Quotes
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Some of us have had the chance to learn from some really great mentors. They say things to us that sometimes slap us upside the head and other times go completely over it. I figured I would share some that I thought were really profound and maybe spread some thoughts and knowledge all while building a nice list (mostly relevant to growing as a person/artist which includes success, failure, and motivation).
Here is a slew to get things rolling...
Here is a slew to get things rolling...
All those blindly praising or telling you to stay the course are either unable to help you or they subconsciously want you to fail. - Chris Holden
"Roads? Where we are going, we don't need roads!" - Dr. Emmet Brown
Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough. - Richard Feynman
Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you'd drop dead in the next ten seconds. See the world. - Ray Bradbury
"As you think, so shall you become." - Bruce Lee
"If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done." - Bruce Lee
"Do, or do not. There is no try." - Yoda
"You must unlearn what you have learned." - Yoda
"You think Yoda stops teaching, just because his student does not want to hear? A teacher Yoda is. Yoda teaches like drunkards drink, like killers kill."- Yoda
"I can, therefore I am." - Simone Weil
"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the steps." - Confucius
"If I'd observed the rules, I'd never have gotten anywhere." - Marilyn Monroe
"There is no substitute for hard work." - Thomas Edison
"To have a great idea, have a lot of them." - Thomas Edison
"Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits." - Thomas Edison
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore is not an act but a habit." - Aristotle
"Focus is a matter of deciding what things you're not going to do." - John Carmack
"If everyone is thinking alike then somebody isn't thinking." - George Patton
"Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things." - Peter Drucker
"Roads? Where we are going, we don't need roads!" - Dr. Emmet Brown
Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough. - Richard Feynman
Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you'd drop dead in the next ten seconds. See the world. - Ray Bradbury
"As you think, so shall you become." - Bruce Lee
"If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done." - Bruce Lee
"Do, or do not. There is no try." - Yoda
"You must unlearn what you have learned." - Yoda
"You think Yoda stops teaching, just because his student does not want to hear? A teacher Yoda is. Yoda teaches like drunkards drink, like killers kill."- Yoda
"I can, therefore I am." - Simone Weil
"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the steps." - Confucius
"If I'd observed the rules, I'd never have gotten anywhere." - Marilyn Monroe
"There is no substitute for hard work." - Thomas Edison
"To have a great idea, have a lot of them." - Thomas Edison
"Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits." - Thomas Edison
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore is not an act but a habit." - Aristotle
"Focus is a matter of deciding what things you're not going to do." - John Carmack
"If everyone is thinking alike then somebody isn't thinking." - George Patton
"Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things." - Peter Drucker
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"I'm glad to get the food stamps. Why wouldn't you want to get free money?" -Ol Dirty Bastard
http://www.smosh.com/smosh-pit/articles/pinterest-page-attributes-hitler-quotes-taylor-swift
I found this to be quite fascinating - seeing how so many people passed it around without checking the source.
By the way if you want to read more good advice from him, here's the page where the quote comes from.
http://chrisholden.net/tutor/feedback.htm
Oh man, that was brilliant. Thanks for sharing.
I never worry about the future. It comes soon enough.-Albert Einstein
Find what you love and let it kill you. -Charles Bukowski
Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind. -Leonardo da Vinci
I make sure i'm not the guy telling them what not to do, i'm telling them what they can do, what they should do. -Duane Ludwig
I don't care that they stole my idea . . I care that they don't have any of their own
― Nikola Tesla
If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.
― Nikola Tesla
I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success . . . Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.
― Nikola Tesla
"Be regular and orderly in your life, that you may be violent and original in your work." - Clive Barker
"[Ebert's] a pompous, arrogant old man, and he's not going to stop us from making games or enjoying them or... making them art." - Clive Barker
"Excuse me, that was my butt" - My brothers co-worker