Image of Peter Thiel
Competition is overrated. In practice it is quite destructive and should be avoided wherever possible. Much better than fighting for scraps in existing markets is to create and own new ones.
- Peter Thiel
Collection: Fighting
Image of Lord Byron
Adversity is the first path to truth.
- Lord Byron
Collection: Truth
Image of Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Social science means inventing a certain brand of human we can understand.
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Collection: Mean
Image of Mark Twain
The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.
- Mark Twain
Collection: History
Image of Bob Ross
In painting, you have unlimited power. You have the ability to move mountains. You can bend rivers. But when i get home the only thing i have power over is the garbage.
- Bob Ross
Collection: Moving
Image of Yi Sun-sin
I can be approached, but never pushed; befriended but never coerced; killed, but never shamed.
- Yi Sun-sin
Collection: I Can
Image of Lance Armstrong
Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
- Lance Armstrong
Image of Zhuangzi
Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.
- Zhuangzi
Collection: Life
Image of Louis L'Amour
The only thing that never changes is that everything changes.
- Louis L'Amour
Collection: Never Change
Image of Marcus Aurelius
The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues.
- Marcus Aurelius
Collection: Positive
Image of Appius Claudius Caecus
Every man is the artisan of his own fortune.
- Appius Claudius Caecus
Collection: Latin
Image of Sun Tzu
Therefore, to estimate the enemy situation and to calculate distances and the degree of difficulty of the terrain so as to control victory are virtues of the superior general.
- Sun Tzu
Collection: Distance
Image of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Beauty is that to what the human mind responds at its deepest and most profound.
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Collection: Profound
Image of Stephen King
Time takes it all, whether you want it to or not.
- Stephen King
Collection: Change
Image of Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Collection: Book
Image of Francis of Assisi
Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
- Francis of Assisi
Collection: Self
Image of Mark Twain
We have the best government that money can buy.
- Mark Twain
Collection: Best
Image of Frances Xavier Cabrini
I will go anywhere and do anything in order to communicate the love of Jesus to those who do not know Him or have forgotten Him.
- Frances Xavier Cabrini
Collection: Faith
Image of Marcus Aurelius
Poverty is the mother of crime.
- Marcus Aurelius
Collection: Mother
Image of Ryan Reynolds
Are you stalking me? Because that would be super.
- Ryan Reynolds
Image of Rumi
Poetry can be dangerous, especially beautiful poetry, because it gives the illusion of having had the experience without actually going through it.
- Rumi
Collection: Beautiful
Image of George Orwell
Now I will tell you the answer to my question. It is this. The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power.
- George Orwell
Collection: Change
Image of Niccolo Machiavelli
The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise that the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the times does not.
- Niccolo Machiavelli
Image of Anne Frank
Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness.
- Anne Frank
Collection: Lying
Image of Patrick Lencioni
When you know your reason for existence, it should effect the decisions you make.
- Patrick Lencioni
Collection: Decisions You Make
Image of Claude Monet
Everything changes, even stone.
- Claude Monet
Collection: Change
Image of John Archibald Wheeler
Spacetime tells matter how to move; matter tells spacetime how to curve.
- John Archibald Wheeler
Collection: Moving
Image of Leonardo da Vinci
Darkness is absence of light. Shadow is diminution of light.
- Leonardo da Vinci
Collection: Light
Image of Taylor Swift
Happiness can be reached by choice and how you look at life.
- Taylor Swift
Collection: Choices
Image of Erich Maria Remarque
Strange how complicated we can make things just to avoid showing what we feel!
- Erich Maria Remarque
Collection: Strange
Image of Miyamoto Musashi
If you learn indoor techniques, you will think narrowly and forget the true Way. Thus you will have difficulty in actual encounters.
- Miyamoto Musashi
Collection: Thinking
Image of Wallace D. Wattles
It is essential to have good tools, but it is also essential that the tools should be used in the right way.
- Wallace D. Wattles
Collection: Essentials
Image of Rose Tremain
Life is not a dress rehearsal.
- Rose Tremain
Image of Charles F. Haanel
I am whole, perfect, strong, powerful, loving, harmonious, and happy.
- Charles F. Haanel
Collection: Strong
Image of Georges St-Pierre
Some people learn to lose. Others lose and learn.
- Georges St-Pierre
Collection: Mma
Image of R. J. Palacio
Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.
- R. J. Palacio
Collection: Courage
Image of Marcel Proust
Do not wait for life. Do not long for it. Be aware, always and at every moment, that the miracle is in the here and now.
- Marcel Proust
Collection: Long
Image of Terry Goodkind
Reality is irrelevant; Perception is everything.
- Terry Goodkind
Collection: Reality
Image of Pythagoras
Time is the soul of this world.
- Pythagoras
Collection: Time
Image of Henry Ford
Time waste differs from material waste in that there can be no salvage. The easiest of all wastes and the hardest to correct is the waste of time, because wasted time does not litter the floor like wasted material.
- Henry Ford
Collection: Doe
Image of Benjamin Franklin
All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.
- Benjamin Franklin
Image of Smith Wigglesworth
There are four principles we need to maintain: First, read the Word of God. Second, consume the Word of God until it consumes you. Third believe the Word of God. Fourth, act on the Word.
- Smith Wigglesworth
Collection: Believe
Image of Miles Davis
A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
- Miles Davis
Collection: Painting
Image of C. S. Lewis
The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are.
- C. S. Lewis
Collection: Wise
Image of Deepak Chopra
Change your story, change your life. Basically, that’s what it is.
- Deepak Chopra
Collection: Stories
Image of Angela Merkel
Global climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity in the twenty-first century.
- Angela Merkel
Collection: Challenges
Image of Guru Nanak
Do not wish evil for others. Do not speak ill of others. Do not obstruct anyones activities.
- Guru Nanak
Collection: Evil
Image of Robert Louis Stevenson
We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
Collection: Travel
Image of Terry Pratchett
Two types of people laugh at the law: those that break it and those that make it.
- Terry Pratchett
Collection: Law