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“The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy’s not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

“The secret of getting successful work out of your trained men lies in one nutshell—in the clearness of the instructions they receive.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

“Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look upon them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt; if you know Heaven and know Earth, you may make your victory complete.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

“I ended my first book with the words 'no answer.' I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are yourself the answer. Before your face questions die away. What other answer would suffice? Only words, words; to be led out to battle against other words.”
― C. S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces

“Still, being able to feel pain was good, he thought. It’s when you can’t even feel any pain anymore that you’re in real trouble.”
― Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

“I perceived now that there is a love deeper than theirs who seek only the happiness of their beloved.”
― C.S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold

“I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are yourself the answer. Before your face questions die away. What other answer would suffice?”
― C.S. Lewis

“A well-built brand is the culmination of intangibles that do not directly flow to the revenue or profitability of a company, but contribute to its texture. Forsaking them can take a subtle, collective toll.”
― Howard Schultz, Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul

“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

“The world suffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people.”
― Napoleon

“Work is the best antidote to sorrow, my dear Watson.”
― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Return of Sherlock Holmes

“sekali berarti sesudah itu mati”
― Chairil Anwar

“It is not the fault of the baristas working behind the counter. It is the responsibility of the leadership team to keep our culture alive, growing and thriving.”
― Howard Schultz, Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul

“Any company, when faced with adversity, would be tempted to go forward with an idea that promises to quickly erase pain. But in business as in life, people have to stay true to their guiding principles.”
― Howard Schultz, Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul

“Old is beautiful, but not if it is neglected.—Aldo Lorenzi, That Shop in Via Montenapoleone”
― Howard Schultz, Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul

“How leaders embody the values they espouse sets a tone, an expectation, that guides their employees’ behaviors.”
― Howard Schultz, Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul

“Visit many good books, but live in the Bible.”
― Charles Spurgeon

“We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.”
― Jim Rohn

“Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise.”
― Frank Ocean

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
― Edmund Burke

“It’s always the hard part that creates value.”
― Timothy Ferriss, Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers

“Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships.”
― Linus Torvalds

“Truth is, young creative minds don’t need more ideas, they need to take more responsibility with the ideas they’ve already got.”
― Timothy Ferriss, Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers

“Peter expands: “I think of problems as gold mines. The world’s biggest problems are the world’s biggest business opportunities.”
― Timothy Ferriss, Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers

“To me, it means using pain to find clarity. If pain is examined and not ignored, it can show you what to excise from your life.”
― Timothy Ferriss, Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers

“There's no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.”
― Jill Churchill

“Once you assess your own skill and the situation, often things change. As long as you stop and really look, I think people’s lives will change kind of radically, especially for women. Women are very, very quick to say they’re scared. That’s something I really want to change.”
― Timothy Ferriss, Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers

“Wasn’t it Bill Clinton who said that when dealing with anyone who’s upset, he always asks, ‘Has this person slept? Have they eaten? Is somebody else bugging them?’ He goes through this simple checklist. . . . When we’re handling babies and the baby is kicking and crying, we almost never once say, ‘That baby’s out to get me’ or ‘She’s got evil intentions.”
― Timothy Ferriss, Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers

“Therefore, to be furious and enraged and bitter that people don’t get all of who we are is a really a cruel piece of immaturity.”
― Timothy Ferriss, Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers