Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Kris Gale: Value
“Embrace simplicity in your product and in your code. The value is in what gets used, not what gets built.”—Kris Gale
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Steve Allen: Utterly bizarre enclave
“Impartial observers from other planets would consider ours an utterly bizarre enclave if it were populated by birds, defined as flying animals, that nevertheless rarely or never actually flew. They would also be perplexed if they encountered in our seas, lakes, rivers and ponds, creatures defined as swimmers that never did any swimming. But they…
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Paraclesus: Medicine
“Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters; it deals with the very processes of life, which must be understood before they may be guided.” —Paraclesus.
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Kris Gale: Simplicity
“Embrace simplicity in your product and in your code. The value is in what gets used, not what gets built.”—Kris Gale.
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Martin Luther: Responsible
“You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.” —Martin Luther.
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Alexis De Tocqueville: Life
“Life is neither suffering nor pleasure, but the business which we have to do, and which we have to finish honestly, up to our life’s end.” -Alexis De Tocqueville
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Hedy Lamarr: Men and women
“It’s funny about men and women. Men pay in cash to get them and pay in cash to get rid of them. Women pay emotionally coming and going. Neither has it easy.” —Hedy Lamarr.
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Jean Jacques Rousseau: Silence
“A person who knows little likes to talk, and one who knows much mostly keeps silent. This is because a person who knows little thinks that everything he knows is important, and wants to tell everyone. A person who knows much also knows that there is much more he doesn’t know. That’s why he speaks…
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Gordon Ramsay: Game over
“The minute you start compromising for the sake of massaging somebody’s ego, that’s it, game over.” —Gordon Ramsay.
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Christian Nestell Bovee: Two sources of light
“The light in the world comes principally from two sources — the sun, and the student’s lamp.” —Christian Nestell Bovee, writer.
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Marie Curie: Understand
“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” —Marie Curie.
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Confucius: Wisdom
“A wise man looks for everything inside of himself; a madman seeks for everything in others.” -Confucius.
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Maria Shriver: Replaceability
“At work, you’re replaceable… but as a parent, you’re irreplaceable.” —Maria Shriver.
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Voltaire: Only motivation
“Many stupid things are uttered by people whose only motivation is to say something original.” —Voltaire.
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Guru Nanak: Asceticism
“Asceticism doesn’t lie in mere words; He is an ascetic who treats everyone alike. Asceticism doesn’t lie in visiting burial places; it lies not in wandering about nor in bathing at places of pilgrimage. Asceticism is to remain pure amidst impurities.” —Guru Nanak.
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Corin Nemec: Art
“Art is about expressing the true nature of the human spirit in whatever way one wishes to express it. If it is honest, it is beautiful. If it is not honest, it is obvious.” —Corin Nemec.
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Leo Tolstoy: To be a clever person
“If you want to be a clever person, you have to learn how to ask cleverly, how to listen attentively, how to respond quietly, and how to stop talking when there is nothing more to say.” —Leo Tolstoy (A Calendar of Wisdom).
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Matthew McConaughey: Jealousy
“Sure, I can get a little bit jealous. The good part about jealousy is that it comes from passion. It’s also the dangerous part and it’s an ugly emotion that hurts.” —Matthew McConaughey.
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Janelle Monae: Enemy of greatness
“Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable. I didn’t have to become perfect because I’ve learned throughout my journey that perfection is the enemy of greatness.” —Janelle Monae.
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Charles Bronson: No friends
“I don’t have friends, I have thousands of acquaintances. No friends. I figured I had a wife and children.” —Charles Bronson.
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Lord Bacon: Philosophy
“In philosophy the contemplations of man do either penetrate unto God, or are circumferred to Nature, or are reflected or reverted upon himself. Out of which several inquiries there do arise three knowledges: divine philosophy, natural philosophy, and human philosophy or humanity. For all things are marked and stamped with this triple character, of the…
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Shah Rukh Khan: Cinema in India
“Cinema in India is like brushing your teeth in the morning. You can’t escape it.” —Shah Rukh Khan.
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Benjamin Hoff: Trying too hard
“And when you try too hard, it doesn’t work. Try grabbing something quickly and precisely with a tensed-up arm; then relax and try it again. Try doing something with a tense mind. The surest way to become Tense, Awkward, and Confused is to develop a mind that tries too hard – one that thinks too…
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Toni Collette: Opening up
“People are so fearful about opening themselves up. All you want to do is to be able to connect with other people. When you connect with other people, you connect with something in yourself. It makes you feel happy. And yet it’s so scary – it makes people feel vulnerable and unsafe.” —Toni Collette.
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Leo Babauta: Simplicity
“Simplicity boils down to two steps: Identify the essential. Eliminate the rest.” —Leo Babauta, writer.
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Simon Sinek: True friend
“A true friend is someone with whom protocol is no longer necessary.” —Simon Sinek.
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Rob Schneider: Rightfully so
“Women always feel like they’re being stared at and judged, and rightfully so.” —Rob Schneider.
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Simon Sinek: Great leaders
“Great leaders know that the total knowledge of those around them is vastly greater than everything they know alone.” —Simon Sinek.
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W C Fields: No use being a damn fool about it
“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.” — W.C. Fields
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F J P: The Boy Who Can’t
The Boy Who Can’t” From Boy’s Life, c. 1920 By F. J. P. Source: The Art of Manliness website. Hey, fellows, come closer, let each of us name The worst kind of nuisance – we’ll call it a game. “I vote for the fellow who’s never on time!” “The fellow who always would borrow a dime!”…
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John Adams: Power
“Power always thinks… that it is doing God’s service when it is violating all his laws.” —John Adams.
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Simon Sinek: Sense of purpose
“A sense of purpose comes from feeling useful – feeling that our efforts contribute to something bigger than ourselves.” —Simon Sinek.
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Christopher Reeve: Hero
“I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” —Christopher Reeve, actor and director.
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Winona Ryder: Feeling confused
When you finally accept that it’s OK not to have answers and it’s OK not to be perfect, you realize that feeling confused is a normal part of what it is to be a human being. —Winona Ryder.
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Simon Sinek: Giving
“The more one gives, the better one feels; and the better one feels, the easier it becomes to give.” —Simon Sinek.
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Juvenal: Philosophy
“Philosophy, by degrees, peels off most of our follies and vices, first shows us what’s right.” —Juvenal.
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Bill Gates: Greatest source of learning
“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” —Bill Gates.
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Simon Sinek: Value
“Value is a perception, not a calculation. Value is something people feel, not something we tell them they get.” —Simon Sinek.
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Warren Buffett: The ones we let in
“We rule out people 90% of the time. Maybe we’re wrong sometimes, but what’s important is the ones we let in.” -Warren Buffett.
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Niccolo Paganini: Not handsome
“I am not handsome, but when women hear me play, they come crawling to my feet.” —Niccolo Paganini.
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Gillian Anderson: Be of service
“Be of service. Whether you make yourself available to a friend or co-worker, or you make time every month to do volunteer work, there is nothing that harvests more of a feeling of empowerment than being of service to someone in need.” —Gillian Anderson.
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Hillary Clinton: Forgiveness
Forgiveness is a way of opening up the doors again and moving forward, whether it’s a personal life or a national life. Hilary Clinton.
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Simon Sinek: Becoming leaders
“We become leaders when we accept the responsibility to protect those in our care.” —Simon Sinek.
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Jean Piaget: Creativity
“If you want to be creative, stay in part a child, with the creativity and invention that characterizes children before they are deformed by adult society.” —Jean Piaget.
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Pablo Picasso: Dichotomy
“Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.” —Pablo Picasso.
