Quotes: John Foster Dulles

"A man's accomplishments in life are the cumulative effect of his attention to detail." 

–– John Foster Dulles (1888-1959) American politician, lawyer, and diplomat 

via: Sketchbook M 13, 2024, 2025, p. 18.

Quotes: Henry David Thoreau

"Our life is frittered away by detail. ... Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count a half dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb nail. ... Simplify, simplify, simplify." 

–– Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), American essayist, philosopher, and poet 

Source: Henry David Thoreau. Walden. 1854. 

via: Commonplace Book, 2022, 2022, p.49.