Ryan Holiday Quotes

Think progress, not perfection.

Each time, you’ll learn something. Each time, you’ll develop strength, wisdom, and perspective. Each time, a little more of the competition falls away. Until all that is left is you: the best version of you.

The future bears down upon each one of us with all the hazards of the unknown.” The only way out is through.

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.

Silence. The ability to deliberately keep yourself out of the conversation and subsist without its validation. Silence is the respite of the confident and the strong.

Be the person who surprises others with your genuine interest in them, the respect you extend, and your disregard for unnecessary formalities or status symbols.

Don't let the opinion of cowards influence what you think or do.

What we desire makes us vulnerable.

What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first steps to something better. — WENDELL PHILLIPS

We need to cultivate the ability to tell the difference. To be able consult without being cowed. To be singular while not thinking we are superior.

We need other voices around us. We need help. We need to be able to yield.

With accomplishment comes a growing pressure to pretend that we know more than we do. To pretend we already know everything.

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

We have to find the people who can teach us and open ourselves to learning from them. Whatever stage of life we’re in, there is someone who knows more than us, who has been through more than us, who can open doors for us.

We’ve all done it. Said: “I am so [overwhelmed, tired, stressed, busy, blocked, outmatched].” And then what do we do about it? Go out and party. Or treat ourselves. Or sleep in. Or wait. It feels better to ignore or pretend. But you know deep down that that isn’t going to truly make it any better. You’ve got to act. And you’ve got to start now.

You don’t control the situation, but you control what you think about it.