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"Beware the quiet man. For while others speak, he watched. And while others act, he plans. And when they finally rest...he strikes" - Anonymous
"Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom." - Kierkegaard
"We don't rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training." - Archilochus
(from memory)
Anthony Bourdain
Es ist nicht deine Schuld, dass die Welt ist wie sie ist, doch es ist deine Schuld wenn sie so bleibt.
[Most people spend their life trying not to lose something rather than reaching towards a new goal, so they become stuck.] Are you playing to win, or not to lose?
I keep referring to it with my career choices over the last few months - it’s getting me out of my hole and onto the ladder to find a new job.
When I was ~14, I read a line from Grand Admiral Thrawn in the Star Wars novel Heir to the Empire . It's not especially profound, but the younger one is exposed to this mentality, the better. > Do you know the difference between an error and a mistake, Ensign? Anyone can make an error, Ensign. But that error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.