"There's no genius behind it. It's persistence and listening to people."

-- Craig Newmark

#Persistence Quotes #People Quotes #Listening Quotes

“People genuinely happy in their choices seem less often tempted to force them on other people than those who feel martyred and broken by their lives.”

Source : Jane Rule (2013). “Lesbian Images: Essays”, p.14, Open Road Media
“The will to disbelieve is the strongest deterrent to wider horizons.”
“Until you recognize the need, the absolute requirement for taking responsibility, you will not succeed. Once you do accept the responsibility, however, the Egoscue Method never fails. Never. No drugs, no surgery, no machines, no miracles. Just You. A normal person, doing normal things.”

Source : Pete Egoscue (2011). “The Egoscue Method of Health Through Motion: Revolutionary Program of Stretching and”, p.12, Harper Collins
“I think I'm well on the way of overcoming a very big hurdle that's been in my way for several years. Which is trying to find a way to not let the insecurity of my profession get the better of me and make me crazy. I'm trying to find a way to maintain my own personal balance in the midst of everything.”
“We have now in our possession three instruments of civilization, unknown to antiquity. These are the art of printing; free representative government; and, lastly, a pure and spiritual religion, the deep fountain of generous enthusiasm, the mighty spring of bold and lofty designs, the great sanctuary of moral power.”
“There is one thing that 99 percent of 'failures' and 'successful' folks have in common - they all hate doing the same things. The difference is successful people do them anyway.”
“Evidence is mounting that faith-based service programs are often more successful than other programs in correcting social problems. [It is wrong] for government to demand that religious nonprofits gut precisely that part of their program [funded through tax dollars] that makes them so effective.”
“I am sure that no man can derive more pleasure from money or power than I do from seeing a pair of basketball goals in some out of the way place.”

Source : James Naismith (1941). “Basketball: Its Origin and Development”, p.109, U of Nebraska Press

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