Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Richard Whately: An hour in the morning
Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it. —Richard Whately
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David W Johnson: No speed limits
“There are no speed limits on the road to excellence.” David W. Johnson
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Paths and no paths
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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Miguel de Unamuno: Why men shout
Men shout to avoid listening to one another. -Miguel de Unamuno, writer and philosopher (1864-1936).
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Guy Kawasaki: Agile design
“…the wisest course of action is to take your best shot with a prototype, immediately get to market, and iterate quickly. If you wait for ideal circumstances in which you have all the information you need (which is impossible) the market will pass you by.” —Guy Kawasaki.
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Marc Parent: Nine miles
Distance is one of the only things in life you truly earn. Anyone can give you nine pies, but no one can give you nine miles. Nine miles you have to take. Marc Parent, My Sweaty Little Secret, The Newbie Chronicles, Runner’s World
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David Frost: Success
“Don’t aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.” —David Frost. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/111571356
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Dalai Lama: Genuine love
“Genuine love should first be directed at oneself – if we do not love ourselves, how can we love others?” —Dalai Lama.
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Otto von Bismarck: In principle, in practice
“When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn’t the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice. ” —Otto von Bismarck. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/107875418
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Albert Einstein: Religosity
The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge. —Albert Einstein. Embed from Getty Images
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Francois Mitterand: Reality
“A man loses contact with reality if he is not surrounded by his books. ” —Francois Mitterand. Embed from Getty Images
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Mark Twain: Supremest pleasure
“The exercise of an extraordinary gift is the supremest pleasure in life.” —Mark Twain.
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Unknown: Invent
Invent your world. Surround yourself with people, color, sounds, and work that nourish you. —Unknown
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Oscar Wilde: Bigamy and monogamy
Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same. —Oscar Wilde
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Nikos Kazantzakis: Belief
By believing passionately in something that does not yet exist, we create it. —Nikos Kazantzakis
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Willa Cather: Security
“No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person. ” Willa Cather
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Brooks Adams: Influence of an author
“The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by 500 readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can select the 500, he reaches the five hundred thousand. ” ~Brooks Adams.
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Oscar Wilde: Faces
A man’s face is his autobiography. A woman’s face is her work of fiction. —Oscar Wilde
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Albert Einstein: Sorry lot indeed
“If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.” —Albert Einstein. Embed from Getty Images
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Mark Twain: Illusions
“Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.” —Mark Twain
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Norman Angell: Force of war
The force which makes for war does not derive its strength from the interested motives of evil men; it derives its strength from the disinterested motives of good men. ~ Norman Angell ~
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Bruce Lee: Mistakes
“Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.” —Bruce Lee.
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Original
When you’re the original, you can, if you wish, stray from the script. Hell, it’s your life, it’s your story.
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Dean Acheson: One day at a time
“Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.” —Dean Acheson.
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Michael Jordan: Others’ expectations
“If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.” —Michael Jordan.
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Buddha: Happiness
Thousands of candles can be lit from a single, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. —Buddha. Embed from Getty Images
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Meredith Norwood: Selfish creativeness
To some degree, to be creative you have to be selfish. – Meredith Norwood
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Isaac Asimov: Jokes
Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments. -Isaac Asimov, scientist and writer (1920-92). Embed from Getty Images
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Robert C Solomon: Spirituality
“Spirituality can be severed from both vicious sectarianism and thoughtless banalities. Spirituality, I have come to see, is nothing less than the thoughtful love of life.” —Robert C. Solomon.
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Brian Tracy: Attitude of gratitude
Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation. —Brian Tracy
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Kevin Rose: Agile
Don’t spend too much time planning, release early and often, some things will work, others won’t, refine and move forward and above all forget the money, just make sure you love what you’re doing. – Kevin Rose
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Dave-Jedicheetah: Bad things, good people
“Most of all, just realize that life is fleeting and we should appreciate each and every day, because bad things happen to good people.” -Dave-Jedicheetah.
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Desiree Davila: Marathons are fun
“Marathons are fun. You have all those people out there acting like you’re a big deal, it’s kind of awesome to soak that in for your one day.” —Desiree Davila’s thoughts about running the 2012 Olympic Marathon Trials.
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Ryan Hall: Rest
“I constantly remind myself that resting takes confidence. Anyone can train like a mad man but to embrace rest and to allow all the hard training to come out takes mental strength.” —Ryan Hall.
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi: Happiness
“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” —Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/91757078
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James Thurber: Light
There are two kinds of light — the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures. -James Thurber, writer and cartoonist (1894-1961)
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Kristie Cranford: It's personal
It’s about you. It’s personal. You’re not racing against anyone else. You only get one first time, so just enjoy the experience. Kristie Cranford, Runner’s World Challenger of the Week
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Adrian Shaughnessy : Graphic design
“Graphic design has been likened to a wine glass. When we drink wine we barely notice the glass it’s served in. It wouldn’t be true to say that we don’t care what glass we drink out of – we wouldn’t choose to drink a rare vintage out of a Tupperware mug, for example – but…
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Henry Ward Beecher: No man is sane
“No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.” —Henry Ward Beecher. Embed from Getty Images
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Albert Einstein: Problems
We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. – Albert Einstein
