There is no good in anything until it is finished.
Interpretation
Completion is essential for the value of any endeavor.
This quote by Genghis Khan emphasizes the importance of finishing tasks or projects. It suggests that the true value and impact of any action can only be realized upon its completion, highlighting the idea that unfinished things hold little worth or significance in comparison to those that are fully realized.
In practice
This quote is perfect for motivating a team that is struggling to complete a project.
Heaven grew weary of the excessive pride and luxury of China... I am from the Barbaric North. I wear the same clothing and eat the same food as the cowherds and horse-herders. We make the same sacrifices and we share.. our riches. I look upon the nation as a new-born child and I care for my soldiers as though they were my brothers.
It is not sufficient that I succeed - all others must fail.
With Heaven's aid I have conquered for you a huge empire. But my life was too short to achieve the conquest of the world. That task is left for you
I hate luxury. I exercise moderation…It will be easy to forget your vision and purpose one you have fine clothes, fast horses and beautiful women. [In which case], you will be no better than a slave, and you will surely lose everything.
An action comitted in anger is an action doomed to failure.
The strength of a wall is neither greater nor less than the courage of the men who defend it.
For me, it's been liberating to put myself in the mind of a fictitious six year-old each day, and rediscover my own curiosity. I've been amazed at how one idea leads to others if I allow my mind to play and wander.
The only virtue on which I pride myself is my self-doubt; when a writer loses her self-doubt, the time has come to lay aside her pen.
For all things difficult to acquire, the intelligent man works with perseverance.
Growth is limited by that necessity which is present in the least amount.
Speak only that which will bring you honor.
Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. If you need encouragement, praise, pats on the back from everybody, then you make everybody your judge.
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