- Doing what everyone else thinks you should do is almost always a sure path to average. Shane Parrish
- An entire sea of water can’t sink a ship unless it gets inside the ship. Similarly, the negativity of the world can’t put you down unless you allow it to get inside you. Goi Nasu
- If you want to master something, teach it. The more you teach, the better you learn. Teaching is a powerful tool to learning. Richard Feynman
- In fighting and in everyday life you should be determined though calm. Miyamoto Musashi
- We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate. Erica Jong
- When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. Abraham Joshua Heschel
- Don’t worry, this isn’t your last mistake. @orangebook_
- Do it for love, not rewards. Maxime Lagacé
- I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing. Michel de Montaigne
- Success is about what you do everyday when no one is looking. @orangebook_
- Most valuable information is widely accessible. Great books of centuries past are free online. Thinkers of today argue publicly on Twitter. YouTube is a lecture hall that seats millions. Podcasts are private tutors for the masses. A golden age for the self-motivated learner. @TheStoicEmperor
- Always be a first-rate version of yourself and not a second-rate version of someone else. Judy Garland
- In a global economy, where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity, it is a prerequisite. Barack Obama
- Following your genuine intellectual curiosity is a better foundation for a career than following whatever is making money right now. Naval Ravikant
- Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. 14th Dalai Lama
- There are good ships and wood ships, ships that sail the sea, but the best ships are friendships, may they always be! Irish Proverb
- You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. Winnie the Pooh (A.A. Milne)
- You can only fight the way you practice. Miyamoto Musashi
- I hope you’re able to grow to respect whoever you are inside. Fred Rogers
- The more you learn, the better feeling you have about yourself and the world we live in. Fred Rogers
- Creating makes you smarter. Consuming doesn’t. Traveling makes you smarter. Tourism doesn’t. Learning makes you smarter. Memorization doesn’t. Focusing makes you smarter. Mindlessness doesn’t. Humility makes you smarter. Pride doesn’t. @orangebook_
- If you don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in, you won’t understand how much bigger the world is. Angelina Jolie
- Don’t you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can’t be exactly who you are. Lady Gaga
- If you can’t be a highway then just be a trail. If you can’t be the sun be a star. It isn’t by size that you win or you fail. Be the best of whatever you are. Fred Rogers
- We obtain our education at home, at school, and, most important, from life itself. Eleanor Roosevelt
- The best learning happens through self-discovery. The things that you go out and discover yourself is knowledge that truly has meaning to you. Preethi Kasireddy
- Asking questions will get you further than giving answers. Doing the right things is more important than going fast. Maxime Lagacé
- If you only walk on sunny days you’ll never reach your destination. Paulo Coelho
- Curiosity is the start of the search for truth. It is a leap from “being part of a mold” to “exploring outside of the boundary.” Everybody should be curious. Endlessly. Don’t be a lifeless zombie. Wake up, get curious and explore beyond your boundary today. Thibaut
- Things you learned in school that you need to forget: Grades are more important than knowledge. The key to success is obedience and conformity. Your individual interests are largely irrelevant. Social hierarchies are rigid and hard to break. Thibaut