Oh, my friend, it’s not what they take away from you that counts. It’s what you do with what you have left.
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| — | Hubert Humphrey, #quotemonday |
When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I only think about how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
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| — | Buckminster Fuller |
The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying. Why is this important? Because when we sit down day after day and keep grinding, something mysterious starts to happen. A process is set into motion by which, inevitably and infallibly, heaven comes to our aid. Unseen forces enlist in our cause; serendipity reinforces our purpose.
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| — | The War of Art, Stephen Pressfield |
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Happy Birthday, Dr King. |
For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Happy Thanksgiving, all! |
The basic thing is that everyone wants happiness, no one wants suffering. And happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors. If your own mental attitude is correct, even if you remain in a hostile atmosphere, you feel happy.
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| — | the Dalai Lama |
Or Twitter, which is high school but only 140 characters at a time.
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Seth’s Blog: The Rule of High School —— Great reminder from Godin that there is no silver bullet… “As in high school, the winners are the ones who don’t take it too seriously and understand what they’re trying to accomplish. Get stuck in the never ending drama (worrying about what irrelevant people think) and you’ll never get anything done. The only thing worse than coming in second place in the race for student council president is… winning.” |
