Nothing is more endangered in the modern world than the powerful combination of hard work toward meaningful goals joined with an exuberant embrace of the present moment.
Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you’re going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus.
There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
What is opportunity, and when does it knock? It never knocks. You can wait a whole lifetime, listening, hoping, and you will hear no knocking. None at all. You are opportunity, and you must knock on the door leading to your destiny.
When we feel stuck, going nowhere - even starting to slip backward - we may actually be backing up to get a running start.
No woman gets an orgasm from shining the kitchen floor.
I argue very well. Ask any of my remaining friends. I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties.
I argue very well. Ask any of my remaining friends. I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties.
Nouvelle Cuisine, roughly translated, means: I can't believe I paid ninety-six pounds and I'm still hungry.
Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps.
Imagine if every thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them in the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining!
Time is what keeps everything from happening all at once.
No one is listening until you make a mistake.
Caution: do not look into laser with remaining eye.
A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain.
Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer injury to our self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their self-importance, learn so easily; and why older people, especially if vain or arrogant, cannot learn a
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
Education is nothing more, nor less, than learning to think!
Learning without thinking is labor lost; thinking without learning is perilous.
The way to make learning a lesson a celebration, instead of a cause for regret, is to ask ... How can I put this to use today?
It is what we think we know already that often prevents us from learning.
When inquiry is suppressed by previous knowledge, or by the authority and experience of another, then learning becomes mere imitation, and imitation causes a human being to repeat what is learned without experiencing it.
Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.
Knowledge is learning something new every day. Wisdom is letting go of something every day.
