Quotes

One of the fondest memories of my Granddad Nelson was trading quotes regularly over email. Sadly I lost the email archive when I went on my mission, but it has continued to be an interest of mine. I hope you enjoy my collection of quotes. A bit of everything from religion to politics to leadership.


Historically, great progress comes about through bold visions. Only weak leaders make decisions based upon the phrase “Thus it has always been done.”


Anger is a powerful force. If turned inward and held too long, it can destroy a man’s soul. But if directed outward at a carefully chosen target, anger can be an effective, even decisive, weapon.


The person with the fewest accomplishments often boasts the loudest.


An impossible plan is not always an exercise in futility. It can instead be a rallying point for hopes and dreams.


It is possible to fail in a school lesson and then, using the same discredited data and methodology, to succeed in life.


A key element of strategy is to understand your enemy’s motivations.


The most important parenting skill is knowing when to exert control and when to let go.


A sword isn’t the primary weapon. The Swordmaster is.


How do you know when you have met the love of your life? If you need to ask this question, you have not yet met that person.
—The journals of Lady Jessica


A person’s greatest weapon is not sword or shield, but is instead reputation, the life he has led, the good deeds he has performed. If those things cannot protect him, then he has already lost the battle.


Why do certain people take on greater and greater challenges that require supreme efforts to accomplish? One has only to look at the opposite type of person, one who attempts little in life, to answer this question. It is the difference between a leader and a follower, but they have a symbiotic relationship because one cannot exist without the other.
—PAUL ATREIDES