Motivational Quotes
"Why do we fall? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up." Batman Begins
"There are only bad options, it's about finding the best one." Argo
"Desires dictate our priorities, priorities shape our choices, and choices determine our actions." Dallin H. Oaks
"One must depend upon oneself." The Doctor from High Risk | Meltdown
"Having faith in uncertainty, finding pleasure in mystery, and learning to cultivate doubt." Firestein
"There is no surer way to screw up an experiment than to be certain of its outcome." Firestein
"The Right To Be Wrong." Linus Pauling
"No one has ever done anything like this... That's why it's going to work." Matrix
"The fastest shortcut is doing it right the first time." ET
"The fastest shortcut is to not take any short cuts." YD
"Do it again. Make it happen." JKB
"You will thank me later. " AAG
"The only way to make sure you don't get it is to not apply." AAG
"Be your own hero." ET
"We're cancelling the apocalypse." Pacific Rim
"We're ending the energy crisis." ET
"A king exists for his people, without subjects rulers can not exist." Ling Yao | FMAB
"A PI exists for his/her lab members, without students advisors can not exist." ET
“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” Martin Luther King Jr
"To want to be what one can be is purpose in life." Cynthia Ozick
"We need people who can dream of things that never were." J.F.K
"It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me." Batman Begins
"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." Albert Einstein
"Hesitation is the serial killer of opportunity." Ran Xiao
"Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction." J.F.K.
"It's better to attempt something and fail than it is to not even attempt it." Ian Thorpe
"Endogenous Transcripts. Efficient Transformation. Expression Time. Elongation Termination. Epithelial Tissue. Excised Tumor. Emergent Technology. Emulsion Tube. Efflux Transporter. Essential Tool. Entanglement Theory." RS ft. ET
"Elektronentransport, Energietransfer." SGK
"If life doesn't break you today, don't worry, it will try again tomorrow." Unknown
"Where I fall, you will rise. Where I fail, you will succeed. Where I concede, you will triumph." ET
"Follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be." Joseph Campbell | The Power of Myth
“Don’t get frustrated, don’t get mad, get better.” Unknown
"Adaptive leadership in a changing world." Tamarack Institute
"You can't spell Synthesis without writing Thesis." ET
"If it’s neither explosive nor toxic, you should try it no matter what people tell you about it. It’s one or two steps, why not?” Gilbert Stork
"Re-examine all that you have been told, dismiss that which insults your soul." Walt Whitman
"Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see." Hebrews 11:1
"Those who truly love you may not always say so, but they always do so." Unknown
"Price is what you pay; value is what you get." Benjamin Graham
"To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart." Eleanor Roosevelt
"By seeing the seed of failure in every success, we remain humble;
By seeing the seed of success in every failure, we remain hopeful." Unknown
"They say life is a battlefield, I say bring it on." Usher
"There's no one I'd rather be...than me." Wreck It Ralph
"Some days are slow, some are just slower." Unknown
"Spread your wings and let the fairy in you fly!" Unknown
"Learn From Yesterday, Love for Today, Hope for Tomorrow... Live Laugh Love." Unknown
"Love life, be brave, seize the moment." Unknown
"Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it." Unknown
"Are you chasing your dreams? Or are your dreams chasing you?" Unknown
"Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." Gandhiji
“Suffering produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us.” Unknown
"Life is too short to miss the big picture." Unknown
“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” Unknown
"There are only bad options, it's about finding the best one." Argo
"Desires dictate our priorities, priorities shape our choices, and choices determine our actions." Dallin H. Oaks
"One must depend upon oneself." The Doctor from High Risk | Meltdown
"Having faith in uncertainty, finding pleasure in mystery, and learning to cultivate doubt." Firestein
"There is no surer way to screw up an experiment than to be certain of its outcome." Firestein
"The Right To Be Wrong." Linus Pauling
"No one has ever done anything like this... That's why it's going to work." Matrix
"The fastest shortcut is doing it right the first time." ET
"The fastest shortcut is to not take any short cuts." YD
"Do it again. Make it happen." JKB
"You will thank me later. " AAG
"The only way to make sure you don't get it is to not apply." AAG
"Be your own hero." ET
"We're cancelling the apocalypse." Pacific Rim
"We're ending the energy crisis." ET
"A king exists for his people, without subjects rulers can not exist." Ling Yao | FMAB
"A PI exists for his/her lab members, without students advisors can not exist." ET
“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” Martin Luther King Jr
"To want to be what one can be is purpose in life." Cynthia Ozick
"We need people who can dream of things that never were." J.F.K
"It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me." Batman Begins
"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." Albert Einstein
"Hesitation is the serial killer of opportunity." Ran Xiao
"Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction." J.F.K.
"It's better to attempt something and fail than it is to not even attempt it." Ian Thorpe
"Endogenous Transcripts. Efficient Transformation. Expression Time. Elongation Termination. Epithelial Tissue. Excised Tumor. Emergent Technology. Emulsion Tube. Efflux Transporter. Essential Tool. Entanglement Theory." RS ft. ET
"Elektronentransport, Energietransfer." SGK
"If life doesn't break you today, don't worry, it will try again tomorrow." Unknown
"Where I fall, you will rise. Where I fail, you will succeed. Where I concede, you will triumph." ET
"Follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be." Joseph Campbell | The Power of Myth
“Don’t get frustrated, don’t get mad, get better.” Unknown
"Adaptive leadership in a changing world." Tamarack Institute
"You can't spell Synthesis without writing Thesis." ET
"If it’s neither explosive nor toxic, you should try it no matter what people tell you about it. It’s one or two steps, why not?” Gilbert Stork
"Re-examine all that you have been told, dismiss that which insults your soul." Walt Whitman
"Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see." Hebrews 11:1
"Those who truly love you may not always say so, but they always do so." Unknown
"Price is what you pay; value is what you get." Benjamin Graham
"To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart." Eleanor Roosevelt
"By seeing the seed of failure in every success, we remain humble;
By seeing the seed of success in every failure, we remain hopeful." Unknown
"They say life is a battlefield, I say bring it on." Usher
"There's no one I'd rather be...than me." Wreck It Ralph
"Some days are slow, some are just slower." Unknown
"Spread your wings and let the fairy in you fly!" Unknown
"Learn From Yesterday, Love for Today, Hope for Tomorrow... Live Laugh Love." Unknown
"Love life, be brave, seize the moment." Unknown
"Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it." Unknown
"Are you chasing your dreams? Or are your dreams chasing you?" Unknown
"Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." Gandhiji
“Suffering produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us.” Unknown
"Life is too short to miss the big picture." Unknown
“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” Unknown
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