"Every superior personality, and every superior performance, has, for the average of mankind, something mysterious."

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Source : Georg Simmel, Otthein Rammstedt (2008). “Gesamtausgabe”

Georg Simmel

#Average Quotes #Personality Quotes #Mysterious Quotes

“The structure will automatically provide the pattern for the action which follows.”
“Persistence is a unique mental strength; a strength that is essential to combat the fierce power of the repeated rejections and numerous other obstacles that sit in waiting and are all part of winning in a fast-moving, ever-changing world.”
“Any nation or government that deprives an individual of freedom is in that moment committing an act of moral and spiritual murder. Any individual who is not concerned about his freedom commits an act of moral and spiritual suicide.”
“Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose.”
“On a good team there are no superstars. There are great players who show they are great players by being able to play with others as a team. They have the ability to be superstars, but if they fit into a good team, they make sacrifices, they do things necessary to help the team win. What the numbers are in salaries or statistics don't matter; how they play together does.”
“Here I am.... You get the parts of me you like and also the parts that make you uncomfortable. You have to understand that other people's comfort is no longer my job. I am no longer a flight attendant.”
“There can be no separation in your organization. You win as a team, you lose as a team.”
“There is a sad tendency in our world today for persons to cut one another down. Did you ever realize that it does not take very much in the way of brainpower to make remarks that may wound another? Try the opposite of that. Try handing out compliments.”

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