Ryan Holiday Quotes

It may take some hard work.But the more you say no to the things that don’t matter, the more you can say yes to the things that do.

you must reclaim the ability to abstain because within it is your clarity and self-control.

In a world of distraction, focusing is a superpower.

In failure or adversity, it’s so easy to hate. Hate defers blame. It makes someone else responsible. It’s a distraction too; we don’t do much else when we’re busy getting revenge or investigating the wrongs that have supposedly been done to us.

Stoicism is not about being emotionless; it is about being in control of your emotions, not letting them control your decisions.

Work is finding yourself alone at the track when the weather kept everyone else indoors. Work is pushing through the pain and crappy first drafts and prototypes. It is ignoring whatever plaudits others are getting, and more importantly, ignoring whatever plaudits you may be getting. Because there is work to be done. Work doesn’t want to be good. It is made so, despite the headwind.

Too much study and not enough doing creates a paucity of knowledge, a shelter of naïveté, no matter how smart you are.

Only a fool negates the body in favor of the mind, or the mind in favor of the body.

Be quiet, work hard, and stay healthy. It’s not ambition or skill that is going to set you apart but sanity.

discipline means being disciplined in all things, especially little things.

Conning the conmen is one of life’s most satisfying pleasures.

The world speaks to us, but often in no more than a whisper. Most teachers do not repeat themselves, do not beg for us to sit and be quiet and listen

In Times of Crisis We Need More:

- Compassion
- Kinship
- Service
- Courage

And Less:

- Selfishness
- Distrust
- Ingratitude
- Dread

If you let anger into your life, once you let it motivate or animate you, it’s very hard to get rid of. It’s hard to find a substitute that measures up. It’s hard to let it go.

We think that courage means being unbreakable.
Nah.
It means getting back up when you've been broken.

Because your kids are watching.
Because the cause needs you.
Because you won't let evil triumph.