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Collection of aforisms I like

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

Marcus Aurelius

Nothing will bring you peace, you must bring yourself to it.

Gant Laborde

The Greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.

Stephen Hawking

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.

Henry Ford

Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.

Henry Ford

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

Henry Ford

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.

Henry Ford

The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.

Henry Ford

It doesn't make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do. We hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.

Steve Jobs

Blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for he shall not be disapointed

G. K. Chesterton

You've got to be careful if you don't know where you're going, 'cause you might not get there.

Yogi Berra

Quit when you’ll be mediocre, when the returns aren’t worth the investment, when you no longer think you’ll enjoy the ends. Stick when the dip is the obstacle that creates scarcity, when you’re simply bridging the gap between beginner’s luck and mastery.

Seth Godin (book: The Dip)

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd

Voltaire

When you live it to chance, then all of a sudden you don't have any more luck.

Pat Riley (Basketball coach)

We think, mistakenly, that success is the result of the amount of time we put in at work, instead of the quality of time we put in

Arianna Huffington

“I’ve learned that people forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

Maya Angelou, American author, poet and professor

When I say "most of the time" it actually means "most of the time for my experience, context and background". Yours will be different.

Most of the time, what we think is common, usual and the norm is uncommon, strange, surprising or crazy to a lot of people.

Daniel Lebrero

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.

Michael Jordan(Not Confirmed).

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Coach Carter's movie speach

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