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I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.
— George Bernard Shaw
On the Working Life
Don't be the best. Be the only.
— Jerry Garcia
On the Working Life
It is often safer to be in chains than to be free.
— Franz Kafka
On Starting Over
From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.
— Franz Kafka
On Starting Over
A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity.
— Franz Kafka
On the Working Life
Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.
— Pablo Picasso
On the Working Life
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
— Winston Churchill
On Confidence
Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
— George Bernard Shaw
On Focus & Distraction
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
— George Bernard Shaw
On Starting Over
One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.
— Knute Rockne
On the Working Life
There is more to life than increasing its speed.
— Mahatma Gandhi
On Focus & Distraction
I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better.
— Henry David Thoreau
On Discipline
When you have no choice, mobilize the spirit of courage.
— Sholem Aleichem
On Confidence
I never worry about action, but only about inaction.
— Winston Churchill
On Discipline
A solitary tree, if it grows at all, grows strong.
— Winston Churchill
On Discipline
With an apple I will astonish Paris.
— Paul Cézanne
On Confidence
Genius is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience.
— Paul Cézanne
On Focus & Distraction
The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.
— William Hazlitt
On the Working Life
I do not value friendship in the haggard manner of those who do nothing but cling.
— William Hazlitt
On the Working Life
I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
— Frederick Douglass
On Confidence
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
— Frederick Douglass
On the Working Life
Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
— Frederick Douglass
On Discipline
Forgiveness is not an occasional act. It is a permanent attitude.
— Martin Luther King Jr.
On Starting Over
People often say motivation doesn't last. Neither does bathing — that's why we recommend it daily.
— Zig Ziglar
On Discipline
A goal properly set is halfway reached.
— Zig Ziglar
On Discipline
You can have everything you want if you can put your wishes into terms believable to your subconscious.
— Maxwell Maltz
On Confidence
I want to know how to live a life — not just survive it.
— Cheryl Strayed
On Starting Over
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
— John Holmes
On the Working Life
A little learning is a dangerous thing.
— Alexander Pope
On the Working Life
Hope springs eternal in the human breast.
— Alexander Pope
On Anxiety & Quiet Days