Quotable Quotes

“Inequality of outcome is inherent in a free economy, which tends to reward the most talented. Since talent is uneqally and arbitrarily distributed, free enterprise and its resulting inequality of outcome are unpalatable {to many}. Yet progress depends on the flourishing of the talented. That means that inequality is truly the midwife of progress.” – Marian L. Tupy

“If you believe business is built on relationships, make building them your business.” -Scott Stratten

“Sometimes success is 3% brains and 97% not getting distracted by the internet.” – Shane Parrish

“To become a philosopher king, start with being a king, not being a philosopher.” – Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Every man I will meet is my master in some point, and in that I learn from him” – Emerson

“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” – Vladmir Lenin

“Who is rich? He who rejoices in his lot” – Ethics Of Our Fathers

“Intelligent individuals learn from everything and everyone; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers. ” – Socrates

“Losers quit when they fail. Winners fail until they succeed.” – Robert Kiyosaki

“Don’t follow your passion. Seriously. Don’t follow your passion. Your passion is likely moredumb and useless than anything else. Your passion should be your hobby, not your work.Do it in your spare time. Instead, at work, seek to contribute. Find the hottest, most vibrantpart of the economy you can and figure out how you can contribute best and most. Makeyourself of value to people around you, to customers and coworkers, and try to increasethat value every day.” – Ryan Selkis

“Our life is what our thoughts make it.” – Marcus Aurelius

“The art of living lies not in eliminating but in growing with troubles.” – Bernard Baruch

“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” – Mark Twain

“Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one.” – Voltaire

“What the smartest people do on the weekend is what everyone else will do during the week in ten years.” – Chris Dixon

“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” – William James

“If it is not right, do not do it, if it is not true, do not say it.” – Marcus Aurelius

“Everyone starts out innocent. Everyone is corrupted. Wisdom is the discarding of vices and the return to virtue, by way of knowledge.” – Naval Ravikant

“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.” – Epicurus

“Double down on our best relationship. It’s the investment with the highest return.” – James Clear

“The truth is, a habit must be established before it can be improved. If you can’t learn the basic skill of showing up, then you have little hope of mastering the fineer details.” – James Clear

“Plans are useless, but planning is indispensable” – President Eisenhower

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill
