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I say, follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, and doors will open where you didn’t know they were going to be.
Joseph Campbell1904–1987The Power of Myth (book), p. 120
- Happiness
The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.
Albert Camus1913–1960The Myth of Sisyphus
- Happiness
So many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality. What we really want seems impossibly out of reach and ridiculous to expect, so we never dare to ask the universe for it.
Jim Carreyborn 19622014 Maharishi University graduation ceremony
- Fear
“A slow sort of country!” said the Queen. “Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!”
Lewis Carroll1832–1898Through the Looking-Glass (1871), Chapter IIIn context
We create our own destiny by the way we do things. We have to take advantage of opportunities and be responsible for our choices.
Ben Carsonborn 1951Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (1990), p. 63
- Responsibility
Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good?
Rachel Carson1907–1964Silent Spring (1962)
Love, a pleasant folly; ambition, a serious stupidity.
Nicolas Chamfort1740–1794Maximes et Pensées, #158
- Love
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
G. K. Chesterton1874–1936Often credited to Gautama Buddha
If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.
G. K. Chesterton1874–1936What’s Wrong With The World (1910)
Never give in⁠—never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
Winston Churchill1874–1965Speech given at Harrow School, Harrow, England, October 29, 1941. Quoted in Churchill by Himself (2008), ed. Langworth, PublicAffairs, 2008, p. 23
I never “worry” about action, but only about inaction.
Winston Churchill1874–1965As quoted in Richard M. Langworth (ed.), Churchill by Himself (2008)
You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.
Winston Churchill1874–1965Speech in the House of Commons on becoming Prime Minister (13 May 1940)
- Courage
- War & Peace
The beginnings of all things are small.
Cicero107–43 BC“De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum” Book V, Chapter 58
All explorers are seeking something they have lost. It is seldom that they find it, and more seldom still that the attainment brings them greater happiness than the quest.
Arthur C. Clarke1917–2008The City and the Stars (1956), Ch. 23, p. 174
- Happiness
If you have an opportunity to accomplish something that will make things better for someone coming behind you, and you don’t do that, you are wasting your time on this earth.
Roberto Clemente1934–1972Tris Speaker Award acceptance speech, Houston (29 January 1971), as quoted in The Sporting News (20 February 1971)
- Responsibility