Ryan Holiday, The 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
You've endured countless troubles — all from not letting your ruling reason do the work it was made for — enough already! —Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 9.26
Instead of Criticizing Someone's Success: Why Not Learn Something Valuable from It?
It's interesting and somewhat dismaying how many people will look up to anyone who wins a multi million- dollar lottery- but will deride anyone who has worked either hard or smart to attain prosperity and real success. Jules Renard put this in proper perspective, however
"Failure is not the only punishment for laziness: there is also the success of others."
Its always easier to stay out of trouble than to get out of trouble
Ernie Zelinski | 101 Really Important Things You Already Know, But Keep Forgetting
Think of some of the great difficulties that you have experienced over the years — ones that you invited into your life on some level or another. This applies to financial dilemmas, dysfunctional relationships, speeding tickets, lawsuits, time- wasting arguments, health problems, and family feuds. For good measure, you can add any other predicament that you could have bypassed in some way or form. Wouldn't it have been easier to avoid these situations than trying to get out of them later?
