In the morning, when you rise unwillingly, let this thought be present: I am rising to the work of a human being.
~ Marcus Aurelius
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Quotes
A long long time ago I began collecting inspirational quotes and aphorisms which became my collection of quotes.
No fixed plans
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
~ Lao Tzu
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That’s funny…
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not “Eureka!” but “That’s funny…”
~ Isaac Asimov
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If you are absent
If you’re absent during my struggle, don’t expect to be present during my success.
~ Will Smith
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Irrelevance
If you don’t like change, you are going to like irrelevance even less.
~ Eric Shinseki
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Silence
Silence is a source of great strength.
~ Lao Tzu
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Life time
No such thing as spare time.
~ Henry Rollins
No such thing as free time.
No such thing as down time.
All you got is life time.
Go.
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The last person to leave
I want to be the person that is the first person there and the last person to leave. That’s who I want to be, because I think the road to success is through commitment, and through the strength to drive through that commitment when it gets hard. And it is going to get hard and you’re going to want to quit sometimes, but it’ll be colored by who you are, and more who you want to be.
~ Will Smith
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The second 90%
The first 90% of a project is a lot easier than the second 90%.
~ Tim Sweeney
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Where you are heading
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
~ Lao Tzu
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The one who smiles
Better to be the one who smiled than the one who didn’t smile back.
~ unknown
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They merely amplify
Money and success don’t change people; they merely amplify what is already there.
~ Will Smith
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So implausible
Not long ago, what we have today was so implausible that nobody bothered to say it would never happen.
~ Marc Andreessen
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Just three things
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
~ Lao Tzu
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Pain is temporary
Pain is temporary. It may last for a minute, or an hour, or a day, or even a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. However, if you quit that pain will last forever.
~ Lance Armstrong
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Skill is developed
The separation of talent and skill is one of the greatest misunderstood concepts for people who are trying to excel, who have dreams, who want to do things. Talent you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft.
~ Will Smith
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No hope
If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.
~ Albert Einstein
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Enlightenment
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.
~ Lao Tzu
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Begin the morning
Begin the morning by saying to yourself, I shall meet with the busybody, the ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious, unsocial. All these things happen to them by reason of their ignorance of what is good and evil. … I can neither be injured by any of them, for no one can fix on me what is ugly, nor can I be angry with my kinsman, nor hate him.
~ Marcus Aurelius
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No plan B
There’s no reason to have a plan B because it distracts from plan A.
~ Will Smith
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