Random Inspirational Quotes #8

Here’s #8 in the series of Random Motivational/Inspirational Quotes.

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Here we go:

1. After hard work, the biggest determinant is being in the right place at the right time.
-Michael Bloomberg

2. If you are not yourself, if you surrender your personality, you have nothing left to give the world.  You have no pleasure, no use, nothing which will attract and charm me, for by the suppression of your individuality, you lose your distinctive character.  -Edward Wilmot Blyden, educator

3. An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.
-Niels Bohr, Danish physicist

4. Of every four words I write, I strike out three. -Nicholas Boileau, French poet

5. Those who mill around at the crossroads of history do so at their own peril.
-David L. Boren, U.S. politician

6. You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance.
-Ray Bradbury, U.S. science fiction writer

7. Nothing grows well in the shade of a big tree. -Constantin Brancusi, French sculptor

8. A minute’s success pays the failure of years. -Robert Browning, British poet

9. No, when the fight begins within himself,
A man’s worth something.  -Robert Browning, British poet

10. It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.  If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.  -Warren Buffett

I’ve always loved #9…since I was a teen.

#3 is also really great.  I feel like I’m becoming an expert in everything since I make so many mistakes!

Any comments?

-Shawn