"Every time I act on a fear, I feel disappointed in myself. I have a lot of fear. If I can quit all fear in my life and all guilt, then I tend to be much, much more living up to my standards. I've never seen a person fail if they didn't fear failure."

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Source : "A Beautiful Mind" by Bianca Boscer, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 13, 2012.

Sebastian Thrun

#Guilt Quotes #Quitting Quotes #Failing Quotes

“Take from my palms, to soothe your heart, a little honey, a little sun, in obedience to Persephone's bees. You can't untie a boat that was never moored, nor hear a shadow in its furs, nor move through thick life without fear. For us, all that's left is kisses tattered as the little bees that die when they leave the hive. Deep in the transparent night they're still humming, at home in the dark wood on the mountain, in the mint and lungwort and the past. But lay to your heart my rough gift, this unlovely dry necklace of dead bees that once made a sun out of honey.”
“When we try to write a pop song, we go for standard pop arrangements, even to the point where we will go to the key change at the end, which is really cheesy.”
“I was the night foreman of a galvanizing factory, which is hot and smelly and dirty and miserable.”
“It is completely irresponsible, if not worse, for members of the media to be calling our press secretary a liar and worse. On Twitter and Facebook and elsewhere. And in articles. That is not the way to start relationships with the press.”
“Tradition is a fine thing. Nothing comes out of the blue, except perhaps thunderbolts and they are not really very useful things.”

Source : Stacy Aumonier (1921). “The Golden Windmill: And Other Stories”
“Remember: You're not alone.”
“Even-minded and cheerful. When things go bad, you'll find that the same kind of attitude comes to you naturally.”
“Some people will not understand what the love of Christ compels you to do; do it anyway.”

Source : FaceBook post by Sheila Walsh from Apr 15, 2013

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