Oatcakes Recipe Quotes & Sayings

Small wins are exactly what they sound like, and are part of how keystone habits create widespread changes. A huge body of research has shown that small wins have enormous power, an influence disproportionate to the accomplishments of the victories themselves. "Small wins are a steady application of a small advantage," one Cornell professor wrote in 1984. "Once a small win has been accomplished, forces are set in motion that favor another small win."4.14 Small wins fuel transformative changes by leveraging tiny advantages into patterns that convince people that bigger achievements are within reach. — Charles Duhigg

In a certain reign there was a lady not of the first rank whom the emperor loved more than any of the others. The grand ladies with high ambitions thought her a presumptuous upstart, and lesser ladies were still more resentful. Everything she did offended someone. — Murasaki Shikibu

Exchange is the lifeblood, not only of our economy, but of civilization itself. — Murray N. Rothbard

The majority of us watch the world go by, and adapt to what life hands us, Jonah. But you're different. You can change your world. That seems like a wonderful gift, but I also think it's a heavy burden. — Jason Luke

That evil people never believe they are evil, but rather that everyone else is evil. — David Foster Wallace

We readily acknowledge that it is very humbling to the proud heart of the creature to behold all mankind in the hand of God as the clay in the potter's hand, yet this is precisely how the Scriptures of truth represent the case. — Arthur W. Pink

They, then, who are destined to die, need not be careful to inquire what death they are to die, but into what place death will usher them. — Augustine Of Hippo

I've been waiting for you, his eyes are saying.
You've found me now, I'm certain my eyes are responding. — Willow Aster

George P. A. Healy; I knew no one in France, I was utterly ignorant of the language, I did not know what I should do when once there; but I was not yet one-and-twenty, and I had a great stock of courage, of inexperience - which is sometimes a great help - and a strong desire to be my very best. — David McCullough

I had kind of a midlife crisis at twenty which probably doesn't augur well for my longevity — David Foster Wallace

I hate it when my leg falls asleep. I know that means it's going to be up all night. — Steven Wright

I think a lot of us feel, when we look at the Dow Jones plunging, alienated - you do feel as if we're in the grip of some alien force that slipped human control. — Robert Harris