Wisdom Quotes for Personal Growth and Daily Success

No one teaches kids these things in school

Kids have been educated for twelve years and no one had ever sat them down and said - okay what the hell are you doing and why and how are you gonna get there?
- Where do you want to go?
- Why do you want to get there?
- How are you gonna get there?
- How are you gonna mark your progress?
They've never walked them through that exercise.
If you walk people through that exercise just to get them to do that increases the probability that they'll stay on track by 50%. That's incredible

If you are very maternal, you are very compassionate and protective of those that are within your kin boundary

You have to work to take care of yourself and what you want in this moment but then there's you tomorrow, and there's you next week and there's you next month the next year, ten years from now and when you are old... So because you are self-conscious and because you are aware of the future you are actually a community unto yourself. And if you are selfish and impulse all that means is that you are serving the person you are right now in that impulsive way but not the person you are going to be. That's not a good ground for any sort of ethical behavior

Nothing is so powerful than

Nothing is so powerful as an idea whose time has come