influence
“Tell me who your friends are and I’ll tell you who you are.” - Miguel de Cervantes in Don Quixote
diligence
“Diligence is the mother of good fortune.” - Miguel de Cervantes on Don Quixote
obstacles
“The impediment to action advances action, what stands in the way becomes the way.” - Marcus Aurelius
skills
“The more time you spend sharpening your axe, the less time you’ll have to spend swinging it.” - Unknown
wealth
“Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.” - Henry Ford
new years
"At the end of each year, I ask myself two questions:
1) What do I want to create in this New Year?
And, perhaps even more importantly,
2) What do I want to let go of?" - Patricia Digh
impatience
“Our society has been permeated by a mind-set of immediate gratification. Simply put, people are impatient. They want too much too soon. They have lost sight of an overarching truth: In life, worthwhile accomplishments and acquisitions take time. Usually the better the reward, the more time it takes to acquire it.” — John Wooden
fate
“The future of the human race will likely depend on our ability to transcend…tribalism, and to see our fate as interconnected with everyone else’s.” —- Robert Greene
joy
“The serpent that stings us means to hurt us and rejoices as it does so; the lowest animal can imagine the pain of others. But to imagine the joy of others, and to rejoice at it is the highest privilege of the highest animals.” - Friedrich Nietzsche
contradiction
Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.) — Walt Whitman
intelligence
“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless, yet be determined to make them otherwise.” - F. Scott Fitzgerald
conformity
“The narcissism of small differences leads to the most boring conformity.” — TAR
growth
“If you think you have room to grow, you do and you will. If you think you are as good as you can be… You’re right. You won’t get any better.” — Ryan Holiday
thoughts
"Every thought a person dwells upon, whether he expresses it or not, either damages or improves his life." - Lucy Mallory
details
“It is the loose-ends with which men hang themselves.” - Zelda Fitzgerald
activity
“Just as long as you do something every day, that is the important thing.” - Arnold Schwarzenegger
desire
“The less you desire, the richer you are, the freer you are, the more powerful you are.” - Ryan Holiday
action
“The world is changed by your example, not your opinion.” - Paulo Coelho
circumstances
“The laws that govern circumstances are abolished by new circumstances.” - Napoleon Bonaparte