"It's easy to lose, once you have a good excuse, but winning can be a heavy load. You'll drop that load once you find an excuse"

paraphrasing from "The Hustler"

pain is french for bread

The bird is struggling out of the egg. The egg is the world. Whoever wants to be born must first destroy a world. -- Hesse

Some quality stuff in here ..

I do like this one :

Not success creates happiness, happiness creates success!

the whole universe exists within you, ask all from yourself -- Rumi

This one is really deep.

It's not a matter of what we reach, but how we reach it.
Because everything what we will reach will be lost in our last day, except our memories.

I live my live based on many quotes, but i'm almoust sure that this one is somewhere on the top.

Nice thread guys, very exciting reading

"the only thing that beats talent is hard work. and the only thing that beats hard work is talent AND hard work."

"I'm a risk-taker. I like to take chances. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's not so good. This is the lifestyle I have chosen. This is who I am" Phil Ivey

People always ask me if I need to gamble that high, and I think I do if I want to get better. You can't be afraid to lose. There may be some players who have the ability to play higher and could play and compete in our games, but they are afraid of losing money. They feel that they don't need it. I say, "Well, what's the point of living?" If you can do it, and you believe that you can do it, I say go for it. If you lose, you lose, but that's just me." Phil Ivey

Life is things eating things. Life is scary. - Malcolm in the Middle

"Keep your friends close, and your fish closer" - HarbingerOfTilt

love this thread, so much wisdom in a a few words!

"The happiness of your life depens upon the quality of your thoughts"

" We see thing not as they are but as we are"

" Things you own end up owning you"

Keep them coming!

'What? Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!' -Bluto

expect the best,
be prepared for the worst,
**** what others think &
do your own thing

ze germans?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oK_trZhVdk



(but it could also be that I don't get it)

Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about.
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