Success

This week I’ve been reading a lot and doing little work. That’s the way things ought to be. That’s surely the road to success.

~ Anne Frank

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One

One day at a time. It sounds so simple. It actually is simple but it isn’t easy: It requires incredible support and fastidious structuring.

~ Russell Brand

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Activity

Only staying active will make you want to live a hundred years.

~ Japanese proverb

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Change

The most reliable way to change your entire life is by not changing your entire life… Improve the whole by mastering one thing.

~ James Clear

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Priority

The root of the word ‘priority’ is singular… It was a singular word—the one thing. In modern times, we’ve turned it into ‘priorities,’ but then all of a sudden it turns into eight, ten, 15 things and that defeats the purpose.

~ Shaka Smart

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Pressure

To achieve great things, two things are needed: A plan and not quite enough time.

~ Leonard Bernstein

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Disguise

We become so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others, that at last we are disguised to ourselves.

~ Rochefoucauld

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Purpose

To concentrate your mind on something is not the true purpose of zen. The true purpose is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes.

~ Shunryu Suzuki

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Memory

Sometimes you don’t know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.

~ Gunnar Freyr

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Chance

In the blink of an eye, something happens by chance—when you least expect it—sets you on a course that you never planned, into a future you never imagined.

~ Nicholas Sparks

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