- Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth. Fyodor Dostoevsky
- When you find peace within yourself, you also find peace without. Naga Devi
- The greatest of the arts is the conquering of men. Jack London
- When a man is young, he tries to please his parents. When he gets married, he tries to please his spouse. When he becomes a father, he tries to please his children. When he grows old, he tries to please god. One day, he comes to discover that his life has never been his own. Kapil Gupta
- Be forgiving with your past self. Be strict with your present self. Be flexible with your future self. James Clear
- The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you’re in control of your life. If you don’t, life controls you. Tony Robbins
- Progress is made in solitude; profit is made in public. Sven Schnieders
- Knowledge will give you power, but character respect. Bruce Lee
- My idea of the modern stoic sage is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into information, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- The more self-knowledge you have, the calmer you can be. Maxime Lagacé
- Man is a genius when he is dreaming. Akira Kurosawa
- Make focusing on the long-term your default mode. Matthew Kobach
- Mastery is saying no to almost everything. Jack Butcher
- Fools hate to look like fools. Wise men don’t care. Maxime Lagacé
- Outmaneuver your old self. Jack Butcher
- We just keep swimming and let the tide take care of itself. Warren Buffett
- Once you’re calm and fit, you have everything worth having, as the rest just comes and goes. Naval Ravikant
- To have become a deeper man is the privilege of those who have suffered. Oscar Wilde
- What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality. Plutarch
- The day you are no longer afraid of standing alone, you become a professional. @orangebook_
- A sense of humour is the only divine quality of man. Arthur Schopenhauer
- It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts. John Wooden
- Forget your past. Never forget your dreams. Maxime Lagacé
- Always remember: Silence and smile are two very powerful tools. Smile is the way to solve many problems. Silence is the way to avoid many problems. Paulo Coelho
- We have been conditioned to feel that we lack something. So we are always trying to add something to ourselves: security, self-esteem, externalized love, material things. Yet as drinking saltwater only makes you more thirsty, none of those things are ever finally enough. Thibaut (See also: self-esteem quotes)
- It is very important in life to know when your cue comes. Søren Kierkegaard
- To have doubted one’s own first principles is the mark of a civilized man. Oliver W. Holmes Jr
- What you aim at determines what you see. Jordan Peterson
- It is better, proverbially, to rule your own spirit than to rule a city. Jordan Peterson
- A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others. Confucius