Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Shane A Parrish: More reliable than motivation
“The biggest generator of long term results is learning to do things when you don’t feel like doing them. Discipline is more reliable than motivation.” —Shane A Parrish.
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Adrian Edmondson: Theorising about comedy
“You’re entering dangerous land when you start theorising about comedy.” —Adrian Edmondson.
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Julia Child: Recipes and cooking
“There’s a big difference between knowing how to follow a recipe and knowing how to cook. If you can master the first principles within a domain, you can see much further than those who are just following recipes.” —–Julia Child.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Much is required
“For those to whom much is given, much is required. And when, at some future date, the high court of history sits in judgment on each of us, recording whether in our brief span of service we fulfilled our responsibilities to the state, our success or failure … will be measured by the answers to…
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Rutger Hauer: Coward at heart
“I run; I am a coward at heart. I swear, when I smell violence or aggression the coward comes out in me. I have no desire to fight anybody except myself.” —Rutger Hauer.
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Sidney Madwed: Most agonizing torture
“I was always puzzled by the fact that people have a great deal of trouble and pain when and if they are forced or feel forced to change a belief or circumstance which they hold dear. I found what I believe is the answer when I read that a Canadian neurosurgeon discovered some truths about…
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Lord Byron: Advantages of looking at mankind
“I am so convinced of the advantages of looking at mankind instead of reading about them, and of the bitter effects of staying at home with all the narrow prejudices of an islander, that I think there should be a law amongst us to set our young men abroad for a term among the few…
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Amanda Gorman: The hill we climb
“When day comes, we ask ourselves where can we find light in this never-ending shade?The loss we carry, a sea we must wade.We’ve braved the belly of the beast.We’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace,and the norms and notions of what “just” is isn’t always justice.And yet, the dawn is ours before we knew it.Somehow…
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Warren Buffett: Insights
“Any place you can find somebody that gives you insights into things you didn’t understand before—and maybe makes you a better person than you would have been before—that’s very lucky and you want to make the most of it.” —Warren Buffett.
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Simon Sinek: Giving direction
“Giving direction is not the same thing as giving directions. Directions are instructions how. Direction is the reason why.” —Simon Sinek.
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Helen Adams Keller: Test of a democracy
“The test of a democracy is not the magnificence of buildings or the speed of automobiles or the efficiency of air transportation, but rather the care given to the welfare of all the people.” —Helen Adams Keller.
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Simon Sinek: Trust over performance
“When leaders are willing to prioritize trust over performance, performance almost always follows.” —Simon Sinek.
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Joe Biden: Time for better angels to prevail
“Our nation is shaped by the constant battle between our better angels and our darkest impulses. It is time for our better angels to prevail.” —-Joe Biden.
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Federico Fellini: Visual chaos
“I think television has betrayed the meaning of democratic speech, adding visual chaos to the confusion of voices. What role does silence have in all this noise?” —Federico Fellini.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Tell the truth
“My function is to tell the truth, not to make people believe it.” —Jean-Jacques Rosseau.
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G K Chesterton: Wonder at permanence
“We should always endeavour to wonder at the permanent thing, not at the mere exception. We should be startled by the sun, and not by the eclipse. We should wonder less at the earthquake, and wonder more at the earth.” —GK Chesterton.
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Simon Sinek: Charge
“We are only in charge when we are willing to let others take charge.” —Simon Sinek.
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi: When I despair
“When I despair, I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won. There have been murderers and tyrants, and for a time they can seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. Think of it, always.” —-Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
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Tippi Hedren: Wild animals
“It is up to the public to stop attending these theatrical, and aquatic shows, and circuses with wild animals. The rhetoric about how the animals are happy and well cared for are lies. Don’t be swayed by them. The money behind these shows is huge; there is nothing good about them.” —Tippi Hedren.
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Simon Sinek: Only true competitor
“The only true competitor in an infinite game is yourself.” —Simon Sinek.
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Kevin Costner: Burning question
“We all have that burning question about what happens if we lose somebody we love, especially if we lose them tragically. We wonder what fear was going on, we wonder if we could have reached out and touched them, held their hand, looked in their eyes, been there.” —Kevin Costner.
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Hunter S Thompson: Crowdpleasers
“The main problem in any democracy is that crowdpleasers are generally brainless swine who can go out on a stage and whup their supporters into an orgiastic frenzy — then go back to the office and sell every one of the poor bastards down the tube for a nickel apiece.” —Hunter S. Thompson.
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Dwight D Eisenhower: Politics
“Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free men.” —Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Judy Samuelson: Wired for a different reality
“Facts rarely, if ever, influence the actions or priorities of a leader wired for a different reality.” —Judy Samuelson.
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Denis O’Hare: Simplistic way
“Evil is such a simplistic way to describe any character, be it Iago or Caliban, or any character from history.” —Denis O’Hare.
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Vasily Grossman: Optimism of people
“A man cannot believe that he is about to be destroyed. The optimism of people standing on the edge of a grave is astounding.” —Vasily Grossman.
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Simon Sinek: Excitement and fulfillment
“Excitement comes from the achievement. Fulfillment comes from the journey that got you there.” —Simon Sinek.
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Martin Luther King, Jr: Socialism and capitalism
“We all too often have socialism for the rich and rugged free market capitalism for the poor.” —-Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Abraham Lincoln: Stormy present
“The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we just rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.” — Abraham Lincoln.
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Simon Sinek: Remember
“When you win, remember next time you could lose. When you lose, remember next time you can win.” —Simon Sinek.
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Albert Schweitzer: Compassion
“Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind.” —-Albert Schweitzer.
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W H Murray: Boldness
“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back … Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely comments oneself, then providence moves, too.A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising…
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Simon Sinek: Employees before customers
“The employees must love the company before the customers ever will.” —Simon Sinek.
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Jean Cabut: Only weapons
“Sometimes laughter hurts, but humor and mockery are our only weapons.” —-Cabu (pen name of Jean Cabut).
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Thomas Alva Edison: Trial after trial
“None of my inventions came by accident. I see a worthwhile need to be met and I make trial after trial until it comes.” — Thomas Edison.
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Geoffrey Canada: A community can lose hope
“People don’t believe or understand that a community can lose hope. You can have a whole community where hopelessness is the norm, where folks don’t have faith that things will get better because history and circumstances have proven over 30, 40, or 50 years that things don’t get better.” —Geoffrey Canada.
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Edmund Burke: Only a little
“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.” —Edmund Burke.
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Samuel Wilkes: Statistical thinking
“Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary a qualification for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write.” —– Samuel Wilkes.
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Kirstie Alley: Spiritual side of life
“When push comes to shove, it ain’t the science that’s going to lift you up – it’s the belief, the spiritual side of life, that’s going to lift you up, no matter what religion you are.” —Kirstie Alley.
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Simon Sinek: Value of learning
“The value of learning is greater when we share what we learn.” —Simon Sinek.
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William James: Six people present
“Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.” —William James.
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Alexander Hamilton: Clamors mistaken for patriotism
“There are seasons in every country when noise and impudence pass current for worth; and in popular commotions especially, the clamors of interested and factious men are often mistaken for patriotism.” —Alexander Hamilton.
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John Acton: History
“History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.” —John Acton.
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Ovid: Adde parvum parvo magus acervus erit
“Add a little to a little and there will be a great heap.” —Ovid.
