James Richardson
James Richardson
Admiral in charge of Pearl Harbor prior to the Japanese attack.
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth18 September 1878
CityParis, TX
belief stronger weaker
The weaker the intellect, the stronger the belief
workaholic dread procrastinator
The procrastinator dreads beginning, the workaholic, ending.
waste wasting-time wasting-my-time
If I do not waste time, I am wasting my time.
temptation method greater
Greater than the temptations of beauty are those of method.
first-love love-is lasts
The first quest or the first love is also the last. The second isn't.
annoyed feelings annoying
How often feelings are circular. How embarrassing to be embarrassed. How annoying to be annoyed.
opposites rivers smell
It is by now proverbial that every proverb has its opposite. For every Time is money there is a Stop and smell the roses. When someone says You never stand in the same river twice someone else has already replied There is nothing new under the sun. In the mind's arithmetic, 1 plus -1 equals 2. Truths are not quantities but scripts: Become for a moment the mind in which this is true.
empty empty-seats seats
It is the empty seats that listen most raptly.
i-love-myself helping neighbor
God help my neighbors if I loved them as I love myself.
changing-your-life easier
Easier to keep changing your life than to live it.
perception
How sure we are that everyone's watching. How sure we are that no one sees.
bitterness greater
Bitterness is a greater failure than failure.
hypocrisy sin reserves
To condemn your sin in another is hypocrisy. Not to condemn is to reserve your right to sin.
enough sells my-time
I sell my time to get enough money to buy it back.