2018 in Quotes

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Every year I compile my quotes and proverbs as a result of my triumphs and failures.

Here’s what made the list in chronological order:

• To grow, we must suffer. The passage from one world into the next requires bold steps.
• He who wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
• The Principle of Priority: 1) Know the difference between what is urgent and what is important 2) Do what is important first
• Most people make bad decisions because they are so certain that they’re right that they don't allow themselves to see better alternatives.
• Disagreements are not threats but opportunities for learning.
• Process > Proceeds: The process becomes an obsession and mastering the craft becomes the means. Mastery is consistency driven by a deep love for the work. At some point, you forget about the object your chasing and the means become the end.
• Pride should stand for Personal Responsibility In Daily Endeavors
• Geniuses develop their most brilliant original thoughts through self-imposed cognitive dissonance.
• Big people monopolize listening. Small people monopolize talking.
• The bigger the person, the more apt he is to encourage you to talk. The smaller the person, the more apt he is to preach to you.
• A leader is a decision making machine. To manufacture anything, you’ve got to have the raw material.
• Those who talk should do and only those who do should talk.
• The fool is the precursor to the master.
• A harmless man is not a good man. A good man is a very dangerous man who has that under voluntary control.
• That which you most need will be found where you least want to look.
• Dwell on the past and you’ll lose an eye. Forget the past and you’ll lose both eyes.
• There is less risk in saying what is needed to be said than to remain silent.
• Wish for the things you already have.
• The great challenge of life is knowing enough to think you’re right but not enough to know you’re wrong.
• When you’ve been in the darkness long enough, you begin to see.
• People don’t have ideas. Ideas have people.
• As history repeatedly shows, the fatal flaw arises not from without, but from within.
• In a world where lies are the norm, truth is revolution.
• The fool is the precursor to the savior. Allow yourself to make the mistakes necessary to your success.
• Beethoven, Chopin, Mozart never died — they just became music.
• You gotta know the rules, the real rules. Not the rules the suckers play by.
• Every man is really two men — the man he is and the man he wants to be.