"The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love—whether we call it friendship or family or romance—is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other's light." —James Baldwin
Prentice
@csprentice.bsky.social
Just a dude who likes rock music, weightlifting, traveling, and lacrosse. Makes money by working in Medtech (robotics).
"Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths." - Arnold Schwarzenegger
"One man can make a difference and every man should try." - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
You're not captaining a yacht. You're in a kayak. The river is moving whether you like it or not, you don't control the current, and the only real skill is steering. Oliver Burkeman
“I like it when somebody gets excited about something. It’s nice.” —J.D. Salinger
"They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself." - Andy Warhol
"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great." - John D. Rockefeller
“Laugh and the world laughs with you; snore and you sleep alone.” —Anthony Burgess
"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places." - Ernest Hemingway, from "A Farewell to Arms"
"The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone." - Harriet Beecher Stowe
“Pride is a master of deception: when you think you’re occupied in the weightiest business, that’s when he has you in his spell.” – Marcus Aurelius #stoic #philosophy #wisdom
"The extent to which you can walk in someone else's shoes or at least eat their food, it's a plus for everybody." - Anthony Bourdain
“There is only one road to happiness—let this rule be at hand morning, noon, and night: stay detached from things that are not up to you.” EPICTETUS
“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.” —Josh Billings
"Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable." - John Wooden
“Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without strategy.” GENERAL H. NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF
“The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.” —D.H. Lawrence
"Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers." - Voltaire
"I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful." - Bob Hope
“You've got to understand your limitations. It's your limitations that make you the wonderful disaster you most probably are.” —Nick Cave
"I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning ... Every day I find something creative to do with my life." - Miles Davis
“Do you know who you really are? I’m sure you think so, but just because you believe something doesn’t make it true. Denial is the ultimate comfort zone. Don’t worry, you’re not alone.” DAVID GOGGINS
"Living a joyful life, I've found, is not about trying to avoid the unavoidable. Joy comes from summoning a strong life force to overcome problems." - Tina Turner
“Adventure is just a romantic name for trouble. It sounds swell when you write about it, but it's hell when you meet it face to face in a dark and lonely place.” —Louis L'Amour
In every one of us there are two ruling and directing principles, whose guidance we follow wherever they may lead; the one being an innate desire of pleasure; the other, an acquired judgment which aspires after excellence. — Socrates
What else is freedom but the power to live our life the way we want? EPICTETUS