov. 11, 2005) Note) that = the thing
* Beware of geeks bearing formulas.
(Warren Buffett, Aug. 30, 1930 – )
* Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful.
(Warren Buffett, Aug. 30, 1930 – )
* You gods, will give us. Some faults to make us men.
(William Shakespeare, Apr. 26, 1564 – Apr. 23, 1616)
* It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.
(Henry Ford, Jul. 30, 1863 – Apr. 7, 1947)
* Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
(Steve Jobs, Feb. 24, 1955 – Oct. 5, 2011)
* Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
(Albert Einstein, Mar. 14, 1879 – Apr. 18, 1955)
* Don’t wish it were easier. Wish you were better.
(Jim Rohn, Sep. 17, 1930 – Dec. 5, 2009)
* Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
(Eleanor Roosevelt, Oct. 11, 1884 – Nov. 7, 1962)
* What matters most in life is often invisible.
(Duane Elgin, born in 1943)
* Grow roots in the cold――flowers will come in time. (When nothing blooms in the cold, keep growing your roots. One day, they’ll bear magnificent flowers.)
(Anonymous)
* The best way to predict the future is to create it.
(Peter Drucker, Nov. 19, 1909 – Nov. 11, 2005)
* Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
(Eleanor Roosevelt, Oct. 11, 1884 – Nov. 7, 1962)
* Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.
(Thomas Edison, Feb. 11, 1847 – Oct. 18, 1931)
* Kites rise highest against the wind – not with it.
(Winston Churchill, Nov. 30, 1874 – Jan. 24, 1965)
* Life isn’t worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.
(Albert Einstein, Mar. 14, 1879 – Apr. 18, 1955)
* Change before you have to.
(Jack Welch, Nov. 19, 1935 – Mar. 1, 2020)
* If today were the last day of your life, would you want to do what you are about to do today.
(Steve Jobs, Feb. 24, 1955 – Oct. 5, 2011)
* Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
（Thomas Edison, Feb. 11, 1847 – Oct. 18, 1931)
* The first and best victory is to conquer self.
(Plato, c. 428–423 BCE – 348/347 BCE)
* We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.
(Epictetus, Abt. 50年 – Abt. 135)
* Don’t make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.
(Thomas J. Watson, Feb. 17, 1874 – Jun. 19, 1956)
* Well done is better than well said.
(Benjamin Franklin, , Jan. 6, 1705 – Apr. 17, 1790)
* It takes more courage to be humble than it does to be prideful.
(Matthew Hagee, Jul. 22, 1978 – )
* If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.
(Socrates, 470 BCE- 399 BCE)
* Don’t ask the barber whether you need a haircut.
(Warren Buffett, Aug. 30, 1930 – )
* You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.「「打たないシュートは100%外れる」
（Wayne Gretzky, Canadian former professional ice hockey player, Jan. 26, 1961 – )
* What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
(Oscar Wilde, Oct. 16, 1854 – Nov. 30, 1900)
* Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don’t know.
(Bertrand Russell, May 18, 1872 – Feb. 2, 1970)
* Family is a life jacket in the stormy sea of life.
(J.K. Rowling, Jul. 31, 1965 – )
* Drive thy business; let it not drive thee.
Note) thy [ðái]「そなたの；汝の」／thee [ðíː]「そなた；汝」。
(Benjamin Franklin, Jan. 17, 1706 – Apr. 17, 1790)
* Being honest may not get you many friends but it’ll always get you the right ones.
(John Lennon, Oct. 9, 1940 – Dec. 8, 1980)
* If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first four hours sharpening the axe.
(Abraham Lincoln, Feb. 12, 1809 – Apr. 15, 1865)
* I do not seek, I find.
(Pablo Picasso, Oct. 25, 1881 – Apr. 8, 1973)
* Done is better than perfect.
(Mark Zuckerberg, May 14, 1984 – )
* In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
(Albert Einstein, Mar. 14, 1879 – Apr. 18, 1955)
* If you’re not doing some things that are crazy, then you’re doing the wrong things.
(Larry Page, Mar. 26, 1973 – )
* It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
(Aristotle, BC384 – BC322)
* All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.
(Mark Twain, Nov. 30, 1835 – Apr. 21, 1910)
* If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.
(Margaret Thatcher, Oct. 13, 1925 – April 8, 2013)
* Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.
(Oscar Wilde, Oct. 16, 1854 – Nov. 30, 1900)
* War does not determine who is right – only who is left.
(Bertrand Arthur William Russell, May 18, 1872 – Feb. 2, 1970)
* I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.
(Michael Jeffrey Jordan, Feb. 17, 1963 – )
* Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
(John Fitzgerald Kennedy, May 29, 1917 – Nov. 22, 1963)
* I’m learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.
(Eartha Kitt, Jan. 17, 1927 – Dec. 25, 2008)
* I grew strong by swimming upstream against the current.
(Coco Chanel, Aug. 19, 1883 – Jan. 10, 1971)
* Never, never, never give up.
(Winston Churchill, Nov. 30, 1874 -Jan. 24, 1965)
* Rome was not built in a day.
* Every cloud has a silver lining.
* Life is too short for the indulgence of animosity.
* Today’s morning quiz is a great brain teaser. Challenge yourself and give it a try right away!
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