Insightful Quotes

The fundamental level of success is doing the hard things first - If you go for the feared thing first, then the rest of the day is easy.

The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic.

Chemistry is, well technically, chemistry is the study of matter. But I prefer to see it as the study of change.

He who guards his secrets retains control in his own hands

Life is a long lesson in humility.

You know I, I just think, that ah, things have a way of working themselves out.

I never question what to do, it tells me what to do. The photographs make themselves with my help.

We're emphasizing the knowable by predicting how certain people and companies will swim against the current. We're not predicting the fluctuation in the current.

What really decides consumers to buy or not to buy is the content of your advertising, not its form.

Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.

The most successful people have the same twenty-four hours in a day that you do.

History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.

You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.

An accurate, insightful view of current reality is as important as a clear vision.

An empty man is full of himself.

Self-disruption is akin to undergoing major surgery, but you are the one holding the scalpel.

Name one thing in this world that is not negotiable.

You are not what has happened to you. You are what you choose to become.

One's state of mind is three-quarters of what counts, so it has to be carefully nurtured if you want to do something great and lasting.

I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way.

Human beings have an unalienable right to invent themselves; when that right is pre-empted it is called brain-washing.

Goals determine what you are going to be

In hindsight, I realized I could see into the future. Which is kind of like having premonitions of flashbacks.

Your life must focus on the maximization of objectivity.

There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair.

People don't realize how much they are in the grip of ideas. We live among ideas much more than we live in nature.

I just looked at the pattern of my life, decided I didn't like it, and changed.

The cost of being wrong is less than the cost of doing nothing.

the greatest Americans have not been born yet they are waiting patiently for the past to die

Q: Does this train stop at Brighton? A: I hope so or there's going to be a hell of a splash.

You can't think and hit the ball at the same time.

You need to have a collaborative hiring process.

Yes, that's right... love should come before logic ... Only then will man come to understand the meaning of life.

Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be.

It's kind of funny. When I got my diagnosis - cancer - I said to myself, 'Why me?' And then, the other day, when I got the good news, I said the same thing.

The game of life is the game of everlasting learning. At least it is if you want to win.

The harder you work, the more confidence you get. But you may be working hard on something that is false.

It is obvious that art cannot teach anyone anything, since in four thousand years humanity has learnt nothing at all.

There is a difference between failing and failure. Failing is trying something that you learn doesn't work. Failure is throwing in the towel and giving up.

Starting each day with a positive mindset is the most important step of your journey to discovering opportunity.

It is the 'follow through' that makes the great difference between ultimate success and failure, because it is so easy to stop.

Content is anything that adds value to the reader's life.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.

I suppose that's one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment.

Your energy is a valuable resource, distribute it wisely.

No obstacle is so big that one person with determination can't make a difference.

I have never met the man I could despair of after discerning what lies in me apart from the grace of God.

The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.

Here's something pompous - you take your day and artistically create it, so every moment has an artistic flavor.