Creating Quotes

• It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life.

  Julius Caesar

  Life, Business, Learning

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• You are a mirror of the Almighty...this is the reason you were created...your purpose.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  God, Faith, Christian

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• A painter paints the appearance of things, not their objective correctness, in fact he creates new appearances of things.

  Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

  Art, Objectivity, Facts

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• True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Happiness, Being Happy, Creativity

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• The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.

  Ben Okri

  Love, Inspirational, Sympathy

  "Ben Okri salutes Jeremy Corbyn in poetry with A New Dream of Politics" by Maev Kennedy, www.theguardian.com. October 12, 2015.

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• People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.

  Thomas Szasz

  Life, Wisdom, Finding The One

  Thomas Stephen Szasz (2004). “Words to the Wise: A Medical-Philosophical Dictionary”, p.139, Transaction Publishers

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• Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Integrity, Selfish, Creativity

  Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

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• You cannot find your soul with your mind,
  you must use your heart.
  You must know what you are feeling.
  If you don't know what you are feeling, you will create unconsciously.
  If you are unconscious of an aspect of yourself;
  if it operates outside your field of awareness,
  that aspect has power over you.

  Gary Zukav

  Heart, Power, Knowing

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  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

  Good Morning, Future, Creativity

  Miles Davis, Quincy Troupe (1990). “Miles”, p.408, Simon and Schuster

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• Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

  Scott Adams

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Scott Adams (2007). “Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!: Cartoonist Explains Cloning, Blouse Monsters, Voting Machines, Romance, Monkey G ods, How to Avoid Being Mistaken for a Rodent, and More”, p.438, Penguin

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• If Allah created you for this world, He would have created you without death.

  Habib Umar bin Hafiz

  Death, Religious, Islamic

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• Go after what it is that creates meaning in your life and then trust yourself to handle the stress that follows.

  Kelly McGonigal

  Inspirational, Life, Trust

  "How to make stress your friend". The TED Interview, www.ted.com. June, 2013.

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  It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Optimistic, Hands

  Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.118, Simon and Schuster

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• In boxing you create a strategy to beat each new opponent, it's just like chess.

  Lennox Lewis

  Sports, Boxing, Opponents

  Buography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Don't expect a great day; create one.

  Bob Proctor

  Inspirational, Attitude, Expectations

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• Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.

  Golda Meir

  Inspirational, Life, Change

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• The role of the teacher is to create the conditions for invention rather than provide ready-made knowledge.

  Seymour Papert

  Education, Teacher, School

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• It's important to wake up everyday and remind yourself what you're working towards. You create your own life, it's not set out there for you.

  Shay Mitchell

  Life, Work, Fate

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• Art should be created for life, not for the museum

  Jean Nouvel

  Life, Art, Museums

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• In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.

  James Russell Lowell

  Inspirational, Creativity, Play

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.138

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• The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.

  Mitch Albom

  Life, Commitment, Tuesdays With Morrie

  FaceBook post by Mitch Albom from Aug 03, 2010

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• Healing comes from taking responsibility: to realize that it is you - and no one else - that creates your thoughts, your feelings, and your actions.

  Peter Shepherd

  Happiness, Success, Responsibility

  Peter Shepherd (2010). “Daring to Be Yourself”, p.124, DoctorZed Publishing

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• I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, God, Sarcastic

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “Oscar Wilde's Wit and Wisdom: A Book of Quotations”, p.12, Courier Corporation

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• Creating a believable world on the ship was very important, and technically they got better and better and better at showing the ship too.

  Patrick Stewart

  Important, World, Ships

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• Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.

  Margaret J. Wheatley

  Reflection, Way, Failing

  Margaret J. Wheatley (2010). “Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time (Large Print 16pt)”, p.262, ReadHowYouWant.com

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