winnie chou

If it helps to visualize chalkboard decisions, imagine standing at the base of a 2000m mountain with two paths in front of you. You can only see the next 100m of each, and one path looks easier. If you only consider what you can see, you'll choose the easier path. Only after you walk the first bit do you realize that choosing the easiest visible... See more

"Move toward the next thing, not away from the last thing.

Same direction. Completely different energy."

"The test of a student is not how much he knows, but how much he wants to know."

Web designer David Leggett on how to handle criticism:

"Be friendly to those who enjoy your work and friendlier to those who attack it."

Source: Professional Web Design

"Human ordeals thrive on ignorance. To understand a problem with clarity is already halfway towards solving it."

"When you're on the field, play as if nothing else matters.

When you're off the field, remember that the game doesn't matter at all."

“In order for the turtle to move, it has to stick its neck out,” Dr. Ruth said in her commencement speech at Trinity College in 2004. “There are going to be times in your life when you’re going to have to stick your neck out. There will be challenges. And instead of hiding in a shell, you have to go out and meet them.”

“The right time was yesterday. The best time is now.”

“You deserve to be loved and chosen — not almost loved, or almost chosen. ... Have the courage to let go of the people who leave your heart confused. Let go of the people who make you feel like you are compromising all that you desire, and all that you hope for, and all of the goodness and the beauty that you know exists in this world, for a skinny... See more