“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.” —Theodore Roosevelt
“Inequality of outcome is inherent in a free economy, which tends to reward the most talented. Since talent is uneqally and arbitrarily distributed, free enterprise and its resulting inequality of outcome are unpalatable {to many}. Yet progress depends on the flourishing of the talented. That means that inequality is truly the midwife of progress.” – Marian L. Tupy
“Don’t follow your passion. Seriously. Don’t follow your passion. Your passion is likely moredumb and useless than anything else. Your passion should be your hobby, not your work.Do it in your spare time. Instead, at work, seek to contribute. Find the hottest, most vibrantpart of the economy you can and figure out how you can contribute best and most. Makeyourself of value to people around you, to customers and coworkers, and try to increasethat value every day.” – Ryan Selkis
“And joy is, after all, the end of life. We do not live to eat and make money. We eat and make money to be able to live. That is what life means and what life is for.” – George Mallory
“The truth is, a habit must be established before it can be improved. If you can’t learn the basic skill of showing up, then you have little hope of mastering the fineer details.” – James Clear
