Personal Quotes
"Since life is short and the world is wide, the sooner you start exploring it, the better."
Simon Raven
British writer (1927-2001)
"Comparing is the end of happiness and the beginning of dissatisfaction."
Søren Kierkegaard
Danish philosopher, theologian and writer (1813-1855)
"You can focus on things that are barriers or you can focus on scaling the wall or redefining the problem."
Tim Cook
CEO Apple
"Every day is a little life."
Arthur Schopenhauer
german philosopher (1788-1860)
"There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect."
Ronald Reagan
Actor and 40th President of the United States
"Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."
Michael Jordan
American basketball player & entrepreneur
"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."
Aesop
Greek poet, 6th century BC
"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind."
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian lawyer, resistance fighter, revolutionary, publicist, ascetic and pacifist
"For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return."
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian painter, sculptor & architect
"I never watch my films. They are too violent for me."
Charles Bronson
"I know that all prejudices are shaped by the culture in which we grew up."
Isabel Allende
Chilean-American writer and journalist
"There are already all good intentions, we just need to apply them."
Blaise Pascal
French mathematician, physicist and writer (1623-1662)
"Not all those who wander are lost."
J.R.R. Tolkien
British writer and philologist (1892-1973)
"You've got to dream a little bit if you're going to get somewhere."
George P. Shultz
Politician and former US Labor Minister / Foreign Minister