Recently James Clear (@James Clear) author of "Atomic Habits" sent out a tweet wanting to one sentence that has stayed on. This tweet got 500+ responses. I've put up some chosen ones that resonated with me.
- We suffer more in imagination than in reality. - Seneca
- The pain of inaction stings longer than the pain of an incorrect action -James Clear
- Most failures are one-time costs. Most regrets are recurring costs. The pain of inaction stings longer than the pain of incorrect action - James Clear
- Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer - Machiavelli
- Make mistakes of ambition and not mistake of sloth - Machiavelli (Mistakes of amibition teach, mistakes of sloth comfort- James Clear)
- Your actions are your real priorities - James Clear
- Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate. - Carl Jung
- Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. - Buddhaghosa
- Mental toughness is persistence, not intensity - James Clear
- Successful people are willing to do the things that unsuccessful people are unwilling to do – Anon
- Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become – James Clear
- Opportunity lies in the place that complaints are. - Jack Ma
- There is nothing noble about being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Hemingway
- Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth – Mike Tyson
- Happiness is a choice you make and a skill that you develop – Naval Ravikant
- Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go back in the same box - Italian Proverb
- Does the emerald lose its beauty for lack of admiration? — Marcus Aurelius
- The last thing you want to do is usually the first thing you should do – Tim Ferris
- Beginners get excited when they know the answer. Masters get excited when they don't - Anon
- We suffer more in imagination than in reality. - Seneca
- Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. -Mary Oliver
- Premature optimization is the root of all evil - Donald Knuth
- Infinite patience produces immediate results. — Wayne Dyer
- Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement – James Clear
- We have Two Lives and the Second begins when we realize we only have one – Naval Ravikant
- Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go - T S Eliot
- The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug – Mark Twain
- It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog – Mark Twain
- Easy choices, hard life. Hard choices, easy life - Jerzy Gregorek
- All the benefits in life come from compound interest - relationship, money, habits - anything of importance – Naval Ravikant
- Discipline equals freedom – Jocko Willinik
- Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you see the world. - George Bernard Shaw
- You can have just about anything you want, but not everything you want - Ray Dalio
- If you are still thinking the answer is no – Naval Ravikant
- The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried – Stephen McCranie
- You are always one decision away from a completely different life – Anon
- A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read - Mark Twain
- People think they lack focus when in reality they lack clarity – Anon
- The days are long, but the years are short – Gretchen Rubin
- Time is all you have and you may find one day that you have less than you think. - Randy Pausch
- Step by step you get ahead, but not necessarily in fast spurts. But you build discipline by preparing for fast spurts.... Slug it out one inch at a time, day by day. - Munger
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