John Tarnoff > John's Quotes

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.”
― Marianne Williamson

“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter”
― Mark Twain

“I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.”
― Mahatma Gandhi, The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas

“As with most things in life, it's that little hop at the end…”
― Lou Reed

“There are costs and risks to a program of action, but they are far less than the long range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.”
― John F. Kennedy

“I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”
― Jimmy Dean

“At times you have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself.”
― Alan Alda

“One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.”
― André Gide

“I've learned .... That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.”
― Andy Rooney

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't -- you're right.”
― Henry Ford

“The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving.”
― Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

“My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.”
― Oprah Winfrey

“The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.”
― Peter Drucker

“Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.”
― Robert Brault

“All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”
― Samuel Beckett, Worstward Ho

“Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure.”
― Thomas J. Watson

“People who avoid criticism will fail.”
― Timothy Ferriss

“Winning is a habit. Unfortunately so is losing.”
― Vince Lombardi

“The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human can alter his life by altering his attitude.”
― William James

“You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going, because you might not get there.”
― Yogi Berra

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
― Winston S. Churchill

“All these bad experiences that we go through, they don't just disappear. We carry them our whole life trying to forget, escaping in habits, addictions, hate, toxic relationships. But what we don't know is that by doing so we let them stay alive. We water them like withered flowers and we hang onto them to justify our mistakes and failures.”
― Asper Blurry, Train to the Edge of the Moon