#ness

Let your motto then always be 'Excelsior', for by living up to it there is no such word as fail. ↗

— P.T. Barnum

#development #inspirational #art

Being content with what you have already is an art form that leads to a peace that can’t be replaced by anything else. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#happiness #peace #spirit #wisdom #art

Danger has a bracing effect. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#strategy #war #art

the worst calamities that befall an army arise from hesitation ↗

— Sun Tzu

#strategy #war #art

The principle on which to manage an army is to set up one standard of courage which all must reach. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#strategy #war #art

At first, then, exhibit the coyness of a maiden,  until the enemy gives you an opening; afterwards emulate the rapidity of a running hare, and it will be too late for the enemy to oppose you. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#strategy #war #art

I'm lucky enough to be able to make films and so I don't need a psychiatrist. I can sort out my fears and all those things with my work. That's an enormous privilege. That's the privilege of all artists, to be able to sort out their unhappiness and their neuroses in order to create something. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#artists #create #enormous #enough #fears

When we teach a child patience we offer them the gift of a dignified life. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#education #mindfulness #art

Without the ability to be present we are missing much of what the adventure has to offer. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#mindfulness #psychology #art

Imagine you're so far away no matter what you do, no matter what you say, you couldn't stop the world for a moment. ↗

— Tegan Quin

#imagine #no-matter-what-you-say #no-metter-what-you-do #sara-quin #stop-the-world-for-a-moment