Top 500 Ryan Holiday Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “Aristotle described virtue as a kind of craft, something to pursue just as one pursues the mastery of any profession or skill. “We become builders by building and we become harpists by playing the harp,” he writes. “Similarly, then, we become just by doing just actions, temperate by doing temperate actions, brave by doing brave actions.”

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152. “Without an accurate accounting of our own abilities compared to others, what we have is not confidence but delusion. How are we supposed to reach, motivate, or lead other people if we can’t relate to their needs – because we’ve lost touch with our own?”

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153. “Focusing exclusively on what is in our power magnifies and enhances our power. But every ounce of energy directed at things we can’t actually influence is wasted – self-indulgent and self-destructive. So much power – ours, and other people’s – is frittered away in this manner. To see an obstacle as a challenge, to make the best of it anyway, that is also a choice – a choice that is up to us.”

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154. “Even one minute without playing the blame game is progress in the art of living.”

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155. “Every event has two handles – one by which it can be carried, and one by which it can’t. If your brother does you wrong, don’t grab it by his wronging, because this is the handle incapable of lifting it. Instead, use the other – that he is your brother, that you were raised together, and then you will have hold of the handle that carries.” – EPICTETUS, ENCHIRIDION, 43.”

— Ryan Holiday

156. “Not, I want to do good – that’s an excuse. But, I will do good in this particular instance, right now. Set a standard; hold fast to it. That’s all there is.”

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157. “Put yourself in tough situations. Accept challenges. Familiarize yourself with the unfamiliar. That’s how you widen your perspective and your understanding.”

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158. “Pride blunts the very instrument we need to own in order to succeed: our mind. Our ability to learn, to adapt, to be flexible, to build relationships, all of this is dulled by pride.” Ryan Holiday, Ego is the Enemy, pg 74.”

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159. “When it comes to your goals and the things you strive for, ask yourself: Am I in control of them or they in control of me?”

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160. “Begin with awareness and reflection. Not just once, but every single second of every single.”

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161. “History is written with blood, sweat, and tears, and it is etched into eternity by the quiet endurance of courageous people.”

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162. “Have you taken the time to get clarity about who you are and what you stand for?”

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163. “The most critical part of this system was the belief that you, the student who has sought out Stoicism, have the most important job: to be good! To be wise. “To remain the person that philosophy wished to make us.” Do your job today. Whatever happens, whatever other people’s jobs happen to be, do yours. Be good.”

— Ryan Holiday

164. “Our capacity to try, try, try is inextricably linked with our ability and tolerance to fail, fail, fail.”

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165. “Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds and shall find me unafraid. William Ernest Henley.”

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166. “The goodness inside you is like a small flame, and you are its keeper. It’s your job, today and every day, to make sure that it has enough fuel, that it doesn’t get obstructed or snuffed out.”

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167. “Keep strong, if possible. In any case, keep cool. Have unlimited patience. Never corner an opponent, and always assist him to save face. Put yourself in his shoes – so as to see things through his eyes. Avoid self-righteousness like the devil – nothing is so self-blinding.”

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168. “Knowing what your goal is – having that crystal clear – allows you to know when to follow conventional wisdom and when to say “Screw it.”

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169. “As they say, this moment is not your life. But it is a moment in your life. How will you use it?”

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170. “Character,” de Gaulle reflected at the end of his life, “is above all the ability to disregard insults or abandonment by one’s own people. One must be willing to lose everything. There is no such thing as half a risk.”

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171. “If fear is to be a driving force in your life, fear what you’ll miss. Fear what happens if you don’t act. Fear what they’ll think of you down the road, for having dared so little. Think of what you’re leaving on the table. Think of the terrifying costs of playing small.”

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172. “Throw out your conceited opinions, for it is impossible for a person to begin to learn what he thinks he already knows.” E PICTETUS, D ISCOURSES, 2.17.1.”

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173. “Solo cuando estamos libres del ego y su influencia podemos alcanzar realmente nuestro mayor potencial.”

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174. “Our reasoned choice – our ‘prohairesis,’ as the stoics called it – is a kind of invincibility that we can cultivate. We can shrug off hostile attacks and breeze through pressure and problems.”

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175. “Control your perceptions. Direct your actions properly. Willingly accept what’s outside your control.”

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176. “Focusing on smaller, progressive parts of the work also eliminates the tendency to sit on your ass and dream indefinitely. There.”

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177. “Epicurus once said that the wise will accomplish three things in their life: leave written works behind them, be financially prudent and provide for the future, and cherish country living.”

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178. “The Stoics believed that every person, animal, and thing has a purpose or a place in nature. Everyone had a job-a specific duty. Even people who did bad things-they were doing their job of being evil because evil is a part of life. Do your job today. Whatever happens, whatever other people’s jobs happen to be, do yours. Be good.”

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179. “To whatever we face, our job is to respond with: hard work honesty helping others as best we can.”

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180. “To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of its strength and burden.”

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181. “Meanwhile, love is right there. Egoless, open, positive, vulnerable, peaceful, and productive.”

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182. “Don’t let your reflection on the whole sweep of life crush you,” Marcus Aurelius said. “Don’t fill your mind with all the bad things that might still happen. Stay focused on the present situation and ask yourself why it’s so unbearable and can’t be survived.”

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183. “Seize this moment to deploy the plan that has long sat dormant in your head.”

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184. “Lord Byron said: ‘Tis the Cause makes all, Degrades or hallows courage in its fall.”

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185. “Churchill’s old acronym: KBO. Keep Buggering On.”

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186. “Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow’s the future, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.”

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187. “The advantages of nonaction. Few in the world attain these. – THE DAODEJING.”

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188. “We tell ourselves that we’ll get started once the conditions are right, or once we’re sure we can trust this or that. When, really, it’d be better to focus on making due with what we’ve got. On focusing on results instead of pretty methods.”

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189. “There’s a great expression: Whatever you’re not changing, you’re choosing. Later, you’re going to wish you did something. Whether it’s leaving an abusive relationship or starting a company, don’t fight it – decide it. Now.”

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190. “You get what you deserve. Instead of being a good person today, you choose instead to become one tomorrow.”

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191. “Los mejores no son los que esperaron las oportunidades, sino los que las arrebataron; las asediaron, las conquistaron y las pusieron a su servicio.”

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192. “Ego is stolen. Confidence is earned.”

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193. “Every chemical reaction requires a catalyst. Let this be yours.”

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194. “In these situations, talent is not the most sought-after characteristic. Grace and poise are, because these two attributes precede the opportunity to deploy any other skill.”

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195. “Stop looking for an epiphany, and start looking for weak points. Stop looking for angels, and start looking for angles. There are options. Settle in for the long haul and then try each and every possibility, and you’ll get there.”

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196. “Humble in our aspirations Gracious in our success Resilient in our failures.”

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197. “Both egotistical and insecure people make their flaws central to their identity – either by covering them up or by brooding over them or externalizing them.”

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198. “True will is quiet humility, resilience, and flexibility;.”

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199. “It means you’re the least important person in the room – until you change that with results.”

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200. “Casi siempre el camino a la victoria pasa por un lugar llamado ‘fracaso’”.”

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