“Stop being tomented by everyone else's reaction to you.” 

“Complain and remain. Praise and be raised.” 

“Strive for excellence, not perfection, because we don't live in a perfect world.” 

“Happiness is not a feeling, it is a choice. To be happy, one must choose to be happy, not respond to a circumstance that now controls your happiness.” 

Japan has always regarded the aircraft carrier as one of the most offensive of armaments.

“But I don't want more things than I need, either.” 

“Barrabas came to us by sea, the child Clara wrote in her delicate calligraphy. ” 

“She sowed in my mind the idea that reality is not only what we see on the surface; it has a magical dimension as well and, if we so desire, it is legitimate to enhance it and color it to make our journey through life less trying.” 

“The source of my difficulties has always been the same: an inability to accept what to others seems natural, and an irresistible tendency to voice opinions no one wants to hear . . .” 

Be content to remember that those who can make omelettes properly can do nothing else.

Wherever the Catholic sun doth shine, there’s always laughter and good red wine.

For I know that we laughers have a gross cousinship with the most high, and it is this contrast and perpetual quarrel which feeds a spring of merriment in the soul of a sane man.

“You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.” 

“My hopes were never brighter than now.” 

There is no royal road to perfection.”

“The soul that is within me no man can degrade.” 

“The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery.” 

I'm not saying that love always takes you to heaven. Your life can become a nightmare. But that said, it is worth taking the risk.

I miss writing, creating, and working on bigger projects. YES to that means NO to any games of whack-a-mole.

The great “deloading” phase. This is what I’m experiencing this afternoon, and it makes a Tuesday feel like a lazy Sunday morning. This is when the muse is most likely to visit. I need to get back to the slack.

There are certain things I will automate, but when it comes to quality control, I want to keep a very close eye.

Doing less meaningless work, so that you can focus on things of greater personal importance, is not laziness. This is hard for most to accept, because our culture tends to reward personal sacrifice instead of personal productivity.”

People, even good people, will unknowingly abuse your time to the extent that you let them. Set good rules for all involved to minimize back-and-forth and meaningless communication.

I think time management as a label encourages people to view each 24-hour period as a slot in which they should pack as much as possible.