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Quotes of Wisdom & Life

The way to get started is to quit talking and start doing.
Walt Disney

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
Picasso

Stop Starting, Start Finishing.
David J.

On the environment: “Act now. There is no Planet B.”
Unknown (to me at least)

Some people will only love you if you fit in their box… Don’t be afraid to disappoint.
Unknown (to me at least)

Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.
Robin Williams

Most people I’ve met who weren’t kind to animals weren’t kind to people either.

Kindness is kindness.

Simple as that.

Enjoy life. Have fun. Be kind. Have worth. Have friends. Be honest. Laugh. Die with dignity. Make the most of it. It’s all we’ve got.
Ricky Gervais

Be happy. It really annoys negative people.

Eat at a local restaurant tonight. Get the cream sauce. Have a cold pint at 4 o’clock in a mostly empty bar. Go somewhere you’ve never been. Listen to someone you think may have nothing in common with you. Order the steak rare. Eat an oyster. Have a negroni. Have two. Be open to a world where you may not understand or agree with the person next to you, but have a drink with them anyways. Eat slowly. Tip your server. Check in on your friends. Check in on yourself. Enjoy the ride.
Anthony Bourdain

Aging is an extra-ordinary process where you become a person you always should have been.
David Bowie

People are like music. Some speak the truth, and others are just noise.
Bill Murray

Whatever you do, always give 100%. Unless you’re donating blood.
Bill Murray

We’re Americans!

Do you know what that means? It means our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world.

I think we’re all sort of imprisoned by – or at least bound to – the choices we make… You want to say no at the right time and you want to say yes more sparingly.
Bill Murray

Just beat my record for most consecutive days without dying. The secret is to have a sense of yourself, your real self, your unique self.

The last time doesn’t exist. It’s only this time. And everything is going to be different this time. There’s only now.
Bill Murray

Be here and now.
Jawad Khaki

I realized the more fun I had, the more relaxed I was working, the better I worked.
Bill Murray

Life is short. Break the rules, forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that makes you smile.
Steven Tyler

No one is you and that is your biggest power.
Dave Grohl

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to delf-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power.
Clint Eastwood

The poet is a man who feigns
And feigns so thoroughly, at last
He manages to feign as pain
The pain he really feels,
And those who read what once he wrote
Feel clearly, in the pain they read,
Neither of the pains he felt,
Only a pain they cannot sense.
And thus, around its jolting track
There runs, to keep our reason busy,
The circling clockwork train of ours
That men agree to call a heart.
Fernando Pessoa

If I was on one of those TV shows, quiz. Name the members of Pink Floyd?

Sid was one them, Sid Vicious I think it was. He died. Then there was Roger, yeah Roger Moore. And David, Bowie I believe. And Richard, Branson I’m pretty sure. And of course, Nick Cave. Nailed it, didn’t I?
Pekka Niikkonen

The technology and the the Internet can be wonderful and awful the same time. Many people take it as is what is written or posted in social media etc. Without bothering to do their own research on the topic. Then they spread or share it out and when it spreads out enough, it becomes so called ‘fact’, whether true or false. Don’t believe everything you read out there. Too many bad comments being out there about many famous people who actually are doing a lot of good saving lives of many people using their own wealth to do that.

Pekka Niikkonen

Steve Jobs Last Words
At the age of 56, Steve Jobs died a billionaire. Close family members say that his dying words were “Oh, wow. Oh, wow. Oh, wow.” Whether he penned an essay during the days leading up to his death is probably unlikely, but it is still being debated. What we do know is that Jobs often sacrificed his family to achieve success in business. At one point he went so far as to deny that he was the legitimate father of his daughter, Lisa, surprising on many levels, especially given that Jobs was adopted as a child.

Steve Jobs’ Legacy
The following is thought to be the essay Jobs wrote in his last days. While its authenticity might be disputed, its profundity cannot be.

I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In others’ eyes, my life is the epitome of success. However, aside from work, I have little joy. In the end, my wealth is only a fact of life that I am accustomed to. At this moment, lying on my bed and recalling my life, I realize that all the recognition and wealth that I took so much pride in have paled and become meaningless in the face of my death.

You can employ someone to drive the car for you, make money for you, but you cannot have someone bear your sickness for you. Material things lost can be found or replaced. But there is one thing that can never be found when it’s lost—Life. Whichever stage in life you’re in right now, with time, you will face the day when the curtain falls.

Treasure love for your family, love for your spouse, love for your friends. Treat yourself well and cherish others. As we grow older, and hopefully wiser, we realize that a $3000 or a $30 watch both tell the same time. You will realize that your true inner happiness does not come from the material things of this world. Whether you fly first class or economy, if the plane goes down—you go down with it.

Therefore, I hope you realize, when you have mates, buddies and old friends, brothers and sisters, who you chat with, laugh with, talk with, sing with, talk about north-south-east-west or heaven and earth, that is true happiness.

Don’t educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be happy. So when they grow up they will know the value of things and not the price.

Eat your food as your medicine, otherwise, you have to eat medicine as your food.

The One who loves you will never leave you for another because, even if there are 100 reasons to give up, he or she will find a reason to hold on. There is a big difference between a human being and being human. Only a few really understand it. You are loved when you are born. You will be loved when you die. In between, you have to manage.

The six best doctors in the world are sunlight, rest, exercise, diet, self-confidence, and friends. Maintain them in all stages and enjoy a healthy life.
Steve Jobs