Top 27 Quotes From the Most Inspiring TED Talks

“People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it.” ― Simon Sinek

“The secret to happiness is low expectations.” ― Barry Schwartz

“If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.” ― Sir Ken Robinson

“You have to utilize who you are in your work. Nobody else can do that. Nobody else can pull from your background, from your parents, your upbringing, your whole life experience.” ― David Carson

“It’s okay that we’re not perfect. It’s okay that we all have problems. It’s okay to cry, to show emotions.” ― Marina Abramovic

“Most think the ‘past equals the future.’ Decision is the ultimate power.” ― Tony Robbins

“Someone, at some point, came up with this very bad idea that an ordinary individual couldn’t make a difference in the world. I think that’s just a horrible thing.” ― John Skoll

“If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.” ― Simon Sinek

“We should not be confident in our ability to keep a super-intelligent genie locked up in its bottle forever.” ― Nick Bostrom

“Everybody wants to be relevant. We want to be relevant personally. We want to be relevant in our businesses.” ― Rick Warren

“Vision begins with the eyes, but it truly takes place in the brain.” ― Fei-Fei Li

“If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.” ― Simon Sinek

“If you don’t believe in what you’re doing, whether it’s your personal brand or the product you represent, you need to get out NOW.” ― Gary Vaynerchuck

“Sitting has become the smoking of our generation.” ― Nilofer Merchant

“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you.” ― Maya Angelou

“Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity, and change.” ― Brené Brown

“Being a scientist is like being an explorer. You have this immense curiosity, this stubbornness, this resolute will that you will go forward no matter what other people say.” ― Sara Seager

“There’s zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.” ― Susan Cain

“When you look at the moon, you think, ‘I’m really small. What are my problems?’ It sets things into perspective. We should all look at the moon a bit more often.” ― Alain de Botton

“It’s what you do with the pieces that break that will make you.” ― Darryle Pollack

“Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage.” ― Brené Brown

“What we’re finding is it’s not necessarily the reality that shapes us, but the lens through which your brain views the world that shapes your reality. And if we can change the lens, not only can we change your happiness, we can change every single educational and business outcome at the same time.” ― Shawn Achor

“Ignorance and fear are but matters of the mind – and the mind is adaptable.” ― Daniel Kish

“You may use your power to build walls…or you may use it to break barriers.” ― Shahrukh Khan

“We’ve just started to scratch the surface of the true power of virtual reality. It’s not a video game peripheral — it connects humans to other humans in a profound way.” ― Chris Milk

“It has to be you who creates a world that is its own best lover, that should be the future you.” ― Shahrukh Khan

“Most think the ‘past equals the future.’ Decision is the ultimate power.” ― Tony Robbins

“Working to prevent AI from turning evil is like disrupting the space program to prevent overpopulation on Mars.” ― Oren Etzioni

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