The only sort of pride that may serve a man well on that rarest occasion is his hatred of being wrong. It keeps his mouth shut, his ears open, and his research extensive. And yet this is also the deadliest because when he is in fact proven wrong, he absolutely refuses to acknowledge it. It then keeps his mouth open, his ears shut, and his research inexistent.

With too much pride a man cannot learn a thing. In and of itself, learning teaches you how foolish you are.

One may suffer the long-term in order to grow in appreciation for the small things. For in short-term suffering, one only notices the large.

Where everyone wants to be a leader, it makes one a follower to want to be a leader, and a leader to know what to follow.

Good intentions but bad results; bad results but lessons learned. There is a dark corner on every task beautiful and a beautiful corner on every task dark.