Excellence is not an accomplishment. It is a spirit‚ a never-ending process. Lawrence M. Miller In order to develop excellence as a leader we must be willing to acknowledge that developing it is not an accomplishment - it’s a never-ending process. It’s a process full of many awesome moments and many lonely days. It’s fun and exciting one day and then the next day we wonder why we ever wanted to lead in the first place. Many of us secretly fantasize about being a greeter at Walmart. Being
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Giving in most cultures and religions is considered as an obligation of altruism and compassion. Despite its universal values in building a more caring and more humane society‚ giving is understood and interpreted differently from one culture to another‚ or from one religion to another. True giving in Buddhism is distinct from others in two main aspects: the things to offer and the attitudes of offering. The first difference is in what people should offer. Buddhism pays more attention to mental
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1. The boy stood on the burning deck‚ Whence all but he had fled; The flame that lit the battle’s wreck Shone round him o’er the dead. Reference to Context: These lines have been taken from the poem “Casabianca” written by Felicia Dorothea Hemans. In the poem poetess conveys the message of bravery‚ sacrifice‚ responsibility‚ patriotism and discipline through the story of Casabianca. Explanation: In these lines poetess tells that Casabianca was standing on the board of the ship which was on
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Marcus Tullius Cicero was born in 106 BC and died in 43 BC when‚ according to Plutarch‚ two men came to execute him. His last words to them were “There is nothing proper about what you are doing‚ soldier‚ but do try to kill me properly.” He was born to a wealthy family with connections in Rome‚ but no one in his family had previously been a senator‚ making him novus homo. However‚ through his brilliance as an orator and advocate in court cases he ran for consul at the minimum age for the office‚
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successful people are as successful as they are. Number one on the list was a plan. A goal. A destination. An ambition. In contrast‚ a goal can help us. My Ambition | My ambition in life is to become a doctor. The medical profession is one of the noblest one. The hectic pace of life in the world today is taking a great toll on
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Punctuality is considered to be the noblest of virtues. It is the mark of civilized and cultured people. It is the habit of doing things in correct time. ‘A stitch in time saves nine’‚ so says an English proverb. Doing things in time‚ thus‚ saves us from unnecessary troubles. That is exactly what punctuality is all about. One of the great values of punctuality is that it gives discipline to life. We have to get up in time. We have to do things at the appointed time. All these entail certain
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AN ESSAY ON EDUCATION Carlyle regards men without education as mutilated beings‚ and with great force insists that to deprive men and women of the blessings of education is as bad as it would be to deprive them of eyes or hands. An uneducated man may a indeed well be compared to a blind man. The blind manhas a very imperfect idea of the world in which he lives‚ as compared with those who have the use of their eyes‚ and the uneducated labour under a similar inferiority of mental vision. While the
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patriotic individuals continue to the churches in which “pastors preached devotion to [the] flag and country” (322) and family’s proudly pray for their sons and brothers to head toward “the field of honor‚ there to win for the flag or failing‚ die the noblest of noble deaths” (322).
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noble origins‚ the former a god appearing in human form as a middle-aged man and the first of nobility by birth and because of his deeds‚ which caused him to be revered by the whole town of Thebes and regarded as “master and greatest power” and “the noblest of men” (Sophocles 40 & 47). In these terms both men fit the definition of character for tragedy‚ whereupon Aristotle states that “[t]ragedy is an imitation of persons who are above the common level.
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life. Character is totally individual property developed by surroundings and socialization of a human being. The good or bad concept of character differs from society to society and place to place. The crown and glory of life is character. It is noblest possession of man. It exercises a greater power than wealth and secures all the honor without the jealousies of fame. It is true that character protects our life. That is why Indian culture & civilization has given more stress on character building
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