See also Inspirational Quotes.
I do not intend to take dangerous chances, both because I have no wish to get hurt and because a fall would stop my experimenting, which I would not like at all. The man who wishes to keep at the problem long enough to really learn anything positively must not take dangerous risks.
~ Wilbur Wright
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If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
~ Haruki Murakami
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It’s a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn’t want to hear.
~ Richard Cavett
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The best arguments in the world won’t change a single person’s mind. The only thing that can do that is a good story.
~ Richard Powers
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My definition of wisdom is knowing the long-term consequences of your actions.
~ Naval Ravikant
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People try to do all sorts of clever and difficult things to improve life instead of doing the simplest, easiest thing—refusing to participate in activities that make life bad.
~ Leo Tolstoy
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To-do lists tend to be long; Success lists are short. One pulls you in all directions; The other aims you in a specific direction. One is a disorganized directory and the other is an organized directive. If a list isn’t built around success, then that’s not where it takes you. If your to-do list contains everything, then it’s probably taking you everywhere but where you really want to go.
~ Gary Keller
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Be like a postage stamp—stick to one thing until you get there.
~ Josh Billings
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Giving yourself the time and sapce to think and feel is crucial to your existence. Personhood requires encapsulation. You have to find a way to be yourself before you can share yourself.
~ Jaron Lanier
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Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.
~ Anne Lamott
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