Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. ― George Bernard Shaw. Who is George Bernard Shaw? George Bernard Shaw, known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Anglo-Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and…
Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. ― Stephen R. Covey. Stephen Richards Covey (October 24, 1932 – July 16, 2012) was an American educator, author, businessman, and keynote speaker. His most popular book is The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Let us…
War is what happens when language fails. ― Margaret Atwood. Who is Margaret Atwood? Margaret Atwood was born in 1939 in Ottawa, and grew up in northern Ontario and Quebec, and in Toronto. MARGARET ATWOOD, whose work has been published in more than forty-five countries, is the author of more than fifty books of fiction,…
The mind is like an umbrella. It’s most useful when open. ― Walter Gropius. Why we should use umbrella? An umbrella is designed to protect you from the rain. Nothing can cause bad hair days or prevent you from getting soaking wet like an umbrella. An umbrella is also designed to protect you from the…
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one. ― George R.R. Martin. George R.R. Martin, in full George Raymond Richard Martin, original name George Raymond Martin, (born September 20, 1948, Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S.), American writer of fantasy, best known for his Song of…
What is the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable? ― John Green. Who is John Green? John Michael Green is an American author and YouTube content creator. He won the 2006 Printz Award for his debut novel. Looking for Alaska, and has had several of his subsequent…
Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise. ― Horace. And: There’s a difference between lust and passionate love. Lust can’t just creep in. How? You’ll not find it where true love exists, but it has power enough to shatter the world you’ve worked so hard to create with love, and sometimes, it suddenly changes…
To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will. ― Sugar Ray Robinson. You need to believe in yourself, in your abilities, skills and passions, to take the leap into entrepreneurship or any other aspiration. Believing in yourself is the lynchpin of exceptional leadership, because self-confidence lets you manage…
It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then. ― Lewis Carroll. Who is Lewis Carroll? Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer of children’s fiction, notably Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass. He was noted for his…
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. ― Helen Keller. What is Emotions? Emotions are biologically-based psychological states brought on by neurophysiological changes, variously associated with thoughts, feelings, behavioral responses, and a degree of pleasure or displeasure. There is currently…
We all have our time machines, don’t we. Those that take us back are memories…And those that carry us forward are dreams. ― H.G. Wells. Who is H.G. Wells? Herbert George Wells was an English writer. Prolific in many genres, he wrote dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, history, satire, biography…
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. ― Mae West. Who is Mae West? Mae West was an American stage and film actress, playwright, screenwriter, singer, and sex symbol whose entertainment career spanned over seven decades. She was known for her breezy sexual independence, and her lighthearted bawdy double…
Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that…
An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field. ― Niels Bohr. Niels Henrik David Bohr was a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. Bohr was…
Attitude allows you to see possibilities when opportunity strikes. Attitude drives action. Actions drive results. ― Jeffrey Gitomer. Who Jeffrey Gitomer? Jeffrey Gitomer is a nationally renowned author and sales professional. He has written multiple New York Times Bestsellers and travels the entire world to share his insight and knowledge on the world of business…
There is no road of flowers leading to glory. ― Jean de La Fontaine. Jean de La Fontaine was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his Fables, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe and numerous alternative…
Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got. ― Robert Brault. Robert Breault (born 1963) is an American operatic tenor. Born in Michigan, he holds a B.M. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah where he teaches voice and serves as Director of Opera at the University of Utah School…
Apologies only account for that which they do not alter. — Benjamin Disraeli. Apologizing shows that we are capable of taking responsibility for our actions. By apologizing to another person he or she no longer feels that we are a threat to them and often, our apology quiets their anger. By apologizing to someone we…