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"The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus." Bruce Lee

"The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus." Bruce Lee — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 30, 2022

"One's ability to anticipate and deal well with the future depends on one's understanding of the cause/effect relationships that make things change, and one's ability to understand these cause/effect relationships comes from studying how they have changed in the past." Ray Dalio

"One's ability to anticipate and deal well with the future depends on one's understanding of the cause/effect relationships that make things change, and one's ability to understand these cause/effect relationships comes from studying how they have changed in the past." Ray Dalio — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 30, 2022

"A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist." Will Durant

"A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist." Will Durant — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 30, 2022

"Price is rarely the most important thing. A cheap product might sell some units. Somebody gets it home and they feel great when they pay the money, but then they get it home and use it and the joy is gone." Tim Cook

"Price is rarely the most important thing. A cheap product might sell some units. Somebody gets it home and they feel great when they pay the money, but then they get it home and use it and the joy is gone." Tim Cook — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 29, 2022

"Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition - in having put forth the best within you." Henry J. Kaiser

"Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition - in having put forth the best within you." Henry J. Kaiser — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 28, 2022

"Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not." Thomas Henry Huxley

"Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not." Thomas Henry Huxley — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 28, 2022

"Truth--more precisely, an accurate understanding of reality--is the essential foundation for producing good outcomes." Ray Dalio

"Truth--more precisely, an accurate understanding of reality--is the essential foundation for producing good outcomes." Ray Dalio — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 28, 2022

"Your solitude will be a support and a home for you, even in the midst of very unfamiliar circumstances, and from it you will find all your paths." Rainer Maria Rilke

"Your solitude will be a support and a home for you, even in the midst of very unfamiliar circumstances, and from it you will find all your paths." Rainer Maria Rilke — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 27, 2022

"Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment." R. Buckminster Fuller

"Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment." R. Buckminster Fuller — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 26, 2022

"Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves. A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share of it in another." Lord Chesterfield

"Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves. A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share of it in another." Lord Chesterfield — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 26, 2022

"We lie the loudest when we lie to ourselves." Eric Hoffer

"We lie the loudest when we lie to ourselves." Eric Hoffer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 26, 2022

"Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting." Christopher Morley

"Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting." Christopher Morley — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 25, 2022

"Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob." Friedrich Nietzsche

"Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob." Friedrich Nietzsche — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 25, 2022

"Having the basics--a good bed to sleep in, good relationships, good food, and good sex--is most important, and those things don't get much better when you have a lot of money or much worse when you have less." Ray Dalio

"Having the basics--a good bed to sleep in, good relationships, good food, and good sex--is most important, and those things don't get much better when you have a lot of money or much worse when you have less." Ray Dalio — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 24, 2022

"A modern philosopher who has never once suspected himself of being a charlatan must be such a shallow mind that his work is probably not worth reading." Leszek Kolakowski

"A modern philosopher who has never once suspected himself of being a charlatan must be such a shallow mind that his work is probably not worth reading." Leszek Kolakowski — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 23, 2022

"Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted." Aldous Huxley

"Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted." Aldous Huxley — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 23, 2022

"In Paradise, everyone speaks the truth. That is what makes it Paradise. Tell the truth. Or, at least, don't lie." Jordan Peterson

"In Paradise, everyone speaks the truth. That is what makes it Paradise. Tell the truth. Or, at least, don't lie." Jordan Peterson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 23, 2022

"We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading." B. F. Skinner

"We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading." B. F. Skinner — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 22, 2022

"After an hour or two of being socially on, we introverts need to turn off and recharge -- This isn't antisocial. It isn't a sign of depression." Jonathan Rauch

"After an hour or two of being socially on, we introverts need to turn off and recharge -- This isn't antisocial. It isn't a sign of depression." Jonathan Rauch — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 22, 2022

"Look for people who have lots of great questions. Smart people are the ones who ask the most thoughtful questions, as opposed to thinking they have all the answers. Great questions are a much better indicator of future success than great answers." Ray Dalio

"Look for people who have lots of great questions. Smart people are the ones who ask the most thoughtful questions, as opposed to thinking they have all the answers. Great questions are a much better indicator of future success than great answers." Ray Dalio — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 21, 2022

"Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength." Eric Hoffer

"Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength." Eric Hoffer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 21, 2022

"The perfect is the enemy of the good." Voltaire

"The perfect is the enemy of the good." Voltaire — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 20, 2022

"Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly--they'll go through anything. You read and you're pierced." Aldous Huxley

"Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly--they'll go through anything. You read and you're pierced." Aldous Huxley — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 20, 2022

"It's not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves." Edmund Hillary

"It's not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves." Edmund Hillary — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 19, 2022

"How much better is silence; the coffee cup, the table. How much better to sit by myself like the solitary sea-bird that opens its wings on the stake. Let me sit here forever with bare things, this coffee cup, this knife, this fork, things in themselves, myself being myself." Virginia Woolf

"How much better is silence; the coffee cup, the table. How much better to sit by myself like the solitary sea-bird that opens its wings on the stake. Let me sit here forever with bare things, this coffee cup, this knife, this fork, things in themselves, myself being myself." Virginia Woolf — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 18, 2022

"The desire of knowledge, like the thirst for riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it." Laurence Sterne

"The desire of knowledge, like the thirst for riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it." Laurence Sterne — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 17, 2022

"Without reading, civilization would disappear in one generation." David L. Russell

"Without reading, civilization would disappear in one generation." David L. Russell — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 16, 2022

"Early in the 1970s, most Americans had never experienced inflation, so they weren't wary of it and allowed it to blossom. By the end of the decade, they were traumatized by it and assumed that it would never go away." Ray Dalio

"Early in the 1970s, most Americans had never experienced inflation, so they weren't wary of it and allowed it to blossom. By the end of the decade, they were traumatized by it and assumed that it would never go away." Ray Dalio — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 16, 2022

"I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive." Lord Chesterfield

"I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive." Lord Chesterfield — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 15, 2022

"Silence is beautiful, not awkward. The human tendency to be afraid of something beautiful is awkward." Elliot Kay

"Silence is beautiful, not awkward. The human tendency to be afraid of something beautiful is awkward." Elliot Kay — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 14, 2022

"Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities." Aldous Huxley

"Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities." Aldous Huxley — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 13, 2022

"Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation." Eric Hoffer

"Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation." Eric Hoffer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 12, 2022

"I really hate the idea of hiring overqualified people. We always hire people with the potential for growth." Eric Yuan

"I really hate the idea of hiring overqualified people. We always hire people with the potential for growth." Eric Yuan — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 11, 2022

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." Anais Nin

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." Anais Nin — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 10, 2022

"It is far more common for people to allow ego to stand in the way of learning." Ray Dalio

"It is far more common for people to allow ego to stand in the way of learning." Ray Dalio — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 10, 2022

"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible." Francis of Assisi

"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible." Francis of Assisi — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 6, 2022

"There is no royal, flower-strewn path to success. And if there is, I have not found it. For if I have accomplished anything in life, it is because I have been willing to work hard." C.J. Walker

"There is no royal, flower-strewn path to success. And if there is, I have not found it. For if I have accomplished anything in life, it is because I have been willing to work hard." C.J. Walker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 5, 2022

Open Your Mind to New Perspectives

Imagine you are in the world 🌍 150 years later, would you be able to open your mind, whatever changes there might be? @wandersick shares why it's hard, and how to free our established minds to welcome diverse ideas despite human limitations. https://t.co/MTkW3Jlw3z — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 4, 2022

"We're very simple people at Apple. We focus on making the world's best products and enriching people's lives." Tim Cook

"We're very simple people at Apple. We focus on making the world's best products and enriching people's lives." Tim Cook — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 4, 2022

"When there is pain, the animal instinct is 'fight or flight'--reflect instead. When you can calm yourself down, thinking about the dilemma that is causing you pain will bring you to a higher level and enlighten you, leading to progress." Ray Dalio

"When there is pain, the animal instinct is 'fight or flight'--reflect instead. When you can calm yourself down, thinking about the dilemma that is causing you pain will bring you to a higher level and enlighten you, leading to progress." Ray Dalio — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 3, 2022

"In an increasingly polarized world, being able to step outside your comfort zone and consider other perspectives and ideas is important." Kendra Cherry

"In an increasingly polarized world, being able to step outside your comfort zone and consider other perspectives and ideas is important." Kendra Cherry — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 2, 2022