Day In & Day Out

Friday, 31 January 2025

"The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment."

–– Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), French military officer and statesman

via: Sketchbook Q 17, 2024, p. 40.

"We think we understand the rules when we become adults but what we really experience is a narrowing of the imagination."

–– David Lynch (1946-2025), American filmmaker, visual artist, musician and actor

via: Sketchbook N 14, 2025, p. 47.

"One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things."

–– Henry Miller (1891-1980), American writer

"The things you do badly are as much part of your style as the things you do well."

–– Martin Scorsese (b. 1942), American filmmaker

"Focus like a laser, not a flashlight."

–– Michael Jordan (b. 1963), American professional basketball player and businessman

Source: Jeff Karp. LIT: Use Nature's Playbook to Energize Your Brain, Spark Ideas, and Ignite Action. New York: William Morrow, 2024; p. 85.

"Every time a gift is given it is enlivened and regenerated through the new spiritual life it engenders both in the giver and in the recipient."

–– Margaret Atwood (b. 1939), Canadian writer, environmental activist and inventor

Source: Robin Wall-Kimmerer. The Serviceberry. New York: Scribner, 2024; p. 50.

"Leisure without learning is death."

–– Seneca (4 BC - AD 65), Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman