Quotes

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

A brain in my head →

Published Aug 13, 2018  ·  All posts on Aug 13  ·  

With a brain in my head, and feet in my shoes, I can steer myself any direction I choose.

~ Dr. Seuss, in Oh, the Places You’ll Go!, (1990 book)

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Respond intelligently →

Published Aug 8, 2018  ·  All posts on Aug 8  ·  

Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.

~ Lao Tzu

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What we do →

Published Aug 3, 2018  ·  All posts on Aug 3  ·  

It’s not who we are, but what we do that defines us.

~ Bruce Wayne, in Batman Begins, (2005 film)

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Realize that all things change →

Published Jul 29, 2018  ·  All posts on Jul 29  ·  

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.

~ Lao Tzu

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Success →

Published Jul 24, 2018  ·  All posts on Jul 24  ·  

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

~ Winston Churchill

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A delusional quality →

Published Jul 19, 2018  ·  All posts on Jul 19  ·  

I think that there’s a certain delusional quality that all successful people have to have. You have to believe that something different can happen.

~ Will Smith

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The world breaks everyone →

Published Jul 14, 2018  ·  All posts on Jul 14  ·  

The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.

~ Ernest Hemingway

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Do the difficult things →

Published Jul 9, 2018  ·  All posts on Jul 9  ·  

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

~ Lao Tzu

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One tongue →

Published Jul 4, 2018  ·  All posts on Jul 4  ·  

Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue – to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak.

~ Socrates

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When it gets hard →

Published Jun 29, 2018  ·  All posts on Jun 29  ·  

The road to success is through commitment, and through the strength to drive through that commitment when it gets hard. And it is gonna get hard and you’re gonna wanna quit sometimes, but it’ll be colored by who you are, and more who you want to be.

~ Will Smith

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