When you don’t know what you believe, everything becomes an argument. Everything is debatable. But when you stand for something, decisions are obvious.
– from Rework book by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
Category: Quotes
I live on the edge. I’m …
I live on the edge. I’m only free because I’m not afraid. Everything I was afraid of already happened to me.
– from Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter book by Curtis Jackson
In China, any idea that dared …
In China, any idea that dared to take flight would only crash back to the ground. The gravity of reality is too strong.
– from The Three-Body Problem book by Cixin Liu
Don’t underestimate the power of prayer …
Don’t underestimate the power of prayer! It might well prevail where muscles failed!
– from The Palace of Illusions book by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Happy people love people, use things …
Happy people love people, use things, and worship the divine; unhappy people use people, love things, and worship themselves.
– from The 5 Types of Wealth book by Sahil Bloom
Days of prosperity make us forget …
Days of prosperity make us forget adversity. Good times seem out of reach during the bad ones. Both can seem like final destinations, the summation of our days. Then the cosmic joker plays with our ways, Yesterday’s condition no longer remains, All commas, no periods, all stops, no stays, the pleasure’s for rent and so is the pain.
– from Greenlights book by Matthew McConaughey
History isn’t something you need to …
History isn’t something you need to bring to life. History already is alive. We are history. History isn’t politicians or kings and queens. History is everyone. It is everything.
– from How to Stop Time book by Matt Haig
Whenever I come to a new …
Whenever I come to a new town, I like to get my bearings. I want to understand the layout of the streets and the layout of the people. In some cities this can take you days to accomplish. In Boston, it can take you weeks. In New York, years.
– from The Lincoln Highway book by Amor Towles
You should never feel like the …
You should never feel like the world owes you anything. It doesn’t. There is no version of hustling harder or smarter that involves relying on the assumption that someone is going to do anything for you. You must accept that it’s all on you.
– from Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter book by Curtis Jackson
A woman should be like water …
A woman should be like water, able to flow over and around anything.
– from The Three-Body Problem book by Cixin Liu