“Don’t be humble. You’re not that great.”
– Golda Meir
Category: Quotes
Attitude – Maya Angelou
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.”
– Maya Angelou
A thousand tiny surrenders – Robert Brault
“You do not wake up one morning a bad person. It happens by a thousand tiny surrenders of self-respect to self-interest.”
– Robert Brault
We’re surrounded – Chesty puller
“We’re surrounded. That simplifies the problem.”
– Chesty puller
Look ridiculous – Thomas Fuller
“A wise man may look ridiculous in the company of fools.”
– Thomas Fuller
Listen with intent – Stephen Covey
“Listen with the intent to understand, not the intent to reply.”
– Stephen Covey
My idea of them – Anaïs Nin
“In reality those who satisfy me are those who simply allow me to live with my idea of them.”
– Anaïs Nin
Paths – Franz Kafka
“Paths are made by walking”
– Franz Kafka
Weird – Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
“Everybody is weird. Thus, nobody is weird. And yet we all feel weird because we assume (wrongly) that no one else is as weird as we are.”
– Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
Right – Unknown
“We would rather be right than happy”
– Unknown
Plant seeds – Robert Louis Stevenson
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”
– Robert Louis Stevenson
Cynic – Unknown
“A cynic is usually nothing more than a wounded, ex-idealist.”
– Unknown
Strategy – Jerry Neumann
“Strategy is the route on the map, tactics are the means of travel.”
– Jerry Neumann
Tolerance – John Cogley Commonweal
“Tolerance implies a respect for another person, not because he is wrong or even because he is right, but because he is human.”
— John Cogley Commonweal
People – Jodi Picoult
“Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy solitude. It’s because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.”
– Jodi Picoult (My Sister’s Keeper)