Dette er sitater hentet fra boka Essentialism av Greg Keown
“Most of what exists in the universe—our actions, and all other forces, resources, and ideas—has little value and yields little results, on the other hand, a few things work fantastically well and have tremendous impact.”
—Richard Koch
"The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials"
— Lin Youtang
"It is the ability to choose that makes us human"
—Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007)
"Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs. It's about deliberately choosing to be different."
—Michael Porter
"Without great solitude no serious work is possible"
—Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
"Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?”
― T.S. Eliot (1888-1965)
"A little nonsense now and then,
is cherished by the wisest men."
—Roald Dahl (1916-1990)
"Each night, when I go to sleep,
I die, and the next morning,
when I wake up, I am reborn."
― Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
"An inner process stands in need of outward criteria"
—Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951)
"To follow, without halt, one aim:
there is the secret to success"
—Anna Pavlova (1881-1931)
"Courage is grace under pressure"
― Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
"Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough"
—John Billings (1918-2007)
"I saw the angel in the marble and I carved until I set him free"
—Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarotti (1475-1564)
"No is a complete sentence"
—Anne Lamott
"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe"
― Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
"To attain knowledge add things every day. To attain wisdom subtract things every day"
—Lao-Tze
"Every day do something that will inch you cøoser to a better tomorrow"
—Doug Firebaugh
"Routine, in an intelligent man, is a sign of ambition"
—W.H. Auden (1907-1973)
"Life is available only in the present moment. If you abandon the present moment you cannot live the moments of your daily life deeply."
—Thich Nhat Hanh
"Beware the barrenness of a busy life"
—Socrates (470-399BC)
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it's the only thing that ever has."
— Margaret Mead (1901-1978)