Well Phrased
Well Phrased

Well Phrased

We tend to judge others by their behavior, and ourselves by our intentions.

The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score

Tags: newsletter, goals

A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again. But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether - Roy H. Williams

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You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this and you will find strength. - Marcus Aurelius

Tags: stoicism, mindset

The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. - Niccolo Machiavelli

Tags: ageing

Life becomes easier when you learn to accept the apology you never got - Robert Brault

Tags: favorite, apologise, forgive

At the end of the game, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. - Italian proverb

Tags: mortality, newsletter

The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.”― Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tags: openminded

Death is only the end if you assume the story is about you. - Joseph Fink

Tags: mortality

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go - T.S. Eliot

Tags: push limits

The traffic lights of life are rarely all green at the same time - Tim Ferriss

“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body and prayer is to the soul. We become the books we read.” – Matthew Kelly

Tags: #newsletter, favorite, reading

“If you don’t make time for exercise, you’ll probably have to make time for illness.” – Robin Sharma

Tags: illness, health, favorite, #newsletter, exercise

Strive For Progress And Not Perfection James Altucher

Tags: execution

If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are. - Montesquieu

Tags: quotes, happiness

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are - AnaĂŻs Nin

The faster you react, the less you think. - Jason Fried

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A goal without a plan is only a wish - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Great opportunities never have "great opportunity" in the subject line

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“Reading is a way to consume people’s experiences, to learn something timeless and then apply it to your life.” — @farnamstreet

Tags: reading

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Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely - Auguste rodin

Tags: experience

It isn’t the mountain ahead that wears you out - it’s the grain of sand in your shoe - Robert service

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When failure is expensive, plan carefully. When failure is cheap, act quickly - James Clear

Tags: failure, execution

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Praise others. It will bring them peace of mind. Do not expect others to praise you. It will bring you peace of mind. - James Clear

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“If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets.”

Tags: memory, love

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We are kept from our goal not by obstacles but by a clear path to a lesser goal. – Robert Brault

Tags: focus, goals

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It’s easier to hold to your principles 100% of the time than it is to hold to them 98% of the time. If you give in to “just this once,”...you’ll regret where you end up. You’ve got to define for yourself what you stand for and draw the line in a safe place.

Tags: discipline, principles