Quotes

Courage →

Published August 23, 2018  ·  All posts on Aug 23  ·  

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear — not absense of fear.

~ Mark Twain

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Everything is accomplished →

Published August 18, 2018  ·  All posts on Aug 18  ·  

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

~ Lao Tzu

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A brain in my head →

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

Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.

~ Lao Tzu

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What we do →

Published August 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 July 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

Elsewhere, this is 4a213. — slipbox

Success →

Published July 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 July 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 July 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 July 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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