Art is like baby shoes. When you coat them with gold, they can no longer be worn.
-John Updike, writer (1932-2009)
good forgivers!
A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.
-Robert Quillen, journalist and cartoonist (1887-1948)
String of experiences
Words form the thread on which we string our experiences.
-Aldous Huxley, novelist (1894-1963)
Beautiful numbers...
Why are numbers beautiful? It's like asking why is Beethoven's Ninth Symphony beautiful. If you don't see why, someone can't tell you. I know numbers are beautiful. If they aren't beautiful, nothing is.
-Paul Erdos, mathematician (1913-1996)
Foundation...
Simplicity of life, even the barest, is not a misery, but the very foundation of refinement.
-William Morris, designer, poet, and novelist (1834-1896)
Education Vs ignorance
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
-Derek Bok, lawyer and educator (b. 22 Mar 1930)
Became...
In their youth both Herder and Schiller intended to study as surgeons, but Destiny said: "No, there are deeper wounds than those of the body, - heal the deeper!" and they wrote.
-Jean Paul Richter, writer (1763-1825)
others to join
Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.
-Ruth Bader Ginsburg, US Supreme Court justice (1933-2020)
...biggest problems
For 50 million years our biggest problems were too few calories, too little information. For about 50 years our biggest problem has been too many calories, too much information. We have to adjust, and I believe we will really fast. I also believe it will be wicked ugly while we're adjusting.
-Penn Jillette, magician, actor, musician, inventor, television presenter, and author (b. 5 Mar 1955)
-Penn Jillette, magician, actor, musician, inventor, television presenter, and author (b. 5 Mar 1955)
...as flashes
Creativity -- like human life itself -- begins in darkness. We need to acknowledge this. All too often, we think only in terms of light: "And then the lightbulb went on and I got it!" It is true that insights may come to us as flashes. It is true that some of these flashes may be blinding. It is, however, also true that such bright ideas are preceded by a gestation period that is interior, murky, and completely necessary.
-Julia Cameron, artist, author, teacher, filmmaker, composer, and journalist (b. 4 Mar 1948)
Affirm ... not prohibit
Nature's laws affirm instead of prohibit. If you violate her laws, you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman.
- Luther Burbank, horticulturist (1849-1926)
getting mastery
If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful after all.
- Michelangelo Buonarroti, sculptor, painter, architect, and poet (1475-1564)
...merely for themselves
Men are not against you; they are merely for themselves.
-Gene Fowler, journalist and author (1890-1960)
Taxes for civilized...
Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society.
-Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., US Supreme Court Justice (1841-1935)
mind with mind...
If there be such a thing as truth, it must infallibly be struck out by the collision of mind with mind.
-William Godwin, philosopher and novelist (1756-1836)
Positive Mindset and Resonant Optimism
"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all."
- Dale Carnegie
Exceptional Time Management
"Successful people are simply those with successful habits."
- Brian Tracy
Curiosity and Continuous Learning
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious."
- Albert Einstein
Confident Conviction
"Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking the tartar sauce with you."
- Zig Ziglar
Adaptability and Resilience
"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent; it is the one most adaptable to change."
- Charles Darwin
Empathetic Communication
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
- Maya Angelou
Relentless Determination
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
- Winston Churchill
little madness...
A man needs a little madness, or else he never dares cut the rope and be free.
-Nikos Kazantzakis, writer (1883-1957)
show genuine interest
"You can make more friends in two months by showing genuine interest in other people, than you can in two years trying to get other people interested in you."
At first, and at end
"Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end."
–Robin Sharma
–Robin Sharma
Bad by good citizens
Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.
-George Jean Nathan, author and editor (1882-1958)
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