Omobolanle Lawal Quotes & Sayings

Identity. That's my elephant. The thought came with certainty, without the question mark on the end this time. Not fame, exactly, though recognition was some kind of important cement for it. But what you were was what you did. And I did more, oh yes. If a hunger for identity were translated into, say, a hunger for food, he'd be a more fantastic glutton than Mark ever dreamed of being. Is it irrational, to want to be so much, to want so hard it hurts? And how much, then, was enough? — Lois McMaster Bujold

When a new company is formed, its founders must have a startup mentality - a beginner's mind, open to everything because, well, what do they have to lose? (This is often something they later look back upon wistfully.) But when that company becomes successful, its leaders often cast off that startup mentality because, they tell themselves, they have figured out what to do. They don't want to be beginners anymore. That may be human nature, but I believe it is a part of our nature that should be resisted. By resisting the beginner's mind, you make yourself more prone to repeat yourself than to create something new. The attempt to avoid failure, in other words, makes failure more likely. — Ed Catmull

A wise beautiful lake never desires to be famous, because fame dirty it! To remain pure, distance yourself from the reputation! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

When I was a child, my father used to encourage my brother and me to fail. At the dinner table, instead of asking about the best part of our day, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn't have something to tell him, he would be disappointed. When we shared whatever failure we'd endured, he'd high-five us and say, 'Way to go!' The gift my father gave us by doing this was redefining what failure truly meant. — Sara Blakely

Art is great only when it bears the stamp of the individual. — Ignacy Jan Paderewski

Be careful what you wish for... — Beth Bares

Take the gentle path. — George Herbert

The smallest thing in this universe is an intelligent living creature.
He sets himself to be imaginary in the premises of arrogant scientist. — Toba Beta

By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day. - ROBERT FROST, — Timothy Ferriss

Take it slow. We want to know what's ahead before what's ahead knows we're here. — K.E. Douglas

The amount of money we spend on education is important, but not nearly as important as how the money is spent. — Bob Riley

So here is what my advice would be: If God has given you a dream, you'd better get cracking because He wants you to use it. That's why He gives them to us in the first place. — Jan Karon