There were other ways to live. You could do something else, if you wanted. And if you had a reason.

If humanity were capable of being satisfied, then they'd all still be living in trees and eating bugs out of one another's fur.

There was a relentless forward motion to the man. The universe might knock him down over and over again, but unless he was dead, he'd just keep getting up and shuffling ahead toward his goal. Holden...

Running twenty-six miles is no fun. I think it was possibly an American who came up with the adage 'if it ain't hurting, it ain't working'. It would be nice to think that shortly after he uttered...

Work had to be enjoyable on a daily basis.

If I can die saying, "Life is so beautiful," then nothing else is important.

Have fun storming the castle!

I live by the ancient adage that I truly understand today, Fear knocked on the door; love answered, and no one was there. As one of my greatest teachers, Ralph Waldo Emerson, once observed, 'They can...

And maybe it's like that with every important aspect of your life. Whatever it is you are pursuing, whatever it is you are seeking, whatever it is you are creating, be careful not to quit too soon.

then I decided I didn't want any regrets. I'm done with those; regrets are an excuse for people who have failed.

Habits are the invisible architecture of daily life. We repeat about 40 percent of our behavior almost daily, so our habits shape our existence, and our future. If we change our habits, we change our...

You could be the perfect spy. All you need is a cause.

It's always today, Jim, and it's just going to get better and better, I said.

Life we can't control, she thought. We must accept the cork we are and stay afloat, and bob gaily when we can. She

Abandon all patience, ye who enter beyond this door.

If you chase several hares at once, you won't undertake any one of them.

I shouldn't. I must get out all my ambitions

For we pay a price for everything we get or take in this world; and although ambitions are well worth having, they are not to be cheaply won, but exact their dues of work and self-denial, anxiety and...

It wouldn't do to have all our dreams fulfilled. We would be as good as dead if we had nothing left to dream about.

Many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible.

Good coaching is good teaching and nothing else.

Shame, I do believe, is the most powerful emotion known to man; most discoveries and journeys of importance have been accomplished because of the ignominy that would be the result if the attempt was...

What more does one ask of life, really, but to stagger from moment to moment with a reason to wake and wait for the next reason to wake?

"Anyway, you don't have to be terribly intelligent to complete a PhD," Karim grumps. "You just need to be stupidly persistent. If anything, being too smart gets in the way -"

Life is short. You have to do what you can while you have the chance.

There must be more than distant hopes to sustain the joy of life. Seize

But she squared her shoulders. Straightened her spine. My name is Celaena Sardothien, she whispered, and I will not be afraid.

Arobynn told me that second place was just a nice title for the first loser

"Chasing a dream has a price. It may require us to abandon our habits, it may make us go through difficulties, it may lead us to disappointments, etc. But no matter how high the price, it is never as...

I will at least have gained one ver