A Little Help From Your Friends
Alex Haley, the author of Roots, used to keep a picture in his office of a turtle sitting atop a fence. He kept it there to remind him of a lesson he had learned years before; “If you see a turtle on a fence post, you know he had some help.”
Haley remarked, “Anytime I start thinking, ‘Wow, isn’t this marvellous what I’ve done!’ I look at that picture and remember how this turtle – me – got up on that post.”
Source: Developing the Leaders Around You – John G. Maxwell
