Quote of the Day - Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
“In any given moment, a man’s growth is optimized if he leans just beyond his edge, his capacity, his fear. He should not be too lazy, happily stagnating in the zone of security and comfort. Nor should he push far beyond his edge, stressing himself unnecessarily, unable to metabolize his experience. He should lean just slightly beyond the edge of fear and discomfort. Constantly. In everything he does.”
“Everything you do right now ripples outward and affects everyone. Your posture can shine your heart or transmit anxiety. Your breath can radiate love or muddy the room in depression. Your glance can awaken joy. Your words can inspire freedom. Your every act can open hearts and minds.”
“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.”
“If you aren’t getting rejected on a daily basis, then your goals aren’t ambitious enough.”
“No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.”
“When we long for a life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.”
“Be a student of life. – Experience it, learn from it, and absorb all the knowledge you can. Prepare yourself for greatness by keeping your mind conditioned with fresh knowledge and new challenges. Remember, if you stay ready, you don’t have to get ready when great opportunities arise.”
“There are certain people who come into your life, and leave a mark. Their place in your heart is tender; a bruise of longing, a pulse of unfinished business. Just hearing their names pushes and pulls at you in a hundred ways, and when you try to define those hundred ways, even to yourself, words are useless.”
“You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, or even months over-analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could’ve, would’ve happened… or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move the fuck on.”
“Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.”
“Excellence is an art won by training and Habituation. We do not act Rightly Because We Have virtue or excellence, But we rather have Those Because We Have Rightly ACTED. We are what we Repeatedly do. Excellence, Then, is not an act But a habit.”
“Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly Profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary.”
“If it is right, it happens. The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.”
“Within the furthest reaches of the heart lie those desires whose name one dares not speak. So seductive, so intoxicating, so indulgent, our most private passions burn at the molten core of our being, luring us to the very heights of ecstasy and depths of despair.”
“We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? Your playing small does not serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so other people will not feel that insecure around you.”
“We’re flawed because we want so much more. We’re ruined because we get these things and wish for what he had”