"Here's a good reason to push yourself –– you will always learn more about life and your capacity to succeed when you are uncomfortable. Often when your back is up against the wall of fear, the greatest breakthroughs appear."
–– Jack Canfield (b. 1944), American author and motivational speaker
Source: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Les Hewitt. The Power of Focus. Deerfield Beach, Florida: Health Communications, 2000; p. 68.
via: Commonplace Book 2006-2009, 2007, p. 86.
"The only way to learn is through encounter."
–– Martin Buber (1878-1965), Austrian-Israeli philosopher
via: Commonplace Book 2013-2014, 2014, p. 128.
"You teach what you most need to learn."
–– Richard Bach (b. 1936), America writer
Source: Oliver Burkeman. Four Thousand Weeks. New York: Allen Lane, 2021; p. 33.
via: Aboveground Art Supplies Sketchbook 2020, 2023, p. 30.
"You've got to invest in the world, you've got to read, you've got to go to art galleries, you've got to find out the names of plants. You've got to love the world and know the whole genius of the human race. We're amazing people."
–– Vivienne Westwood (1941-2022), English fashion designer and activist
via: Sketchbook 30, 2017, p. 48.
"I never lose. I either win or learn."
–– Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), South African anti-apartheid activist, politician, South Africa's first Black president (1994-1999), winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 1993
"It's almost impossible to keep success going because you have to stop at some point, to rest and learn something new. It's essential. People's interest in you goes away so quickly, but you have no choice but to step off the boat sometimes."
–– Judd Apatow (b. 1967), American comedian, director, producer and screenwriter
via: Sketchbook 27, 2015, p. 142.
"I never thought I'd be successful. It seems in my own mind that in everything I've undertaken I've never quite made the mark. But I've always been able to put disappointments aside. Success isn't about the end result; it's about what you learn along the way."
–– Vera Wang (b. 1949), American fashion designer
"If you tell me, I will listen.
If you show me, I will see.
If you let me experience, I will learn."
–– Lao Tzu (c. 500 BCE), Chinese philosopher and writer
via Sketchbook 9, 2009, p. 77
