wisdom

Investing in yourself is one of the foundations for better relationships, health, happiness, success, and prosperity.

Achievers are biased towards action despite any fear, and this courage sets them apart from others.

You can__ excel in everything but you can be exceptional in a few things, so why not choose your life__ focus?

it seemed to him that no matter what evils a man had committed, making him suffer purely for the sake of suffering was pointless. It didn't undo the harm he had wrought; it didn't please anyone or improve anyone's life.

Your suffering needs to be respected.

If life really begins at forty, then all poor people die in their teens.

When things are good, it is because we remember a time when they were not. When there was pain. But now the pain is gone, so things are __ood_. When we hurt, it is because we recall a time when we did not. When there was no pain. But now we suffer, so things are __ad_. The tiger sipped from the cup, peering at the boy over the rim. Stars swirled in its eyes. __ood. Bad. The cup holds both.

I might show it to you, but you'd never see it. The privilege isn't given to every one; it's not enviable. It has never been seen by a young, happy, innocent person like you. You must have suffered first, have suffered greatly, have gained some miserable knowledge. In that way your eyes are opened to it.

I almost gave my life long ago for a thingThat has gone to dust now, stinging my eyes__t is strange how often a heart must be brokenBefore the years can make it wise.

Suffering, he thought later, could rob a man of his empathy, could turn him selfish, could make him depreciate all other sufferers.

Whoever thinks from a distance about his situation lives it with suffering; whoever is close to it lives it with consolation, the fruit of a true wisdom.

Success lasts a lifetime but stops at the end of your life. Significance lasts many lifetimes and continues long after you__e gone.

He has no need for faith who knows the uncreated, who has cut off rebirth, who has destroyed any opportunity for good or evil, and cast away all desire. He is indeed the ultimate man.

If you see success as a race, then you will start eagerly with enthusiasm and passion with the hope of finishing quickly but there is much more to your success journey than your duration and speed.

Suffering is wisdom's school teacher.

Success may create excitement, but only significance leads to fulfilment.

Love everyone but chose your friends with caution.

Discipline begins where you are, and the key to sustaining the level of discipline you need lies in developing daily habits and routines which mirror the life you want to have.