'cos not everything
needs a TED talk

sharp insights from minds that shaped the world — and a few that history forgot to hype

21 February

Done is better than perfect.

Sheryl Sandberg

20 February

I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.

Hafez

19 February

The way to get startup ideas is not to try to think of startup ideas.

Paul Graham

18 February

Peace is not the absence of war but a virtue based on strength of character.

Baruch Spinoza

17 February

You cannot teach a man anything you can only help him find it within himself.

Galileo Galilei

16 February

The time is always right to do what is right.

Martin Luther King, Jr

15 February

Make something people want.

Y Combinator

14 February

Nothing is permanent except change.

Heraclitus

13 February

It always seems impossible until it’s done.

Nelson Mandela

12 February

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

11 February

Nothing in life is to be feared it is only to be understood.

Marie Curie

10 February

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

John Stuart Mill

9 February

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

David Hume

8 February

Before you are a leader success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader success is all about growing others.

Jack Welch

7 February

Everyone thinks of changing the world but no one thinks of changing himself.

Leo Tolstoy

6 February

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

Lao Tzu

5 February

Man is condemned to be free.

Jean-Paul Sartre

4 February

Each man longs to pursue his dream. Each man is tortured by this dream. But the dream gives meaning to his life. Even if the dream ruins his life. Man cannot allow himself to leave it behind.

Kentaro Miura

3 February

When something is important enough you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

Elon Musk

2 February

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Albert Einstein