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that want to be part of the Participation Economy.” —Lisa Colantuono, copartner, AAR Partners;
“It’s better to be in the arena, getting stomped by the bull, than to be up in the stands or out in the parking lot.”
― The War of Art
― The War of Art
“Pride is holding your head up when everyone around you has theirs bowed. Courage is what makes you do it.”
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“Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.”
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“Nothing fires the warrior’s heart more with courage than to find himself and his comrades at the point of annihilation, at the brink of being routed and overrun, and then to dredge not merely from one’s own bowels or guts but from one’s discipline and training the presence of mind not to panic, not to yield to the possession of despair, but instead to complete those homely acts of order which Dienekes had ever declared the supreme accomplishment of the warrior: to perform the commonplace under far-from-commonplace conditions.”
― Gates of Fire
― Gates of Fire
“It was a splendid population - for all the slow, sleepy, sluggish-brained sloths stayed at home - you never find that sort of people among pioneers - you cannot build pioneers out of that sort of material. It was that population that gave to California a name for getting up astounding enterprises and rushing them through with a magnificent dash and daring and a recklessness of cost or consequences, which she bears unto this day - and when she projects a new surprise the grave world smiles as usual and says, "Well, that is California all over.”
― Roughing It
― Roughing It
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