All Quotes By Tag: Non-fiction

“Christmastime was coming. I didn’t even know what that was. I was six years old, and had never had a Christmas.”

“The writing of solid, instructive stuff fortified by facts and figures is easy enough. There is no trouble in writing a scientific treatise on the folk-lore of Central China, or a statistical enquiry into the declining population of Prince Edward Island. But to write something out of one’s own mind, worth reading for its own sake, is an arduous contrivance only to be achieved in fortunate moments, few and far in between. Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica.”

“The first story I have to tell is not exactly true, but it isn’t exactly false, either.”

“Always maintain a steady eye on what you know is yours for the taking, and plot with all the energy you can muster to reach it.”

“The reoccurring thoughts of leaving are the signs that will let you know it is time to quit and find prosperity somewhere else.”

“People’s judgments, criticisms and power games won’t hit you as hard when your plan is greater than the assault.”

“If you can plan ahead into the future, you will also be able to detach yourself from minor difficulties today.”

“Anyone who has no need of anybody but himself is either a beast or a God.”Aristotle”

“I drift like a cloud,Across these venerable eastern lands,A journey of unfathomable distances,An endless scroll of experiences…Lady Zhejiang here we must part,For the next province awaits my embrace.Sad wanderer, once you conquer the East,Where do you go?”

“Trust your inner judgment. Be prepared to work for what you know is right, but avoid the insufferable tragedies of running with the infectious, and you will have invaluable tools at your disposal for the rest of your life.”

“You must be hard on yourself and know when it’s time to quit, but you must be even more relentless when it comes to staying on the job and push through if that is what the situation is demanding.”

“You must learn how to separate a detrimental situation from which you must burn all the bridges from when you must partake in hard work that will provide you with desirable results, where you must persevere in pushing through to the end.”

“I am beginning to think yuppie parents lie to their offspring, telling them they’re suffering from food allergies when they’re actually not, hoping to con their hypercompetitive children into eating whatever trendy diet promises to help them grow into big, strong, overly self-esteemed junk bond traders.”

“أحياناً نقود أنفسنا للطريق المهلك علماً بذلك .. ليس رغبة بالهلاك، بل أملاً بتغيير النتيجة”

“To be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To be prepared for surprise is to be educated.”