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Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.
— Aristotle
On the Working Life
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.
— Amelia Earhart
On Discipline
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
— Amelia Earhart
On Discipline
Adventure is worthwhile in itself.
— Amelia Earhart
On Confidence
There is properly no history, only biography.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
On Focus & Distraction
A friend is one to whom one may pour out the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together.
— Anonymous (Arabian proverb)
On the Working Life
Love must be learned, and learned again and again; there is no end to it.
— Katherine Anne Porter
On the Working Life
All time is no time when it is past.
— Anton Chekhov
On Starting Over
All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
On Confidence
Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
On Confidence
A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
On Discipline
I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul.
— William Ernest Henley
On Confidence
Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
— Dalai Lama XIV
On Starting Over
Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.
— Dalai Lama XIV
On the Working Life
Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.
— Dalai Lama XIV
On Anxiety & Quiet Days
The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.
— Eckhart Tolle
On Anxiety & Quiet Days
Sometimes letting things go is an act far greater than defending or hanging on.
— Eckhart Tolle
On Starting Over
Stillness is the language God speaks, and everything else is a bad translation.
— Eckhart Tolle
On Focus & Distraction
There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled.
— Rumi
On Confidence
Why are you so enchanted by this world, when a mine of gold lies within you?
— Rumi
On Confidence
The moon will guide you through the night with her brightness, but she will always dwell in the darkness, in order to b…
— Hafiz
On Anxiety & Quiet Days
I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being.
— Hafiz
On Confidence
Whatever is begotten of the body, must perish; what is born of the spirit, the soul, is eternal.
— Hafiz
On Purpose
A traveler without observation is a bird without wings.
— Saadi of Shiraz
On Focus & Distraction
Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
— Saadi of Shiraz
On Discipline
Whoever does the work, claims the right.
— Saadi of Shiraz
On the Working Life
The art of life is more like the wrestler's than the dancer's.
— Marcus Aurelius
On Discipline
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive.
— Marcus Aurelius
On Anxiety & Quiet Days
How much trouble he avoids who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.
— Marcus Aurelius
On Focus & Distraction
We are who we are because we have been who we have been.
— Sigmund Freud
On Starting Over