Quotes I live by
“Don’t worry about missing a rally. Worry about losing your money.” -Dr Michael Burry
“Judge a man by his questions, rather than his answers” -Voltaire
“Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Build a system that allows ordinary people to produce extraordinary results” -Michael Gerber
“If youre business depends on you, you dont own a business - you have a job. And its the worst job in the world…” -Michael Gerber
“All the riches are on the other side of a few hard questions” -Alex Hormozi
“Paper is more patient than people” -Anne Frank
“Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program” -Milton Friedman
“Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.” -Jack London
“Time is what we want the most, but what we use worst” -William Penn (book: Living With Monks)
“Success is not the result of making money; earning money is the result of success — and success is in direct proportion to our service.” -Earl Nightingale
“A fox knows many things, but a hedgehog one important thing.” -Isaiah Berlin
“You’re the CEO of your life. Some people need to be hired and some need to be fired.” -unknown
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” -Unknown
“The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.” -Ernest Dimnet
“Tell me what you eat, and I shall tell what you are.” -Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
“When you’re locked into a routine, time goes fast. When you are out of a routine, time goes super slow” -Jesse Itzler
“I learned that from running. You can get a lot of shit done in a day, if you keep moving” -Jesse Itzler
“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.” -MLK
“change even when its for the better, is uncomfortable” -D
“A person who aims at nothing is sure to hit it.” -Anonymous
“Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.” -Winston Churchill
“Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.” -Oscar Wilde
“A smart man thinks twice and then says nothing” -Random Road sign on highway (original by Edward Heath)
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right” -Henry Ford
“Your mind is your prison when you focus on your fear.” -Tim Fargo
“The easiest way to gain happiness is to want the things you already have.” -Stoics
“Love her with everything except words, Grasshopper.” -Chinese proverb
“They don’t respect bootlickers.” -Cowboy saying
“Like your wife says, hold the fucking position until I tell you I’m done.” -Bobby Axelrod (Billions; tv show)
“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‘I used everything you gave me.” -Erma Bombeck
“So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.” -Caterina Fake
“What if I fall? Oh,but my darling,what if you fly?” -Erin Hanson
“All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.” -Blaise Pascal
“Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.” -Alan Watts
“A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.” -General Patton
“Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.” -General Patton
“A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week.” -General Patton
“Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.” -General Patton
“Do everything you ask of those you command.” -General Patton
“Say what you mean and mean what you say.” -General Patton
“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.” -General Patton
“Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.” -General Patton
“If you are positive, you’ll see opportunities instead of obstacles.” -Confucious
“Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.” -Mary Lou Retton