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Confucius 269
Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher -551–-479 BCRelated quotes
“You may break your heart, but men will still go on as before.”
Ὅτι οὐδὲν ἧττον τὰ αὐτὰ ποιήσουσι, κἂν σὺ διαρραγῇς.
VIII, 4
Source: Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book VIII
“You sing the song in your heart and the people it resonates with are going to dance to it.”
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 53
“You can’t apologize your way into people’s hearts … You have to go full force.”
"Friendly, and Just a Bit Creepy: St. Vincent Defies Categories" in The New York Times (7 May 2009) http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/arts/music/07vince.html?_r=1&ref=arts&pagewanted=all
Context: I think anyone who is creative or self-aware in any way, there’s like a humility to it, or I should say a humiliation to it. But there’s also a self-delusion — the provisional ego, as my uncle would call it. The self-delusion is the thing that makes you go, oh you know what, all the music that I’ve ever loved in the world, I want to be a part of that — hey, listen to what I have to say, it’s really important, it’s going to matter.”
You can’t apologize your way into people’s hearts... You have to go full force.
“As you seek God and he rekindles it in your heart, I believe he is going to speak to you.”
It – How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It (2008, Zondervan)
“How you play, is how you'll be remembered. Go Hard, follow your heart or be forgotten.”
Interview with Entertainment Tonight (2009) on advice for others trying to follow their dreams.
