"I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me. But true good fortune is what you make for yourself. Good fortune: good character, good intentions, and good actions."

-- Marcus Aurelius

#Character Quotes #Men Quotes #Action Quotes

“If you do a job another's way, he or she must take the responsibility. If you do it your way, you must take the responsibility.”
“There'll never be a 'Rocky IV.' You gotta call a halt.”
“But when I cut off my hair I even had friends not recognize me.”

Source : "Davey Havok of AFI" by Aidin Vaziri, www.sfgate.com. December 6, 2009.
“Being alone is better than sitting next to a lover and feeling lonely.”

Source : Richard Linklater (2008). “Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays”, p.192, Vintage
“The idea for a book usually bubbles up from my sub-conscious when I am drifting off to sleep. Each one has started as a line or two that I've heard in my head. As a writer, you have to leave space to listen for words. That means finding time to be quiet and listen for that still, small voice.”
“I have only one loyalty - to my writing. I never wanted to be the head of a studio or a producer.”

Source : "The Hollywood hitman" by Ed Vulliamy, www.theguardian.com. August 19, 2000.
“A major reason capable people fail to advance is that they don't work well with their colleagues.”
“New insights fail to get put into practice because they conflict with deeply held internal images of how the world works...images that limit us to familiar ways of thinking and acting. That is why the discipline of managing mental models - surfacing, testing, and improving our internal pictures of how the world works - promises to be a major breakthrough for learning organizations.”

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