“Fear kills more dreams than failure ever will. Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.”
Source: Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over with a working simple system”
Source: The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small
“If you spend time comparing yourself with someone else, the only thing you’re doing is setting yourself up for disappointment and failure. You won’t ever feel good enough. There are seven and half billion people in the world, so chances are that someone will always be “better” than you in some respect. But is that person you? Did she grow up in your family? Did she grow up at the same time you did, share your parents, your siblings, your childhood, your teachers, your friends, your advantages, your disadvantages, your education, your jobs, or . . . ? Of course she didn’t. When we frame things that way, the idea of comparing ourselves to other people seems ridiculous. I compare myself with only one person: me. Am I doing the best I can at my job? Am I being the best wife, the best mother, the best friend, the best human being? How can I keep learning and improving?”
Source: Lessons: My Path to a Meaningful Life
“Some of the people who are showing off their speed are headed in the wrong direction.”
“I can rather effectively protect myself from failure by crafting genuinely convincing rationales that justify my unwillingness to try. But I might consider the fact that an action such as this is the real failure. And there’s no protection in that.”
“Socialist ideology rationalizes individual failure by laying it at the feet of the system itself, rather than connecting it with its proximate cause, the individual.”
Source: Springtime for Snowflakes: Social Justice and Its Postmodern Parentage
“Understanding and nurturing the four dimensions of our hearts - the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual - is more critical than ever in today's fast-paced and increasingly complex world.”
Source: Just One Heart: A Cardiologist’s Guide to Healing, Health, and Happiness
“Failure is a destination for those who give up and success for those who keep trying.”
Source: The Flight Of Ambition
“A great mistake is committed when you stop learning from the day next to the day when you learnt from your biggest failure.”
“Ego serves me well when I surrender the need to be right, to win, feel superior or seek approval. Let me see past what might be called failings, achievement or status...so that I may know many hearts and love unconditionally.”
Source: EARTH ANGELS – Edition #1: 13 Journeys of Triumph - Wisdom with Wings