True will is quiet humility, resilience, and flexibility; the other kind of will is weakness disguised by bluster and ambition.
RYAN HOLIDAYThe Germans have a word for it: Sitzfleisch. Staying power. Winning by sticking your ass to the seat and not leaving until after it’s over.
More Ryan Holiday Quotes
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Dollar for dollar there is no better investment in the world than a book.
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The obstacle in the path becomes the path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition.
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Where the head goes, the body follows. Perception precedes action. Right action follows the right perspective.
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You know what’s better than building things up in your imagination? Building things up in real life.
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Discipline in perception lets you clearly see the advantage and the proper course of action in every situation-without the pestilence of panic or fear.
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When intelligent people read, they ask themselves a simple question: What do I plan to do with this information?
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Bad companies are destroyed by crisis. Good companies survive them. Great individuals, like great companies, find a way to transform weakness into strength.
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Conning the conmen is one of life’s most satisfying pleasures.
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The most powerful predictor of what spreads online is anger.
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What I’ve learned most clearly from blogs is that the majority of them write about the problems from the outside for a reason—because they are missing the abilities that allow people to move to the inside.
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We decide what we will make of each and every situation. We decide whether we’ll break or whether we’ll resist.
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The Germans have a word for it: Sitzfleisch. Staying power. Winning by sticking your ass to the seat and not leaving until after it’s over.
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What is known can’t jerk us around unwittingly. Before anything can be resolved, the implicit must be made into the explicit.
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ADVERSITY CAN HARDEN YOU. OR IT CAN LOOSEN YOU UP AND MAKE YOU BETTER —IF YOU LET IT.
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Focus on the moment, not the monsters that may or may not be up ahead.
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