Seeing

"There is only one way to see things, until someone shows us how to look at them with different eyes." - Pablo Picasso

Very true words I found in a least expected place. I think this is most important to remember when we learn new things or when we talk to another. I also believe that this is harder to do the older we get unless seeing through different eyes is one of your talents.

Circle of Important People - Wisdom from Grey

"At the end of the day, when it comes down to it, all we really want is to be close to somebody. So this thing, where we all keep our distance and pretend not to care about each other, is usually a load of bull. So we pick and choose who we want to remain close to, and once we've chosen those people, we tend to stick close by. No matter how much we hurt them, the people that are still with you at the end of the day - those are the ones worth keeping. And sure, sometimes close can be too close. But sometimes, that invasion of personal space, it can be exactly what you need." ~Meredith Grey from Grey's Anatomy

On Discovery

• "If I tell you something, you will stick to it and limit your own capacity to find out for yourself." - Shunryu Suzuki
  
  
• "When we do not expect anything w can be ourselves. That is our way, to live fully in each moment of time. This practice continues forever." - Shunryu Suzuki

On Courage

• "Why are we inspired by another person's courage? Maybe because it gives us the sweet and genuine surprise of discovering some trace, at least, of the same courage in ourselves." - Laurence Shames, Author
  

On Perspective

• "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." - Anais Nin
  
  
• "You've spent too much time running away to learn what you're running towards."
  
  
• "We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are." - Anais Nin
  

On Friendship

• "Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down." - Oprah Winfrey
  
  
• “It never hurts anybody to be told that they are loved, to say to somebody ‘I love you.’” – Leo Buscaglia
  
  
• "A friend is someone who knows the song to your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."
  
  
• "Friends are the most important ingredient in this recipe of life."
  
  
• "It's the friends that you can call up at 4 am that matter."

On Success

• "Success is not final, failure is not fated. It's the courage to continue that counts!" - Sir Winston Churchill
  
  
• "What you measure, improves." (flip side is that you need to understand what the measurements mean).
  
  
• "If you want to succeed, double your failure rate." - Thomas Watson
  
  
• "Failure's hard but success is far more dangerous. If you're successful at the wrong thing, the mix of praise and money and opportunity can lock you in forever." - Po Bronson, Author
  

On Living

• "A day well spend brings blessed sleep, so a life well lived brings a blessed death." - Leonardo Da Vinci
  
  
• "You have to give up the life you have to get the life that is waiting for you." - James Hilman
  
  
• “Dedicate yourself to the process of finding out who you are, it will be the most exciting trip you’ve ever taken in your life.” – Leo Buscaglia
  
  
• "There is no way to peace. Peace is the way." - Mahatma Gandhi
  
  
• "The great end of life is not knowledge but action."
  
  
• "So many people are expecting a miracle instead of being a miracle." - Wayne Dyer
  
  
• "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication" - Leonardo DaVinci
  

On Pursuit of Knowledge

• "Knowledge without practice is useless. Practice without knowledge is dangerous." - Confucious
  
  
• "If everyone is thinking alike than someone isn't thinking." - George S. Patton
  
  
• "The great end of life is not knowledge but action." - Thomas Henry Huxley
  
  
• “Learning is the greatest joy. To learn something is fantastic because every time you learn something you become something new.” – Leo Buscaglia
  
  
• "Intelligence and Character -- that is the goal of true education." - Dr Martin Luther King Jr.
  
  
• "No one knows enough to be a pessimist."
  
  
• "Wisdom denotes pursuing of the best ends by the best means possible." - Francese Hutcheson

On Goals

• "People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals- that is, goals that do not inspire them." - Anthony Robbins
  
  
• "If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes." - Andrew Carnegie
  
  
• "Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. "- T.S. Eliot
  
  
• "Winning starts with beginning." - Anonymous
  
  
• "When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind. " - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
  
  
• "Limited goals create limited lives." - Anthony Robbins
  
  
• "When a goal matters enough to a person, that person will find a way to accomplish what at first seemed impossible." - Nido Qubein
  
  
• "If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time." - Anonymous
  
  
• "Talent wins games but teamwork and collaboration wins championships." Michael Jordan