Life Notes.

"Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck -- but most of all endurance." - James Baldwin

Notes.

A couple of my favorites:

"There are years that ask questions and years that answer."  -Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston

"I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and a sword in my hands." - Dust Tracks On A Road, Zora Neale Hurston

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"Memory is the only thing that binds you to earlier selves; for the rest, you become an entirely different being every decade or so, sloughing off the old persona, renewing and moving on. You are not who you were, he told her, nor who you will be." -Charlotte Gray, Sebastian Faulks

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"Love all, trust few, do wrong to none." - All's Well That Ends Well, William Shakespeare

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"I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of is changing oneself." - Point Counter Point, Aldous Huxley

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"Sometimes, she reflected, she dressed for courage, sometimes for success, and sometimes for the consolation of knowing that whatever else went wrong, at least she liked her clothes." - War For The Oaks, Emma Bull

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"It’s about how you’re like a lighthouse, always searching far into the distance. But the thing you’re looking for is usually close to you and always has been. That’s why you have to look within yourself to find answers instead of searching beyond." - Waiting For You, Susane Colasanti

Notes. Resilence

"My job is to be resilient. That's why I call life a dance." - Bill T. Jones, Choreographer, Dancer, Artistic Director

Notes. 10 Good Quotes About Labor

1. Labor was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labor, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased. -Adam Smith


2. It is better to wear out than to rust out. -Richard Cumberland


3. As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey. -Thomas A. Edison


4. Without labor nothing prospers. -Sophocles


5. Before the reward there must be labor. You must plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy. -Ralph Ransom


6. I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.
-Thomas Jefferson

7. Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work. -Rita Mae Brown


8. Opportunity is missed by most because it is dressed in overalls and looks like
work. -Thomas Edison

9. Hard work is the key to success, so work diligently on any project you undertake. If you truly want to be successful, be prepared to give up your leisure time and work past 5 PM and on weekends. Also, have faith in yourself. If you come up with a new idea that you believe in, don't allow other people to discourage you from pursuing it. -Charles Lazarus


10. The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. -Donald Kendall

Notes. Trust Your Experience

No one knows the road you have traveled but you. Where you stand, no one else ever stood before. Where you will step is always new, even if you tread on the footprints of others.

For you bring your history into each new moment, shading it with a meaning and perspective that makes it your own.
What other people say is always from their perspective.

Your truth lies between your experience and your memory. You are always defining your way.
Your experience is your only teacher and true directive, providing you accept it all, the good and the bad.
If you know your experience, the future will not surprise you.



-David Viscott

Notes.

"You have to trust yourself and chose to believe or not to believe what someone says to you. If others say one thing but do another, you are lying to yourself if you don't listen to their actions. Telling yourself the truth may hurt, but you don't need to be attached to the pain." - Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements