Perfectionism →

Perfectionism is not as much the desire for excellence, as it is the fear of failure couched in procrastination.

~ Dan Miller

Elsewhere, this is 4a1351. — slipbox


Feelings →

Let everything happen to you: Beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.

~ Rainer Maria Rilke

Elsewhere, this is 4a1350. — slipbox


Possessions →

You can’t have everything.

Where would you put it?

~ Steven Wright

Elsewhere, this is 4a1349. — slipbox


Mystery →

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

~ Harry Emerson Fosdick

Elsewhere, this is 4a1348. — slipbox


Ingenuity →

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

~ George S. Patton

Elsewhere, this is 4a1347. — slipbox


Exceptional →

The squeaky wheel may get the most oil, but it’s also the first to be replaced.

~ Marilyn vos Savant

Elsewhere, this is 4a1346. — slipbox


Humor →

What a strange world this would be if we all had the same sense of humor.

~ Bern Williams

Elsewhere, this is 4a1345. — slipbox


Learn something →

No day in which you learn something is a complete loss.

~ David Eddings

Elsewhere, this is 4a1344. — slipbox


Attention →

The most sincere compliment we can pay is attention.

~ Walter Anderson

Elsewhere, this is 4a1343. — slipbox


Play →

Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.

~ Fred Rogers

Elsewhere, this is 4a1342. — slipbox