### Concepts that Inspire >*Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. - Unknown* > *Your mind will take the shape of what you frequently hold in thought, for the human spirit is colored by such impressions. - Marcus Aurelius - [[Lifelong Learning]] - "*Never stop learning; for when we stop learning, we stop growing.* "— Loyal 'Jack' Lewman - “*Continuous learning is the minimum requirement for success in any field.*” — Brian Tracy - [[Knowledge Management]] - "*Knowledge management is a means, not an end.*" — Bill Gates - [[Environmental Protection]] - “*When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.*” — John Muir - “*We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.*” — David Brower - “*There can be nothing in the world more beautiful than the Yosemite, the groves of the giant sequoias and redwoods, the Canyon of the Colorado, the Canyon of the Yellowstone, the Three Tetons; and our people should see to it that they are preserved for their children and their children’s children forever, with their majestic beauty all unmarred.*” — Teddy Roosevelt - Family and Friends - The place and community where I live (my neighborhood, my city, my state, my country, and planet earth). ### People that Inspire - My significant other - My mom and dad and sister and stepmom - Abraham Lincoln - My dogs ### Books that Inspire Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein - "A Historian's View of The Lord of the Rings" by Dr. Jay Antle via [Great Books: The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien - Bing video](https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Lord+of+the+Rings+by+J.R.R.+Tolkein&qpvt=Lord+of+the+Rings+by+J.R.R.+Tolkein&view=detail&mid=CA25B5A0975AB9615447CA25B5A0975AB9615447&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3DLord%2Bof%2Bthe%2BRings%2Bby%2BJ.R.R.%2BTolkein%26qpvt%3DLord%2Bof%2Bthe%2BRings%2Bby%2BJ.R.R.%2BTolkein%26FORM%3DVDRE) *** 2024 cloudedknowledge.net