“Our society has been permeated by a mind-set of immediate gratification. Simply put, people are impatient. They want too much too soon. They have lost sight of an overarching truth: In life, worthwhile accomplishments and acquisitions take time. Usually the better the reward, the more time it takes to acquire it.” — John Wooden
“The future of the human race will likely depend on our ability to transcend…tribalism, and to see our fate as interconnected with everyone else’s.” —- Robert Greene
“The serpent that stings us means to hurt us and rejoices as it does so; the lowest animal can imagine the pain of others. But to imagine the joy of others, and to rejoice at it is the highest privilege of the highest animals.” - Friedrich Nietzsche
Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.) — Walt Whitman
“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless, yet be determined to make them otherwise.” - F. Scott Fitzgerald
“The narcissism of small differences leads to the most boring conformity.” — TAR
“If you think you have room to grow, you do and you will. If you think you are as good as you can be… You’re right. You won’t get any better.” — Ryan Holiday
"Every thought a person dwells upon, whether he expresses it or not, either damages or improves his life." - Lucy Mallory
“It is the loose-ends with which men hang themselves.” - Zelda Fitzgerald
“Just as long as you do something every day, that is the important thing.” - Arnold Schwarzenegger
“The less you desire, the richer you are, the freer you are, the more powerful you are.” - Ryan Holiday
“The world is changed by your example, not your opinion.” - Paulo Coelho
“The laws that govern circumstances are abolished by new circumstances.” - Napoleon Bonaparte
“…the reason free markets work is because they allow people to be lucky, thanks to aggressive trial and error, not be giving rewards or “incentives” for skill.” - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“People without leaders are lost, but leaders without process are doomed.” - Frank Pacetta
“There are no such things as expenses in business, only investments.” - Jack Daly
“You have to start with culture, values, and a commitment to creating a fantastic workplace. You can’t fake these things. They have to come from the top. They are not bullshit. They are everything.” - Fred Wilson
“The customer is not number one. Our employees are. Because if we get it right with our employees, they get it right with you, the customer.” - Former Southwest Airlines billboard campaign
