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

15 October

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

Confucius

14 October

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

13 October

Nothing is permanent except change.

Heraclitus

12 October

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

Bill Gates

11 October

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Steve Jobs

10 October

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

Victor Hugo

9 October

Learning never exhausts the mind.

Leonardo da Vinci

8 October

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.

Emily Dickinson

7 October

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Albert Einstein

6 October

One is not born but rather becomes a woman.

Simone de Beauvoir

5 October

Whether you think you can or you think you can’t you’re right.

Henry Ford

4 October

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

Paul Graham

3 October

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Peter Drucker

2 October

Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.

Vince Lombardi

1 October

It’s better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.

Warren Buffet

30 September

Starting a company is like jumping off a cliff and assembling a plane on the way down.

Reid Hoffman

29 September

You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this and you will find strength.

Marcus Aurelius

28 September

It was the best of times it was the worst of times.

Charles Dickens

27 September

The cost of being wrong is less than the cost of doing nothing.

Seth Godin

26 September

Everyone who has taken a shower has had an idea. But it’s the people who get out of the shower, towel off, and do something about it that makes the difference.

Nolan Bunshell