“A weak man has doubts before a decision. A strong man has them afterwards.”
– Karl Krauss
Category: wisdom
Wisdom from “Criminal Minds”
“Fate is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity.”
– Roman author Publilius Syrus
Why you should give money directly and unconditionally to homeless people
I referenced this article many times, so I’m putting it here so I can find it when I need it.
Quote of the day
To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.
-Freya Stark
Quote of the day
Something was said at work today that reminded me of this:
“For my part, I refuse to hold decisions made in their youth against them, because I wouldn’t want to be held in contempt for all the decisions made by me in my youth.”
From “Seal Team Six” by Howard Wasdin
Quote of the day
I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.
-Anne Radmacher
Quote of the day…from the archives
Quote of the day
“And then there is the most dangerous risk of all — the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later.”
― Randy Komisar, The Monk and the Riddle: The Education of a Silicon Valley Entrepreneur
Quote of the day
Something my sister said reminded me of this. Probably the best, and perhaps the only, advice that my father ever gave me about life:
Illegitimi non carborundum
Roughly, “Don’t let the bastards get you down”
Word.
Quote of the day
“You can’t get so hung up on where you’d rather be that you forget to make the most of where you are.”
from the movie “Passengers”
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