"We are never really in control. We just think we are when things happen to be going our way."

-- Byron Katie

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“The price that must be paid for mastery is discipline. No one achieves lasting success without it. So from the moment you awake each day, devote yourself to the perfection of whatever you pursue. Do this and you will achieve self-mastery. Achieve self-mastery and you will have the makings of a great leader... Discipline is all about cultivating powerful habits that become part of your lifestyle.”
“There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don't allow yourself to become one of them.”
“It doesn't make you feel very good being mean and fierce; it is much nicer playing people who are kind and sweet.”
“I remember my sense of shock some half-dozen years ago when I read a recommendation to sell shares of a company ... The recommendation was not based on any long-term fundamentals. Rather, it was that over the next six months the funds could be employed more profitably elsewhere.”
“Work. Study. Focus. Dedicate yourself to it and don't give up.”
“To get a traveling salesman drunk is the height of impossibility.”
“The time will come when this luscious golden tomato, rich in nutrition, a delight to the eye, a joy to the palate whether fried, baked, broiled or even eaten raw will form the foundation of a great garden industry.”
“The only happy people I know are the ones who are working well at something they consider important.”

Source : Abraham H. Maslow, Deborah C. Stephens (2000). “The Maslow Business Reader”, p.12, John Wiley & Sons

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