"The old adage, 'If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is' isn't always correct. In fact, the suspicion, cynicism, and doubt that are inherent in this belief can and does keep people from taking advantage of excellent opportunities."

-- Richard Carlson

#Opportunity Quotes #People Quotes #Doubt Quotes

“I was a terrible high school student outside of the fact that I did well in physics, but there's a big difference between being good at physics and being a physicist, so I jettisoned that very quickly.”

Source : "Jonah’s Arc". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 19, 2015.
“I long to be known as an extravagant worshiper...that God would discover the song in my heart to be elaborate, overgenerous, and wasteful in my pursuit of Him.”
“What is now proved was once only imagined.”

Source : William Blake, David Fuller (2000). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.132, Pearson Education
“Trying is only emphasizing the thing we know.”
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition.”
“The whole idea of a public education was to train young people about how our system of government works, so they could be good citizens and be part of it. We're not doing that today.”
“We shouldn't just live for today; we should prepare for tomorrow.”
“If the majority of the "spiritual market" is drawn to prerational magic and myth, how do you reach the small group who are involved in genuine, laborious, demanding, transrational spiritual practice? This is very difficult, because both markets are referred to as "spiritual," but these two camps really don't get along very well-one is mostly translative, the other is mostly transformative, and they generally disapprove of each other-so how do you put them into one magazine without alienating them both?”

You may also like:

Jack Canfield
Author
James Allen
Writer
John Gray
Author
Joseph R. Dominguez
Author
Kristine Carlson
Author
Noam Chomsky
Linguist
Robert M. Pirsig
Writer
Susan Jeffers
Psychologist
Wayne Dyer
Author