Being alone vs. loneliness

It’s beautiful to be alone. To be alone does not mean to be lonely. It means the mind is not influenced or contaminated by society

Jiddu Krishnamurti

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Becoming genius

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Thomas Edison

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A man of value

Try not to become a man of succees but rather try to become a man of value.

Albert Einstein

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Why did you start?

When you feel like quitting think about why you started.

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Growing stronger

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

Dolly Parton

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Making it happen!

Optimism, pessimism, fuck that; we’re going to make it happen. As god is my bloody witness, I’m hell-bent on making it work.

Elon Musk

via reddit

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Words vs. Action

Words may show a man’s wit, but actions his meaning. Benjamin Franklin

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Read!

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.

Walt Disney

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Be done with it

Finish each 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. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encoumbered with your old nonsense.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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