Self Regulation

Goal directed self-imposed delay of gratification is perhaps the essence of emotional self-regulation: the ability to deny impulse in the service or a goal, whether it be building a business, solving an algebraic equation or pursuing the Stanley Cup.

- Daniel Goleman (in Emotional Intelligence)

Persistence

Persistence is a twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality and the other a matter of time.

- Marabel Morgan

The Mind that is not baffled

When we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work, when we know longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings.

- Wendell Berry

Problem

Any stimulus, question, task, phenomenon or discrepancy for which an explanation is
immediately not known is a problem.

- Arthur Costa, Bena Kallick

On Successful Technology

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled."

- Richard P. Feynman

Constantly Trying to Understand

As children, we were constantly trying to understand the world about us. We were endlessly curious. We wanted reasons for everything. We asked "why?" and "how?" and "when?" and "where?" until our parents, realizing the limitations of their own knowledge, may have become frustrated and impatient. Then we went to school and did the same thing to our teachers, only to discover their limitations. We concluded that no-one knew the answers to the really important questions of life, and instead got busy learning those things other people decided were good for us.

- Philip Chandler

Ordinary Man vs Warrior

The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes
everything as a challenge, while an ordinary man takes everything as a blessing or a curse.

- Carlos Castaneda