1. Money is the physical representation of time.
Time becomes money, but the inverse isn't possible
There are quite a few millionaires, there are no immortals.
8. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it, keep looking. Don't settle. You'll know it when you find it.
— Steve Jobs
9. Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
— T.S. Eliot
10. A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.
— Hunter S Thompson
11. The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
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Thucydides Quotes
Introduction: Thucydides was an Athenian historian and general. His History of the Peloponnesian War recounts the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC.
To learn Thucydides is to learn war, politics and strategy and life
1. "Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear"
2. "Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must"
1. What is your one most significant quality or attribute that defines you, and if removed, would change your character or behavior significantly enough to make you an entirely different person?
2. Who was your childhood hero, the person that you most wanted to be like?
How close did you get to becoming like that person in adulthood?
3. Is the kind of work you do as an adult exactly, somewhat, or not at all related to what you thought you wanted to be as a child?