Because when you give too many fucks–when you give a fuck about everyone and everything–you will feel that you’re perpetually entitled to be comfortable and happy at all times, that everything is supposed to be just exactly the fucking way you want it to be. This is a sickness. And it will eat you alive. You will see every adversity as an injustice, every challenge as a failure, every inconvenience as a personal slight, every disagreement as a betrayal. . Mark Manson
No matter how old you are now. You are never too young or too old for success or going after what you want. Here’s a short list of people who accomplished great things at different ages1) Helen Keller, at the age of 19 months, became...
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Pablo
Failure is a bend in the road, not the end of the road. Learn from failure and keep moving forward.
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Roy T. Bennett
But instead of spending our lives running towards our dreams, we are often running away from a fear of failure or a fear of criticism.
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Eric Wright
Be patient. Your skin took a while to deteriorate. Give it some time to reflect a calmer inner state. As one of my friends states on his Facebook profile: "The true Losers in Life, are not those who Try and Fail, but those who Fail...
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Jess C. Scott
I have not failed. I've just found 10, 000 ways that won't work.
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Thomas A. Edison
More Quotes By Mark Manson
When the standard of success becomes merely acting–when any result is regarded as progress and important, when inspiration is seen as a reward rather than a prerequisite–we propel ourselves ahead. We feel free to fail, and that failure moves us forward.
We don’t actually know what a positive or negative experience is. Some of the most difficult and stressful moments of our lives also end up being the most formative and motivating. Some of the best and most gratifying experiences of our lives are also the...
Being wrong opens us up to the possibility of change. Being wrong brings the opportunity for growth.
Despite dreaming about making a living through his art, the real potential of becoming An Artist Nobody Likes was far, far scarier than remaining An Artist Nobody’s Heard Of. At least he was comfortable with and used to being An Artist Nobody’s Heard Of.
The person you marry is the person you fight with. The house you buy is the house you repair. The dream job you take is the job you stress over. Everything comes with an inherent sacrifice–whatever makes us feel good will also inevitably make us...
