"The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who early in life, clearly discerns his object, and towards that object habitually directs his powers. Even genius itself is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose. Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius."

-- Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

#Success Quotes #Men Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“Rock stars get room keys, I get business cards. Wherever I go I meet innovators of wind power equipment, solar energy operators.”
“I can be glib and truthful all at once.”
“Now you've got people who don't really have the skills, because technology hides it, going out and putting these crappy singles out, and because that's all there really is, people basically eat it like hamburgers. It's become very, very commercialized. Which wouldn't bother me as much if people actually had talent. When I listen to something and the first thing I notice is that it's been turned into crap, I shut it off and throw it out the window of my car. Like it's the most offensive thing to me.”

Source : Jandy Nelson (2010). “The Sky Is Everywhere”, p.131, Penguin
“When I was a kid I drew like Michelangelo. It took me years to learn to draw like a kid.”
“Know what Freud wrote in his diary when he was 77? "What do women want? My God, what do they want?" Fifty years this giant brain spends analyzing women. And he still can't find out what they want. So this makes him the world's greatest expert on female psychology?”
“Maybe if you and ten of your friends could pool your savings and borrow some money and actually buy some obscure station in Sonoma, and then take some chances and have some fun.”
“As clouds are blown away by the wind, the thirst for material pleasures will be driven away by the utterance of the Lord's name.”
“The successful are those who have been given opportunities,”

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