Discipline: The root of all good qualities. The driver of daily execution. The core principle that overcomes laziness and lethargy and excuses. Discipline defeats the infinite excuses that say: Not today, not now, I need a rest, I will do
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“My wife and I tell our kids often that nothing worth doing is ever easy.”
― Call Me an American: Refugee to Patriot: Lessons Learned for a Strong America
― Call Me an American: Refugee to Patriot: Lessons Learned for a Strong America
“An hour of TV class, an hour of basketball or baseball or running, another hour of transcription history or painting pictures, and more sports, but do you know, we never ask questions, or at least most don't;”
― Fahrenheit 451
― Fahrenheit 451
“What you’re selling, Zig explained, is not the product. It’s a lifestyle. A philosophy. A dream. The product is irrelevant. Zig’s stock phrase (‘You can get everything you wish for out of life when you first help other people with what they wish for’) became Igor’s stock phrase too.”
― The Missing Cryptoqueen
― The Missing Cryptoqueen
“And for the first time I realized that a man was behind each one of the books. A man had to think them up. A man had to take a long time to put them down on paper. And I'd never even thought that thought before.”
― Fahrenheit 451
― Fahrenheit 451
“It’s a good reminder that sometimes the best decision we make is to trust those already equipped to see the big picture.”
― Call Me an American: Refugee to Patriot: Lessons Learned for a Strong America
― Call Me an American: Refugee to Patriot: Lessons Learned for a Strong America
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