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21 December 2019
Behind every criticism, there’s a wish.
Esther Perel
20 December 2019
Courage doesn’t always roar.
Sometimes courage is a quiet voice at the end of the day saying,
‘I will try again tomorrow.’
Mary Anne Radmacher
19 December 2019
I believe that success can be measured in the number of uncomfortable conversations you’re willing to have.
Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Work Week
18 December 2019
Success is not owned, it is rented – and that rent is due everyday.
Rory Vaden
17 December 2019
There is no enlightenment outside of daily life.
Thich Nhat Hahn
16 December 2019
A seed does not sprout until it lets go of the safety of its shell.
Sabrina C. Nelson
15 December 2019
Inspiration is perishable.
Act on it immediately.
@naval on Twitter
14 December 2019
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation,
because your character is what you really are,
while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
Coach John Wooden
13 December 2019
Every time you wake up and ask yourself, ‘What good things am I going to do today?’ remember that, when the sun goes down at sunset, it will take a part of your life with it.
Indian Proverb
12 December 2019
Read a few more thoughts by Confucius here.
Don’t curse the darkness, light a candle.
Confucius
11 December 2019
It’s like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head.
PATRICK ROTHFUSS
Always. All the time.
That story makes you what you are.
We build ourselves out of that story.
10 December 2019
Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful part of us.
David Richo
9 December 2019
Growth is limited by that necessity which is present in the least amount.
Frank Herbert, Dune
And, naturally, the least favorable condition controls the growth rate.
8 December 2019
You only lose what you cling to.
Buddha
7 December 2019
A thought-provoking quote by Richard Flanagan from The Narrow Road to the Deep North, winner of the 2014 Man Booker Prize. Read my summary of this brilliant book. Also read my separate article on this thought.
A happy man has no past, while an unhappy man has nothing else.
Richard Flanagan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North
6 December 2019
You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.
Rabindranath Tagore
5 December 2019
What you stay focused on will grow.
Roy T. Bennett
4 December 2019
Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky,
Kahlil Gibran
We fell them down and turn them into paper,
That we may record our emptiness.
3 December 2019
It’s not what you say out of your mouth that determines your life, it’s what you whisper to yourself that has the most power!
Robert T. Kiyosaki
2 December 2019
A lovely thought on Faith by Rabindranath Tagore. Read more about Tagore in my Nobel Prize Series here.
Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.
Rabindranath Tagore
1 December 2019
To handle yourself, use your head;
Eleanor Roosevelt
to handle others, use your heart.
30 November 2019
To take hold of your mind, you must practice mindfulness of the mind.
Thich Nhat Hanh
You must know how to observe and recognize the presence of every feeling and thought that arises in you.
29 November 2019
Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything
George Bernard Shaw
28 November 2019
Age is an issue of mind over matter.
Mark Twain
If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.
27 November 2019
Motivation is what gets you started.
Jim Rohn
Habit is what keeps you going.
26 November 2019
The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
J Krishnamurti
25 November 2019
No man steps in the same river twice,
Heraclitus
for it is not the same river,
and he is not the same man.
24 November 2019
Another beautiful quote by Emily Maroutian from her book Thirty. This must-read book is packed with condensed wisdom on life, relationships, stress and many more topics.
Read my review of the book and more quotes from Thirty here.
Everything we want in life is because we want the emotion behind the goal.
Emily Maroutian, Thirty
23 November 2019
Secret sauce behind Dhoni’s success has been articulated by Sfurti Sahare in her book Think and Win like Dhoni.
Read my review of this book peppered with cricketing anecdotes here.
Success is all about conditioning your mind.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
22 November 2019
The mind can’t delete what the heart won’t let go of.
Peggy Toney Horton
21 November 2019
Formal education will make you a living;
Jim Rohn
self-education will make you a fortune.
20 November 2019
We cannot change anything until we accept it.
CARL JUNG
Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.
Read more quotes by Carl Jung here.
19 November 2019
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand.
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
18 November 2019
The meaning of life is to find your gift.
PABLO PICASSO
The purpose of life is to give it away.
16 November 2019
The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire.
Swami Vivekananda
Read more quotes by Swami Vivekanand here.
15 November 2019
If you want something you never had
You have to do something you’ve never done.
14 November 2019
Be so good they can’t ignore you.
Steve Martin
Read more quotes by Steve Martin here.
13 November 2019
Every morning we are born again.
Gautam Buddha
What we do today is what matters most.
12 November 2019
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact.
Marcus Aurelius
Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
11 November 2019
The secret of joy in work is contained in one word-excellence.
Pearl S. Buck
To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.
10 November 2019
Both the best successes, and the worst failures, make the best stories.
@orangebook_ on Twitter
You only become a boring storyteller if you were too scared to live.
9 November 2019
Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.
Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning
7 November 2019
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Carl Jung
Read more quotes by Carl Jung here.
6 November 2019
May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.
Nelson Mandela
5 November 2019
Who you are is defined by what you’re willing to struggle for.
Mark Manson
4 November 2019
Action expresses priorities.
Mahatma Gandhi
2 November 2019
A beautiful quote from The Narrow Road to the Deep North, winner of the 2014 Man Booker Prize. Read my summary of this brilliant book here.
A good book, he had concluded, leaves you wanting to reread the book.
Richard Flanagan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North
A great book compels you to reread your own soul.
1 November 2019
The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.
Rainer Maria Rilke
31 October 2019
A thought-provoking quote on the need to be more action-oriented in life from Ann Leckie’s sci-fi novel Ancillary Justice.
Thoughts are ephemeral, they evaporate in the moment they occur, unless they are given action and material form.
Wishes and intentions, the same. Meaningless, unless they impel you to one choice or another, some deed or course of action, however insignificant.
Thoughts that lead to action can be dangerous. Thoughts that do not, mean less than nothing
Ann Leckie, Ancillary Justice
30 October 2019
A lovely quote by Ken Liu from his book The Grace of Kings. Read my article and more quotes on Ken Liu here.
A little self-doubt is a good thing … but not excessive doubt.
Ken Liu, The Grace of Kings
Sometimes we live up to the stories other tell about us.
29 October 2019
Great piece of advice from Haruki Murakami from his book The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Read my article and more quotes on this brilliant author here.
Spend your money on the things money can buy.
Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Spend your time on the things money can’t buy.
27 October 2019
Iain M. Banks is the author of my favourite science fiction ‘Culture’ series of novels. A beautiful quote on living in the moment from Consider Phlebas, the first book in the epic Culture Series.
This is our place and our time and our life, and we should be enjoying it.
Iain M. Banks, Consider Phlebas
26 October 2019
A thought-provoking quote by Richard Flanagan from The Narrow Road to the Deep North, winner of the 2014 Man Booker Prize. Read my summary of this brilliant book here.
A happy man has no past, while an unhappy man has nothing else.
Richard Flanagan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North
25 October 2019
This is quote by Emily Maroutian from her book Thirty. This book contains exceptionally condensed advice and lessons about relationships, beliefs, purpose, life, interactions and many more topics. Ready my book review here.
Nothing from the past can still exist unless we drag it into the present moment through our minds.
Emily Maroutian, Thirty
