Quotes to go back to

“Above all, do not lose your desire to walk: Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it.”

​— Søren Kierkegaard​

Reliability is magnetic because humans are hardwired to avoid risk, so once you prove yourself trustworthy and reliable, you become the default choice for opportunities without ever asking for them.

People have vastly different desires, except for three things: Respect, feeling useful, and control over their time. Those are nearly universal.

Bill Bernbach, founder of advertising agency DDB, reminds us that it is not enough to be right — you must also be compelling:

"A dull truth will not be looked at. An exciting lie will. That is what good, sincere people must understand. They must make their truth exciting and new, or their good works will be born dead."

Favorite quotes

Time for some more quotable quotes:

The patient inherit everything the impatient leave behind. — Shane Parish

Things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then they happen faster than you thought they could. — Rudiger Dornbusch

I wouldn’t have seen it, if I didn’t believe it. — Marshall McLuhan

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