Quotes: Mark Twain

"If everyone was satisfied with themselves there would be no heroes."

–– Mark Twain (1835-1910), pen name of Samuel Clemens, American writer 

via Commonplace Book 2006-2009, 2006, p. 80.

Creativity quotes: Rūmī

"Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth."

–– Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī (1207-1273), Persian poet and Sufi mystic; interpretation by Coleman Barks (b. 1937), American poet