Ted Talks Leadership Quotes & Sayings

Now back in those days, to become a rural mail carrier you had to be approved by congress. — Betty Hill

It's funny. We have all these ceremonies and traditions for putting rings on, but there's nothing for taking them off. But really, that's just as a big step. Letting go. — Thea Dawson

I should learn to be a bird on the outside and a tiger within. — Jacqueline Novogratz

...I'm severely allergic to unsolicited monologue performances in public. While they don't cause sneezing or hives, when exposed, I do experience extreme and immediate vaginal dryness. — Sara Barron

Avoid jealously for this destroys good deeds as fire destroys wood. — Abu Hurairah

Every man stamps his value on himself ... man is made great or small by his own will. — Friedrich Schiller

Through this process, wisdom clarifies the way that the mind manufacturers emotion and karma, and finally penetrates the illusion of self. Just as though one were investigating how a magician created his display of illusions, one studies mental events to understand the conditions and causes that support the operation of ordinary self-oriented experience. One first understands the root emotions as the basis for samsara, then studies the workings of the associated emotions and how each one manifests a distinctive character. Gradually, the manner in which the self supports emotion and emotion supports the sense of self becomes clear. Self and emotion are seen as relying on and reinforcing each other's existence. Understanding how this collusion gives rise to the whole range of samsaric delusion liberates the mind from all forms of deception. — Dharma Publishing

Souls are like athletes, that need opponents worthy of them, if they are to be tried and extended and pushed to the full use of their powers, and rewarded according to their capacity. — Thomas Merton

You marry a non-graduate, then you are going to worry if your son or daughter is going to make it to the university. — Lee Kuan Yew

We all learn from each other, and I never really hung out with guys in that way, so I missed out. — Lee Konitz

Nelson tries not to react, but he knows that by not saying anything, his greed has expressed itself. — Neal Shusterman

I'm a Brooklyn guy onstage, and I try to really feed my fans with the kind of material they expect from me. — Andrew Dice Clay

We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds. — Jean Rostand

I hate bacon. And sunshine, as my friends like to point out. — Aubrey Peeples