- Early on, find things where you have any interest and take on accountability. Don’t worry about short-term compensation. If you dive into the edge of knowledge, which nobody knows how to solve, and solve the hard problems, people will line up behind you. The leverage will come. Naval Ravikant
- Rather than struggling to become bigger fish, we might concentrate our energies on finding smaller ponds or smaller species to swim with, so our own size will trouble us less. Alain de Botton
- If we are not regularly deeply embarrassed by who we are, the journey to self-knowledge hasn’t begun. Alain de Botton
- If you want to be average, focus on the performance. If you want to be the best, focus on making practice harder than performance. Shane Parrish
- Beautiful people are not always good, but good people are always beautiful. Imam Ali
- The humble are beautiful. Maxime Lagacé
- When people try to tell you who you are, don’t believe them. Maria Popova
- Youth comes but once in a lifetime. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- It’s about knowing yourself and what you’re good at. Females, males – anyone can be anything they want to be. Payal Kadakia (ClassPass)
- You can accomplish anything if you can prioritize ruthlessly and control your attention. Both of these have become particularly hard in the present age. As such those who can control these two critical factors will rule the world. @TheAncientSage
- Daily silence and solitude is what you need to stop caring what they think. Maxime Lagacé
- When I was younger I used to think that I never wanted to become the guy who didn’t have Saturday night plans and woke up early the next day. Now that I’m older, I’m that guy. And it’s great. Mark Manson
- Whatever scares or discomforts you is your teacher. @dailyzen
- The difference between winning and losing is most often not quitting. Walt Disney
- Consensus does not equal truth. Especially when consensus is socially enforced. @LifeMathMoney
- There is nothing quite so tragic as a young cynic, because it means the person has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing. Maya Angelou
- Be a good steward of your gifts. Protect your time. Feed your inner life. Avoid too much noise. Read good books, have good sentences in your ears. Be by yourself as often as you can. Walk. Jane Kenyon
- The desire to belong often overpowers the desire to improve. James Clear
- Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of someone else. Judy Garland
- Keep true to the dreams of your youth. Friedrich Schiller
- Don’t hope for a life without problems. There’s no such thing. Instead, hope for a life full of good problems. Mark Manson
- Chances are you’re starting to give too many fucks about too many unnecessary things. Mark Manson
- Have conviction. It makes you irresistible. Preethi Kasireddy
- Adolescence is just one big walking pimple. Carol Burnett
- In order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature. Bruce Lee
- You are your own teacher. Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important. Ajahn Chah
- Competition is fun when you are talented. Competition is dreadful when you are average. Competition is unnecessary when you are unique. @orangebook_
- Attachment leads to suffering. Buddha
- If you are in your twenties and scared of failing, you are failing. No one expects anything from you. Go out there. Explore. Try. Fail. You will be grateful in your thirties. @orangebook_
- At some point, you have to break from what your parents expect of you and do what’s right for you. And if you don’t, you haven’t lived your life. Neil Strauss