Day In & Day Out

Saturday, 10 July 2021

"To be revolutionary is to love your life enough to change it, to choose struggle instead of exile, to risk everything."

–– Andrew Kopkind (1935-1994), American journalist

via Commonplace Book 2006, p. 43

"Making things complicated is easy. Achieving simplicity is tough."

–– Bruno Munari (1907-1998), Italian artist and designer

via Commonplace Book 2006, p. 43

"Inspiration is intention obeyed."

–– Emily Carr (1871-1945), Canadian artist and writer

via Commonplace Book 2006, p. 43

"Life shrinks and expands in proportion to one's courage."

–– Anaïs Nin (1903-1977), French-Cuban American writer

via Commonplace Book 2006, p. 43

"Your life today is a result of your thinking yesterday. Your life tomorrow will be determined by what you think today."

–– John Calvin Maxwell (b. 1947), American writer, pastor, professional speaker

Source: John C. Maxwell. Think on These Things. Kansas City, Kansas: Beacon Hill Press, 1979; p. 13.

via Commonplace Book 2006, p. 25

"The bitter truth is better than a sweet lie."

–– Russian proverb

Source: Book of Commonplace 2006, p. 11.

"What you find in your mind is what you put there. Put good things in there."

–– Mary Ford (1924-1977), American musician

Source: Book of Commonplace 2006, p. 7.