Quotation Collection

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. Robert Heinlein

• resourcefulness

It's not a 'no' until they call security. Anonymous

• sales

I have an idea that the phrase "weaker sex" was coined by some woman to disarm some man she was preparing to overwhelm. Ogden Nash

• women

If you're not embarrassed when you ship your first version you waited too long. Matt Mullenweg

• results
• completion

If man is not governed by God, he will be ruled by tyrants. William Penn

• tyranny

The man who believes that the secrets of this world are forever hidden lives in mystery and fear. Superstition will drag him down. The rain will erode the deeds of his life. But that man who sets himself the task of singling out the thread of order from the tapestry will by the decision alone have taken charge of the world and it is only by such taking charge that he will effect a way to dictate the terms of his own fate. Cormac McCarthy

• science
• reason
• initiative

Contentment is natural wealth; luxury is artificial poverty. Socrates

• simplicity
• contentment
• wealth

Compare what you want with what you have, and you'll be unhappy; compare what you deserve with what you have, and you'll be happy. Evan Esar

• desire
• contentment

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. Mark Twain

• conscience
• books
• friends

When we cannot find contentment in ourselves it is useless to seek it elsewhere. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

• self reliance
• contentment

"The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence." Is it? Or maybe you just need to get up off your lazy ass and mow the lawn, water it, pull some weeds, fertilize it, take care of your own grass and stop looking over the fence. Craig Sanford

• jealousy
• initiative
• work

There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are already listening to what they are going to say themselves. Albert Guinon

• listening

If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions? Scott Adams

• funny

Purposely being irate - in order to accomplish something - can be more effective in sports than approaching it with a rational or seemingly rational approach. Bill Parcells

• sports
• coaching

An expert is often not someone who knows everything about a field. Rather he knows where to find the information that he does not know. John T. Reed

• experts

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When you first start to study a field, it seems like you have to memorize a zillion things. You don't. What you need is to identify the core principles - generally three to twelve of them - that govern the field. The million things you thought you had to memorize are simply various combinations of the core principles. John T. Reed

• knowledge
• skill

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If you want to accomplish something, you must research it thoroughly to make sure you know of all the ways to accomplish it. That increases the chances that you can find a way that will work for you. John T. Reed

• goals
• resourcefulness

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Whining about how unfair life is does not help you succeed. Indeed, it saps your confidence and energy. Finding excuses for losing almost guarantees that you will lose. John T. Reed

• excuses

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Creative people are often considered eccentric. Everyone is creative and eccentric. We are all unique. But the vast majority are afraid to let it out. It's more accurate to describe so-called creative, eccentric people as simply less inhibited. John T. Reed

• creativity

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What personal qualities are virtues in one career are vices in another. You need to identify your strengths and weaknesses and get to the career situation where your strengths are considered virtues. John T. Reed

• occupation
• job

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When you want something, start with the direct approach. That is, go straight to the source and ask for what you want. You will be surprised at how often you get it. John T. Reed

• sales
• candor

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Most high achievement requires you to subject yourself to and survive rejection. John T. Reed

• criticism
• achievement

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Wealth, like anything else, has a point of diminishing returns. Furthermore, that point arrives sooner than the non-wealthy think. John T. Reed

• wealth

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People who are afraid of losing their jobs and thereby, their income, are cowards. That's no way to live your life. John T. Reed

• job
• occupation

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