Inspirational/motivational quotes

This is a list of Alvin Alexander's inspirational quotes.

  • Jonathan Ive - Talking too loud about virtues, trying to convince ourselves
    Jonathan Ive - Talking too loud about virtues, trying to convince ourselves
    Jonathan Ive

    However, the designer added that the firm does not get enough credit for its decisions to stop working on devices that are "competent" as opposed to "great".

    "We have been, on a number of occasions, preparing for mass production and in a room and realised we are talking a little too loud about the virtues of something. That to me is always the danger, if I'm trying to talk a little too loud about something and realising I'm trying to convince myself that something's good," he said.

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  • "There are as many paths to God as there are human breaths."
    "There are as many paths to God as there are human breaths."
    The Prophet Mohammed

    There are as many paths to God as there are human breaths.

  • We know there is cause and effect
    We know there is cause and effect
    His Holiness The Dalai Lama

    According to the theory of emptiness, any belief in an objective reality grounded in the assumption of independent existence is untenable. All things and events, whether material, mental, or even abstract concepts like time, are devoid of objective, independent existence. To possess such independent existence would imply that things and events are somehow complete unto themselves, and are therefore entirely self-contained. But we know there is cause and effect ...

  • You don’t ever try to cut corners to be successful.
    You don’t ever try to cut corners to be successful.
    LeBron James

    “If you have love for the game, the game will pay you back," James said. "You don’t ever try to cut corners to be successful. You can’t do it. You can't do it in this league, because the game will not give back to you if you try to cut corners and cheat the game.

    "MJ loved the game at a high level. And the guys that he played against -- Patrick Ewing and Shaq and Penny Hardaway and Isiah Thomas and Scottie [Pippen] and all those guys, man -- they all loved the game and you saw that. And that's what we have, as well. We have guys that really love the game and we carry what we do at a high level."

  • Never say never. Because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.
    Never say never. Because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.
    Michael Jordan

    Never say never. Because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.

  • Refuse to be average.
    Refuse to be average.

    "Refuse to be average." ~ Russell Wilson, Seattle Seahawks QB

  • When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.
    When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.
    John Muir

    When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.

  • Zen is a matter of personal experience. The student is asked to accept nothing the truth of which he cannot demonstrate for himself.
    Zen is a matter of personal experience. The student is asked to accept nothing the truth of which he cannot demonstrate for himself.
    Katsuki Sekida

    Zen is a matter of personal experience. The student is asked to accept nothing the truth of which he cannot demonstrate for himself.

  • With a deaf person you show the gate by pointing.
    With a deaf person you show the gate by pointing.
    Zen Master Bukko

    With a deaf person you show the gate by pointing. With a blind person you show the gate by knocking on it.

  • You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.

    You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.

    You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.

    From the movie, V for Vendetta.