“Courage is not something that you already have that makes you brave when the tough times start. Courage is what you earn when you’ve been through the tough times and you discover they aren’t so tough after all.”
― David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
― David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
“Now all you can do is wait. It must be hard for you, but there is a right time for everything. Like the ebb and flow of tides. No one can do anything to change them. When it is time to wait, you must wait.”
― The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
― The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“Giants are not what we think they are. The same qualities that appear to give them strength are often the sources of great weakness.”
― David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
― David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
“Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard for twenty-two minutes to make sense of something that most people would give up on after thirty seconds.”
― Outliers: The Story of Success
― Outliers: The Story of Success
“Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety, after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly.”
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KK’s 2025 Year in Books
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