Source: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe, (1998), Quotations from "Journey to Ixtlan" (Chapter 8)
“We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.”
Carlos Castaneda book Journey to Ixtlan
Variant: We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same
Source: Journey to Ixtlan
Eli Siegel (1902–1978) Latvian-American poet, philosopher
Everything Has to Do with Hardness and Softness (1969)
“The tales we tell ourselves about ourselves makes us who we are.”
Megan McCafferty (1973) American novelist
Source: Second Helpings
“The biggest mistake we could ever make in our lives is to think we work for anybody but ourselves.”
Brian Tracy (1944) American motivational speaker and writer
“This is what we do, my mother's life said. We find ourselves in the sacrifices we make.”
Source: Neighborhood Watch
Michelangelo Antonioni (1912–2007) Italian film director and screenwriter
Encountering Directors interview (1969)
