“These are no rhetorical questions, though I am sure they seem that way to someone just looking for advice. I intend for the person to answer them. Think about like a math equation for a second. It seems like a jumble of symbols and unknowns at first, but when you stop, breathe and break it down, the…”— Ryan Holiday, ryanholiday.net
“The is the pleasure attached to a work of art of manuscript or even more manual labor; and of course the tougher the work, the greater the pleasure it will give.”— Arthur Schopenhauer, amazon.com
“There is direct pleasure seeing what grows under one's hands day by day, until at last it is finished.”— Arthur Schopenhauer, amazon.com
“Epsy pushed his way through the inner circle but found himself too tongue tied to speak. One of Epsy's friends called out to Clay, 'He wants to be like you, even though he can't read.' Clay immediately plucked up one of his advertising posters from the platform, pointed to the big letter A in CLAY a…”— Lee Sandin, amazon.com
“Good judgment is usually the result of experience, and experience frequently the result of bad judgment.”— Robert Lovett, amazon.com
“Subjucgate one part, consolidate your forces, the move to the next part (conquest).”— Ron Chernow, amazon.com
“Tell yourself you'll quit right after you do this next task right. Watch as you keep putting it off.”— Ron Chernow, amazon.com
“Instead of talking about wins and championships, Saban speaks about the Process. In its most basic form, the Process is Saban's term for concentrating on the steps to success rather than worrying about the end result. Instead of thinking about the scoreboard, think about dominating the man on the op…”— Andy Staples, si.com
“To move along the line of natural expectation consolidates the opponent equilibrium, and, by stiffening it, augments his resisting power. In war, as in wrestling, the attempt to throw an opponent without loosening his foothold and balance can only result in self-exhaustion, increasing in disproporti…”— B.H. Liddell Hart, amazon.com
“It is the man who carefully advances step by step, with his mind becoming wider and wider... who is bound to succeed in the highest degree.”— Alexander Graham Bell, brainpickings.org
“The Omnibus Bill from Henry Clay failed. But this was actually an opportunity because in defeating it, the opposition laid out exactly their areas of disagreement. Meaning Stephen A. Douglas could come in after and individually pass bills addressing and resolving each one.”— Jr. William J. Cooper, amazon.com