Archive for the 'Quotes' Tag

This question turned up in my Daily Forwards Step. There was also this quote:
Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.
Charles Mingus
I intend to simplify my life in order to get more time for things I love to do. Reading books (and internet), writing and blogging, yoga, meditation, meeting [...]

BECAUSE has some great quotes on their front page.
“The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” Michelangelo
“Be the change your seek in the world.” Gandhi.
The Michelango-quote is terrific, a good guide when it [...]

John Lennon said ” Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” To me it does not mean to skip plans entirely, just that we need to enjoy life too.
“Opportunity favors the prepared mind” is the tag line for BlackRock, an investment company. It is also a great way of thinking, [...]

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did so. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. (Mark Twain)
This quote turned up in a LinkedIn-group today and [...]

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.
Said by Noel Coward and I got it from Quotes of the Day.

Ancora imparo means I am still learning. It is attributed to Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564). I think this is a very good maxim.
Another quote I like is this: When we stop learning we stop living. Lifelong learning is fun and keep us alert.

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