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“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
― Mark Twain

“The problem with doing nothing is not knowing when you are finished.”
― Nelson De Mille

“Take pride in your pain; you are stronger than those who have none”
― Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

“To sell well is to convince someone else to part with resources—not to deprive that person, but to leave him better off in the end.”
― Daniel H. Pink, To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others

“Avoid selling to dumb customers, there aren't enough left!”
― Jasleen Kaur Gumber

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
― Steve Jobs

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
― Socrates

“Speak little, do much.”
― Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack

“Great Modesty often hides great Merit.”
― Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack

“Mein Herz pumpte flüssiges Sonnenlicht.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, Sinner

“If you never change your mind, why have one?”
― Edward de Bono

“A discussion should be a genuine attempt to explore a subject rather than a battle between competing egos.”
― Edward De Bono, How to Have a Beautiful Mind

“A good listener is very nearly as attractive as a good talker. You cannot have a beautiful mind if you do not know how to listen.”
― Edward De Bono, How to Have a Beautiful Mind

“A question is a polite way of demanding something.”
― Edward De Bono, How to Have a Beautiful Mind

“The opposite of love is indifference, and the opposite of happiness is boredom.”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek

“Slow Dance:
Have you ever watched kids, On a merry-go-round? Or listened to the rain, Slapping on the ground? Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight? Or gazed at the sun into the fading night? You better slow down. Don't dance too fast. Time is short. The music won't last. Do you run through each day, On the fly? When you ask: How are you? Do you hear the reply? When the day is done, do you lie in your bed, With the next hundred chores, Running through your head? You'd better slow down, Don't dance too fast. Time is short, The music won't last. Ever told your child we'll do it tomorrow? And in your haste, Not see his sorrow? Ever lost touch, Let a good friendship die, Cause you never had time, To call and say Hi? You'd better slow down. Don't dance so fast. Time is short. The music won't last. When you run so fast to get somewhere, You miss half the fun of getting there. When you worry and hurry through your day, It is like an unopened gift thrown away. Life is not a race. Do take it slower. Hear the music, Before the song is over.”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek

“Focus on being productive instead of busy.”
― Tim Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

“It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.”
― Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness

“I don't want to die without any scars.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

“It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

“Survivors don't have time to ask, "Why me?" For survivors, the only relevant question is, "What now?”
― Edith Eger, The Choice: Embrace the Possible

“I don't want you to hear my story and say, "My own suffering is less significant." I want you to hear my story and say, "If she can do it, then so can I!”
― Edith Eger, The Choice: Embrace the Possible

“Human knowledge is never contained in one person. It grows from the relationships we create between each other and the world, and still it is never complete.”
― Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air

“Will having a newborn distract from the time we have together?" she asked. "Don't you think saying goodbye to your child will make your death more painful?"

"Wouldn't it be great if it did?" I said. Lucy and I both felt that life wasn't about avoiding suffering.”
― Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air

“I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.”
― Mark Twain

“Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.”
― Samuel Johnson, Works of Samuel Johnson. Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, A Grammar of the English Tongue, Preface to Shakespeare, Lives of the English Poets & more [improved 11/20/2010]