Excellence Is Doing Ordinary Things

The Cynic Says, "one Man Can't Do Anything". I Say, "only One Man Can Do Anything."

I Think That All Human Systems Require Continuous Renewal. They Rigidify. They Get Stuff In The Joints. They Forget What They Cared About. The Forces Against It Are Nostalgia And The Enormous Appeal Of Having Things The Way They Always Have Been, Appeals To A Supposedly Happy Past. But We've Got To Move On.

It Is Hard To Feel Individually Responsible With Respect To The Invisible Processes Of A Huge And Distant Government.

Some People May Have Greatness Thrust Upon Them. Very Few Have Excellence Thrust Upon Them. They Achieve It. They Do Not Achieve It Unwittingly, By “doin' What Comes Naturally”; And They Don't Stumble Into It In The Course Of Amusing Themselves. All Excellence Involves Discipline And Tenacity Of Purpose.

Political Extremism Involves Two Prime Ingredients: An Excessively Simple Diagnosis Of The World's Ills, And A Conviction That There Are Identifiable Villains Back Of It All.