Grab a cup of coffee and prepare your mind for powerful, transformative words from some of the greatest thinkers of the last 2,000 years.
Every day, I read—a book, an article, an essay, or simply scroll through X for motivational quotes. I've developed a system for capturing the best insights I find: they progress from daily discoveries to 'Best Monthly Quotes,' and eventually to 'Best Yearly Quotes.' Below, I'm sharing my Monthly & Quarterly Best—the quotes that stopped me in my tracks and changed how I think.
On Action & Achievement
"It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things."
— Leonardo da Vinci
"When you think something's impossible, consider this: people who achieve extraordinary things are willing to endure what others won't.
Take SpaceX. In 2002, most experts said private companies couldn't build orbital rockets. Musk accepted years of failure and ridicule that others wouldn't.
What you call impossible is often just pain you're unwilling to endure."
— Shane Parrish
On Focus, Mastery & Growth
"The secret to success in almost all fields is large, uninterrupted blocks of focused time."
— Ryan Holiday
- Simplified: The most valuable skill you can build: The ability to focus for 2-3 hours a day and get your most important work done.
"The more you exercise, the more high-energy you become; the more you write, the more clear-minded you become; the more you take risks, the more ambitious you become."
— Orange Book "
"The right direction in life is full of painful rejections, you should actually be concerned if the journey doesn't hurt at all."
— Orange Book
On Happiness & Human Nature
"Humans never genuinely pursue happiness; they only pursue relief from uncertainty. Happiness emerges momentarily as a byproduct whenever uncertainty briefly disappears."
— Chris Williamson
On Character & Wisdom
You draw out of the world what you put into it.
- Want to attract exceptional people? Be exceptional.
- Want to attract reliable people? Be reliable.
- Want to attract trustworthy people? Be trustworthy.
- Want to attract welcoming people? Be welcoming.
— James Clear
"In a society where fewer and fewer people read books, if you just make it a habit to read old books, you will nurture a perspective that no one else has, you will get ideas that no one else has, you will naturally stand out by the quality of your thoughts."
— Orange Book
In Closing
"There's no short-cut to any place worth going."
— Beverly Sills
Sam Cancelo Madlala
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