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It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.
— Will Durant
On Focus & Distraction
To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves.
— Will Durant
On Confidence
Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
— Will Durant
On Starting Over
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.
— Will Durant
On Discipline
The best is yet to come.
— Frank Sinatra
On Starting Over
When I sing, I believe. I'm honest. If you want to make it with a song, you've got to look at the lyric and make it mea…
— Frank Sinatra
On the Working Life
Don't get even, get mad, then get over it.
— Frank Sinatra
On Anxiety & Quiet Days
Knowing what you don't know is more useful than being brilliant.
— Charlie Munger
On Focus & Distraction
Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up.
— Charlie Munger
On Discipline
It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, inste…
— Charlie Munger
On Focus & Distraction
The big money is not in the buying or the selling, but in the waiting.
— Charlie Munger
On Money, Plainly
Don't compare yourself with anyone in this world. If you do so, you are insulting yourself.
— Bill Gates
On Confidence
As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.
— Bill Gates
On the Working Life
We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in…
— Bill Gates
On Focus & Distraction
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
— Bill Gates
On the Working Life
Patience and persistence are worth more than brilliance.
— Bill Gates
On Discipline
The goal is not to do business with everybody who needs what you have. The goal is to do business with people who belie…
— Simon Sinek
On Purpose
Dream big. Start small. But most of all, start.
— Simon Sinek
On Starting Over
A boss has the title. A leader has the people.
— Simon Sinek
On the Working Life
Working hard for something we don't care about is called stress; working hard for something we love is called passion.
— Simon Sinek
On the Working Life
People don't buy what you do; they buy why you do it.
— Simon Sinek
On Purpose
Clear is kind. Unclear is unkind.
— Brené Brown
On the Working Life
Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.
— Brené Brown
On Anxiety & Quiet Days
Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.
— Brené Brown
On Confidence
Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.
— Brené Brown
On Starting Over
Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.
— Brené Brown
On Starting Over
Time you enjoyed wasting was not wasted.
— John Lennon
On Anxiety & Quiet Days
There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love,…
— John Lennon
On Confidence
Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.
— John Lennon
On Anxiety & Quiet Days
A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.
— John Lennon
On the Working Life