It's Thursday and it really feels like a Thursday. Sometimes things just work out.
You put a tuxedo on me, it's like putting a saddle on a hog.
Never stop investing. Never stop improving. Never stop doing something new.
No matter how difficult your situation is, you can get through it if you don’t look too far into the future, and focus on the present moment. You can get through anything one day at a time.
When you're ready to quit, you are closer than you think
Never stop investing. Never stop improving. Never stop doing something new. Make it your goal to be better each and every day, in some small way. Remember the Japanese concept of Kaizen. Small daily improvements eventually result in huge advantages.
You need to know exactly where you stand in a business at all times. Measure everything, because everything that is measured and watched improves.
Remember no man is really defeated unless he is discouraged.
Art is about the spontaneous connection of the artist to his own unconscious - about insight beyond reason. If his insight were reasonable, anyone could do it, but anyone cannot. Only few can, and they are called.
You can be interested in a Jane Smiley novel whether or not anyone says a word. She enters into her characters thoughts with great understanding and depth.
There she is, lying in front of me, smoking a cigarette, thinking of something or someone else. And that’s how she is stuck in my mind forever. We are two explorers in the dark. Mapless and hopeless. Alone together.