"What turns ordinary people into overachievers is the way they use their minds when they are called on to perform."

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Source : John Eliot, PhD (2015). “Overachievement: The Science of Working Less to Accomplish More”, p.8, Diversion Books

John Eliot

#Inspirational Quotes #People Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Sarah Palin's real quality is that she is her own best creation.”
“Is it not our duty to find the symphonic formula which fits our time, one which progress, daring and modern victory demand? The century of airplanes has a right to its own music.”
“A thing resounds when it rings true, Ringing all the bells inside of you, Like a golden sky on a summer eve Your heart is tugging at your sleeve, And you cannot say why... There must be more”

Source : Song: More, Album: The Far Country
“It's hilarious a lot of times. You have a conversation with someone, and he's like, 'You speak so well!' I'm like, 'What do you mean? Do you understand that's an insult?”
“Abraham Lincoln, in order to maintain the unity of the United Statesresorted to the use of force.so, I think Abraham Lincoln, president, is a model, is an example.”
“I like the English. They have the most rigid code if immorality in the world.”

Source : Malcolm Bradbury (2012). “Eating People is Wrong”, p.77, Pan Macmillan
“It's hard to say how time factors into your work, because sometimes things will come to you very quickly, but it will take years for the ideas to be gestating in your mind.”
“Our world hangs like a magnificent jewel in the vastness of space. Every one of us is a part of that jewel. A facet of that jewel. And in the perspective of infinity, our differences are infinitesimal.”

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