Eight Quotes to Make You Think

Luck, Justice, Happiness, Reality, Character, Consistency, Time, Humility

Here are the eight most interesting ideas I came across this week.

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1. Author Morgan Housel on luck and success -

   “The same traits needed for huge success are the same traits that increase the odds of failure. We should be careful praising winners or criticizing failures, because they often made similar decisions with different degrees of luck.”

2. Ryan Holiday on Doing the Right Thing -

   “If we’re inclined to hide it, we probably shouldn’t do it.”

3. Montesquieu on comparing yourself to others -

   “If you only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.”

4. Abraham Lincoln on reality and delusions -

   “How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.”

5. Mark Manson on character -

   “Competence is how good you are when there is something to gain. Character is how good you are when there is nothing to gain. People will reward you for competence. But people will only love you for your character.”

6. Shane Parrish on luck versus consistency -

   “If you want to get rich quickly, the biggest factor is luck. If you want to get rich eventually, the biggest factor is consistency.”

7. Warren Buffett on valuing your time -

   “I can buy anything I want but I can’t buy time.”

8. Seneca on humility and self-awareness -

   “We hold the flaws of others before our eyes but turn our backs toward our own.”

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Thomas