Quotes propel me in a way that little else can. Here are some that sparked me recently:
“Before I go on with this short history, let me make a general observation– the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise. This philosophy fitted on to my early adult life, when I saw the improbable, the implausible, often the “impossible,” come true.”
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
Remember not only to say the right things in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. ~ Benjamin Franklin
Writing ~
Creativity ~
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. —Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Inspiration comes into us slowly and quietly and all the time, though we must regularly and every day give it a little chance to start flowing.”– Brenda Ueland
Stung by the splendor of a sudden thought. — Robert Browning
Nothing encourages creativity like the chance to fall flat on one’s face. ~James D. Finley
It’s like your brain is somebody else, and it’s using your body as an office. — Larry Gelbert, M*A*S*H writer, on his creative process.
The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.” — A. A. Milne
Choice ~
— Douglas Adams
“You have a divine right to choose whom you will play with and under what circumstances. Eliminate anyone who creates an energy drag.” — Stuart Wilde
“The Probability of someone watching you is proportional to the stupidity of your actions” ~Graham Smith
Never explain–your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway. –Elbert Hubbard (1856 – 1915)
Risk-Taking~
Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time, to figure out whether you like it or not. —Virgil Garnett Thomson
“You can only be as good as you dare to be bad.” – John Barrymore
A soaring ambition, described expressively, will attract, energise and retain the talent needed to deliver.” –Tom Peters, Future Shape of the Winner
To understand the entrepreneur, you first have to understand the psychology of the juvenile delinquent. –Abraham Zalenik, psychoanalyst
Marketing~
“Brand is soul deep.” — Garr Reynolds
“Twitter is the absolute God’s gift to marketing.” — Guy Kawasaki
Life~
A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. — Mark Twain
“I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.” — Marilyn Monroe
“Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.” — Winston S. Churchill
“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”— Dr. Seuss
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