There is the anecdote of two friends travelling through a forest when they hear a lion behind them. As they plan their escape strategy, one of them says that he is going to run. The other asks him if they really can outrun the lion. The first one responds, "I do not need to outrun the lion, I just to run faster than you!"
Now what's worse than having no standards or levels of excellence set by oneself? Lowering them to the level of the last of the group!
In the movie Annapolis, there is nice dialogue between two plebe's (fresh navy recruits) - who are also good friends:
Now what's worse than having no standards or levels of excellence set by oneself? Lowering them to the level of the last of the group!
In the movie Annapolis, there is nice dialogue between two plebe's (fresh navy recruits) - who are also good friends:
People who live in Arkansas, you know what their favourite state is?We can very well settle for standards far below our capacity or potency, settle for something purely in comparison to the most 'weakest' in the group. Surely there is neither merit nor courage in achieving that set goal or aim!
No.
Mississippi. 'Cos, Mississippi is the only thing that keeps Arkansas from being the worst state in the whole country.
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