"As well as many subspecies, the main blocks are fear of failure after previous success, fear of success due to a sense of unworthiness, lack of potential venue, jaded attitude, crisis of confidence, evidence of persistent poor quality, lackadaisical motivation, and common everyday shortage of ideas."

-- Robert Genn

#Motivation Quotes #Attitude Quotes #Block Quotes

“I like the Bible folded between lids of cloth, or calfskin, or morocco, but I like it better when, in the shape of a man, it goes out into the world-a Bible illustrated.”

Source : Thomas De Witt Talmage (1872). “Sermons”, p.240
“I rarely repeat playing the same role in a show. I figured I'd plumbed 90 percent the first time around, so let's move on to something where I'm starting from scratch.”
“There is a basic truth which man can know and which can transform his life if he will become the embodiment of it.”

Source : Roy Eugene Davis (1971). “Darshan: the vision of light”
“The fear of death is far greater than the death itself. But the fear of the unknown is the greatest fear of all!”

Source : "180° South". Documentary, Drama, Sport, www.imdb.com. 2010.
“People would rather be shown how valuable you are, not told.”
“Even now, the irony that so non-intellectual a man should choose to engage the Soviet Union on the battlefield of ideas has eluded most commentators and historians.”
“Wisdom and deep intelligence require an honest appreciation of mystery.”
“Anyone who has lived through it, or those who are now living through it, knows that caring about an addict is as complex and fraught and debilitating as addiction itself.”

Source : David Sheff (2009). “Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction”, p.13, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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