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“One must be a sea, to receive a polluted stream without becoming impure.”
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra
“You can have anything you want... But not everything you want.”
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“Thing Rule: You can quit. But you can’t quit until the season is over, the tuition payment is up, or some other “natural” stopping point has arrived. You must, at least for the interval to which you’ve committed yourself, finish whatever you begin. In”
― Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
― Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
“When you keep searching for ways to change your situation for the better, you stand a chance of finding them. When you stop searching, assuming they can’t be found, you guarantee they won’t.”
― Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
― Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
“The first is that everyone—including Mom and Dad—has to do a hard thing. A hard thing is something that requires daily deliberate practice. I’ve told my kids that psychological research is my hard thing, but I also practice yoga. Dad tries to get better and better at being a real estate developer; he does the same with running. My oldest daughter, Amanda, has chosen playing the piano as her hard thing. She did ballet for years, but later quit. So did Lucy.”
― Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
― Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
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