“My mind, with all its deficiencies, has certainly kept me interested.”— Marilynne Robinson, quotemadness.com
“Of course it’s hard. It’s supposed to be hard. If it was easy, everyone would do it. Hard is what makes it great.”— Jimmy Dugan, Jimmy Dugan, amazon.com
“I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. If you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good. Hot is no good, either. White hot and pa…”— Roald Dahl, amazon.com
“The thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which must also make you lonely.”— Lorraine Hansberry, amazon.com
“Tell me what you pay attention to and I will tell you who you are.”— José Ortega y Gasset, goodreads.com
“The secret of happiness is not doing what we like but in liking what we do.”— J.M. Coetzee, goodreads.com
“Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.”— Fyodor Dostoyevsky, amazon.com
“What does it mean to be a real artist? It means you are spending your time doing the things that matter most to you.”— Jeff Goins, goinswriter.com
“Compassion basically means accepting people’s frailties, their weaknesses, not expecting them to behave like gods. That expectation is cruelty.”— Osho, amazon.com
“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.”— Maya Angelou, goodreads.com
“We shouldn’t teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial achievement. Being inclined to go on reading is a great achievement.”— B.F. Skinner, amazon.com
“I think everything in life is art. What you do. How you dress. The way you love someone, and how you talk. Your smile and your personality. What you believe in, and all your dreams. The way you drink your tea. How you decorate your home. Or party. Your grocery list. The food you make. How your writi…”— Helena Bonham Carter, nitch.com
“Besides, it doesn’t matter if it’s real. It never does with dreams. They aren’t anything anyway but lifesavers to cling to so you don’t drown. Life is an ocean, and most everyone’s hanging on to some kind of dream to keep afloat.”— Tim Tharp, amazon.com
“Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.”— Hans Christian Andersen, amazon.com
“Try hard to find out what you’re good at and what your passions are, and where the two converge, and build your life around that.”— Joshua Lederberg, almaz.com