Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"Comparison, a great teacher once told me, is the cardinal sin of modern life. It traps us in a game that we can't win. Once we define ourselves in terms of others, we lose the freedom to shape our own lives." - James Collins
"If you diet, invest, and think according to what the 'news' advocates, you'll end up nutritionally, financially, and morally bankrupt." - Naval Ravikant
"Hey! It's Enrico Palazzo!" - Anonymous Fan
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain
"First generation millionaires give us libraries, second generation millionaires give us themselves."- Gary Wills
"Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done." - Robert A. Heinlein
"You despise in others the worst parts of yourself." - Shane Parrish
The Collin's quote is just a A wordier explanation of why envy is a sin.
ReplyDeleteThe more you look at quotes that give wisdom the more you notice that there are always similar quotes with similar wisdom from an earlier period.
ReplyDeletePerhaps the only true original quote of the list is the one about Enrico Palazzo. :)
I like the reference to Enrico Palazzo!
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