168 originals
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
Work vs. Luck
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
Thought, Spoken, Heard
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don’t know how to do.”
Distraction.
Shoot.
The more we know, the more we know we don't know.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Experience is up only.
The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
Process vs. plan.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
Labor, leverage.
Do less, do more.
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
Talk is cheap.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
It is really hard to make something easy.
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
The first step is the steepest.
The giver is the recipient.
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
Experience.
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
Alan Watts
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Said, done.
Appreciation.
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
Distraction, focus.
Peace begins when expectation ends.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
+2 vs. x2
Fear is the mind-killer.
Value is subjective.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
Slow down.
zero-sum, infinite-sum
You don't have to start from scratch to do something interesting.
View reading as an investment.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
Done is better than perfect.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
When you get the money, the only thing you wanna buy is time.
Truth, trend.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
More moves and less chat.
The obstacle is the way.
