Quotex

A lot of success in life and business comes from knowing what you want to avoid: early death, a bad marriage.

Assume life will be really tough, and then ask if you can handle it. If the answer is yes, you've won.

If you want to change the fruits, you first have to change the roots. To change the visible, first you have to change the invisible.

The iron rule of nature is: You get what you're rewarded for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.

The pain that comes with action is acute, scars you, and makes you grow. The pain that comes from inaction is low-grade, softens you, and decays your soul.

The viable excuse is a piece of information that comes disguised as something reasonable and understandable-which makes it extremely easy to give in to it and accept it as your "normal."

He's not bowling you over with his ability to connect ideas, or to turn phrases. The only clue to his powers of mesmerism is his quality of eye contact.

Everything that i've ever done I can still relate to, and feel connected to it in a way. There's no part of my life that I look at and go 'I don't recognize that person at all.'

The really big opportunities in life will be very few. So when you find a lollapalooza, and you can see it, don't hang back like a timid rabbit. Step boldly and grab it. And don't do it small.

Do what you like and are good at. Three rules for a career: 1. Don't sell anything you wouldn't buy yourself. 2. Don't work for anyone you don't respect and admire. 3. Work only with people you enjoy.

As we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns -- the ones we don't know we don't know.

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest. We address ourselves not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities, but of their advantages

Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up. Discharge your duties faithfully and well. Systematically you get ahead, but not necessarily in fast spurts. Nevertheless, you build discipline by preparing for fast spurts. Slug it out one inch at a time, day by day. At the end of the day - if you live long enough - most people get what they deserve.