- Once you’re calm and fit, you have everything worth having, as the rest just comes and goes. Naval Ravikant
- You are the most valuable asset in your portfolio. Jack Butcher
- Don’t work more. Focus more. Nathan Gotch
- The first question a leader should ask is: “How can I make those around me more successful?” John C. Maxwell
- A man is responsible for his ignorance. Milan Kundera
- What you aim at determines what you see. Jordan Peterson
- We need men who can dream of things that never were. John F. Kennedy
- 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
- Make focusing on the long-term your default mode. Matthew Kobach
- After one dies, the happiness game ends. The money game ends. The relationship game ends. The success game ends. The self-improvement game ends. The parenting game ends. The status game ends. The fear of death game ends. Everything in this life is but a fleeting game. Kapil Gupta
- Don’t talk about plans. Only show results. Ed Latimore
- Wise people never think they know it all. Thibaut
- The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat. Lily Tomlin
- You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him discover it himself. Galileo Galilei
- If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself. Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Stick to the basics. Do your job. Avoid stupidity. Speak for yourself. Be attentive to details. Put results ahead of being right. Go to bed smarter than when you woke up. Shane Parrish
- The greatest of the arts is the conquering of men. Jack London
- To have become a deeper man is the privilege of those who have suffered. Oscar Wilde
- It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them — the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas. Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Working hard can give you meaning. Silence can give you peace. Maxime Lagacé
- If a man can reduce his needs to zero, he is truly free: there is nothing that can be taken from him and nothing anyone can do to hurt him…And he or she can also be still. John Boyd
- Wealth is not about having a lot of money; it’s about having a lot of options. Chris Rock
- A man who has committed a mistake and doesn’t correct it is committing another mistake. Confucius
- Men have true freedom only if they are indifferent to the past and the future. As soon as they regret or expect, there’s attachment and suffering. Maxime Lagacé (See also: freedom quotes, inner peace quotes)
- Do good, reap good; do evil, reap evil. Chinese proverb
- 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
- I like men who have a future and women who have a past. Oscar Wilde
- Silence is the best resolve for him who distrusts himself. François de La Rochefoucauld
- Man serves the interests of no creature except himself. George Orwell
- You will earn the respect of all men if you begin by earning the respect of yourself. Musonius Rufus