Here’s one I love: “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs.

It always motivates me to focus on my passions. What’s a quote that inspires you?

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    "Be the change you want to see in the world.”

    I live by the rule that I imagine everyone doing what I’m doing. If everyone doing it would make the world a worse place, then I don’t do it. Conversely, if it would make the world better, I go for it. This mindset makes even small charitable acts feel meaningful—because while my individual contribution may be minor, if everyone did that little thing too, we’d all be much better off.

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    “The injury that is to be done to a man should be of such a kind that one does not stand in fear of revenge. “

    • Machiavelli
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    “You will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do.”

    David Foster Wallace (although he may have been quoting someone else)

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      Oh that reminds me of something funny my old psychiatrist told me: when people complain that everybody hates them, he responds: how can that be true? You haven’t even met everyone yet!

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    Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.

    – Conan

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    “We choose to go to the moon” was the first thing that popped into my mind.

    And related to OPs quote. “If you love your job, you’ll never work a day in your life”.

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    “We are made of starstuff” – Carl Sagan

    It’s inspiration to me because it always reminds me of our insignificantly small and momentary place in this universe.

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    “If it is too hard to cope with failure, how can you ever be able to handle success?” -Unknown.

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      Yes, but how should it? If it ‘should’ have immense amounts of suffering and inequity, that doesn’t sound very comforting.