Personal Leadership Principles

What lies behind us, what lies ahead of us are tiny matter compared to what lies within us

• oliver wendell holmes

When I look upon tombs of the great every emotion of envy dies in me When I read the epitexts of the beautiful every inordinate desire goes out When I meet grief of parents upon tombstone my heart melts with compassion When I see tomb of parent themselves I quickly consider vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow When I see kings lying beside those who deposed them When I consider rival wits play side by side Or the holy men that divided the world with their contest and disputes I reflect with sorrow and astonishments on the little competition, factions and debates of mankind When I read several dates of the tombs Of some that died yesterday and some that died years ago I consider that great day when all of us will be contemporary and make our appearance together - Joseph addison