"The moralist is the person who tells people that they ought to be unselfish, when they still feel like egos, and his efforts are always and invariably futile."

-- Alan Watts

#People Quotes #Effort Quotes #Ego Quotes

“Guarantees are for major appliances, not for murder.”
“Never follow somebody else's path; it doesn't work the same way twice for anyone... the path follows you and rolls up behind you as you walk, forcing the next person to find their own way.”
“Do what you feel is right and back yourself up. Live the life you want to live.”
“When I was a teenager in the late 30's and early 40's, electronics wasn't a word. You were interested in radio if you were interested in electronics.”
“Successful people are successful because they form the habits of doing those things that failures don't like to do.”
“My wife and I were poor when I started but we struggled along until things happened for me in my thirties. I knew I was doing what I loved even if I wasn't getting paid for it, so I think I'd still be doing it.”
“suicide is absolute, and if you think you will survive by hiding who you really are, you are sadly misled: there is no such thing as partial or intermittent suicide. You can only survive if you - who you really are - do survive.”
“The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to use the stairs... one step at a time.”

Source : Joe Girard, Robert Casemore (1979). “How to Sell Yourself”, Simon & Schuster

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