"The temptations are great to simply retreat to the domain of private life and give up on our public problems."

-- Lee H. Hamilton

#Giving Up Quotes #Temptation Quotes #Retreat Quotes

“If adventure has a final and all-embracing motive, it is surely this: we go out because it is our nature to go out, to climb mountains, and to paddle rivers, to fly to the planets and plunge into the depths of the oceans... When man ceases to do these things, he is no longer man.”
“Delegate completely. Let people make mistakes and learn.”

Source : "Lecture 2: Ideas, Products, Teams and Execution Part II". "How to Start a Startup" lecture, Stanford, genius.com. September 25, 2014.
“I want to quit. Not performing, but being a woman altogether. I want to throw my hands in the air, after reading a mean Twitter comment, and say, 'All right! You got it. You figured me out. I'm not pretty. I'm not thin. I do not deserve to use my voice. I'll start wearing a burqa and start waiting tables at a pancake house. All my self-worth is based on what you can see.' But then I think, F*** that ... I am a woman with thoughts and questions and s*** to say. I say if I'm beautiful. I say if I'm strong. You will not determine my story - I will.”

Source : Amy Schumer (2016). “The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo”, p.120, Simon and Schuster
“And God would bid His warfare cease, Saying all things were well; And softly make a rosy peace, A peace of Heaven with Hell.”
“You'reÂ not going to be on top of mountain all by yourself with a #2 pencil What we need to learn is how to learn.”
“I'm a heathen when it comes to marriage.”
“I believe that you have to understand the economics of a business before you have a strategy, and you have to understand your strategy before you have a structure. If you get these in the wrong order, you will probably fail.”
“If you are not concerned about the outcome of a circumstance, you will experience no fear. Whatever the outcome will be, will be, whether you fear it or not.”

Source : Ray Comfort (2004). “Revival's Golden Key”, Bridge-Logos

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