Quotes

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

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Published Mar 16, 2023  ·  All posts on Mar 16  ·  ,

I’m not trying to sound like Mr. Smiley Positive Guy. That guy ignores the hard truth. That guy thinks a positive attitude will solve problems. It won’t. But neither will dwelling on the problem. No. Accept reality, but focus on the solution. Take that issue, take that setback, take that problem, and turn it into something good. Go forward. And, if you’re part of a team, that attitude will spread throughout.

~ Jocko Willink

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Failure →

Published Mar 14, 2023  ·  All posts on Mar 14  ·  ,

Failure is not necessarily durable. Remember that the things that they fire you for when you are young are the same things that they give lifetime achievement awards for when you’re old.

~ Francis Ford Coppola

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Love →

Published Mar 11, 2023  ·  All posts on Mar 11  ·  ,

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

~ Lao Tzu

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Seeds →

Published Mar 9, 2023  ·  All posts on Mar 9  ·  ,

They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds.

~ Mexican proverb

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Unexpected →

Published Mar 7, 2023  ·  All posts on Mar 7  ·  , ,

I’m telling you, the best thing to do is give people questions they’re not expecting.

~ Mike Birbiglia

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Options →

Published Mar 4, 2023  ·  All posts on Mar 4  ·  , ,

In any situation in life, you only have three options. You always have three options. You can change it, you can accept it, or you can leave it. What is not a good option is to sit around wishing you would change it but not changing it, wishing you would leave it but not leaving it, and not accepting it. It’s that struggle, that aversion, that is responsible for most of our misery.

~ Naval Ravikant

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Talent and courage →

Published Mar 2, 2023  ·  All posts on Mar 2  ·  , ,

A great deal of talent is lost in this world for the want of a little courage.

~ Sydney Smith

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Greatness →

Published Feb 28, 2023  ·  All posts on Feb 28  ·  ,

My formula for greatness in a human being is amor fati: That one wants nothing to be other than it is, not in the future, not in the past, not in all eternity. Not merely to endure that which happens of necessity… but to love it.

~ Friedrich Nietzsche

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Heart work →

Published Feb 25, 2023  ·  All posts on Feb 25  ·  , ,

So much of the job is more emotion and ‘heart work’ than it is ‘head work.’ The head comes in after, to look at what the heart has presented and to organize it. But the initial inspiration comes from a different place, and it’s not the head, and it’s not an intellectual activity.

~ Rick Rubin

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Mediocrity →

Published Feb 23, 2023  ·  All posts on Feb 23  ·  ,

Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity. You’ll avoid the tough decisions, and you’ll avoid confronting the people who need to be confronted.

~ Colin Powell

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