Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Bayard Rustin: Dignity
“When an individual is protesting society’s refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.” — Bayard Rustin, civil rights activist (17 Mar 1912-1987) .
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Ruskin Bond: Man and beast
“To be able to laugh and to be merciful are the only things that make man better than the beast.” —Ruskin Bond.
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Chris Cornell: All about the brain
“In the United States, workouts tend to focus on body image and how you look. For me, it’s really all about the brain.” —Chris Cornell.
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Mustafa Kemul Ataturk: Returning to the past?
“Would not obeying to my mother’s warnings, who is at least 25 years older than me, be returning to the past? And rebelling against her would mean ruining my mother’s, who, I am convinced that, is a virtuous high woman, heart and evaluations. I do not find this right, either.” —Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
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Ben Okri: Beware
“Beware of the stories you read or tell; subtly, at night, beneath the waters of consciousness, they are altering your world.” —Ben Okri, poet and novelist (b. 15 Mar 1959).
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Simon Sinek: Profit
“Profit isn’t a purpose, it’s a result. To have purpose means the things we do are of real value to others.” —Simon Sinek.
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Pope John Paul II: Not social or political leaders
“You are priests, not social or political leaders. Let us not be under the illusion that we are serving the Gospel through an exaggerated interest in the wide field of temporal problems.” —Pope John Paul II.
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Carl Sagan: Bamboozled
“One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a…
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Simon Sinek: Trust
“Trust is like love. Both parties have to feel it before it really exists.” —Simon Sinek.
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Idi Amin: The way I talk
“Sometimes people mistake the way I talk for what I am thinking.” —Idi Amin.
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Simon Sinek: Great companies
“Great companies don’t offer us something to buy. Great companies offer us something to buy into.” —Simon Sinek.
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Luther Burbank: Nature’s laws
“Nature’s laws affirm instead of prohibit. If you violate her laws, you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman.” — Luther Burbank, horticulturist (7 Mar 1849-1926) .
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Peter Frankel: 300 miles away
“I used to run ten miles a day Heading west almost all of the way.A month later, at leastI turned back and ran east‘Cause I was 300 miles away.” —Peter Frankel in celebration of National Limerick Day.
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Pierce Brosnan: Humiliation
“Oh, humiliation is poisonous. It’s one of the deepest pains of being human.” —Pierce Brosnan.
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Dave Chapelle: When everybody is watching
“The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself especially when everybody is watching.” —Dave Chappelle.
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L. Frank Baum: Hearts
“Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.” —L. Frank Baum.
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Laverne Cox: Possibility model
“I would never be so arrogant to think that someone should model their life after me. But the idea of possibility… the idea that I get to live my dreams out in public, hopefully will show to other folks that it’s possible. So I prefer the term ‘possibility model’ to ‘role model.’ —Laverne Cox.
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Theodore Hesburgh: Most important thing
“The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.” —Theodore Hesburgh.
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Mark Zuckerberg: Simple rule of business
“I think a simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress.” —Mark Zuckerberg.
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Shonda Rhimes: No, a powerful word
“No is a powerful word. To me, it’s the single most powerful word in the English language. Said clearly, strongly and with enough frequency and force, it can alter the course of history.” —Shonda Rhimes.
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Tracee Ellis Ross: Allow space to inspire
“I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me.” Tracee Ellis Ross
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Florence Nightingale: Spirit of fear
“How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.” —Florence Nightingale.
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Salvador Dali: Imitation
“Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.” —Salvador Dali.
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Octavia E Butler: Stories to tell
“I just knew there were stories I wanted to tell.” —Octavia E. Butler.
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Fred Astaire: Old age
“Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you’ve got to start young.” —Fred Astaire.
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Zora Neale Hurston: Formalized curiosity
“Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.” —Zora Neale Hurston.
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Beyonce Knowles: Nervous energy
“I think it’s healthy for a person to be nervous. It means you care – that you work hard and want to give a great performance. You just have to channel that nervous energy into the show.” —Beyoncé Knowles.
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Harry S Truman: Hell
“I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.” —Harry S Truman.
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Dr. Mae Jemison: Never be limited
“Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.” —Dr. Mae Jemison.
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Rabindranath Tagore: Death
“Death is not extinguishing the light; it is putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.” —Rabindranath Tagore, poet, philosopher, author, songwriter, painter, educator, composer, Nobel laureate (1861-1941).
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Rabindranath Tagore: A knife all blade
“A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.” —Rabindranath Tagore.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: God forgive you
“If you do not want to write, at least spit on a piece of paper, put it in an envelope, and send it to me. You are not taking any notice of me at all. God forgive you – all I wanted was a few words from you.” —Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
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Edward Abbey: Society
“Society is like a stew. If you don’t keep it stirred up you get a lot of scum on the top.” —Edward Abbey, naturalist and author (1927-1989) .
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Lee Iacocca: Anything.Something.
“So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don’t sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we’ve satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.” —Lee Iacocca.
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Karl Marx: History
“Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please.” —Karl Marx.
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Henry Link: Make mistakes to become superior
“While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.” —Henry Link.
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Audrey Hepburn: Two hands
“As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.” —Audrey Hepburn.
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Niccolo Machiavelli: First method
“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.” —Niccolo Machiavelli, political philosopher and author (3 May 1469-1527).
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Niccolo Machiavelli: Injury
“If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.” —Niccolo Machiavelli.
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Dr. Benjamin Spock: Predominantly a parent
“All the time a person is a child he is both a child and learning to be a parent. After he becomes a parent he becomes predominantly a parent reliving childhood.” —Benjamin Spock, pediatrician and author (2 May 1903-1998).
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Jerome K Jerome: Follies
“It is in our faults and failings, not in our virtues, that we touch each other, and find sympathy. It is in our follies that we are one.” —Jerome K Jerome.
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Samuel Smiles: Labour
“Labour may be a burden and a chastisement, but it is also an honour and a glory. Without it, nothing can be accomplished.” —Samuel Smiles.
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Jack London: What I live for
“I do not live for what the world thinks of me, but for what I think of myself.” —Jack London,writer.
