These are just some of my favorite quotes. This list will continue to grow as I track down other favorite quotes that I have jotted down in one place or another.
Archilochus
We don’t rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training
~Archilochus
Epictetus
No man is free who is not master of himself
~Epictetus
Richard Feynman
The imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man.
~Richard Feynman
Donald Hall
If our goal is to write poetry, the only way we are likely to be any good is to try to be as great as the best
~Donald Hall
Alan Kay
Don’t worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
~Alan Kay
David McCullough
However little television you watch, watch less
~David McCullough
Alan Perlis
Dealing with failure is easy: work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle: you’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
~Alan Perlis
Remez Sasson
Your mind is your instrument. Learn to be its master and not its slave.
~Remez Sasson
Seneca
Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment
~Seneca
No man was ever wise by chance
~Seneca
The difficulty comes from our lack of confidence
~Seneca
It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness
~Seneca
Swami Satchidananda
When you become the master of your mind, you are master of everything
~Swami Satchidananda
Mark Twain
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
~Mark Twain
Carl Winfield
We’re even wrong about which mistakes we are making
~Carl Winfield
William Butler Yeats
The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity
~William Butler Yeats