9 quotes found
“Youre not as good as you think. You dont have it all figured out. Stay focused. Do better.”
“Let others slap each others on the back while you're back in the lab or the gym or pounding the pavement.”
“Doing great work is a struggle. It's draining, it's demoralizing, it's frightening - not always, but it can feel that way when we're deep in the middle of it.”
“Not me, you think.”
“The question to ask, when you feel pride, then, is this: What am I missing right now that a more humble person might see? What am I avoiding, or running from, with my bluster, franticness, and embe...”
“It doesn't make you a bad person to want to be remembered. To want to make it to the top. To provide for yourself and your family. After all, that's all part of the allure. There is a balance. Socc...”
“At some time during the process, [of writing] I came up with a therapeutic device. After each draft I would tear up the pages and feed the paper to a worm compost I keep in my garage. A few months ...”
“There is another apt Latin expression: Materiam superabat opus. (The workmanship is better than the material.) The material we've been given genetically, emotionally, financially, that's where we b...”
“We have only minimal control over the rewards for our work and effort - other peoples validation, recognition, rewards. Its far better when doing the work itself is sufficient. When fulfilling our ...”
