Each person has a very specific purpose; you’re given all the tools you need.
Tom McCallum, White Standing buffalo, Quoted in The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die, John Izzo
Quotes on Originality, RSS
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Follow your heart and become the person you want to be in the world.
Bob Peart, Quoted in The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die, John Izzo -
Know thy self and have the courage to follow that.
Clive Martin, Quoted in The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die, by John Izzo -
Listen to the voices inside of you, they will tell you what is right and what is wrong, they will bring you happiness and peace; if you don’t listen to them they can create anxiety, discontentment, and unhappiness.
Bert Wilson, Quoted in The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die, John Izzo -
You need to learn who you are inside, figure out what your feelings are, understand that; the key to self-knowledge. If you know who you are, then you are grounded through life. If everything is a mystery to you, then you are going to be in trouble.
Mark Sherkow, Quoted in The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die, John Izzo -
Always see the good in people, and you won’t get hurt because everybody has so much goodness in them. Don’t envy other people, because you have different gifts and blessings.
Eileen Lindesay, Quoted in The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die, John Izzo -
In order to find a more purposeful life you must let go of what society and people think of you and look inside yourself through some discipline – prayer, meditation – to find out what matters most to you and pursue it.
James Autry, poet and author -
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.
Jimmy Johnson -
What I took away from the whole Talking Heads experience was the idea that if you know the kinds of restrictions you have to work within – budgetary restrictions, or creative restrictions or whatever – that can be great, that can even be a spur to creativity. That old idea of, ‘Oh, I don’t want anybody telling me what to do’, or ‘I want my creative freedom’ – that’s bullshit. What you need is to be told clearly what the parameters are. Because, if you allow them to do anything, most people will just waffle about.
David Byrne -
The surprising things about fame came after. I was shocked at how strongly people could get imprinted with one image of you. That you were the guy in the big suit, or whatever.
David Byrne -
One of the great con tricks that life can pull on the conventional and the obedient is that rewards so often seem to go to those who choose other paths than those which are laid down.
Stephen Fry -
A name can form you. I’ve got a sort of American Ivy League surname for a first name. It always marked me out. You’re at a disadvantage if you’re lost in the jungle of Daves or Mikes.
Grayson Perry -
Following the crowd will not get you anything but a view of their backside.
Anon -
Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.
Laurence J. Peter