Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
George Santayanna (1863-1952)
Spanish-American philosopher and poet
Quotes
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We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes.
John F Kennedy (1917-1963)
If you add only a little to a little and do this often, soon that little will become great.
Ancient Greek poet Hesiod
Works And Days
A change in perspective is worth 80 IQ points.
Alan Kay– computer scientist
Talk at Creative Think seminar
“If you care too much about being praised, in the end you will not accomplish anything serious. Let the judgments of others be the consequence of your deeds, not their purpose.”
Leo Tolstoy
A Calendar of Wisdom
It’s a little embarrassing that after 45 years of research and study, the best advice I can give people is to be a little kinder to each other.
Aldous Huxley
Think of many things. Do one.
Portuguese proverb
A good teacher does not teach facts, he or she teaches enthusiasm, open-mindedness and values.
Gian-Carlo Rota
Be excellent to one another.
Bill and Ted
Movie; Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Aikido instructor George Leonard on mastery:
”How long will it take me to master Aikido?” a prospective student asks.
“How long do you expect to live?” is the only respectable response.
From James Clear newsletter.
(I think you can replace (Ctrl + H) Aikido with Excel.)
James Clear
A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct.
Frank Herbert (1920-1986) the start of Dune
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
Marie Curie (1867 – 1934)
The world is becoming like a lunatic asylum run by lunatics.
David Lloyd George (1863 – 1945)
1. If it should exist. It doesn’t.
2. If it does exist, it’s out of date.
Arnold’s First and Second Laws of Documentation.
Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.
Stephen King (1947 – )
Don’t panic.
Douglas Adams (1952-2001)
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture . Just get people to stop reading them.
Ray Bradbury (1920 – 2012)
The rain falls on all the fields, but crops grow only in those that have been tilled and sown.
Chinese saying
I have spent my days stringing and unstringing my instrument, while the songs I came to sing remain unsung.
Rabindranath Tagore (1864-1941)
Plan for the future because that’s where you are going to spend the rest of your life.
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Be curious, not judgmental.
Walt Whitman
If you done it, it ain’t bragging.
Walt Whitman
Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see.
Confucius
Nothing will work unless you do.
Maya Angelou
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.
Amelia Earhart
Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.
Albert Einstein
Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.
Charles Swindoll
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
Old Buddhist saying
Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.
Jim Rohn (1930 – 2009)
Power corrupts. PowerPoint corrupts absolutely.
Edward Tufte – Yale Professor Emeritus