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- The essence of professionalism is the focus upon the work and its demands, while we are doing it, to the exclusion of all else.
- The Spartans say that any army may win while it still has legs under it; the real test comes when all strength is fled and…
- Picasso painted with passion, Mozart composed with it. A child plays with it all day long. You may think you’ve lost your passion, or that you…
- That’s why an artist must be a warrior and, like all warriors, artists over time acquire modesty and humility. They may, some of them, conduct…
- Like a magnetized needle floating on a surface of oil, Resistance will unfailingly point to true North--meaning that calling or action it most wants to…
- The professional conducts his business in the real world. Adversity, injustice, bad hops and rotten calls, even good breaks and lucky bounces all comprise the…
- I guess what I want to say to us artists and entrepreneurs is that conventional yardsticks of success don't apply to all enterprises. Labors of…
- Don't prepare, do. Don't let Resistance sucker you into wasting months on background, foundation, planning. All that can come later.
- Courage is inseparable from love and leads to what may arguably be the noblest of all warrior virtues: selflessness.
- You don't need to take a course or buy a product. All you have to do is change your mind.
- Seeking support from friends and and family is like having people gathered around at your deathbed. It's nice, but when the ship sails, all they…
- We are all warriors. Each of us struggles every day to define and defend our sense of purpose and integrity, to justify our existence on…
- No industry is immune and no occupation is safe. All of us need to begin to think in terms of our own inner strengths, our…
- Writers think in metaphors. Editors work in metaphors. A great reader reads in metaphors. All are continually asking, "What does this represent? What does it…
- Concerning all acts of initiative there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely…
- We fear discovering that we are more than we think we are... That we actually have the guts, the perserverance, the capacity... because, if it's…
- The amateur has a long list of fears. Near the top are two: Solitude and silence. The amateur fears solitude and silence because she needs…
- We’re all pros already. 1) We show up every day 2) We show up no matter what 3) We stay on the job all day…
- As all born teachers, he was primarily a student.
- We fear discovering that we are more than we think we are. More than our parents/children/teachers think we are. We fear that we actually possess…
- All of us need to begin to think in terms of our own inner strengths, our resilience and resourcefulness, our capacity to adapt and to…
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- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are… — Hannah Arendt
- The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to… — Hannah Arendt
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle