The older I get the more I hold each day precious. I’ve become steadily more relentless in purging from my life things, activities and people who no longer add value while seeking out and adding those that do.
– from The Simple Path to Wealth book by J. L. Collins
Category: Quotes
You should accept who you are …
You should accept who you are, flaws and all, because if you try to be someone you aren’t, then eventually some turkey is going to shit all over your well-crafted façade, so you might as well save yourself the effort and enjoy your zombie books.
– from Let’s Pretend This Never Happened book by Jenny Lawson
I think many people love their …
I think many people love their problems. Gives them all sorts of excuses for not growing up and getting on with life.
– from Still Life book by Louise Penny
Investing without research is like playing …
Investing without research is like playing stud poker and never looking at the cards.
– from One Up on Wall Street book by Peter Lynch
Critics cannot make someone a star …
Critics cannot make someone a star. Box-office receipts cannot make someone a star. Mere excellence cannot make someone a star. What makes someone a star is when the people decide to love you en masse. When people are willing to line up at the stage door for hours after a show just to catch a glimpse – that makes you a star.
– from City of Girls book by Elizabeth Gilbert
I believe that the invention of …
I believe that the invention of Bitcoin is the kind of thing that comes around once in a lifetime; perhaps once in many lifetimes.
– from Inventing Bitcoin book by Yan Pritzker
What the Fed and paper money …
What the Fed and paper money have done for Congress is lead legislators to believe that there are no limits on what they can spend, on what they can propose, and what they can accomplish. They really do behave like college students on spring break who are using their parents’ credit cards with no limit. They don’t think about the money. They don’t think about who or what is paying the bills. The ability to do what they want is just taken for granted.
– from End the Fed book by Ron Paul
I want to take you everywhere …
I want to take you everywhere. And do everything with you. And ask you every single question that’s been on my mind for months. And I want to know when you knew what was happening between us and I want to tell you when I knew. And I want to hold your hand in a quiet corner and I want to lie in bed and hear your heartbeat through your chest. I want to bring you coffee in bed. And I want to hear you tell me anything you’ve always wanted to tell someone. Because you know that you’ve met someone who desperately wants to listen.
– from Atmosphere book by Taylor Jenkins Reid
People don’t change, do they? The …
People don’t change, do they? The ability to lie, deceive, it’s woven so deep, it’s impossible to pick out, remove.
– from The Sanatorium book by Sarah Pearse
You need to realise something if …
You need to realise something if you are ever to succeed at chess. And the thing you need to realise is this: the game is never over until it is over. It isn’t over if there is a single pawn still on the board. If one side is down to a pawn and a king, and the other side has every player, there is still a game. And even if you were a pawn – maybe we all are – then you should remember that a pawn is the most magical piece of all. It might look small and ordinary but it isn’t. Because a pawn is never just a pawn. A pawn is a queen-in-waiting. All you need to do is find a way to keep moving forward. One square after another. And you can get to the other side and unlock all kinds of power.
– from The Midnight Library book by Matt Haig