"Most of us can remember a time when a birthday - especially if it was one's own - brightened the world as if a second sun has risen."

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Source : Robert Lynd (1969). The Peal of Bells. p.26,

Robert Staughton Lynd

#Birthday Quotes #Second Chance Quotes #World Quotes

“I get very little sleep. But I try to stay constantly busy. My fear is that if I stop working I'll, like, die. So throughout my life I've always tried to remain busy, and I sort of know no other way. I think if my heart rate slowed it would affect my constitution, strangely. I've been trained to do that.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Resilience, timing, adaptation - these are the three pillars upon which the emergent properties of interacting systems rest. When the systems are the economy and the environment, understanding of the relationships among these concepts is crucial. This volume does a better job of explaining how to manage both money and nature to ensure humanity's long-term future than any other work I know of. Read and reflect.”
“Only one book is worth reading: the heart.”
“First, imagine taking the potentially regret - producing path of inaction. Then imagine what the very best outcome would be were you to take this risk. By picturing both scenarios in advance, you can avoid the regret of what might have been.”
“Nothing makes a person weaker than complicated thinking.”
“We're all self-made men, but not very many of us have stayed on the job.”
“Of course you want to be rich and famous. It's natural. Wealth and fame are what every man desires. The question is: What are you willing to trade for it?”
“We're going to do the right thing for the company and our customers, all things considered.”

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