Quotes

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

Virtue and adversity →

Published Nov 5, 2021  ·  All posts on Nov 5  ·  

I may wish to be free from torture, but if the time comes for me to endure it, I’ll wish to bear it courageously with bravery and honor. Wouldn’t I prefer not to fall into war? But if war does befall me, I’ll wish to carry nobly the wounds, starvation, and other necessities of war. Neither am I so crazy as to desire illness, but if I must suffer illness, I’ll wish to do nothing rash or dishonorable. The point is not to wish for these adversities, but for the virtue that makes adversities bearable.

~ Seneca

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Course correct →

Published Nov 4, 2021  ·  All posts on Nov 4  ·  

Put one dumb foot in front of the other and course correct as you go.

~ Barry Diller

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Keep a notebook →

Published Nov 4, 2021  ·  All posts on Nov 4  ·  ,

Keep a notebook. Travel with it, eat with it, sleep with it. Slap into it every stray thought that flutters up in your brain. Cheap paper is less perishable than gray matter. And lead pencil markings endure longer than memory.

~ Jack London

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Ruff! Ruff! →

Published Nov 3, 2021  ·  All posts on Nov 3  ·  

Don’t hire a dog, then bark yourself.

~ David Ogilvy

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New ideas →

Published Nov 2, 2021  ·  All posts on Nov 2  ·  ,

Don’t worry about people stealing an idea. If it’s original, you will have to ram it down their throats.

~ Howard H. Aiken

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Knowing →

Published Nov 1, 2021  ·  All posts on Nov 1  ·  

Knowledge is the beginning of practice; Doing is the completion of knowing.

~ Wang Yangming

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The flowers that blossom →

Published Nov 1, 2021  ·  All posts on Nov 1  ·  

In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.

~ Albert Schweitzer

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Taken for granted →

Published Oct 31, 2021  ·  All posts on Oct 31  ·  

In all affairs, it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.

~ Bertrand Russell

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Sight →

Published Oct 30, 2021  ·  All posts on Oct 30  ·  

It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.

~ Henry David Thoreau

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Cynicism →

Published Oct 29, 2021  ·  All posts on Oct 29  ·  ,

Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.

~ George S. Patton

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