- Hard work may not guarantee success but no work guarantees failure. @orangebook_
- Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work. Chuck Close
- A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules. Anthony Trollope
- Growth comes at the point of resistance; we learn by pushing ourselves to the outer reaches of our abilities. Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness (Peak Performance, Amazon book)
- If you only do the work when it feels easy, then you’ll never be consistent enough to become a professional. James Clear
- I will never give up on what I love. I will never back down. I will never let go of anything that is important to me. Shannon L. Alder
- The garden of the world has no limit except in your mind. Rumi
- You always want to outwork your potential. As hard as you believe you can work, you can work harder than that. Kobe Bryant
- Trust the exponential, be patient, and be pleasantly surprised. Sam Altman
- The willingness to do the unsexy work is a competitive advantage. James Clear
- This should be the spirit every Monday. Know that something good will always happen. Gabriel García Márquez
- Have almost too much self-belief. Sam Altman
- Of course motivation is not permanent. But then, neither is bathing; but it is something you should do on a regular basis. Zig Ziglar
- Hard work is necessary but not sufficient for success. You also need to work on the right things, which means saying no to the wrong things. Shane Parrish
- Doing is the best way to learn. Learning is the best way to grow. Growing is the best way to live. Maxime Lagacé
- You just gotta keep pushing. Kobe Bryant
- Here’s the only productivity tip you’ll ever need: do the most important thing first each day. Sounds simple. No one does it. James Clear
- Motivation is BS. Don’t start with motivation. Don’t wait to feel like it. Start by doing. Mel Robbins
- Focus on signal over noise. Don’t waste time on stuff that doesn’t actually make things better. Elon Musk
- Impossible is just a word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing. Muhammad Ali
- Everything you want to achieve in life requires you to get used to its opposite. If you want to be smart, you have to get used to feeling dumb. If you want to be strong, you have to get used to feeling weak. If you want to be wealthy, you have to get used to feeling poor. Tiago Forte
- The most effective way to provoke thinking is writing. The most effective way to provoke learning is doing. The most effective way to create meaning is to give. Maxime Lagacé
- To be inspired is to be pulled toward something; to be motivated is to be pushed by yourself or others. Thomas J. Leonard
- Optimism is important. You have to be a little silly about the goals you are going to set. You should try to do things that most people would not do. Larry Page (Google)
- Doubt is removed by action. Conor McGregor
- I’ve never lost a game I just ran out of time. Michael Jordan
- Be a doer, not a talker. Sam Altman
- Time goes on. So whatever you’re going to do, do it. Do it now. Don’t wait. Robert De Niro
- Compound yourself. Sam Altman (See also: https://blog.samaltman.com/how-to-be-successful)
- Some rooms look inaccessible. You may stare at the door for years, yearning for what’s on the other side. And when you finally work up the courage to try the door, you realize it’s unlocked. Sahil Lavingia