Quotes
I have a well known love of quotes. They are great introductions to people, their writings, and their thoughts.
I consider quotes to be deeply personal, friendly reminders of what is important and why.
Quotes can be the great conversation I need at times.
Here’s some of mine. Send me the ones you like too!
On Creativity :
“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.” - Charles Lingus
“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” ~ Albert Einstein
“Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found” – James Russell Lowell
“Technical skill is mastery of complexity, while creativity is mastery of simplicity” – Erik Zeeman
“Don’t live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.” ~Wendy Wasserstein
On Action :
“Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t planted.” - David Bly
“You don’t get in life what you want, you get in life what you are. Be what you want to become.” ~ Unknown
“Never miss out on a blessing because it isn’t packaged the way you expect.” ~ Unknown
“We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.” ~ Calvin Coolidge
“There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.” ~ William J. Bennett
“Chase down your passion like it’s the last bus of the night.” ~ Glade Byron Addams
On Problem Solving :
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough” ~ Albert Einstein
“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” ~ Albert Einstein
“Problems cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.” ~ Albert Einstein
“Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.” ~ Albert Einstein
“Success Tip: You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.” ~ Zig Ziglar
On People :
“Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
“If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you.” ~ Unknown
“You can look beyond what people want and give them what they need.” ~ From a movie
“The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster” ~ Quentin Crisp