So you have two basic options: deny the unpredictability of life and create your own false sense of security, or accept the vagaries of life and learn to live with them.
If you don’t take the time to get really clear about exactly what it is you’re trying to accomplish, then you’re forever doomed to spend your life achieving the goals of those who do.
Everyone you meet in your life – even total strangers – are already intimately connected to you. The idea that we are all separate and distinct beings is nothing but an illusion. We are all parts of a larger whole, like individual cells in a body.
Hard work is painful when life is devoid of purpose. But when you live for something greater than yourself and the gratification of your own ego, then hard work becomes a labor of love.
When you live for a strong purpose, then hard work isn’t an option. It’s a necessity.
Thoughts are like seeds. If you want different results in life, you have to figure out which thoughts are capable of growing those results and which aren’t.
When you discipline yourself to do what is hard, you gain access to a realm of results that are denied everyone else. The willingness to do what is difficult is like having a key to a special private treasure room.
Waiting for clarity is like being a sculptor staring at a piece of marble, waiting for the statue within to cast off the unneeded pieces. Do not wait for clarity to spontaneously materialize-gra b a chisel and get busy!
The most intelligent thing you can possibly do with your life is to grow.
If you dislike the answers you’re getting from life, try asking better questions.
Fear is not your enemy. It is a compass pointing you to the areas where you need to grow.
We primarily grow as human beings by discovering new truths about ourselves and our reality.
When you reach the point of becoming independent of external events, you’re truly free.
Your values are your current estimations of truth. They represent your answer to the question of how to live.
Willpower is a concentration of force. You gather up all your energy and make a massive thrust forward.
If you want to achieve some really big and interesting goals, you have to learn to fall in love with hard work.
Passion and purpose go hand in hand. When you discover your purpose, you will normally find it’s something you’re tremendously passionate about.
If someone offers you a gift, and you decline to accept it, the other person still owns that gift. The same is true of insults and verbal attacks.
Our beliefs act as lenses. These lenses can help us see things we can’t otherwise see, but they can also block us from seeing parts of reality.