Essentialism by Greg McKeown - Leading quotes
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- The quotes leading each chapter of the book together as a list.
- "The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." - Lin Yutang
- "It is the ability to choose which makes us human." - Madeline L'Engle
- "Most of what exists in the universe - our actions, and all other forces, resources, and ideas - has little value and yields little result; on the other hand, a few things work fantastically well and have tremendous impact." - Richard Koch
- "Strategy is about making choices, trade offs. It's about deliberately choosing to be different." - Michael Porter
- "Without great solitude no serious work is possible." - Pablo Picasso
- "Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?" - T.S. Eliot
- "A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men." - Ronald Dahl
- "Every night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn." - Mahatma Gandhi
- "An inner process stands in need of outward criteria." - Ludwig Wittgenstein
- "To follow, without halt, one aim: There is the secret to success." - Anna Pavlova
- "Courage is grace under pressure." - Ernest Hemingway
- "Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough." -Josh Billings
- "I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free." -Michelangelo
- "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe." - Attributed to Abraham Lincoln
- "To attain knowledge add things every day. To Attain wisdom subtract things every day." - Lao-tzu
- "Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow." - Doug Firebaugh
- "Routine, in an intelligent man, is a sign of ambition." - W. H. Auden
- "Life is available only in the present moment. If you abandon the present moment you cannot live the moments of your daily life deeply." - Thich Nhat Hanh
- "Beware the barrenness of a busy life." - Socrates
- "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead