June 2013
21 posts
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
—Mark Twain (via showslow)
“The next time you look at a diamond, consider this. Nearly every American marriage begins with a diamond because a bunch of rich white men in the 1940s convinced everyone that its size determines your self worth. They created this convention - that unless a man purchases (an intrinsically useless) diamond, his life is a failure - while sitting in a room, racking their brains on how to sell diamonds that no one wanted.”
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Why Diamonds Are A Sham - Business Insider
Marketing is wow.
“Great people do things before they’re ready. They do things before they know they can do it. And by doing it, they’re proven right. Because, I think there’s something inside of you—and inside of all of us—when we see something and we think, “I think I can do it, I think I can do it. But I’m afraid to.” Bridging that gap, doing what you’re afraid of, getting out of your comfort zone, taking risks like that—THAT is what life is. And I think you might be really good. You might find out something about yourself that’s special. And if you’re not good, who cares? You tried something. Now you know something about yourself. Now you know. A mystery is solved. So, I think you should just give it a try. Just inch yourself out of that back line. Step into life. Courage. Risks. Yes. Go. Now.”
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Amy Poehler (x)
Yes.
(via the-messenger-of)
“Ego has killed more relationships than infidelity. It has killed more business relationships than shady deals and swindlers. Until people can learn to love something more than their own ideas and images, success will always avoid them. Humility is not thinking less of yourself. It is thinking of yourself less.”
—Joseph Cook (via 33113)
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“Comparison is an act of violence against the self.”
— Iyanla Vanzant (via modernhepburn)
May 2013
74 posts
Sunday Wisdom
a. People are more willing to accommodate your longings if you’re not greedy or grasping.
b. A good way to achieve your desires is to cultivate the feeling that you have already achieved them.
c. Whatever you’re longing for has been changed by your pursuit of it. It’s different from what it was when you felt the first pangs of desire. To make it yours, then, you’ll have to modify your ideas about it.
d. Be careful what you wish for because if your wish does materialize it will require you to change in ways you didn’t foresee.
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