Interest Quotes

• The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.

  William Morris

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  William Morris, May Morris (2012). “The Collected Works of William Morris: With Introductions by His Daughter May Morris”, p.94, Cambridge University Press

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• My life is a simple thing that would interest no one. It is a known fact that I was born, and that is all that is necessary.

  Albert Einstein

  Simple, Facts, Life Is

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.15, Princeton University Press

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• Interest is the most important thing in life; happiness is temporary, but interest is continuous.

  Georgia O'Keeffe

  Things In Life, Important, Life Happiness

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• There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses - only results.

  Ken Blanchard

  Success, Work, Adventure

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• If you are interested in something, you will focus on it, and if you focus attention on anything, it is likely that you will become interested in it. Many of the things we find interesting are not so by nature, but because we took the trouble of paying attention to them.

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  Nature, Interesting, Focus

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1997). “Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life”, p.128, Basic Books

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• The strongest force in the universe is Compound Interest.

  Albert Einstein

  Being Yourself, Being Real, I Love Myself

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• Learn to leave things. If you don't have an interest in something, you don't need even to transcend it!

  Mooji

  Needs, Ifs

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• To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully.

  Tryon Edwards

  Education, Teacher, Business

  Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.1350, Ravenio Books

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• Wisdom begins in wonder.

  Socrates

  Wise, Spiritual, Wisdom

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• Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.

  Henry Miller

  Music, Beauty, Beautiful

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• Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Love, Self, Enemy

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• An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Encouraging, Education, Money

  Jack Vincent, Benjamin Franklin (2010). “Benjamin Franklin's the Way to Wealth”, p.91, The Way to Wealth

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• The things that go on in my head are far more interesting than what actually happens.

  Nicole Kidman

  Interesting, Goes On, Happens

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• I don't believe in principle, but I do in interest.

  James Russell Lowell

  Believe, Curiosity, Principles

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• If I am interested, amazed, stimulated to work, that is sufficient reason to thank the gods, and go ahead!

  Edward Weston

  Reason, Amazed, Sufficient

  Edward Weston, Nancy Newhall (1990). “The daybooks of Edward Weston”

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• You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Best Friend, Cute

  Dale Carnegie (2012). “The Leader In You”, p.41, Simon and Schuster

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• Imagination is the most powerful force in the universe.

  Albert Einstein

  Powerful, Pay The Price, Civilization

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• The cultivation of a hobby and new forms of interest is a policy of first importance to a public man.

  Winston Churchill

  Men, Hobbies, Firsts

  Winston Churchill (1965). “A Man of Destiny: Winston S. Churchill”

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• Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

  James F. Byrnes

  Friendship, Beautiful, Self

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• A man's interest in the world is only an overflow from his interest in himself.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Men, Curiosity, World

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• All of us take an interest, to a greater or lesser extent, in what people around us look like, what they are doing, and why they are doing it.

  David Cobley

  People, Looks, Greater

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• Imitators? All right! Disciples if you like. But disciples be damned. It's not interesting.

  Pablo Picasso

  Interesting, Disciple, Ifs

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• Any artist will tell you he's really only interested in the stuff he's doing now. He will, always. It's true, and it should be like that.

  David Hockney

  Artist, Stuff, Should

  "David Hockney Keeps Seeking New Avenues of Exploration". Interview with Mark Feeney, archive.boston.com. February 26, 2006.

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• Art experts are unfailingly opposed to Art for the simple reason that they are interested in Art - but Art is not interested in Art. Art is interested in life.

  Stephen Vizinczey

  Art, Simple, Experts

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• I chop and change between what is called 'work' and what is called 'recreation.' There are no discontinuities in my day. I only play tennis with people I find interesting.

  David Deutsch

  Play, Interesting, People

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