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...
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)
Everything in life has some risk. What you have to actually learn to do is how to navigate it. Reid Hoffman – American internet entrepreneur (Co-founder LinkedIn) and author (b. 1967), from an interview with Charlie Rose (techcrunch.com, March 5, 2009)
All misery comes from dependency. If you weren’t dependent on income, people, or technology, you would be truly free. The only way to be deeply happy is to break all dependencies. Derek Sivers – American writer (b. 1969), from "How to Live - 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion" (2022)
By finally understanding the problem and calling it by the right name, we will be able to pave a better route forward. Prof. Claudia Goldin – Professor of Economics at Harvard University and economic historian, Nobel Memorial Prize in economic sciences 2023 (b. 1946), from "Career and Family: Women’s Century-Long Journey toward Equity" (2021)
There are things to be frightened of. But what you have to do is put that fear into a little box and put it in the corner of the room and then you can have your day. Sir Salman Rushdie – Indian-born British author (b. 1947), in an interview with Denis Scheck at the 75th Frankfurt book fair ("Frankfurter Buchmesse Spezial: Literaturgala", 21. October 2023), Quotations book...
I love wealth because it gives the power of helping the miserable. Blaise Pascal - French mathematician and philosopher (1623-1662), from fragment 931/550, published in "Thoughts, fragment and letters by Blaise Pascal" ("Pensées, Fragmens et Lettres de Blaise Pascal", 1844) J’aime les biens parce qu’ils donnent le moyen d’en assister les misérables. Blaise Pascal – Mathématicien et philosophe...
Difficulties are God's curriculum for those who want to excel. Dr. Samuel R. "Sam" Chand – American senior pastor, college president, author, and mentor (b. 1952), from "Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth" (2015)
Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks. Warren Buffett - American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), in his letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders (1985), Quotations book 2025
If you do not ask the right questions, you do not get the right answers. A question asked in the right way often points to its own answer. Asking questions is the ABC of diagnosis. Edward Hodnett - British writer (1901-1984), from "The Art of Problem Solving: How to Improve Your Methods" (1955)
Every problem that is interesting, is also soluble. Prof. David Deutsch – Israeli-born British physicist (b. 1953), in his response to the Edge Annual Question: "What is Your Law?", www.edge.org. (2004)
Staying positive doesn't mean that things will always work out. Rather, it is the knowledge that you will be fine no matter how it turns out. Garth Ennis – British-American comic book writer and graphic novel author (b. 1970), Quotations book 2024
Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well. Theodore Roosevelt - American politician, 1901-09 26th president, Nobel Peace Prize 1906 (1858-1919), from his address "American Ideals in Education,"...
If you define the problem correctly, you almost have the solution. Steve Jobs – American company founder: Apple (1955-2011), Quotations book 2024
La porte du médecin ne doit jamais être fermée ; la porte du prêtre doit toujours être ouverte. Victor Hugo - écrivain français (1802-1885), de "Les Misérables", première partie (1862) A doctor's door should never be closed, a priest's door should always be open. Victor Hugo - French writer (1802-1885), from "Les Misérables", first part...
Problem talk creates problems, solution talk creates solutions. Steve de Shazer - American psychotherapist, developer and pioneer of solution focused brief therapy (1940-2005), from "Putting Difference to Work" (1991), Quotations book 2023
Les fléaux, en effet, sont une chose commune, mais on croit difficilement aux fléaux lorsqu'ils vous tombent sur la tête. Il y a eu dans le monde autant de pestes que de guerres. Et pourtant pestes et guerres trouvent les gens toujours aussi dépourvus. Albert Camus – écrivain et philosophe français, prix Nobel de littérature en 1957 (1913-1960), de "La Peste" (1947), brochure de citations...
Happiness is not the absence of problems. It's the ability to deal with them. Steve Maraboli - American motivational speaker and behavior coach (b. 1975), from a message on "Twitter" form 20 April 2016 (since 2023 "X")
Stay away from negative people. They have a problem for every solution. wisdom, falsely attributed to Albert Einstein - German physicist, Nobel prize in Physics 1921 (1879-1955)
When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. slogan by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer - American psychologist, speaker and author on self-development (1940-2015), often attributed to Max Planck (German physicist, Nobel Prize in physics 1918, 1858-1947), but could not be verified by the Archives of the Max Planck Society in Berlin