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Good conversation

A good conversation is like a miniskirt, short enough to retain interest, but long enough to cover the subject. American wisdom - Quotations book 2021

Imagination

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions. wisdom, falsely attributed to Albert Einstein - German physicist, Nobel Prize in physics 1921 (1879-1955)

We have lost paradise but have received heaven; the gain is greater than the loss. Johan Chrysostom – born Johan of Antioch, Greek Doctor of Church, 398-407 Archbishof of Constantinopel (344 or 349-407)

Goals

You don't rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your systems. James P. Clear – American writer and speaker (b. 1986), from "Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results" (2018), Quotations book 2026

Glow

Don't let your glow be taken away just because it dazzles others. motivation

Recognize genius

A lot of times people think they’re crazy. But in that craziness we see genius. And those are the people we're making tools for. Steve Jobs - American company founder: Apple (1955-2011), in his speech at the "Macworld-Expo" in Boston, Massachussets (August 6th, 1997)

Fremtiden

Det er vanskelig å spå – især om fremtiden. dansk ordsprog It's difficult to make predictions, especially about the future. Danisch proverb

Du it

I did not know It was impossible, so I did it. wisdom

Disciplina vel misericordia

There is much wanting both to discipline and to compassion, if one be had without the other. Disciplina vel misericordia multum destituitur, si una sine altera teneatur. Pope Gregory I - aka Gregory the Great, Roman theologian, , 590-604 Holy Father, one of the four Latin doctors of the Church(etwa 540-604), from "The Book of Pastoral Rule", chapter VI "Ut sit rector bene agentibus per...

Decide right

Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of. C. S. Lewis - British writer (1898-1963), from "Mere Christianity" (1952), Quotations book...

Courage

La vie rétrécit ou s'étend proportionnellement à notre courage. Anaïs Nin - de son vrai nom Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell, écrivaine américaine d'origine française (1903-1977), extrait de son journal, paru dans "The Diary of Anais Nin", volume 3, 1939-1944 (1971), , Brochure de citation 2026 Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. Anaïs Nin - born...

Compliments

I can live on a good compliment two weeks with nothing else to eat. Mark Twain – born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, American writer (1835-1910), from a letter to Gertrude Natkin, 2 March 1906, Quotations book 2026

Arms

This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. Dwight David Eisenhower - American general and politician, 1953-61 34th president (1890-1969), in his address "The Chance for Peace", delivered at the "American Society of Newspaper Editors" (April 16th, 1953)

Act instead of talk

All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty. The bible, Proverbs 14:23 (NIV), Quotations book 2026

Sell the hole not the drill

People don't want to buy a quarter-inch drill. They want a quarter-inch hole. marketing wisdom, quoted by Prof. Theodore Levitt - German-born American economist, coined the term "globalization" (1925-2006), Quotations book 2026

Survival

Survival is the only road to riches. Peter L. Bernstein – American financial historian, economist and educator (1919-2009), from an interview with Jason Zweig at his vacation home in Brattleboro, Vt. (July 28, 2004)

Teamwork

Teamwork makes the dream work. idiom, title of a book by John C. Maxwell - American leadership expert, author and speaker (b. 1947), published in 2002

Use space

Is what you're holding onto worth the space it's taking up? Sophia Short – American writer, author, yoga teacher, and social media strategist (b. 1996)

Verdad

Es mejor decir una verdad incómoda que una mentira confortable. [...] Si el trago es amargo, mejor tomarlo de una vez. Javier Gerardo Milei - Economista y político argentino, desde 2023 presidente de Argentina (n. 1970), en un discurso en el Festival Juvenil Fratelli D'Italia Atreju, Italia (14.12.2024), Libro de citas 2026 It is better to tell an uncomfortable truth than a comfortable lie....

Deeds instead of words

The words you've bandied are sufficient; 'Tis deeds that I prefer to see: In compliments you're both proficient, But might, the while, more useful be. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe – German poet (1749-18329, from "Faust: Part One", "Prelude at the Theatre, Manager (1808), Quotations book 2026

Truth

I believe that in the end the truth will conquer. John Wycliffe - English philosopher, theologean and church refoemer (c. 1330-1384), in a statement to the Duke of Lancaster (1381)

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