“Military maxim: never do a task too well or you'll be stuck with it forever.”— Walter Cord, thoughtcatalog.com
“The prize never goes to the fastest guy. It goes to the guy who slows down the least.”— Chris Hauth, Rich Roll, amazon.com
“He had rather be in his grave than in his present situation, that he had rather be on his farm than made emperor of the world, and yet they were charging him with wanting to be king.”— Alexander Hamilton, Ron Chernow, amazon.com
“I cannot make everybody else as rapid as myself. This you know by experience.”— Alexander Hamilton, Ron Chernow, amazon.com
“The only utter cynic is the man who mouths platitudes which he knows to be untrue.”— Carey McWilliams, amazon.com
“Men are mad so unavoidably that not to be mad would constitute one madman of another order of madness.”— Pascal, Mark Axelrod, amazon.com
“The crocodile and the tiger are neither good nor bad, they are crocodile and tiger.”— Anthony De Mello, amazon.com
“No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”— Luke 9:62, amazon.com
“The more clearly one sees this world, the more one is obliged to pretend it does not exist.”— James Salter, amazon.com
“Somewhere in this process, you will come to face with sudden and shocking realization that you are completely crazy. Your mind is a shrieking, gibbering madhouse on wheels barreling pell-mell down the hill, utterly out of control and helpless. No problem. You are not crazier than you were yesterday.…”— Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, amazon.com
“To crawl is piggish; but to not crawl, to be as the clod and the rock, is loathsome to contemplate.”— Jack London, amazon.com
“The world is as full of brutality as the sea is full of motion. And some men are made sick by the one, and some by the other.”— Jack London, amazon.com
“As Rilke says, there are no classes for beginners in life, the most difficult thing is always asked of one right away.”— James Salter, amazon.com
“I recognized in him a clever strain of assurance which has nothing to imitate, which springs forth in tact. It feeds on its own reflection.”— James Salter, amazon.com
“It's always a mistake to be too focused on prestige and status...I would always be long substance, short status.”— Peter Thiel, medium.com
“Life. Bah! It has no value. Of cheap things it is the cheapest. Everywhere it goes begging.”— Jack London, amazon.com