Quotes

A long long time ago I began collecting inspirational quotes and aphorisms which became my collection of quotes.

Rules →

Published March 23, 2023  ·  All posts on Mar 23  ·  , ,

Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.

~ Pablo Picasso

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Metamorphosis →

Published March 21, 2023  ·  All posts on Mar 21  ·  ,

You must want to be a butterfly so badly, you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.

~ Sekou Andrews

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True bravery →

Published March 18, 2023  ·  All posts on Mar 18  ·  ,

The bravery founded on hope of recompense, fear of punishment, experience of success, on rage, or on ignorance of danger, is but common bravery, and does not deserve the name. True bravery proposes a just end; measures the dangers, and meets the result with calmness and unyielding decision.

~ Francois de la Noue

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Go forward →

Published March 16, 2023  ·  All posts on Mar 16  ·  ,

I’m not trying to sound like Mr. Smiley Positive Guy. That guy ignores the hard truth. That guy thinks a positive attitude will solve problems. It won’t. But neither will dwelling on the problem. No. Accept reality, but focus on the solution. Take that issue, take that setback, take that problem, and turn it into something good. Go forward. And, if you’re part of a team, that attitude will spread throughout.

~ Jocko Willink

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Failure →

Published March 14, 2023  ·  All posts on Mar 14  ·  ,

Failure is not necessarily durable. Remember that the things that they fire you for when you are young are the same things that they give lifetime achievement awards for when you’re old.

~ Francis Ford Coppola

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Love →

Published March 11, 2023  ·  All posts on Mar 11  ·  ,

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

~ Lao Tzu

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Seeds →

Published March 9, 2023  ·  All posts on Mar 9  ·  ,

They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds.

~ Mexican proverb

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Unexpected →

Published March 7, 2023  ·  All posts on Mar 7  ·  , ,

I’m telling you, the best thing to do is give people questions they’re not expecting.

~ Mike Birbiglia

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Options →

Published March 4, 2023  ·  All posts on Mar 4  ·  , ,

In any situation in life, you only have three options. You always have three options. You can change it, you can accept it, or you can leave it. What is not a good option is to sit around wishing you would change it but not changing it, wishing you would leave it but not leaving it, and not accepting it. It’s that struggle, that aversion, that is responsible for most of our misery.

~ Naval Ravikant

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Talent and courage →

Published March 2, 2023  ·  All posts on Mar 2  ·  , ,

A great deal of talent is lost in this world for the want of a little courage.

~ Sydney Smith

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