Enthusiasm Quotes

[I]f the writer does his job right, what he basically does is remind the reader of how smart the reader is.

The things I can't do are the things I have yet to learn.

Trust is a good way to get oneself killed

Believe in the reader and they can connect the dots, if you succeed breathe life into the story

The poet cannot invent new words every time, of course. He uses the words of the tribe. But the handling of the word, the accent, a new articulation, renew them.

When everyone believes they are the life coaches, who are the players?

When you need to hold onto something, you should. Whatever gets you through, take it.

Why does everyone think a guy who prefers love to people is missing something in his life?

If you can see yourself as an artist, and you can see that your life is your own creation, then why not create the most beautiful story for yourself?

The distinction between pretending you are better than you are and beginning to be better in reality is finer than moral sleuth hounds conceive.

Writers are a product of where we come from but by looking at alternatives to the culture in which we live, we can find ways to change and hopefully improve it.

Once someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root.

We don’t need any sort of religious orientation to lead a life that is ethical, compassionate & kind.

Be tough minded but tenderhearted.

We will never be cleansed until we confess we are dirty. And we will never be able to wash the feet of those who have hurt us until we allow Jesus, the one we have hurt, to wash ours.

In life, you get what you believe you deserve.

Pivoting is not the end of the disruption process, but the beginning of the next leg of your journey.

Success doesn't teach as many lessons as failure

Most startup failures result from entrepreneurs who are better at making excuses than products.

Every threat to the status quo is an opportunity in disguise.

A free and open Internet is a despot's worst enemy.

Our world's future is far more malleable and controllable than most people realize.

The customer is always right...even when they're wrong.

The power of crowd sourcing always remains with the crowd, not the technological implementation.

The most important tool you have on a resume is language.

Be the best at what you do or the only one doing it.

You will have more regrets for the things you didn't try than the ones you tried and didn't succeed at.

Building a career or a company is about living a few years of your life like most people won't so that you can spend the rest of your life living at a level most people can't.

If you don't know where you want to be in five years, how do you ever expect to get there?

Plan for ways to get more enjoyment into your life and you will get more joy out of it.

Accepting that the odds are against you is the same as accepting defeat before you begin.

Whether driven by ambition or circumstance, every career gets disrupted.

Corporate planning cycles are a classic example of generals fighting the last war over again instead of preparing for what might lie ahead.

A dream with a deadline is a goal.

It is not incumbent on the world to conform to your vision of change. It is up to you to explain the future in terms that those living in the past and present can follow.

There are two types of people in this world: those whose look for opportunity and those who make it happen.

You have a choice: pursue your dreams, or be hired by someone else to help them fulfill their dreams.

There is a loveliness to life that does not fade. Even in the terrors of the night, there is a tendency toward grace that does not fail us.

There are riches to be found simply by capturing the value released through others' disruptive breakthroughs.

Would you rather work forty hours a week at a job you hate or eighty hours a week doing work you love?

Far too often, when we think we are frightened by mystery, the fact is that we are haunted by history.

The best jury of your peers that you’ll ever find is…well, you. Only you know what you’re capable of and what you want to be.

It's easy, there's a trick to it, you do it or you die.

When I think good thoughts, I feel that man is not, after all, so bad.

Miracles don't happen. You make them happen. They're not wishes or dreams or candles on a cake. They're not impossible. Reality is real. It's totally and completely under my control.

For you to make your creative work creative, you must seek creativity from the creator.

People talk-- they sneer at escapism. Well, there are those of us who need it.

Ingenuity requires creativity.

Sometimes broken hearts are needed, that way you will appreciate the one that handles it with care.

Fear and self-doubt are the deadly enemies of creativity. Don’t invite either into your mind.