"It is very important in life to..." - Quote by Soren Kierkegaard
It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.
More by Soren Kierkegaard
“What is a poet? An unhappy man who hides deep anguish in his heart, but whose lips are so formed that when the sigh and cry pass through them, it sounds like lovely music.... And people flock around the poet and say: 'Sing again soon' - that is, 'May new sufferings torment your soul but your lips be fashioned as before, for the cry would only frighten us, but the music, that is blissful.”
“The minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by those who really have an opinion.”
“The paradox is really the pathos of intellectual life and just as only great souls are exposed to passions it is only the great thinker who is exposed to what I call paradoxes, which are nothing else than grandiose thoughts in embryo.”
More on Timing
“Have patience. Wait until the mud settles and the water is clear. Remain unmoving until right action arises by itself.”
“What a pity that in life we only get our lessons when they are of no use to us.”
“Those who succeed in an outstanding way seldom do so before the age of 40. More often, they do not strike their real pace until they are well beyond the age of 50.”
More on Opportunity
“I want there to be a life for the street element. Instead of we always getting shut out. Instead of defenseless, having power.”
“The millionaire says to a thousand people, 'I read this book and it started me on the road to wealth.' Guess how many go out and get the book? Very few. Isn't that incredible? Why wouldn't everyone get the book?!”
“Take Time by the forelock. It is also the safest part to take a serpent by.”