We who have seen war never stop seeing it.” – Anonymous

From “Lincoln  365,” by Arnold Kunst

August 11

‘The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike at him hard as you can, and keep moving on.’

-Ulysses S. Grant

‘If you are going through hell, keep going.’

- Winston Churchill

"The road to success is always under construction." - Anonymous

From “The Human Condition: A User’s Manual” by Arnold Kunst

Success is getting what the loser wants

Success is wanting what the winner gets.

“Pretty words are not always true, and true words are not always pretty.” - Anonymous

August 10

'I was not very much accustomed to flattery, and it came the sweeter to me. I was rather like the Hoosier with the gingerbread, when he said he reckoned he loved it better than any other man, and got less of it.'

- Abraham Lincoln

'Entertain your inner child; play with everything.'

- Anonymous

“Give me 6 hours to chop down a tree and I’ll use the first 4 to sharpen the axe.” – Abraham Lincoln

From “The Human Condition: A User’s Manual” by Arnold Kunst

You and I are supposed to work smart every day. There are specific things that need doing today; they're prioritized so that all the immediate, intermediate and long-term goals are being catered to intelligently, thoroughly. As a result

• “Obstacles” turn into “opportunities” and
• the urgent doesn’t crowd out the important.

“How should you honor insights that would, literally, stop us in our tracks?” – Arnold Kunst

From: “Lincoln 365,” by Arnold Kunst:

August 9

'Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored. It scorns to tread in the footsteps of any predecessor however illustrious. It thirsts and burns for distinction.'

- Abraham Lincoln

'Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.'

- Theodore Roosevelt

“Works of love are always works of peace.” – Mother Teresa

From “The Human Condition: A User’s Manual” by Arnold Kunst

The loser builds walls.

The winner builds bridges.

“Modernity is the most transient of qualities.” – Anthony Daniels

From: “Lincoln 365,” by Arnold Kunst:

August 8

'It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: “And this, too, shall pass away.” How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction!'

- Abraham Lincoln

'Patience is the infallible hallmark of genius, abiding as the everlasting hills.'

- Anonymous