February Quotes: “Limits, like fears, are often just an illusion” (Michael Jordan)

For a full list of my favorite quotes, see here. Send me yours, I’m always looking for more!!

If you want to be seen as courageous by some and hated by others, just say what you really think. – Tucker Max 

If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you. – Oscar Wilde

/** I particularly like these quotes from Tucker and Oscar, because consistently saying what you think is such a difficult thing to do. And you shouldn’t do it all the time, of course, but as honest as I’d like to think I am, it’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to my real opinions and beliefs. This sort of thing requires tons of courage and tons of practice. **/

We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
– T.S. Eliot

/** I’m a huge fan of travel quotes, in particular of Anais Nin. See here for more. **/

Inspiration is for amateurs — the rest of us just show up and get to work. And the belief that things will grow out of the activity itself and that you will — through work — bump into other possibilities and kick open other doors that you would never have dreamt of if you were just sitting around looking for a great ‘art idea.’ And the belief in that process, in a sense, is liberating and that you don’t have to reinvent the wheel every day. – Chuck Close

Limits, like fears, are often just an illusion. – Michael Jordan in his HoF acceptance speech

/** Agreed. Work hard, work constantly, and push past your limits. Bruce Lee said this much better than I could :) **/

It’s easier to hold to your principles 100 percent of the time than it is to hold to them 98 percent of the time. – Clay Christensen

/** The older I get, the more this holds true. Exceptions are for the weak. **/

Christoph: Are you sure that’s him?
Django: Yeah
Christoph: Positive?
Django: I don’t know
Christoph: You don’t know if you’re positive?
Django: I don’t know what positive mean

/** A funny scene from Django. **/