I purposely try to hire people who are really self-motivated and good at what they do, and then I just leave them… — Yvon Chouinard Copy Share Image
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Self-respect is the noblest garment with which a man can clothe himself, the most elevating feeling with which the mind can be… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Work that is pure toil, done solely for the sake of the money it earns, is also sheer drudgery because it is… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
Baby Boomers are now living longer and want to stay vibrant and gorgeous for as long as possible. I've identified a need… — Sophie Heyman Uliano Copy Share Image
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All types of knowledge ultimately lead to self-knowledge. So, therefore, these people are asking me to teach them, not so much how… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
We can no longer afford to worship the God of hate or bow before the altar of retaliation. The oceans of history… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The guarantee of safety in a battering relationship can never be based upon a promise from the perpetrator, no matter how heartfelt.… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
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It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Who is the NRA anyway? They are usually middle-income people who only think of themselves, who want to have no government, really,… — Joycelyn Elders Copy Share Image
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It's heartbreaking to see so many people trapped in a web of enforced idleness, deep debt, and gnawing self-doubt. — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
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Not all thinking and all emotion are of the ego. They turn into ego only when you identify with them and they… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
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How can life be worth living, if devoid Of the calm trust reposed by friend in friend? What sweeter joy than in… — Quintus Ennius Copy Share Image
In terms of formal education, I may somewhat lacking. I never finished school. I am a self-taught entrepreneur, that's the best kind… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
When you surrender and release the illusion of control, you begin to free-fall toward your destiny of a grand reunion with your… — Bryant H. McGill Copy Share Image
The system knows how to cherry pick black people. It's like affirmative action - once a year, one is recognized. But what… — Haile Gerima Copy Share Image
Shut your eyes so the heart may become your eye, and with that vision look upon another world. If you can step… — Rumi Copy Share Image
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As coercive monopolies that spend other people's money taken by force, governments are uniquely unqualified to solve problems. They are riddled by… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
Our self-trust is such a subtle thing that it still comes around whispering to us even after we are sure it is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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'Juno' really changed things for me and I get a lot of screenplays come in now, but I like to self-generate and… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
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