Curated Wisdom

Words worth carrying with you.

A curated collection of quotes on growth, creativity, and the craft of living well.

Imagination or Reality: What Hurts us More?

We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than reality.

— Seneca

Resilience & Mindset

Alice Walker: You Have The Power!

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

— Alice Walker

Resilience & Mindset

Are You Out of Time? Lao Tzu Says Otherwise!

Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time,' is like saying, 'I don't want to.'

— Lao Tzu

Productivity & Time

The Power of Right Words by Mark Twain

Your excuses are just the lies your fears have sold you.

— Mark Twain

Communication Skills

Excuses or Lies As Robin Sharma Says

Your excuses are just the lies your fears have sold you.

— Robin Sharma

Personal Growth

When Life Gets in The Way, be Like Confucius

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps

— Confucius

Goals & Direction

Carl Jung: Everything That Irritates Us

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

— Carl Jung

Personal Growth

No is Enough, Says Anne Lamott

'No' is a complete sentence.

— Anne Lamott

Personal Growth

David Russell: Which Bridge to Burn?

The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.

— David Russell

Decision Making

Confucius: The Power of Perseverance

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

— Confucius

Resilience & Mindset

Jim Rohn on Personal Empowerment

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

— Jim Rohn

Productivity & Time

Walt Whitman: Embrace Positivity

Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you.

— Walt Whitman

Personal Growth

Albert Einstein on Creative Solutions

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

— Albert Einstein

Decision Making

Why Educate the Heart: Insights by Aristotle

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

— Aristotle

EI in Action

Rasheed Ogunlaru: Creating Emotional Impact

The only way to change someone's mind is to connect with them from the heart.

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

Managing Emotions

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Minimize Explanations

It takes less time to do things right than to explain why you did it wrong.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Communication Skills

Waiting For The Perfect Moment?

Embrace today's actions, for they sculpt the rightness of tomorrow.

— Surbhi Mahnot

Decision Making

Friedrich Nietzsche: I Can’t Believe You

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Self-Awareness

Invest In Your Growth With Mark Twain

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

— Mark Twain

Personal Growth

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