Don’t let the bozos grind you down.
—Guy Kawasaki (American Investor)
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you free.
—Swami Vivekananda (Indian Hindu Mystic)
Who sees all beings in his own Self, and his own Self in all beings, loses all fear.
—The Upanishads
Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.
—James Freeman Clarke (American Unitarian Clergyman)
Ignorance is not bliss—it is oblivion.
—Philip Wylie (American Dramatist)
The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.
—Thomas Edison (American Inventor)
The power of God is with you at all times; through the activities of mind, senses, breathing, and emotions; and is constantly doing all the work using you as a mere instrument.
—The Bhagavad Gita (Hindu Scripture)
We don’t accomplish anything in this world alone, and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one’s life and all the weavings of individual threads from one to another that creates something.
—Sandra Day O’Connor
It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them – the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.
—Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Russian Novelist)