Quotation Collection

It's not simply a matter of saying: Oh, I'll live in the present. You have to work at it. Catch your mind when it wanders—don't let it get away from you. Discard distracting thoughts. Ryan Holiday

• mind

Our capacity to try, try, try is inextricably linked with our ability and tolerance to fail, fail, fail. Ryan Holiday

• effort
• failure

Try "God willing" over "the will to win" or "willing it into existence," for even those attributes can be broken. True will is quiet humility, resilience, and flexibility; the other kind of will is weakness disguised by bluster and ambition. See which lasts longer under the hardest of obstacles. Ryan Holiday

• will
• character

A man's job is to make the world a better place to live in, so far as he is able—always remembering the results will be infinitesimal—and to attend to his own soul. Leroy Percy

• work

When we focus on others, on helping them or simply providing a good example, our own personal fears and troubles will diminish. With fear or heartache no longer our primary concern, we don't have time for it. Ryan Holiday

• fear
• service

All athletes talk about hard work; they all talk about “grindin'.” Commercials celebrate the guy who always does more, never stops, pours sweat, and keeps on working. It's a cliché and it's meaningless; in sports, hard work is assumed, and results are what matter. Can you work efficiently, productively, in a way that hones your performance and gives you an advantage? Idan Ravin

• coaching
• practice

You should judge every person by his merits. Even someone who seems completely wicked, you must search and find that little speck of good, for in that place, he is not wicked. By this you will raise him up, and help him return to God. And you must also do this for yourself, finding your own good points, one after the other, and raising yourself up. This is how melodies are made, note after note. Rebbe Nachman

• forgiveness

Bad things tend to happen when we compare our portfolios with others, especially if they possess a lesser IQ and extracted a higher return. Michael Batnick

• investing