Quote of the Day - Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
“Edges of leaves, contours of clouds, hills and plains - there are very few straight lines in nature. Nature is jagged and rough, bent and twisted. She may not be neat, but she IS real. Real like life lived.”
“Wake up every morning and tell yourself that you’re a badass motherfucker from hell and that no one can fuck with you and then don’t let anybody fuck with you.”
“The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.”
“To regret one’s own experiences is to arrest one’s own development. To deny one’s own experiences is to put a lie into the lips of one’s own life. It is no less than a denial of the soul.”
“Everything in life is a mirror: a way of experiencing ourselves. Some experiences reflect the best within us; others fail to connect. Our work time is a key component of life success. What fuels work time, however, are the mirroring experiences that remind us of who we are and what we’re capable of becoming.”
“Effective listening is more than simply avoiding the bad habit of interrupting others while they are speaking or finishing their sentences. It’s being content to listen to the entire thought of someone rather than waiting impatiently for your chance to respond.”
“Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.”
“If you don’t feel it, flee from it. Go where you are celebrated, not merely tolerated.”
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
“Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.”
“People are like stained - glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.”
“So what is the difference between “power thinking” and “positive” thinking? The distinction is slight but profound. To me, people use positive thinking to pretend that everything is rosy, when they really believe that it’s not. With power thinking, we understand that everything is neutral, that nothing has meaning except for the meaning we give it, and that we are going to make up a story and give something it’s meaning.”
“A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man’s brow.”
“The difference between interest and commitment is the will not to give up. When you truly commit to something, you have no alternative but success.”
“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it.”
“Each time you’ll take the step that you’re sure you can’t, you’ll discover that the “you” who would not was only a thought the believed it could not.”
“The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.”
“I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.”