I’ve never cared much for destinations. The idea of landing is too finite for my imagination and sense of song. Give me a direction and a sixteen-lane highway with room to swerve and explore along the way.
– from Greenlights book by Matthew McConaughey
Please remember that great companies and …
Please remember that great companies and wonderful lives don’t happen by sudden revolution. Nope. They materialize via incremental evolution. Tiny, daily wins and iterations stack into outcomes of excellence, over the long-term. But few of us have the patience these days to endure the long game. As a result, not many of us ever become legends.
– from The 5 AM Club book by Robin Sharma
The three most important words in …
The three most important words in investing are, “I don’t know.” Not saying those three words has cost investors billions.
– from How Not to Invest book by Barry Ritholtz
Time is the great eraser, both …
Time is the great eraser, both of sorrow and of joy.
– from The Palace of Illusions book by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
We need discipline, guidelines, context, and …
We need discipline, guidelines, context, and responsibility early in any new endeavor. It’s the time to sacrifice. To learn, to observe, to take heed. If and when we get knowledge of the space, the craft, the people, and the plan, then we can let our freak flag fly, and create.
– from Greenlights book by Matthew McConaughey
Trying to learn about sex from …
Trying to learn about sex from porn is like trying to learn about the mountains by sniffing one of those air fresheners they sell at the gas station. When you finally get to the real mountains and breathe in that pure, wild air – you might be confused. You might wish it smelled like that fake, manufactured air-freshener version.
– from Untamed book by Glennon Doyle
Do you know what the worst …
Do you know what the worst thing about being a parent is? That you’re always judged by your worst moments. You can do a million things right, but if you do one single thing wrong you’re forever that parent who was checking his phone in the park when your child was hit in the head by a swing.
– from Anxious People book by Fredrik Backman
Singing is magic. When I sing …
Singing is magic. When I sing, I own who I am. I can communicate purely. When you sing you stop using the language of “Hi, how are you…” You’re able to say things that are much more profound. Singing takes me to a mystical place where language doesn’t matter anymore, where anything is possible.
– from The Woman in Me book by Britney Spears
Sometimes which choice you make is …
Sometimes which choice you make is not as important as making a choice and committing to it.
– from Greenlights book by Matthew McConaughey