InspirationalQuotes

"Integrity is doing the right thing even when no one is watching."

C.S. Lewis

"We fight for and against not men and things as they are, but for and against the caricatures we make of them."

J.A. Schumpeter

"At the core of every moral code there is a picture of human nature, a map of the universe, and a version of history. To human nature (of the sort conceived), in a universe (of the kind imagined), after a history (so understood), the rules of the code apply."

Walter Lippmann

"From an early age, smart people are reminded of their intelligence, separated from their peers in gifted classes, and presented with opportunities unavailable to others. For these and other reasons, intellectuals tend to have an inflated sense of their own wisdom."

Daniel J. Flynn

"Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct from ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended."

Alfred North Whitehead

"Although science is capable of linear advancement, the same is not true of the law, where the same insights and mistakes tend to recur again and again."

Richard A. Epstein

"The study of history is a powerful antidote to contemporary arrogance. It is humbling to discover how many of our glib assumptions, which seem to us novel and plausible, have been tested before, not once but many times and in innumerable guises; and discovered to be, at great human cost, wholly false."

Paul Johnson

"If someone in your marketplace (dare I say a competitor) is making more than you, it's because they are better than you at the game. Do not throw stones at them. Throw them at your ego instead. Admit deficiencies & learn their strengths. It will be the only way you beat them."

Alex Hormozi

"Beauty is a short lived tyranny."

Socrates

"The purpose of thinking is to let the ideas die instead of us."

Alfred North Whitehead

"If you know the way broadly you will see it in everything."

Miyamoto Musashi

"Every criticism, judgment, diagnosis, and expression of anger is the tragic expression of an unmet need."

Marshall Rosenberg

"Comparison is the thief of joy."

Theodore Roosevelt

"When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear."

Thomas Sowell

"Don't comment bad code, rewrite it."

Brian Kernighan

"When you're wearing those rose colored glasses, all the red flags just look like flags."

Unknown

"You don't become confident by shouting affirmations in the mirror, but by having a stack of undeniable proof that you are who you say you are. Outwork your self doubt."

Alex Hormozi

"Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."

Philippians 4:8 ESV

"Growth and comfort cannot coexist."

Ginni Rometty

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."

Thomas Edison

"A scorpion asks a frog to carry him over a river. The frog is afraid of being stung, but the scorpion argues that if it did so, both would sink and the scorpion would drown. The frog then agrees, but midway across the river the scorpion does indeed sting the frog, dooming them both. When asked why, the scorpion points out that this is its nature."

Fable of the Scorpion and the Frog

“You are what you do. Not what you say you will do.”

Carl Jung

"It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance."

Thomas Sowell

“Most men live lives of quiet desperation, and go to the grave with the song still in them.”

Henry David Thoreau

"Presence just means treating it like it's the last chance you're ever going to get to do it."

Jeremy Goldberg

Courage is knowing it might hurt, and doing it anyway. Stupidity is the same. And that's why life is hard.

Jeremy Goldberg

"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."

Hanlon's Razor

“Peter did not feel very brave; indeed, he felt he was going to be sick. But that made no difference to what he had to do.”

Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)

"We have nothing if not belief."

Reepicheep (Chronicles of Narnia)

“It is a lot easier not to eat from the apple tree if you’re not standing in front of it. You’ve got to keep moving.”

Mel Gibson

"Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

Clive James

“Only a sith deals in absolutes.”

Obi-Wan Kenobi

"Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean,
but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox."

Proverbs 14:4

"True humility is not thinking less of yourself, it is thinking of yourself less."

C.S. Lewis

"I never look back darling it distracts from the now."

Edna, The Incredibles

"Do or do not, there is no try."

Yoda

"Bitterness is like drinking poison and hoping the other person dies."

Unknown

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."

Wayne Gretzky (Michael Scott)

"The past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it."

Lion King

"Get busy living or get busy dying."

Shawshank Redemption

"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on."

FDR

"There is nothing permanent except change."

Heraclitus

"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist."

Indira Gandhi

"Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do, but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it."

Albert Einstein

"A new commandment I give to you, Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another."

Jesus

"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better."

Samuel Beckett

"Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be just like him. Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes."

Proverbs 26:4-5

“Procrastinators are the leaders of tomorrow”

Unknown

"Government, even in its best state, is a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one."

Thomas Paine

“If you don’t learn to find joy in the snow, you’ll have less joy in your life and precisely the same amount of snow.”

Unknown

The difference between ambition and entitlement:
"There is where you are now and where you want to be. If you do something about it, that's ambition. If you want someone else to do something about it, that's entitlement."

Unknown

"The only excuse you ever have for being late is you didn't leave early enough."

Jared Kushner's Dad

"Unspoken expectations are premeditated resentments."

Neil Strauss

"It is one thing to get what you want, but it's another thing to want what's worth getting."

Shane Parrish

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."

Friedrich Nietzsche

"To play a wrong note is insignificant. To play without passion is inexcusable."

Beethoven

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?

James 4:1

“I have learned to kiss the wave that throw me against the rock of ages.”

Charles Spurgeon

“I wish I knew no astronomy when stars appear...”

Joseph Brodsky

“Accept that all of your heroes are full of shit. Your heroes aren’t gods. They are just regular people who probably got good at one thing by sacrificing literally everything else.”

Jason Pargin

Job Advertisement in WWII: "Men wanted for hazardous journey, low wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness, safe return doubtful, honor and recognition in event of success."

Sir Ernest Shackleton

“Just because you can resist the devil doesn’t mean you should hang out with him.”

Unknown

“Fear is a mile wide and an inch deep.”

Edgar Nye

“I'm not crying because of you; you're not worth it. I'm crying because my delusion of who you were was shattered by the truth of who you are.”

Steve Maraboli

"When the pain of the current reality becomes greater than the fear of change, that is when we change."

Unknown

"The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding."

Unknown

"You do not rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your systems."

James Clear

“I learned many great lessons from my father, not the least of which is you can fail at what you don’t want so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.”

Jim Carrey

“I wish people could realize all their dreams, and wealth, and fame so they could see that it’s not where you’re going to find your sense of completion.”

Jim Carrey

"A grasshopper walks into a bar and the bartender goes, "Hey! We have a drink named after you. The grasshopper replies with, "You have a drink named Steve?..."

Unknown

“If you’re not fed love on a silver spoon as a child, you will learn how to lick it off the edge of a knife.”

Unknown

"Rich and poor have this in common: The LORD is the Maker of them all."

Proverbs 22:2

"If you think someone has ruined your life, you're right, it's you."

Friedrich Nietzsche

"You can't control the wind but you can adjust your sails."

Jimmy Dean

"King Solomon called his best assistant and asked him to find a ring that while looking at it in the good times would make him sad and in the sad times would make him happy. After much searching, the assistant returned with the King's new ring. The King's previously held smile turned to a frown has he read the inscription of, 'This too shall pass.' "

Popular legend: King Solomon's Ring

"The emotionally immature man seeks out motivation to do something hard one time. The emotionally mature man uses discipline to do something hard a thousand times."

Unknown

"Your haters are out there holding their breath waiting for you to fail. Make sure they suffocate."

Unknown

"The man who blames others has a long way on his journey to go. The man who blames himself is halfway there. The man who blames no one has already arrived."

Chinese Proverb

"Integrity is doing the right thing even when no one is watching."

"We fight for and against not men and things as they are, but for and against the caricatures we make of them."

"At the core of every moral code there is a picture of human nature, a map of the universe, and a version of history. To human nature (of the sort conceived), in a universe (of the kind imagined), after a history (so understood), the rules of the code apply."

"From an early age, smart people are reminded of their intelligence, separated from their peers in gifted classes, and presented with opportunities unavailable to others. For these and other reasons, intellectuals tend to have an inflated sense of their own wisdom."

"Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct from ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended."

"Although science is capable of linear advancement, the same is not true of the law, where the same insights and mistakes tend to recur again and again."

"If someone in your marketplace (dare I say a competitor) is making more than you, it's because they are better than you at the game. Do not throw stones at them. Throw them at your ego instead. Admit deficiencies & learn their strengths. It will be the only way you beat them."

"Beauty is a short lived tyranny."

"The purpose of thinking is to let the ideas die instead of us."

"If you know the way broadly you will see it in everything."

"Every criticism, judgment, diagnosis, and expression of anger is the tragic expression of an unmet need."

"Comparison is the thief of joy."

"When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear."

"Don't comment bad code, rewrite it."

"When you're wearing those rose colored glasses, all the red flags just look like flags."

"You don't become confident by shouting affirmations in the mirror, but by having a stack of undeniable proof that you are who you say you are. Outwork your self doubt."

"Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."

"Growth and comfort cannot coexist."

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."

“You are what you do. Not what you say you will do.”

"It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance."

“Most men live lives of quiet desperation, and go to the grave with the song still in them.”

"Presence just means treating it like it's the last chance you're ever going to get to do it."

Courage is knowing it might hurt, and doing it anyway. Stupidity is the same. And that's why life is hard.

"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."

“Peter did not feel very brave; indeed, he felt he was going to be sick. But that made no difference to what he had to do.”

"We have nothing if not belief."

“It is a lot easier not to eat from the apple tree if you’re not standing in front of it. You’ve got to keep moving.”

"Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

“Only a sith deals in absolutes.”

"Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean, but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox."

"True humility is not thinking less of yourself, it is thinking of yourself less."

"I never look back darling it distracts from the now."

"Do or do not, there is no try."

"Bitterness is like drinking poison and hoping the other person dies."

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."

"The past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it."

"Get busy living or get busy dying."

"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on."

"There is nothing permanent except change."

"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist."

"Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do, but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it."

"A new commandment I give to you, Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another."

"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better."

"Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be just like him. Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes."

“Procrastinators are the leaders of tomorrow”

"Government, even in its best state, is a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one."

“If you don’t learn to find joy in the snow, you’ll have less joy in your life and precisely the same amount of snow.”

The difference between ambition and entitlement:"There is where you are now and where you want to be. If you do something about it, that's ambition. If you want someone else to do something about it, that's entitlement."

"The only excuse you ever have for being late is you didn't leave early enough."

"Unspoken expectations are premeditated resentments."

"It is one thing to get what you want, but it's another thing to want what's worth getting."

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."

"To play a wrong note is insignificant. To play without passion is inexcusable."

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?

“I have learned to kiss the wave that throw me against the rock of ages.”

“I wish I knew no astronomy when stars appear...”

“Accept that all of your heroes are full of shit. Your heroes aren’t gods. They are just regular people who probably got good at one thing by sacrificing literally everything else.”

Job Advertisement in WWII: "Men wanted for hazardous journey, low wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness, safe return doubtful, honor and recognition in event of success."

“Just because you can resist the devil doesn’t mean you should hang out with him.”

“Fear is a mile wide and an inch deep.”

“I'm not crying because of you; you're not worth it. I'm crying because my delusion of who you were was shattered by the truth of who you are.”

"When the pain of the current reality becomes greater than the fear of change, that is when we change."

"The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding."

"You do not rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your systems."

“I learned many great lessons from my father, not the least of which is you can fail at what you don’t want so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.”

“I wish people could realize all their dreams, and wealth, and fame so they could see that it’s not where you’re going to find your sense of completion.”

"A grasshopper walks into a bar and the bartender goes, "Hey! We have a drink named after you. The grasshopper replies with, "You have a drink named Steve?..."

“If you’re not fed love on a silver spoon as a child, you will learn how to lick it off the edge of a knife.”

"Rich and poor have this in common: The LORD is the Maker of them all."

"If you think someone has ruined your life, you're right, it's you."

"You can't control the wind but you can adjust your sails."

"The emotionally immature man seeks out motivation to do something hard one time. The emotionally mature man uses discipline to do something hard a thousand times."

"Your haters are out there holding their breath waiting for you to fail. Make sure they suffocate."

"The man who blames others has a long way on his journey to go. The man who blames himself is halfway there. The man who blames no one has already arrived."

"Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean,
but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox."

The difference between ambition and entitlement:
"There is where you are now and where you want to be. If you do something about it, that's ambition. If you want someone else to do something about it, that's entitlement."