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Thomas Fuller: Abused patience

“Abused patience turns to fury. ” —Thomas Fuller
Michael Jordan: Others’ expectations

“If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.” —Michael Jordan.
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
Meredith Norwood: Selfish creativeness

To some degree, to be creative you have to be selfish. – Meredith Norwood
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
Think more

Think more, design less. – Ellen Lupton
Wayne Dyer: I think

“I think and that is all that I am.” —Wayne Dyer.
Oscar Wilde: Life

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about . —Oscar Wilde
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.
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
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)
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
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…
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
Albert Einstein: Problems

We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. – Albert Einstein
Oscar Wilde: Romance

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance. —Oscar Wilde
Mahatma Gandhi: Customers

A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption of our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider to our business. He is part of it. We are not doing him a favour…
William Faulkner: Experience, observation and imagination

A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others. -William Faulkner, novelist (1897-1962)
Bertrand Russell: None but a coward

“None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear. ” —Bertrand Russell
Charles Bukowski: You’ve still got a soul left to lose

“If you’re losing your soul and you know it, then you’ve still got a soul left to lose. ” —Charles Bukowski
Charles Caleb Cotton: Reputation

“There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter. ” —Charles Caleb Cotton
Paul Attwood: Decisions on artwork by committee

“Decisions on artwork by committee end up being made on the premise of not turning people off rather than turning people on.” – Paul Attwood
Antoine de Saint-Exupery: Forgotten truth

And the fox said to the little prince: men have forgotten this truth, but you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. -Antoine de Saint-Exupery, author and aviator (1900-1945)
Christina G Rosetti: Forget and smile

“Better by far you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad. ” —Christina G. Rossetti.
Oscar Wilde: Friends

“I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old ones.” —Oscar Wilde. Embed from Getty Images
Stefan Stagmeister: Complaining

Complaining is silly. Act or forget. – Stefan Stagmeister
Carl Schurtz: Ideals

“Ideals are like the stars: we never reach them, but like the mariners of the sea, we chart our course by them.” -Carl Schurtz.
Jeffrey Zeldman: Best work

Whether the task is writing, design, or hanging a picture straight, it is obvious that we do our best work when healthy, rested, refreshed, alert, and eager to do the job for its own sake. – Jeffrey Zeldman
Holmes: Fame

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else. —Holmes
George A Smith: More recklessly

“Yet none use their words more recklessly than the strong, who have not been sobered by the rebuffs and uncertainties of life. ” —George A. Smith.
Fred Rohe: Running rewards

There are no standards and no possible victories except the joy you are living while dancing your run. You are not running for some future reward-the real reward is now! Fred Rohe, author of The Zen of Running
Henry Miller: Sin, guilt, neurosis

“Sin, guilt, neurosis; they are one and the same, the fruit of the tree of knowledge. ” —Henry Miller
Edna O’Brien: In hotels of the soul

“Writers really live in the mind and in hotels of the soul. “ —Edna O’Brien.
Oscar Wilde: True friends

“A true friend stabs you in the front.” —Oscar Wilde.
Desiree Davila: Running

Running is just you, the work you put in, and the clock. You can’t cheat yourself. If you don’t put in the miles, you can’t go to the starting line thinking you’re going to pull a miracle out of nowhere. You get out exactly as much as you put in. Desiree Davila
Calvin Coolidge: Bewilderment

“When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous. ” —Calvin Coolidge
Sylvester Stallone: Success

“Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure. ” —Sylvester Stallone.
Anatole Broyard: Interminable debate with one’s self

“The tension between ‘yes’ and ‘no,’ between ‘I can’ and ‘I cannot,’ makes us feel that, in so many instances, human life is an interminable debate with one’s self.” —Anatole Broyard.
Harry S Truman: Hell

“I never give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it’s hell.” Harry S Truman
Chet Atkins: Halfway like the public

“If you hear something you like, and you’re halfway like the public, chances are they’ll like it too.” —Chet Atkins
Kevin Hare: 5 P's

“5 P’s: Proper Preparation Promotes Perfect Performance.” —Kevin Hare
Alexander Hamilton: Tyranny and deformity

“It has been observed that a pure democracy if it were practicable would be the most perfect government. Experience has proved that no position is more false than this. The ancient democracies in which the people themselves deliberated never possessed one good feature of government. Their very character was tyranny, their figure deformity.” —Alexander Hamilton.
James Joyce: Writing

“No pen, no ink, no table, no room, no time, no quiet, no inclination. ” —James Joyce.
Jonathan Swift: Mistakes

You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday. —Jonathan Swift. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/89865058
Pearl Buck: Do right despite what you feel

You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings. —Pearl Buck.