A toll gets you to somewhere you want to go to. A tax sucks you dry. Be okay with tolls in your life, they make you better. Taxes on the other hand are a part of life and of course should be paid, but you don't want to live a life with only taxes, no tolls. You want mostly tolls, some taxes.

- Greg Isenberg

Everything is temporary. When a mood is so overwhelming we tend to mistake the intensity of it for the longevity of it

Hold on tightly, but let go lightly. Nearly everything can be replaced. And if it can’t be replaced, celebrate its existence instead of fretting over its loss.

Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of.

— C.S. Lewis

"The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love — whether we call it friendship or family or romance — is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other's light."

- Nothing Personal, James Baldwin

Live the Pareto Principle lifestyle:

• Relationships. Who are the few people that have the most positive impact on my life? Spend more time with them.

• Priorities. What are the few actions that have the most positive impact on my day? Prioritize them.

• Learning. What are the few information sources I learn the most from? Focus on them.

• Stress. What are

Just because someone is saying things you don’t like doesn’t mean that they are not on your side.

fill up your own cup, and let them fall in love with the overflow