“Be brave,
Be bold,
Be your best.”
“Unless you consider the best-case scenario along with the worst, your brain will steer you toward the seemingly safest path—inaction. But as a Chinese proverb goes, many a false step was made by standing still. You’re more likely to take that first step into the unknown when there’s the proverbial pot of gold awaiting at the end.”
Source: Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life
“Book publishing is like investing and waiting for the stock market to take off, you keep at it in the hope you eventually hit the best seller's list.”
“Principles won't do. Acquisitions, clothes, pretty rags-rags that wouldfly off at the first good shake.”
Source: Heart of Darkness
“The essence of a fallen world is that the best cannot be attained by free enjoyment, or by what is called "self-realization" (usually a nice name for self-indulgence, wholly inimical to the realization of other selves); but by denial, by suffering.”
Source: The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
“It was the best they could do, and the rest would be in God's hands. It was the same with raising a family. There were no guarantees in life [...]”
Source: Carved in Stone
“Nicasia’s wrong about me. I don't desire to do as well in the tournament as one of the fey. I want to win. I do not yearn to be their equal.
In my heart, I yearn to best them.”
Source: The Cruel Prince
“Self-awareness plays a key role in stopping fear and laziness from standing in the way of accepting a reality that must be accepted in order to make the best of a bad situation.”
Source: The Comeback Quotient: A Get-Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life
“You’re going to experience adversity; you’re going to have days that are incredibly challenging, even scary. There are going to be days that cause you to question your motives and ability. It’s important to realize that the toughest days are your best days, because they have the potential to force the most adaptation—mentally, as well as physically.”
Source: Chasing Excellence: A Story About Building the World’s Fittest Athletes
“Whatever regrets may be, we have done our best.”
Source: Endure By Alex Hutchinson & The Rise of Superman By Steven Kotler 2 Books Collection Set