“Things are not as bad as it seems. The situations that cause us sorrow are the same ones that introduce us to the strength, power and wisdom that we truly are.”

Change is hardest at the beginning, messiest in the middle and best at the end.

No matter what you are experiencing in life right now, trust that all is unfolding in your best interests.

Please remember that your greatest talent is so much more powerful than your biggest fear.

The more you go to your limits, the more your limits will expand.

You are much closer than you think to creating a life you adore.

Our wounds ultimately give us wisdom. Our stumbling blocks inevitably become our stepping stones. And our setbacks lead us to our strengths

Kindness, quite simply, is the rent we must pay for the space we occupy on this planet.

When your every thought and your every action is directed to your ultimate life goals, you become unstoppable and assured of great success and happiness.

Greatness begins beyond your comfort zone.

Cut your excuses in half and double your actions around your goals.

The beautiful thing about setbacks is they introduce us to our strengths.

Your life is meant to be an epic story. How you think, perform and live today is part of that script.

Making no decision is a decision. To do nothing. And doing nothing always brings you to nowhere.

The more time you spend in your discomfort zone, the more your comfort zone will expand.

The gift of achievement is not the things you get, but the person you become.

Your “I CAN” is more important than your IQ.

With a lot of attention comes criticism, but I’ll take that. I’m reaching all the goals I’ve set for myself, so you can’t say anything bad about that.

Good leaders are rare; bad leaders are common.

I make bad decisions frequently. They’re fun.

Often, we use words in a damaging way not because we are bad people but simply because we are not paying attention. No one ever taught us how powerful words really are.

There are no bad units, only bad officers. This captures the essence of what Extreme Ownership is all about.

Every experience, good or bad, you have to learn from.

The most fundamental and important truths at the heart of Extreme Ownership: there are no bad teams, only bad leaders.

There is something splendid about innocence; but what is bad about it, in turn, is that it cannot protect itself very well and is easily seduced.