- The crucial thing is to find a truth which is truth for me, to find the idea for which I am willing to live and die. Søren Kierkegaard
- Riches have shut off many a man from the attainment of wisdom. Seneca
- The greater the success, the less it was due to one thing. James Clear
- Happiness isn’t about making more money, but rather freedom. The freedom to say no to things you don’t want to do. The freedom to say no to people you don’t like. The freedom to not feel like you are obligated to say “yes”. Freedom is saying yes when you want to. Shane Parrish
- We need men who can dream of things that never were. John F. Kennedy
- A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others. Confucius
- If a man needs no one to like him, agree with him, praise him, validate him, forgive him, acknowledge him, invite him, or accept him, if he is indifferent to the winds of circumstance and to the hand of fortune… Such a man floats through life, free of all burdens. Kapil Gupta
- If you perform the sacrifice of doing your duty, you do not have to do anything else. Devoted to duty, man attains perfection. Bhagavad Gita
- When you find peace within yourself, you also find peace without. Naga Devi
- Once you’re calm and fit, you have everything worth having, as the rest just comes and goes. Naval Ravikant
- The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. Dale Carnegie
- 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 not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them — the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas. Fyodor Dostoevsky
- One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man’s laugh before you know anything of him, you may confidently say that he is a good man. Fyodor Dostoevsky
- It’s only pain that can make you change. Naval Ravikant
- The day you are no longer afraid of standing alone, you become a professional. @orangebook_
- Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. John Wooden
- Get wealthy, get healthy, get happy. Naval Ravikant
- People become intelligent despite what they learn in school, not because of it. James Pierce
- Forget your past. Never forget your dreams. Maxime Lagacé
- A man without courage is to me the most despicable thing under the sun, a travesty on the whole scheme of creation. Jack London
- Those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things. François de La Rochefoucauld
- For the unwise man there are things to do. For the wise man there are things to understand. Kapil Gupta
- Create and find meaning. Consume and lose it. Maxime Lagacé
- Live your life in such a way that you neither hide nor have a wish to display your life to people. Leo Tolstoy
- Don’t talk about plans. Only show results. Ed Latimore
- The wiser you get, the less you care to look like a fool. Maxime Lagacé
- All fortune belongs to him who has a contented mind. The Panchatantra
- Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. Abraham Lincoln
- The men who act without thinking, and the men who both think and act, are the ones who mould the world. The man who thinks and does not act never moulds the world. He may think that he does — but that, too, is only a thought, the thought of a deedless, actionless thinker. Jack London