Wisdom
Make rest a necessity not an objective. The objective of life is not to rest. The objective of life is to accomplish. Full growth. Full accomplishment. Test the outer limits of your abilities. That's what life is all about. See what all you can do
Get the hell out of where you are safe into what you don't know. You are going to find the catastrophes of life but if you keep yourself morally oriented and you make the right sacrifices then you can transcend the catastrophe of being and prevail
No matter how bad your situation is, if you stand up and face it, with a noble vision, with discipline and intent, you can go far farther to overcoming it than you can imagine. And that's the principle upon which you should predicate your behavior
If you are capable of making a half million dollars a year and you make $50,000 a year, we call you LOSER. We don't call you LOSER because of the difference between $50,000 and a half million, we call you LOSER because you are not doing your best
Meta rule - you have to discipline yourself
The rule might not be - "follow this rule!" The rule might be - "you have to follow some rules!" It's a meta rule - "you have to discipline yourself" And the issue is how? That's not really the relevant question. You can pick a disciplinary path
თავისუფლება უდრის წესიერებას
თავისუფლება მიიღწევა მხოლოდ იმ შემთხვევაში, თუ შენ ხარ წესიერი. თავისუფლება უდრის წესიერებას
If you went home tonight and in the next few days cleaned up a whole list of decisions that might furnish enough inspiration for the next 10 years. After you've decided getting on with it is easier than deciding. Sometimes decision is the toughest part
What does the person who loses something important with grace do?
What does the person who loses something important with grace do? The answer is fairly straightforward - he accepts the defeat and thinks - okay what is it that I have left to improve that will decrease the possibility of a similar defeat in the future
If you are not a disciplined person it's uncomfortable, it's going to be painful, it's frustrating... You have to force yourself into this things. It's a muscle that has to be developed. These patterns have to be developed in your mindset. Incrementally
If you overestimate your abilities you're in deep trouble because you're gonna get a wake-up call. Objectivity is one of the most critical aspects of development. You have to be objectively assessing your strength and weaknesses at every step of the way
The better the goal the more full and rich your experience is going to be when you pursue it. That's one of the reasons for developing a vision and for fleshing yourself out philosophically because you want to aim at the highest goal that you can manage
No matter what you are acting out some people are way better at it than others. Doesn't matter if it's basketball or hockey or plumbing or law it doesn't matter. As soon as there is something valuable and you are doing it collectively there is a hierarchy
People who live mediocre lives are always looking forward to getting off. Successful people are always looking forward to getting on. Successful people don't want OFF, they want ON. They want to get on with the job. They rest only enough to gather strength
Disgust sensitivity is associated with orderliness and you need order in a society in order to maintain it and the Germans are very orderly and that was actually a canonical part of their civilization and part of actually what makes them great and powerful
If you took advantage of every opportunity you have, if you crawl through every window that was open to you, if you lived as perfectly as you could, your life would be justifiable on its own terms, despite it's suffering. And despite the tragedy in the world
შენ ისეთი კონცეფცია უნდა შექმნა, რომ შენთვისაც და შენი ახლობლებისთვისაც ცხოვრება გახადო უკეთესი
Ideas plus inspiration
Ideas plus inspiration - that's the mixture that really turns things on. Sends a entrepreneur program into high gear. We need ideas for the goals and plans and we need inspiration for the emotional vitality, to put it to work, to make it grow, make it multiply
ბავშვის აღზრდის ჭეშმარიტება (ეხლა არ გაგიკვირდეთ როგორც ეს დამთავრდება) საკუთარი თავის აღზრდაშია
It's not that easy to cleanup your room. You want your room to be set up so that when you walk in there it tells you to be better than you generally are. It's organized, it has got direction, everything is in its place. You try to do that in your chaotic household
polygamous society
If a polygamous society develops which is the alternative of monogamy, then a small minority of men get all the women and also making the women unhappy because the women don't have any access to a genuine intimate one-to-one relationship over any long period of time
თუ რამეს ვერ ვაკეთებ, ე.ი. ძალიან არ მინდა! როცა ძალიან მინდა, მე ვიცი რისი გამკეთებელიც ვარ, გავაკეთებ!
If there is one thing to be a fanatic about it's your health. Take care of yourself. The Bible describes it this way: treat your body like a temple. That's a good word. Treat your body like a temple, not a woodshed, a temple - something you take extremely good care of
To feel good about yourself do the best you can. Gather all you can during the summer. We call that the Ant's philosophy. Ant's don't settle for half. They go for all. All you possibly can, do the best you can. The greatest lift of self esteem is doing the best you can
მიზანი არ შეიძლება იყოს მწვერვალზე მოხვედრა. მიზანი შეიძლება იყოს მწვერვალამდე ასასვლელი გზის გავლა