“Injuries done to us by others tend to be acute; the self-inflicted ones tend to be chronic.”
"Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Likewise, not matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if that’s what you are seeking."
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Self-awareness
"The grandchildren should not bear the debts of the grandparents."
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Responsibility
"You are rich if and only if money you refuse tastes better than money you accept."
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Well-being
"Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."
- Joshua J. Marine
Adversity
"The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it."
- Epicurus
Adversity
"It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness."
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Adversity
"The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself—the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us—that’s where it’s at."
- Jesse Owens
Adversity
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress."
- Frederick Douglass
Adversity