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leblonMaintain absolute integrity at all times.
Always do your best: Never do anything half-heartedly. (Either get into it, or get out of it.)
Never do anything to harm others.
Never do anything for which you’ll be ashamed later. (This is an important one!)
Always strive for Excellence-there’s no substitute for it.
Practice moderation in all things – including moderation. (There’s nothing wrong with a little excess once in a while.)
Don’t take yourself too seriously.
A. O. Beckman (1900-2004) was an American chemist, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist. A major portion of his scientifica career was spent at Caltech. He invented the pH-meter (1935), funded the first transistor company in Mountain View, CA (the Shockley Semiconductor Lab) and thus started the Silicon Valley. Numerous buildings at Caltech and elsewhere are named after him.
Always do your best: Never do anything half-heartedly. (Either get into it, or get out of it.)
Never do anything to harm others.
Never do anything for which you’ll be ashamed later. (This is an important one!)
Always strive for Excellence-there’s no substitute for it.
Practice moderation in all things – including moderation. (There’s nothing wrong with a little excess once in a while.)
Don’t take yourself too seriously.
A. O. Beckman (1900-2004) was an American chemist, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist. A major portion of his scientifica career was spent at Caltech. He invented the pH-meter (1935), funded the first transistor company in Mountain View, CA (the Shockley Semiconductor Lab) and thus started the Silicon Valley. Numerous buildings at Caltech and elsewhere are named after him.
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Date: 2013-04-12 07:09 pm (UTC)Charles Dickens:
Don't leave a stone unturned. It's always something, to know you have done the most you could. (У этой фразы есть вариант перевода, который хорош и сам по себе: "Испробуй все возможности. Всегда важно знать, что ты сделал все, что мог.")
Цицерон:
Человек должен научиться подчиняться самому себе и повиноваться своим решениям.
Луций Анней Сенека:
Большая часть нашей жизни уходит на ошибки и дурные поступки,
значительная часть протекает в бездействии,
и почти всегда вся жизнь в том, что мы делаем не то, что надо.
Последнее это не правило, а скорее наблюдение (сделанное 2 тысячи лет назад, но с тех пор ничего не изменилось), но помогающее в формулировке правил.
А еще "If" by Rudyard Kipling (http://www.lib.ru/KIPLING/s_if.txt) это целый набор идеалов, к которым нужно стремиться.