Only about one percent of my work truly succeeded. Ninety-nine percent was failure. That one percent made me who I am.

Fear inaction more than you fear failure from taking on a challenge.

Those who move others can feel what others feel. But empathizers struggle themselves. Those who never struggle will never move anyone.

Demand does not simply exist out there. We create it.

It is hard to retain what you learn unless you practice it.

-- Seneca

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

-- Marcus Aurelius

The beginning is half of the whole.

-- Aristotle

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

-- Laozi

Cook Ding was carving an ox for Lord Wenhui. His hand touched, his shoulder leaned, his foot stepped, his knee pressed — and with every swish and whistle the cleaver moved in perfect rhythm.

-- Zhuang Zhou

Think by becoming the thing; act by becoming the thing.

-- Kitarō Nishida