shawn on Nostr: I went searching for something in Drafts app, and found this note full of some of my ...
I went searching for something in Drafts app, and found this note full of some of my favorite quotes.
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# Little bits of wisdom
"Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." —Marie Curie
"The longing for happiness and freedom from suffering expresses the great natural potential of mind." —Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Tibetan Buddhist lama
"The question isn't what kind of life you have. It's what kind of life you live." —Umair Hague
"The antidote to exhaustion isn't rest. It's wholeheartedness." —David Whyte
"Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end." —Denis Waitley
"How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone." —Coco Chanel
"Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind." —Seneca
"Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it." —Bill Cosby
“A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.” —Charles Schwab
“Don't be sad because it's over. Smile because it happened.” —Dr. Seuss
“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.” —William Morris
"Fear is lack of knowledge." —Unknown
"I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me." —The most common regret from Regrets of the Dying
"Optimize for happiness by striving for autonomy, mastery, and purpose." —Paraphrase of Dan Pink's book, Drive
"Stop trying to be perfect and start being remarkable." —Seth Godin
"Collect skills, not tools." —Unknown
"The outside world knows only your accomplishments. Only you know what you've learned. One of them is far more important." —@chrisyeh
"A man is not old as long as he is seeking something." —Jean Rostand
“No one is going to pick you. Pick yourself.” —Seth Godin
“Every successful business creates something of value… without value creation, a business can’t exist – you can’t transact with others unless you have something valuable to trade.” —Josh Kaufman
“The reason that most of us are unhappy most of the time is that we set our goals—not for the person we’re going to be when we reach them—we set our goals for the person we are when we set them.” —Jim Coudal
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."
—Anais Nin
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# Little bits of wisdom
"Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." —Marie Curie
"The longing for happiness and freedom from suffering expresses the great natural potential of mind." —Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Tibetan Buddhist lama
"The question isn't what kind of life you have. It's what kind of life you live." —Umair Hague
"The antidote to exhaustion isn't rest. It's wholeheartedness." —David Whyte
"Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end." —Denis Waitley
"How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone." —Coco Chanel
"Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind." —Seneca
"Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it." —Bill Cosby
“A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.” —Charles Schwab
“Don't be sad because it's over. Smile because it happened.” —Dr. Seuss
“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.” —William Morris
"Fear is lack of knowledge." —Unknown
"I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me." —The most common regret from Regrets of the Dying
"Optimize for happiness by striving for autonomy, mastery, and purpose." —Paraphrase of Dan Pink's book, Drive
"Stop trying to be perfect and start being remarkable." —Seth Godin
"Collect skills, not tools." —Unknown
"The outside world knows only your accomplishments. Only you know what you've learned. One of them is far more important." —@chrisyeh
"A man is not old as long as he is seeking something." —Jean Rostand
“No one is going to pick you. Pick yourself.” —Seth Godin
“Every successful business creates something of value… without value creation, a business can’t exist – you can’t transact with others unless you have something valuable to trade.” —Josh Kaufman
“The reason that most of us are unhappy most of the time is that we set our goals—not for the person we’re going to be when we reach them—we set our goals for the person we are when we set them.” —Jim Coudal
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."
—Anais Nin