"Failure is easy to measure. Failure is an event.Harder to measure is insignificance. A nonevent. Insignificance creeps, it dawns, it gives you hope, then delusion, then one day, when youâ€™re not looking, itâ€™s there, at your front door, on your desk, in the mirror, or not, not any of that, itâ€™s the lack of all that. One day, when you are looking, itâ€™s not looking, no one is. You lie in your bed and realize that if you donâ€™t get out of bed and into the world today, it is very likely no one will even notice."

-- Charles Yu

#Lying Quotes #Doors Quotes #Mirrors Quotes

“Believe it or not, it is not only possible to accomplish more by doing less, it is mandatory. Enter the world of elimination.”
“The past can teach us, nurture us, but it cannot sustain us. The essence of life is change, and we must move ever forward or the soul will wither and die.”

Source : Susanna Kearsley (2009). “Mariana”, p.218, Allison & Busby
“It's a basic, elemental universe, one of the last remaining zones where violence and domination sort out who is top dog. That's football's glory, and its curse. The game of football doesn't transfer well to the real world. You can't treat your friends, neighbors, or loved ones the way you treat your opponent on the football field.”

Source : Tiki Barber, Gil Reavill (2008). “Tiki: My Life in the Game and Beyond”, p.34, Simon and Schuster
“Never run out on me again. No matter what happens, you stay and fight. Yell at me, argue, throw something at me, whatever you want to do, but never walk away from me. Promise me that.”
“I have far more confidence in the one man who works mentally and bodily at a matter than in the six who merely talk about it.”

Source : Michael Faraday, F. James (1999). “The Correspondence of Michael Faraday, Volume 4: 1849-1855”, p.281, IET
“Don't hire the most qualified, hire the craziest”
“We have also set up the national institute for ethics. This institute and also the implementation of the national integrity plan, that will certainly do the follow up that is necessary for this.”
“It's estimated that across Africa 100 elephants are killed for their tusks every day. It takes nothing more than simple math to get to what that adds up to in a year, and it's a distressing figure.”

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