Motivational Quotes of the Day

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Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - October 14, 2016
To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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Plutarch (46 AD - 120 AD)  
It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.
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Publilius Syrus (~100 BC)  
An idea isn't worth that much. It's the execution of the idea that has value. If you can't convince one other person that this is something to devote your life to, then it's not worth it.
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Joel Spolsky, Sink or Swim, SXSW 2006  
Part of understanding the creative urge is understanding that it's primal. Wanting to change the world is not a noble calling, it's a primal calling.
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Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 17. Merit can be bought. Passion can't. , 08-22-04  
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