In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.
~ Shunryu Suzuki
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Quotes
Reckon the worth of each day
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
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Broad shoulders
Ask not for a lighter burden; Ask instead for broader shoulders.
~ unknown
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Want the right thing
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
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Recipe for disaster
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
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Not useful
Just because you are unique does not mean you are useful.
~ unknown
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Winning small battles with honor
Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honor.
~ Norman Mailer
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Growing old
Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.
~ unknown
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Renouncing reason
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
~ Thomas Paine
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Remember your side
There are people who build things and people who tear things down. Just remember which side you’re on.
~ Sharon Ann Lee
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Honestly mistaken
When an honest man discovers he is mistaken, he will either cease being mistaken, or cease being honest.
~ unknown
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Friends
We’re friends. You laugh I laugh. You cry I cry. You jump off a bridge, I get on my boat and save your retarded ass.
~ unknown
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Growing old
Growing old sucks.
~ unknown
But it is much better than the alternative.
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Make it meaningful
Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days.
~ Dalai Lama
An old day passes, a new day arrives.
The important thing is to make it meaningful:
A meaningful friend — or a meaningful day.
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Punched in the face
Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.
~ Mike Tyson
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I miss that age
I miss being the age I was when I thought I would have my shit together by the time I was the age I am now.
~ unknown
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Inspiration
Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.
~ Pablo Picasso
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Get busy
Get busy living, or get busy dying.
~ Red, in The Shawshank Redemption, (1994 film)
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Your bullshit story
The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.
~ Jordan Belfort
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You can decide
You may not control all the events that happen to you,
~ Maya Angelou
but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
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