You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.

You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.

If your work is becoming uninteresting, so are you. Work is an inanimate thing and can be made lively and read more

If your work is becoming uninteresting, so are you. Work is an inanimate thing and can be made lively and interesting only by injecting yourself into it. Your job is only as big as you are.

When you come to the end of your rope...tie a knot and hang on.

When you come to the end of your rope...tie a knot and hang on.

In order to conquer, what we need is to dare, still to dare, and always to dare.

In order to conquer, what we need is to dare, still to dare, and always to dare.

In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is
so constituted as to maximize play. The best read more

In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is
so constituted as to maximize play. The best games are not those in which
all goes smoothly and steadily toward a certain conclusion, but those in
which the outcome is always in doubt. Similarly, the geometry of life is
designed to keep us at the point of maximum tension between certainty and
uncertainty, order and chaos. Every important call is a close one. We
survive and evolve by the skin of our teeth. We really wouldn't want it
any other way.

Consumers are statistics. Customers are people.

Consumers are statistics. Customers are people.

The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their
whole life in the hands of some other read more

The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their
whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method
of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists
solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.

The obstacles you face are... mental barriers which can be broken by adopting a more positive approach.

The obstacles you face are... mental barriers which can be broken by adopting a more positive approach.

Hope is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart. It
is not the conviction that something will read more

Hope is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart. It
is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty
that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.