Mark Amidon Quotes & Sayings

Take the job you would take if you were independently wealthy. You're going to do well at it. — Warren Buffett

Larry Silverstein has betrayed the public's trust and that of all New Yorkers. — George Pataki

Luck is a fickle creature. She loves
many, but is faithful to none. — Karen Hawkins

When a man makes utensils out of a metal which has been thoroughly cleansed of dross, the utensils will be excellent. You monks, who wish to follow the Way, make your own hearts clean from the dirt of evil passion, and your conduct will be unimpeachable. — Gautama Buddha

Live as if they know that they are worth their own time. Live as if they deserve to take care of their bodies. Live as — Geneen Roth

One more thing: don't spend too much time merely reading. The best part of this work is the play, so play and enjoy! — Gary Gygax

The hard silence between frustrated people always feels cluttered. But holy silence is spacious and inviting. You can drink it down. We offer it to ourselves when we work, rest, meditate, bike, read. When we hike by ourselves, we hear a silence still pristine with crunching leaves and birdsong. Silence can be a system of peace, which is mercy, easily offered to a friend needing quiet, harder when the person is one's own annoying self. — Anne Lamott

Care more than others think wise. — Howard Schultz

Sometimes in the mountains the animals make paths by using the same route again and again. If you don't know what you're doing, you might think it's a path made by humans
it looks that way. If you follow that path, the path of beasts, you won't get anywhere at all. People lost in the wilderness, they follow these paths and only get more and more lost. Sometimes they lose their way and they die. It's not a path for humans, it's a dangerous diversion. Are you sure that's the road you want to take? It won't get you where you want to go. — Jake Adelstein

Of course, Admiral Ackbar is a student of history, and in many cases smaller, lesser forces have outmatched and outfoxed their betters. The Ghostfinder fleet versus the Sith armada. The Mandalorians versus the Grand Army of the Republic. And, of course, the Rebel Alliance versus the Empire. History — Chuck Wendig

There are always choices...! — James A. Murphy