This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us; to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves; to act in such a way that some part of us lives on. —Oswald Spengler More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Painting in watercolor is like walking a tight-rope; one must achieve a perfect balance between what the paint wants to do and what the artist wants to do, or all is lost. —Mary C. Taylor More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If you wouldst live long, live well, for folly and wickedness shorten life. —Benjamin Franklin More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
So one of the great advantages that I had in my career is I started trading 24 hours a day in my early 20s, and I had to learn to delegate to people. I had to learn to trust people, and I realized that success was going to be born in hiring really bright people - very self-motivated, very able to make good judgment calls day in and day out. And if you look at Citadel today, that's really the founding principle of the firm is a real pursuit of talent, a pursuit of people who have a passion for finance, and a pursuit of individuals who make good decisions day in and day out. —Ken Griffin More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You gotta commit. You've gotta go out there and improvise and you've gotta be completely unafraid to die. You've got to be able to take a chance to die. And you have to die lots. You have to die all the time. —Bill Murray More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Parents learn a lot from their children about coping with life. —Muriel Spark More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Start with the end in mind. —Stephen R. Covey More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Core passions and aspirations should be consistent and in sync. —Lorii Myers More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
He found a new way to cover up his bad breath. He holds up his arms. —Rodney Dangerfield More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I had to stop traveling alone because I missed so many planes. When somebody runs up to you in the airport and begins to tell you their life story, you can't say, 'Excuse me, boo,' as they're weeping on your bosom. —Iyanla Vanzant More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Without values, the multinational manager may forget that foreign profit without indigenous development in that country is a formula for economic and political disaster, at home as well as abroad. —Theodore Hesburgh More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I wanted to achieve something essential in life, something that is not measured by money or position in society. The mountains are not stadiums where I satisfy my ambitions to achieve. They are my cathedrals, the houses of my religion. In the mountains I attempt to understand my life. They are the way I practice my religion. In the mountains I celebrate creation, on each journey I am reborn. —Anatoli Boukreev More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Mr. Klamp laid down the law. No tardiness, no talking above 40 decibels, no untied shoelaces, no visible undergarments, no eating, no chewing gum, no chewing tobacco, no chewing betel nuts, no chewing coca leaves, no chewing out students (unless Mr. Klamp was doing the chewing out), no chewing out teachers (unless ditto), no unnecessary displays of temper (unless ditto), no unnecessary displays of affection (no exceptions), no pets over one ounce or under one ton, and no singing, except in Bulgarian. I began to think Mr Klamp wouldn't be so bad.. —Polly Shulman More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. —Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley More about this quote Tags: purpose soul calmness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I'm convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance. —Steve Jobs More about this quote Tags: success perseverance entrepreneurship Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email