“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of someone else.” Judy Garland
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The Monday Morning Quote #41
“Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.” Goethe
The Monday Morning Quote #40
“We are what we repeatedly do” Aristotle
The Monday Morning Quote #39
“Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed; be anything else, and you will be ten thousand times worse than nothing.” Sydney Smith (19th Century English writer and clergyman)
The Monday Morning Quote #38
“There is no deeper principle in human nature than the craving to be appreciated” William James
The Monday Morning Quote #37
“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness, concerning all acts of initiative (and creation). There is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help oneContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #37”
The Monday Morning Quote #36
Most of us work all day doing jobs we don’t like to earn money to buy stuff we don’t need” Fight Club
The Monday Morning Quote #35
I sit in my makeshift study in Cork catching up on emails and other administration. I’m slightly distracted by the arrival of the first swifts of the year and reflect on the choices that have taken me to this happy place in my life. First published in 1916, Robert Frost’s poem has always appealed toContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #35”
The Monday Morning Quote #34
“You are a vehicle for the endless circle of giving and receiving. Great riches go to those who provide things of the most value and they in turn must pass the riches on.” Napoleon Hill
The Monday Morning Quote #33
“Some regard private enterprise as if it were a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look upon it as a cow that they can milk. Only a handful see it for what it really is – the strong horse that pulls the whole cart.” Winston Churchill