“if it’s not love, it’s prostitution.” - My friend John.Ģ0. I’m not a fan of grey areas, and sometimes a quote doesn’t have to be elegant to ring true.ġ9. “Find what you love and let it kill you.” - Charles Bukowski Charles Bukowski simply fast forwards:ġ8. “Love nothing but that which comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny” - Marcus AureliusĪurelius stoically ended practically every thought he had by pointing out the inevitability of death. I still can’t believe that it took me being around for over 30 years to finally read Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations. “Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.” - Pablo Picasso On Love Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” - George Bernard Shawġ6. “the reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. “Speed has never killed anyone suddenly becoming stationary…that’s what gets you.” - Jeremy Clarksonġ5. “Good judgement is the result of experience and experience the result of bad judgement.” - Mark Twain On Driveġ4. “We don’t rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training.” - Archilochusġ3. “always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.” - Oscar Wildeġ2. “Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” - Mike Tysonġ1. Iron Mike proves that you don’t even need to be coherent all the time, to be deeply insightful.ġ0. “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” - Winston ChurchillĪlso, Winston Churchill is the ultimate proof that liquor brings out the creative juices! “Don’t interrupt your enemy while they are making a mistake.” -Napoleonĩ. On the topic of adversity, the greatest lessons come from the trenches.Ĩ. Wisdom isn’t just the domain of painters, poets and philosophers. A constant reminder to the proud to be humble, and the poor to be hopeful. ![]() It’s equal parts consolation and warning. “Eat a live frog first thing in the morning, and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.” - Mark Twain “The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.” - Henry David Thoreau On AttitudeĦ. While I don’t particularly enjoy reading Thoreau’s long-winded adoration of the movement of reeds on water at sunrise, I love his simple equation on the value of everything:ĥ. ![]() “A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.” - Marcus Aurelius “If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.” - Joseph CampbellĤ. The second one begins when you realize you only have one.” - Confuciusģ. “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” - Mark TwainĢa. ![]() Twain may not be known for embellishing his words, but you can’t argue with his view on things:Ģ. “A lie travels around the globe while the truth is still putting on its shoes.” On Purpose Ironically one of the most famous quotes attributed to him is not actually his, which earns it a runner-up spot here:ġa. “If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.” - Mark TwainĬomplementary to this thought, if you don’t say anything, you don’t have to remember anything at all. I occasionally have the memory of an octogenarian, so Twain’s attitude towards telling the truth is doubly useful: concise, and pragmatic.ġ. Mark Twain has got to be one of my favorite authors, he had the perfect blend of wit, irreverence and insight into the human condition. ![]() Partly intended as a way to offload remembering things, probably more as an attempt to mimic writers that always impress me by citing a compact, beautifully crafted thought that speaks volumes, and definitely because I’m a digital hoarder, I constantly find myself going through it, and rereading thoughts that imprinted on me years ago.īelow are some of my favorites that invariably come to mind in a variety of daily contexts. I have an Evernote folder full of quotes and snippets that have caught my eye over the years.
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