Life can be complicated at times. But the challenges you face are the same ones that billions of people have encountered throughout history. Those who have conquered the obstacles before them, whether personal or professional, have one thing in common. They never gave up. Neither should you!
- from The Hero Code book by William H. McRaven
The combinatorics of human DNA and experience are staggering. You will never meet any two humans who are substitutable for each other.
- Naval Ravikant, from The Almanack of Naval Ravikant book by Eric Jorgenson
My measure of a brave man, a true fighter, is not how many times he gets knocked down, but how many times he gets back up.
- from Breathe book by Rickson Gracie
I guess some things can't be explained, only forgiven or not.
- from Where the Crawdads Sing book by Delia Owens
There is something more powerful than any army. Something strong enough to topple kings, and even Darklings. Do you know what that thing is? Faith.
- from Shadow and Bone book by Leigh Bardugo
I love talking to my husband across a small table in a low-lit room. I always have, and I expect I always will. Barack is a good listener, patient and thoughtful. I love how he tips his head back when he laughs. I love the lightness in his eyes, the kindness at his core. Having a drink and an unrushed meal together has always been our pathway back to the start, to that first hot summer when everything between us carried an electric charge.
- from Becoming book by Michelle Obama
Look, you should wake up worried, terrified every morning. But don't be worried about our competitors because they're never going to send us any money anyway. Let's be worried about our customers and stay heads-down focused.
- Jeff Bezos, from The Everything Store book by Brad Stone
The next time someone asks for something, try saying yes and see what it leads to. Whatever success I've had in my own work thus far has always come from saying yes, not from saying no.
- from The $100 Startup book by Chris Guillebeau
Everything worth pursuing has less than 100% odds of succeeding, and risk is just what happens when you end up on the unfortunate side of that equation.
- from The Psychology of Money book by Morgan Housel
The world is changing. We change with it, or there will be nothing left to remember us but the dust.
- from Siege and Storm book by Leigh Bardugo