Quotes.csv

"'A lot of people, once they feel uncomfortable, will simply stop whatever they’re doing. But I believe in order to succeed at anything, you need to be comfortable being uncomfortable.' - Jon Bones Jones, UFC light heavyweight champion"
"'I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it.' - Gale Sayers, NFL All Time Great Runnin"
"'Personally, adversity makes me hungrier. I thrive on being able to make a way out of no way.' - Adrian Peterson, NFL All-Pro running back"
"'Fear and creativity are conjoined twins. People are so afraid of their fear that they try to kill it. And when they kill it they also kill creativity because creativity is going into the unknown, and the unknown is scary.' - Elizabeth Gilbert"
"'PowerPoint presentations are a kind of theater, a kind of augmented stand-up. Too often it's a boring and tedious genre, and audience are subjected to the bad as well as the good. Failing to acknowledge that these are performances is to assume that anyone could and should be able to do it. You wouldnt expect anyone who can simply sing to get up on stage, so why expect everyone with a laptop to be competent in this new theatrical form? Performers try harder.' - David Byrne"
"'I only write when I am inspired. Fortunately I am inspired at 9 o’clock every morning.' - William Faulkner"
"'Every champion was once a contender.' - KH Performance Wall Quote"
"'Imagine a cart and a horse. The cart is how something looks, the horse is how it runs. Focus on the horse. That drives you’re all.'"
"'Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so too does the evidence of your new identity.' - James Clear"
"'Failing to plan, is planning to fail.' - Alan Lakein"
"'IF YOU COULD KICK THE PERSON IN THE PANTS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST OF YOUR TROUBLE, YOU WOULDN’T SIT FOR A MONTH.' - THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
"'THE BEST PROJECT YOU WILL EVER WORK ON IS YOU.' - SONNY FRANCO"
"'The best go to class to learn new skills, and then perfect them at home.' - a sensei"
"'Something deep in my character has allowed me no other option but to take the hits, get up, and then get on with trying to win.- Lionel Messi, FC Barcelona striker"
"'The frog in the well knows nothing of the mighty ocean.' - Japanese proverb"
"'Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.' - Warren Buffett"
"'If you don't ask, you don't get.' - Steven Rennie"
"'Comparison is the thief of joy.' - Theodore Roosevelt"
"'Now when I got to Hollywood I was discouraged with animation, I didn't think I'd ever do another animated thing. I said, I think I'm getting in it too late. Felix the Cat was going then, other things, and I just said, 'It's too late.' I should have been in the business six years before.' - Walt Disney"
"'I cant be disrespected by someone who doesn't even respect themselves.' - Jocko Willink"
"'I believe my ambition is like a gas, and it will fill the space that I make for it.' - my friend Dave said this in a recent conversation we had together while explaining why his goals were so audacious, and it stuck with me. When I think back to all of the things I'm proud about accomplishing, nearly all of them involved periods when I felt like I was in over my head. I felt like I wasn't ready. Yet, somehow, most of them ended up working out (even if there were some failures along the way). I try to keep this in mind when setting new goals; it's ok if they're audacious and seem almost impossible now - that'll only spur me on to work harder. - Thomas Frank"
"'The happiest people discover their own nature and match their life to it.' - Ray Dalio"
"'Deep down, I knew I wanted to take a break. But I was terrified that if I did, the whole thing would fall apart.' - Phil Drolet (watch his TEDx talk for context. I especially needed to watch this one.)"
"'Remarkable doesn't mean remarkable to you. It means remarkable to me. Am I going to make a remark about it? If not, then you're average, and average is for losers.' - Seth Godin, How to be Remarkable"
"'To be a good artist, letterer, designer, or guitar player, it takes practice. A lot of it. More than you can even fathom when you're starting out.' - Jessica Hische"
"'Done is beautiful.' - Frank Chimero"
"'He who hesitates is lost.' - proverb"
"'Sometimes its a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.' - David Byrne"
"'The power of the unaided mind is highly overrated. Without external aids, memory, thought, and reasoning are all constrained. […] The real powers come from devising external aids that enhance cognitive abilities.' - Don Norman, author of Things that Make Us Smart: Defending Human Attributes in the Age of the Machine"
"'The unexamined life is not worth living' - Plato, and 'The unplanned life is not worth examining' - Aristotle"
"'These moments of joy are really important and part of what makes life worth living and what we have to look forward to. Being human is being able to enjoy life.' - Adam Grant”
"'Do you want to be right, or do you want to win?' - a piece of insight given to my (Thomas Frank) friend Dave by one of his friends"
"'What is something you believe that other people think is crazy? That you should never publicly criticize anyone or anything unless it is a matter of morals or ethics. Anything negative you say could at the very least ruin someone’s day, or worse, break someone’s heart, or simply change someone from being a future ally of yours to someone who will never forget that you were unkind or unfairly critical. It’s so common today to complain or criticize others’ work on social media, or dogpile on someone for a perceived offense. I won’t do it. It’s not my job to be the world’s critic, and I’d rather not rule out any future allies.' - From Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss."
 "'A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days.' – Annie Dillard"
"'Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can.' – Ralph Waldo Emerson"
"'The brain is no place for serious thinking. If you're thinking about something important and complicated, write it down.' – Jack Altman"
"'Anxieties and self-doubt can multiply when fed with silence and an abundance of time.' - Leigh Michaels"
"'All thoughts want to be taken seriously, but few warrent it.' - David Cain"