Abdullah Alfa'adel

“imagining what might happen if one’s circumstances were different was the only sure route to madness.”
― Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow

“While I used to get angry and frustrated at people because of the choices they made, I came to realize that they weren’t intentionally acting in a way that seemed counterproductive; they were just living out things as they saw them, based on how their brains worked.”
― Ray Dalio, Principles: Life and Work

“وقد زعموا أن المحب إذا دنا, يَملُّ وَأنَّ النَّأْيَ يَشْفِي مِنَ الْوَجْدِ
بَكُلٍّ تدَاوَيْنَا فلمْ يُشْفَ ما بِنَا, على أنَّ قُرْبَ الدَّارِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْبُعْدِ
على أَنَّ قُرْبَ الدَّارِ ليسَ بِنافِعٍ, إذا كان مَنْ تَهْواهُ ليس بِذي وُدِّ!”
― قيس بن الملوح, ديوان قيس بن الملوح: مجنون ليلى

“Third, many entrepreneurs are afraid. Acknowledging failure can lead to dangerously low morale. Most entrepreneurs’ biggest fear is not that their vision will prove to be wrong. More terrifying is the thought that the vision might be deemed wrong without having been given a real chance to prove itself.”
― Eric Ries, The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses