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Category: Quotes I Like

  • Do It Now

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    The Important Stuff Anyway Only put off until tomorrow what you’re willing to die having left undone. Pablo Picasso

  • If I Am

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    If I am, then death is not. If death is, then I am not. Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not? Epicurus

  • Cows do NOT Give Milk

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    COWS DON’T GIVE MILK A father used to say to his children when they were young: — When you all reach the age of 12 I will tell you the secret of life. One day, when the oldest turned 12, he anxiously asked his father what was the secret of life. The father replied that…

  • Mental Garden

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    From As a Man Thinketh by James Allen Man’s mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild. James Allen Act is the blossom of thought; and joy and suffering are its fruits; thus does a man garner in the sweet and bitter fruitage of his own…

  • Words That Matter

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    and The Wright Right Correct Words Really Matter Any word that’s really important is also confusing. Words like trust, love, friend, fair, honest, lead, connect, authentic, justice, dignity–they have dozens of different meanings. Perhaps that’s because they’re important. It’s worth spending a moment to understand what we mean when we say something that might mean…

  • Learning

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    Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young. Henry Ford If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you. Zig Ziglar…

  • Living Life Backwards

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    Author Shakti Gawain on living authentically: “Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want so that they will be happier.  The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what…

  • The Right Word

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    Charles Tutt
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    The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter–’tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning. Mark Twain Mark Twain is one of my all-time favorite writers.

  • The Map is Not The Territory

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    The map is not the territory. Alfred Korzybski The journey is not the adventure. The goal/plan is not the accomplishment. The menu is not the meal. These and many other things are merely ingredients, beliefs, thoughts, feelings, dreams, and fantasies that make up our life’s experiences. Conceptions/ mis-conceptions Understanding/ mis-understanding Failures/ learnings Our models of…

  • You Can’t Wait

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    Charles Tutt
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    “You can’t wait until life isn’t hard anymore, before you decide to be happy.” Jane Marczewski As I opened my email this morning, the following from Stephen Guise reached out and touched me. So I’m sharing it with you as he shared it with me. Before yesterday, I didn’t know who Nightbirde (Jane Marczewski) was.…