'cos not everything
needs a TED talk

sharp insights from minds that shaped the world — and a few that history forgot to hype

3 May

It is not the strongest of the species that survives but the most adaptable to change.

Charles Darwin

2 May

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

Oprah Winfrey

1 May

The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive but in finding something to live for.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

30 April

In the midst of winter I found there was within me an invincible summer.

Albert Camus

29 April

What worries you masters you.

John Locke

28 April

A person’s success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.

Tim Ferriss

27 April

One is not born but rather becomes a woman.

Simone de Beauvoir

26 April

If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat. Just get on.

Sheryl Sandberg

25 April

Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision.

Andrew Carnegie

24 April

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

Lao Tzu

23 April

To be or not to be that is the question.

William Shakespeare

22 April

Yesterday I was clever so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise so I am changing myself.

Rumi

21 April

Business opportunities are like buses there’s always another one coming.

Richard Branson

20 April

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Steve Jobs

19 April

It’s better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.

Warren Buffet

18 April

Happiness is not an ideal of reason but of imagination.

Immanuel Kant

17 April

It always seems impossible until it’s done.

Nelson Mandela

16 April

We do not learn from experience… we learn from reflecting on experience.

John Dewey

15 April

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

14 April

Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it and I shall move the world.

Archimedes