The mode of locomotion should be slow, the slower the better, and be often interrupted by leisurely halts to sit on vantage points and stop at question marks.
~ Carl Sauer
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Locomotion →
Perspective →
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
~ Longfellow
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Experience →
Experience often deeply embeds the assumptions that need to be questioned in the first place. When you have a lot of experience with something, you don’t notice the things that are new about it. You don’t notice the idiosyncrasies that need to be tweaked. You don’t notice where the gaps are, what’s missing, or what’s not really working.
~ Chris Sacca
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Mud →
Never throw mud. You may miss your mark: But you must have dirty hands.
~ Joseph Parker
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Nobody will understand →
It’s pretty safe to say, that when you finally come up with your million-dollar idea, nobody is going to understand it at first. They many not laugh in your face outright, but they’ll probably scratch their heads, at least.
~ Hugh MacLeod
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Extraordinary →
Achieving the extraordinary is not a linear process. The secret is to show up, do the work, and go home. A blue collar work ethic married to indomitable will. It is literally that simple. Nothing interferes. Nothing can sway you from your purpose. Once the decision is made, simply refuse to budge. Refuse to compromise.
~ Christopher Sommer
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Moderate →
The art of using moderate abilities to advantage wins praise, and often acquires more reputation than actual brilliance.
~ Rochefoucauld
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Strike at the root →
There are thousands hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
~ Henry David Thoreau
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Truth →
Remember that truth is the greatest thing in the world. If you will be great, you will be true. If you suppress the truth, if you hide truth, if you do not rise up and speak out in meeting, if you speak out in meeting without speaking the whole truth, then are you less true than truth and by that much are you less than great.
~ Jack London
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Going full circle →
No matter where your adventure takes you, most of what is truly meaningful is still to be found revolving around the mundane stuff you did before you embarked on your adventure. The stuff that’ll be still be going on long after you and I are both dead, long after our contribution to the world is forgotten.But often, one needs to have that big adventure before truly appreciating this. Going full circle. Exactly.
~ Hugh MacLeod
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