Author: Daniel Scocco (@danielscocco)

Quote: “The difference between me and my friends is a pretty clear one. I love what I do. They don’t. I work under my own rules. They work according someone else’s rules. I work when I want to. They work when they have to.”

Source:  Daniel Scocco – You MUST Love Mondays

[note from the editors:  If you enjoy your jobs as much as we do (Eric works here, Adam works here) you love Mondays.  As friends of Daniel, we love this quote - however he must be referring to different friends.]

Author: Matt Dickman

Quote: “Social media isn’t the end-all-be-all, but it offers marketers unparalleled opportunity to participate in relevant ways. It also provides a launchpad for other marketing tactics. Social media is not an island, it’s a high-power engine on the larger marketing ship.”

Source: Don’t Forget The Rest Of The Digital Puzzle

Author: Skellie

Quote: “If you think about the bloggers and thought-leaders currently making waves at the moment–the people everyone is currently talking about–you’ll notice that they are unashamedly individual and unashamedly confident. You have to be. Believing that people will listen to and find value in what you really want to say requires that.”

Source: How Not To Sell-Out

Author: Chris Brogan (@ChrisBrogan)

Quote: “You CAN do things a lot more streamlined than before. You don’t need an IT team. You need a nerd. You don’t need millions of dollars. You need day jobs. You don’t need a million customers. You need the right 10,000.”

Original source:  The Way Today’s Web Changes Things

Author:  Seth Godin

Quote:  “If you want to become the kind of person that any company would kill to have as an employee, you need to be the kind of employee that’s really picky about who you align with.”

Source: Be Careful Who You Work For

David Armano (@armano)

Quote: “There are actually few organizations that can support passionate employees—even if they say they want them. That’s because the original industrial revolution was designed to support productivity.”

Source: Passion vs. Productive

Author: Mark Dykeman (@MarkDykeman)

Quote: “Don’t worry about retracing the path of ten thousand other creators. Make the journey your own with your honest, authentic thoughts and feelings. No one can accurately duplicate that.”

Source: Dare To Create Unique And Unoriginal Work

Author: Leo Babauta (@zen_habits)

Quote: “A better answer than adding extra steps and meetings to a workday is to focus on action. Create a culture of action and hire people who get things done. Eliminate as much bureaucracy as possible and get things moving.”

Source: 10 Steps to Take Action and Eliminate Bureaucracy

[note from the editors: we're excited to present a soft launch of Slice Quotes, a place to find the most inspirational bits from  intelligent and creative people around the web and around the planet.

In the spirit of this site (a collaborative effort between Eric Friedman and Adam Singer) we thought the above quote from Leo Babauta from Zen Habits sets the perfect tone for the future.  We hope you enjoy this project.

Why are we doing this?  Check out Eric's motivation and Adam's motivation.  Or read the about page.]