The joyous exhibit graciousness, they tend to be in a state of flow and connected to both reality, other people, and some things higher and deeper. Rishad Tobaccowala

Many situations in life are similar to going on a hike: the view changes once you start walking. You don't need all the answers right now. New paths will reveal themselves if you have the courage to get started. James Clear

The most powerful life has one foot in joy and one foot in suffering. Jim Murphy

Wrong decisions are part of life. Being able to make them work anyway is one of the abilities of those who are successful. Warren Buffett

Your mind quits long before your body. Shane Parrish

La plus expresse marque de la sagesse, c'est une réjouissance constante. Michel de Montaigne

Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect. Jack Dorsey

I avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward. Charlotte Brontë

The talent is staying focused. James Clear

Do not fear what you can address. What should worry you is not the problem, but if you are resisting addressing it. James Clear

Festina lente. Augustus

I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center. Big, undreamed‑of things—the people on the edge see them first. Kurt Vonnegut

Blame yourself for everything, and preserve your agency. Naval Ravikant

If you want to be happy, you minimize yourself and you engage in high flow activities or engage in activities that take you out of your own self and you end up with happiness. Naval Ravikant

Acquiring knowledge is easy, the hard part is knowing what to apply and when. That's why all true learning is "on the job." Life is lived in the arena. Naval Ravikant

Life is lived in the arena. You only learn by doing. The right way to learn is to actually go do something, and when you're doing it, you figure something out about how it should be done. Naval Ravikant

The only bad view is the one you're stuck in. James Clear

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. Nelson Mandela

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fear is the mind-killer. Frank Herbert

Real wisdom isn't about having all the answers or maintaining perfect equanimity. It's about developing the courage to meet life's messiness with our whole being—not just our thinking mind, but our emotions, our body, our intuition, our vulnerability. Robert Waldinger

When we try to think our way out of feeling, we rob ourselves of the direct engagement that wisdom requires. Robert Waldinger

Work hard on what comes easily. James Clear

The amount of creative genius in any period is strictly in proportion to the amount of extreme attention. Simone Weil

Those who don't build must burn. Ray Bradbury

Life is a journey through time in search of meaning. Rishad Tobaccowala

Action relieves anxiety. James Clear

Mistakes are the portals of discovery. James Joyce

Change is only possible through movement. Aldous Huxley

If I don't practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it. Jascha Heifetz

Strangely, life gets harder when you try to make it easy. Exercising might be hard, but never moving makes life harder. Mastering your craft is hard, but having no skills is harder. Uncomfortable conversations are hard, but avoiding every conflict is harder. Easy has a cost. James Clear

Whatever you're trying to accomplish, relationships are probably the key to getting there. Take this idea seriously and spend a little time thinking about which relationships you need to build or invest in. James Clear

Simplify, then add lightness. Colin Chapman

Trust grows from our ability to face whatever arises with presence and attention. Turning non-judgmental attention to everything – even the hard stuff – builds confidence that we can meet life's challenges. Robert Waldinger

The business of life is the acquisition of memories. In the end that's all there is. Bill Perkins

When momentum is on your side, people focus on your strengths and forgive your weaknesses. When the momentum stops, they scrutinize the whole thing. Packy McCormick

I have noticed that doing the sensible thing is only a good idea when the decision is quite small. For the life-changing things, you must risk it. Jeanette Winterson

It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top. Robert M. Pirsig

If you're thinking without writing, you only think you're thinking. Leslie Lamport

Treat failure like a scientist. Each attempt is an experiment. Each mistake is a clue. You're not failing. You're refining. James Clear

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness. Michel de Montaigne

The sword glitters not because the swordsman set out to make it glitter but because he is fighting for his life and therefore moving it very quickly. C.S. Lewis

The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence. Jiddu Krishnamurti

Everyone has a plan till they get punched in the face. Mike Tyson

You can't make time go faster or success come sooner. The only thing you can control is the next action. James Clear

The feeling of progress is one of the best feelings of all. This is true even when progress is small. James Clear

You can reach timelessness if you look for the essence of things and not at the appearance. The appearance is transitory—the appearance is fashion, the appearance is trendiness—but the essence is timeless. Massimo Vignelli

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time. John Lubbock

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. Benjamin Franklin

Discipline equals freedom. Jocko Willink