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Ernest Hemingway On The Brutal Art Of Writing
“There is nothing to it [writing]. All you have to do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” – Ernest Hemingway
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Helen Gurley Brown On Ambition And Success
“You can have your titular recognition. I’ll take the money and power.” – Helen Gurley Brown
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Michael Masterson On Finding Happiness Through Giving
"Happiness is not a product of getting. It’s a byproduct of giving – giving your mind, your heart, and your sweat to something you value.” – Michael Masterson
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Paulo Coelho On Living With Anxiety
“Anxiety was born in the very same moment as mankind. And since we will never be able to master it, we will have to learn to live with it – just as we have learned to live with storms.” ― Paulo Coelho
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Charles Darwin on Ignorance and Confidence
“Ignorance more often begets confidence than knowledge does.” – Charles Darwin
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Michael Masterson On Finding Happiness In Small Blessings
“If you cannot be happy with the little blessings, you will never be happy with the big ones.” – Michael Masterson
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Aristotle on Knowledge and Teaching
“Those who know do. Those who understand teach.” – Aristotle
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Helen Keller On Overcoming Life's Suffering
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” – Helen Keller
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Michael Masterson On Building Sales Through Gentleness
“There are basically two kinds of salesmanship: gentle and rough. Both can be used to make a sale, but only gentle selling can lead to a long-term relationship.” – Michael Masterson
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Napoleon Hill On Self-Conquest Through Discipline
“Discipline comes from self-control. If you do not conquer self you will be conquered by self.” – Napoleon Hill
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John Dewey On Self As Continuous Formation
“The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.” – John Dewey
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Michael Masterson On Starting Fresh Daily
“Forget the calendar. Every day is the first day of a new year. Every day is the first of 365 coming days to start a new.” – Michael Masterson
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Michael Masterson On Taking Responsibility For Solutions
“We may not be responsible for all our problems, but they will almost certainly stay problems unless we take the responsibility to solve them.” – Michael Masterson
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H. Jackson Browne Jr. On Parental Integrity And Legacy
“Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity they think of you.” – H. Jackson Browne, Jr.
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Mark Twain On Prioritizing Your Own Worth
“Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.” – Mark Twain
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Warren Buffett On Market Risk And Hidden Weakness
Warren Buffett on investing: “You never know who’s swimming naked till the tide goes out.”
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Gandhi on Being the Change You Wish to See
“Be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
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Aswath Damodaran On Warren Buffett's Limited Applicability
What works for Warren Buffett won’t necessarily work for you or me.” – Aswath Damodaran
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Michael Masterson On Success And Luck
“In retrospect, success looks like luck. Looking forward, it looks like hard work.” – Michael Masterson
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Word of the Day: Self
“Self-sufficiency is the greatest form of wealth.” – Epicurus
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John Dos Passos On Purpose Beyond Family
“A man’s got to work for more than himself and his kids to feel right.” – John Dos Passos
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Lao Tzu On Finding Completeness Within Yourself
“When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” – Lao Tzu
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Lee Trevino On Lightning And Golf's Hardest Club
“If you are caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron. Not even God can hit a 1-iron.” – Lee Trevino
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Jim Rohn On Effort And Personal Growth
“Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better.” – Jim Rohn
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George Meredith On Life's Uncertain Truths
“Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this our life!” – George Meredith
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Charles Peguy on Imagining Poverty
“Short of genius, a rich man cannot imagine poverty.” Charles Peguy
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Pablo Neruda on Rain and Urban Suffering
“In what language does rain fall over tormented cities?” – Pablo Neruda
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Word of the Day: Character
“Character – the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life – is the source from which self-respect springs.” – Joan Didion
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John Steinbeck On The Proliferation Of Ideas
“Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them and pretty soon you have a dozen.” – John Steinbeck
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Joshua Waitzkin On Success And Resilience
“The moment we believe that success is determined by an ingrained level of ability as opposed to resilience and hard work, we will be brittle in the face of adversity.” – Joshua Waitzkin
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Samuel Butler On Dogs And Uninhibited Companionship
“The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.” – Samuel Butler
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Mark Ford On Hearts, Brains, And Political Divides
“Liberals think conservatives don’t use their hearts. Conservatives think liberals don’t use their brains. I think they are both right.” – Mark Ford
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Albert Einstein On The Power Of Persistence
“It’s not that I’m so smart. But I stay with the questions longer.” – Albert Einstein
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Eric Hoffer On Hidden Hypocrisy And Self-Deception
“We usually strive to reveal in others the blemishes we hide in ourselves.” – Eric Hoffer
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Louis Nizer On Craftsmanship And Artistic Heart
“A man that works with his hands and brain is a craftsman. A man that works with his hands, and brain, and heart is an artist.” – Louis Nizer
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John Dos Passos on How Careers Consume Us
“People don’t choose careers. They are engulfed by them.” – John Dos Passos
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Confucius on the Limits of Knowledge
“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.” - Confucius
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Benjamin Franklin On Doing Over Talking
“Well done is better than well said.” – Benjamin Franklin
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W.S. Merwin On Hope And Final Acts
“On the last day of the world, I would want to plant a tree.” – from W.S. Merwin’s poem Place.
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Leonardo da Vinci on Lifelong Learning
“Learning never exhausts the mind.” – Leonardo da Vinci
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Zig Ziglar On Sincerity And Praise
“If you are sincere, praise is effective. If you are insincere, it is manipulative.” – Zig Ziglar
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Ernest Hemingway On Intelligence And Happiness
“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.” – Ernest Hemingway
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Charles Dickens On Humanity's Hunting Instinct
“There is a passion for hunting something deeply implanted in the human breast.” – Charles Dickens
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George Bernard Shaw On Gambling's Inevitable Losers
“In gambling, the many must lose in order that the few may win.” – George Bernard Shaw
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Friedrich Nietzsche on Ego and Ambition
“Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called ‘Ego’.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
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Napoleon Hill On Doing Small Things Greatly
“If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” – Napoleon Hill
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Mark Ford On Forgiveness Versus Excuse-Making
“Forgiving someone for his failures is an act of generosity. Excusing him from his responsibility for them is a malicious deceit.” – Mark Ford
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Michel de Montaigne on Personal Governance
“Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.” – Michel de Montaigne
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Warren Buffett On Knowing Your Limits
“Everybody’s got a different circle of competence. The important thing is not how big the circle is. The important thing is staying inside the circle.” – Warren Buffett
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Mark Twain On Sharing Joy With Others
“Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy you must have somebody to divide it with.” – Mark Twain
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