Quotes

Talk about ideas →

Published August 28, 2015  ·  All posts on Aug 28  ·  

Great people talk about ideas.
Average people talk about things.
Small people talk about other people.

…and then, sadly, there are the people who love to talk about themselves.

~ unknown

Elsewhere, this is 4a120. — slipbox

Not everything →

Published August 22, 2015  ·  All posts on Aug 22  ·  

You can do anything, but not everything.

~ David Allen

Elsewhere, this is 4a140. — slipbox

Few possibilities →

Published August 16, 2015  ·  All posts on Aug 16  ·  

In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.

~ Shunryu Suzuki

Elsewhere, this is 4a202. — slipbox

Reckon the worth of each day →

Published August 10, 2015  ·  All posts on Aug 10  ·  ,

The largest portion of life passes while we are doing ill, a good share while we are doing nothing, and the whole while we are doing that which is not to the purpose. What man can you show me who places any value on his time, who reckons the worth of each day, who understands that he is dying daily? For we are mistaken when we look forward to death; The major portion of death is already passed. Whatever years be behind us are in death’s hands.

~ Seneca

Elsewhere, this is 4a191. — slipbox

Broad shoulders →

Published August 4, 2015  ·  All posts on Aug 4  ·  

Ask not for a lighter burden; Ask instead for broader shoulders.

~ unknown

Elsewhere, this is 4a263. — slipbox

Want the right thing →

Published July 29, 2015  ·  All posts on Jul 29  ·  

A perfect man would never act from a sense of duty; He’d always want the right thing more than the wrong one.

~ C.S. Lewis

Elsewhere, this is 4a38. — slipbox

Recipe for disaster →

Published July 23, 2015  ·  All posts on Jul 23  ·  

We live in a society absolutely dependent on science and technology, and yet have cleverly arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. That’s a clear recipe for disaster.

~ Carl Sagan

Elsewhere, this is 4a40. — slipbox

Not useful →

Published July 17, 2015  ·  All posts on Jul 17  ·  

Just because you are unique does not mean you are useful.

~ unknown

Elsewhere, this is 4a332. — slipbox

Winning small battles with honor →

Published July 11, 2015  ·  All posts on Jul 11  ·  

Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honor.

~ Norman Mailer

Elsewhere, this is 4a336. — slipbox

Growing old →

Published July 5, 2015  ·  All posts on Jul 5  ·  

Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.

~ unknown

Elsewhere, this is 4a486. — slipbox