- Chief Seattle, Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Alain de Botton (Status Anxiety, Amazon book), My life is optimized for progress and improvement because that’s the foundation of fulfillment. Only the mediocre live in the idea that they are talented. - John Dryden, If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there. Horace, There are only two ways to live your life. Socrates, Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. Bertrand Russell, Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. - Flavia Weedn, Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love. In search of meaning, he dived in the self-improvement world, psychology and trail running. Your email address will not be published. If you can do that daily, you’re indeed a wise man. Excellence requires a lot of humility. - Khalil Gibran, Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love. You can learn only from moving forward at the rate you are moved, as brightness into brightness. - Harville Hendrix, Love is not a mere sentiment. Dwell on things that are interesting. Maxime is a father of two and also loves running. Naval Ravikant. D.Muthukrishnan, Trust the timing of your life. Courtney Carver, Preoccupation with efficacy is the main obstacle to a poetic, elegant, robust and heroic life. - The Buddha. Don’t live one, build one. - Helen Keller, Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie, Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise. we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. We must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it - Bruce Lee, Never met anyone truly talented claiming whatever they were doing was easy. Sam Altman, Great things come from hard work and perseverance. Naval Ravikant, You don’t have problems. @dailyzen, If everything seems under control, you’re not going fast enough. - Marilyn vos Savant, Do not follow where the path may lead. It is one of the arts within the great art of life. Mario Andretti, See also: hard work quotes, business quotes, Do the right things, do the hard things daily. Rod Stryker, Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches… devote your income and labor to others… re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul. and we are never, ever the same. that we do not see the one that has been opened for us. Maxime Lagacé, Living a life of integrity pays off, but it takes a very long time. “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” – Soren Kierkegaard. To come into the present is to stop the war. - Will Durant (commonly attributed to Aristotle), A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. Thibaut, I would rather risk wearing out than rusting out. Eleanor Roosevelt, No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. In short, to be real. - Jack Kornfield, To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight. perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. Maxime Lagacé, You can’t learn from remembering. When it’s really tough, focus on your next step. Maxime Lagacé, Success is created by doing the basics, to a high standard, consistently. Thibaut, The secret of success is… to be fully awake to everything about you. @zen_fi, You’re better off making the best of your life rather than trying to fix society. If you are moving too fast, breathe. - Anonymous, Anger is often more hurtful than the injury that caused it. Kahlil Gibran, Trust your intuition and be guided by love. James Pierce, See also: 6 Daily Habits of Happy People (chopra.com), All you have is what you are, and what you give. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking He finished his software engineering degree in 2007 at the École de Technologie Supérieure de Montréal. - Mark Twain, Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool. Just do your own thing, at your own pace, in your own style. Try to do that every day. Martha Nussbaum, Be empty. Iva Kenaz, Life doesn’t require that we be the best, only that we try our best. Courtney Carver, Chasing peace keeps one from peace. Death waits for nobody and nothing. - Helen Keller, If you wish to succeed in life, - Confucius, Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Tell about it. If you feel overwhelmed, breathe. Once you realize that, you stop seeking and you finally relax. Jose Luis Borges, You can only go with loves in this life. Thibaut, When it’s tough, remember you’ll learn and grow. All materials & writings are copyright © Jonathan Lockwood Huie, except for quotes and other specifically identified material which belong to their respective copyright holders if applicable. Please sign-up on the form below to receive my Free Daily Inspiration - Daily Quote email. if you do not understand, things are just as they are. Books, blogs, quotes and nature became his guide. at the end of the day saying, One is as though nothing is a miracle. - Steve Jobs, Earth laughs in flowers. - Robert Louis Stevenson, Being defeated is often a temporary condition. E.E. A few years later, he started his first website to share his passion for quotes. Maxime Lagacé, Gentleness is powerful. Albert Camus. Pittacus Lore, No one owes you anything. Sahil Lavingia, All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art. -Dipa to her Grandfather”, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values, The Honest Book of International Dating: Smart Dating Strategies for Men, Sleepers: A Little Book on How to Find Hope, Meaning and the Courage to Fall in Love with Your Dreams, Discontents: The Disappearance of a Young Radical, Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity, The Merchant of Stories: A Creative Entrepreneur's Journey. - Maxime Lagacé, Your life can change if you do the hard thing, make the hard decision, have the hard conversation, have total honesty. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. Alan Watts, Life doesn’t have a pause button. Here are 200 of the best quotes to live by I could find. Avoid lack of sleep. Payal Kadakia, Let your life unfold naturally. Jeff Buckley, One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” – Mae West. - Think as much as possible about other people. It is something to own. Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Practice doing what you need to do even when you don’t want to. create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone. Discover. People are the way they are. Maria Popova, Be generous with your time and your resources and with giving credit and, especially, with your words. And in these pages, you will find mine. Simple reframe to prime you to deal with the sh*t of the day. Scott Barry Kaufman, When you become comfortable with uncertainty, infinite possibilities open up in your life. When she left, she’d want it all: the executive job in London, the flat, car, salary, wine-bar. Eleanor Roosevelt, How you are living now is how you are living your entire life. - H Jackson Browne, If you understand, things are just as they are; Martin Luther King Jr, Never regret anything that made you smile. Michelle Obama (See also: truth quotes), Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be? It means fear is no longer a dominant factor in what you do and no longer prevents you from taking action to initiate change. Maxime Lagacé, If you’re not doing some things that are crazy, then you’re doing the wrong things. Quotes To Live By About… Quotes To Live By About Life, Learning. Augustine of Hippo (See also: simplicity quotes), Fate shuffles the cards and we play. Thibaut, It has never been about quantity, but about the quality. Avoid nothing. Michelle Obama, Becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. Avoid reacting to stupidity. James Pierce, See also: the best quotes (quotes I use every day), Build a life. D. Muthukrishnan, Progress is when you focus more on your dream than reality. Some people stay for awhile, and move our souls to dance. Octavio Paz, If one is shining a bright spotlight on here and now, one cannot see the past or the future anymore. Naval Ravikant, My goal is no longer to get more done, but rather to have less to do. It is how we survive the perniciousness of our time.”, “In every generation, there are those who refuse to lower themselves, who refuse to compromise their character when tempted, who do the right thing no matter what. Now is the time to understand more so that we may fear less. William James, Your goal in life is to find out the people who need you the most, to find out the business that needs you the most, to find the project and the art that needs you the most. - Jewish Hanukah Prayer. This is life, this moment. Ken Rutkowski, With whatever you’re doing in life… if you know it’s true, if you know it’s real, you have to do it… That’s where the magic is. That’s not selfish. do good to them that hate you, Be by yourself as often as you can. Charles Eisenstein, Chase nothing. - Marianne Williamson, The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. but often we look so long at the closed door so that other people won't feel insecure around you. Mark Manson, Life is not a competition, it’s a game. Thibaut, A successful life is not about optimizing the work-life balance, but about minimizing the work-life difference. Protect your time. Maxime Lagacé, When we try to juggle everything, we can’t enjoy anything. Ed Latimore Enter one or two keywordsto search these Inspirational Quotes. A little foolishness, enough to enjoy life, and a little wisdom to avoid the errors, that will do. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. To reject it would be to wilfully engage in ignorance. Jeffrey D. Sachs, Thank God I didn’t have a fast forward button for life, or I’d be dead by now. A false path in life is generally something we are attracted to for the wrong reasons — money, fame, attention, and so on. and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you. Welcome to these inspirational Words of Wisdom quotes and sayings. So throw off the bowlines. No excuses. When we use gentle and loving speech, we are able to transform anger, fear, resentment and suspicion in our communication. "I will try again tomorrow." he stream always wins- not through strength but by perseverance. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; - Marcus Tullius Cicero, Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses - William James, Powerful Dreams Inspire Powerful Action. no longer to carry rain or usher storm, - George Washington Carver, Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall. Albert Einstein, Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier. It's good to be loved *by all*, than to restrict it to one. Arthur Rubinstein, Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving. The essential thing is to learn. Courtney Carver, Love life and life will love you back. Thibaut, Be awake enough to see where you are at any given time and how that is beautiful and has poetry inside. With confidence, you have won even before you have started. - Aristotle, Change your thoughts and you change your world. but to add color to my sunset sky. Eckhart Tolle, Your long-term happiness and fulfillment depend on your ability to fulfill your soul’s unique purpose and to fill the place in the world that only you can fill, making the contribution that only you can make. - Oliver Wendell Holmes, The purpose of our lives is to be happy. Elizabeth Gilbert, Give yourself a gift: the present moment. - Ralph Waldo Emerson, Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Make decisions based on love not fear. Finally, he is (very) far from being perfect. @zen_fi, Never postpone a good deed which you can do now, because death does not choose whether you have or haven’t done the things you should have done.