Truman Capote

Do not be afraid of spending quality time by yourself. Find meaning or don’t find meaning but ‘steal’ some time and give it freely and exclusively to your own self. Opt for privacy and solitude. That doesn’t make you antisocial or cause you to reject the rest of the world. But you need to breathe. And you need to be.

It was incredible because it was forced humility. Previously, I would’ve looked at humility as more of a negative thing.

Brainpower is the ultimate leverage.

It’s absolutely true that unless you can instill discipline upon yourself, you will never be able to lead others.

Love gets unappreciated a lot of times, but you still gotta keep giving it

Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least.

And if it can’t be fun, what’s the point?

I’m so optimistic, I’d go after Moby Dick in a rowboat and take the tartar sauce with me.

While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions.

The person who dumps garbage into your mind will do you considerably more harm than the person who dumps garbage on your floor, because each load of mind garbage negatively impacts your possibilities and lowers your expectations.

Be careful not to compromise what you want most for what you want now.

The greatest effort is not concerned with results.

When somebody challenges you, fight back. Be brutal, be tough.

Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.

We become what we think about most of the time, and that’s the strangest secret.