Incredible Words of Wisdom: Empowering Quotes to Live By.

The only way to win with a toxic person is not to play.

The death of dogma is the birth of reason.
-- Kant

"To build a career, turn your ability into credibility."

“There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.”
- Aeschylus

"Time is the ultimate currency."

A busy calendar and a busy mind will destroy your ability to create anything great.

If you hurt other people because they have expectations of you, that’s their problem.

If you are not enjoying the journey, you probably won’t enjoy the destination.

The overeducated are worse off than the undereducated, having traded common sense for the illusion of knowledge.

“Change is never painful, only the resistance to change is painful.”

― Buddha

"The only real test of intelligence is if you get what you want out of life."

The overeducated are worse off than the undereducated, having traded common sense for the illusion of knowledge.

You are paid by how hard you are to replace. Not by how hard you work.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

If you are not enjoying the journey, you probably won’t enjoy the destination.

The map of your future is drawn by the footsteps of your present.

Ignorance is more expensive than education.

You aren't rich until you have something that money can't buy.

If you cannot explain something in simple terms, you do not understand it.

-- Richard Feynman (1918 - 1988)

Believing "someone else is responsible for your troubles" solves none of your problems.

Start by doing what is necessary, then do what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
- St. Francis of Assisi

The first rule of happiness is low expectations.

Keep your big goals away from small minds.

"Education is no substitute for intelligence."

Being unhappy is very inefficient.

Teach your children early what you learned late.

You’re offended when you fear that it might be true.

"Impatience with actions, patience with results."

"To get paid in the future, live in the future."

By doing what everyone else does, you guarantee average results.

"You don't have to be brilliant, only a little bit wiser than the other guys, on average, for a long, long time."

– Charlie Munger

“The wise man does immediately what the fool does eventually.”

-Machiavelli

“Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.”

Follow those that seek the truth.
Run from those who claim they've found it.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated is to die every day.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Don't think in battles, think of war.

Don't think of families, think of dynasties.

Don't think of businesses, think of empires.

When you are angry, stay silent.

Some of the best feelings are those I kept away from the world.

If you have to beg your allies to help you, they aren’t allies at all.

“Everything hangs on one’s thinking… A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.”
— Seneca

Teach your children early what you learned late.

"If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration."
- Nikola Tesla

Either you make things happen or you watch someone else make things happen.

Choose wisely.

"Happiness is just results minus expectations."

- The Psychology of Money

Learning to ask the right questions is better than trying to learn all the answers.

Everything you learned late, teach your children early.

Normalize forgiving people but still remove them from your life.

Life is too short to hold onto things that no longer serve you.

Success is built fom stacking small wins.

Be selfish with your time. A lot of people don't deserve it.

Stop losing your mind over people that don’t mind losing you.

Remember that 90% of what you feel is simply your own interpretation.

“If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.”
— Baruch Spinoza

“Wealth is assets that earn while you sleep.”

— Naval Ravikant

"No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness. "

-Aristotle

Regrets are the most unprofitable place to invest thoughts.

Perfectionism is an educated way of procrastinating.

“Please all, and you will please none.”
— Aesop

“Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.”
— Adam Smith

It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.
- A.Bratus.

If someone doesn't appreciate your presence make them appreciate your absence.

Once you get a taste of peace, you will cut anybody off to keep it.
A.Bratus

Nobody is coming to save you. Get up. Be your own hero.
A.Bratus.

Without risks, they’ll never know how far they’ll truly go.
- Sensei Wu

"You make mistakes, mistakes don't make you."

― Maxwell

If you can't do anything about it then let it go. Don't be a prisoner to things you can't change.
- Tony Gaskins

Lies kill, truth hurts.
- A.Bratus

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.

“When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.”
— Isaac Asimov

"Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead."
~ Benjamin Franklin

Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
- A.Bratus.

A foolish man complains of his torn pocket while a wise man uses it to scratch his balls.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and from others.

Some people drink deeply from the well of knowledge... Others just rinse and spit.

For your consideration: “Double standards” means there are no “standards”.

“Educate the child and it won’t be necessary to punish the men.”
— Pythagoras

"When people talk bad about you, live so as nobody may believe them."

— Plato

Seek respect, not attention. It lasts longer.

“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.’’
— Mark Twain