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Top 25 Todd Henry Quotes (2025 Update)

Todd Henry Quote: “The most valuable land in the world is the graveyard. In the graveyard are buried all of the unwritten novels, never-launched businesses, unreconciled relationships, and all of the other things that people thought, ‘I’ll get around to that tomorrow.’ One day, however, their tomorrows ran.”

1. “The most valuable land in the world is the graveyard. In the graveyard are buried all of the unwritten novels, never-launched businesses, unreconciled relationships, and all of the other things that people thought, ‘I’ll get around to that tomorrow.’ One day, however, their tomorrows ran.”

Todd Henry Quote: “By acting, we make things concrete; action breeds motivation, not the other way around.”

2. “By acting, we make things concrete; action breeds motivation, not the other way around.”

Todd Henry Quote: “A lifetime of mediocrity is a high price to pay for safety.”

3. “A lifetime of mediocrity is a high price to pay for safety.”

Todd Henry Quote: “When you are pouring yourself into your work and bringing your unique perspective and skills to the table, then you are adding value that only you are capable of contributing.”

4. “When you are pouring yourself into your work and bringing your unique perspective and skills to the table, then you are adding value that only you are capable of contributing.”

Todd Henry Quote: “Don’t go to the grave with your best work still inside of you. Die empty.”

5. “Don’t go to the grave with your best work still inside of you. Die empty.”

Todd Henry Quote: “If assumptions weren’t challenged, innovation would cease.”

6. “If assumptions weren’t challenged, innovation would cease.”

Todd Henry Quote: “Die Empty. I want to know that if I lay my head down tonight and don’t wake up tomorrow, I have emptied myself of whatever creativity is lingering inside, with minimal regrets about how I spent my focus, time, and energy. This doesn’t happen by accident; it takes intentional and sustained effort. But I can say with confidence from my own experience and the experiences of others I’ve worked with that the effort is well worth it.”

7. “Die Empty. I want to know that if I lay my head down tonight and don’t wake up tomorrow, I have emptied myself of whatever creativity is lingering inside, with minimal regrets about how I spent my focus, time, and energy. This doesn’t happen by accident; it takes intentional and sustained effort. But I can say with confidence from my own experience and the experiences of others I’ve worked with that the effort is well worth it.”

Todd Henry Quote: “Knowing does nothing for you – it’s doing that matters.”

8. “Knowing does nothing for you – it’s doing that matters.”

Todd Henry Quote: “Great work results when you stop doing only what you know you can do and instead begin pursuing what you believe you might be able to do with a little focused effort.”

9. “Great work results when you stop doing only what you know you can do and instead begin pursuing what you believe you might be able to do with a little focused effort.”

Todd Henry Quote: “No matter how successful you are, or how skillful you may be, stretching beyond your comfort zone will mean feeling “less than” for a time.”

10. “No matter how successful you are, or how skillful you may be, stretching beyond your comfort zone will mean feeling “less than” for a time.”

Todd Henry Quote: “Emptying yourself of your best work isn’t just about checking off tasks on your to-do list; it’s about making steady, critical progress each day on the projects that matter, in all areas of life.”

11. “Emptying yourself of your best work isn’t just about checking off tasks on your to-do list; it’s about making steady, critical progress each day on the projects that matter, in all areas of life.”

Todd Henry Quote: “At this point, you have two choices: you can either remain stagnant, using the same methods and skills to tackle the work that’s in front of you and continuing on your present course, or you can intentionally return to Discovery phase and challenge yourself to develop a new skill or means of expression. If you do the former, you are likely to begin a slow decline into mediocrity and misery. If you do the latter, you will be uncomfortable for a while, but you will continue growing.”

12. “At this point, you have two choices: you can either remain stagnant, using the same methods and skills to tackle the work that’s in front of you and continuing on your present course, or you can intentionally return to Discovery phase and challenge yourself to develop a new skill or means of expression. If you do the former, you are likely to begin a slow decline into mediocrity and misery. If you do the latter, you will be uncomfortable for a while, but you will continue growing.”

Todd Henry Quote: “Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music – the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself. – HENRY MILLER.”

13. “Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music – the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself. – HENRY MILLER.”

Todd Henry Quote: “This means dedicating yourself to the pursuit of new and better questions, attuning your mind to dive deeply into important problems, and questioning the assumptions that sometimes limit fresh new perspectives.”

14. “This means dedicating yourself to the pursuit of new and better questions, attuning your mind to dive deeply into important problems, and questioning the assumptions that sometimes limit fresh new perspectives.”

Todd Henry Quote: “It’s not about recording what’s happened; it’s about how what’s happened has affected or inspired you.”

15. “It’s not about recording what’s happened; it’s about how what’s happened has affected or inspired you.”

Todd Henry Quote: “Failure doesn’t always mean defeat; it only means that you fell short of accomplishing your objective.”

16. “Failure doesn’t always mean defeat; it only means that you fell short of accomplishing your objective.”

Todd Henry Quote: “The only two approaches to dealing with uncertainty are design and default. When you operate by default, your biology, which is wired for comfort, wins out and you almost always end up squarely in the gray zone.”

17. “The only two approaches to dealing with uncertainty are design and default. When you operate by default, your biology, which is wired for comfort, wins out and you almost always end up squarely in the gray zone.”

Todd Henry Quote: “Intellectual growth results not from the accumulation of tidbits of information, but from considering and integrating it.”

18. “Intellectual growth results not from the accumulation of tidbits of information, but from considering and integrating it.”

Todd Henry Quote: “A strong, authentic, compelling voice is the expression of identity, guided by vision, and achieved through mastery.”

19. “A strong, authentic, compelling voice is the expression of identity, guided by vision, and achieved through mastery.”

Todd Henry Quote: “A compelling, authentic voice is rooted in a strong sense of identity.”

20. “A compelling, authentic voice is rooted in a strong sense of identity.”

Todd Henry Quote: “Our relationships will eventually grow stale unless we are diligent about directing and cultivating them.”

21. “Our relationships will eventually grow stale unless we are diligent about directing and cultivating them.”

Todd Henry Quote: “You need to go beyond hacks and quick fixes, and instead develop practices.”

22. “You need to go beyond hacks and quick fixes, and instead develop practices.”

Todd Henry Quote: “Empathy ultimately leads to empathic ideas and products, because when you experience empathy you are centering your efforts on the person you are serving,” Haselmayer told me. “Deep down, I think there is a human desire for connectedness. We want to be engaged, trusted, and in touch. The troubling thing is that we are not often taught how to do that, so we approach problems at a distance, without any true sense of connectedness to the person for whom we’re solving the problem.”

23. “Empathy ultimately leads to empathic ideas and products, because when you experience empathy you are centering your efforts on the person you are serving,” Haselmayer told me. “Deep down, I think there is a human desire for connectedness. We want to be engaged, trusted, and in touch. The troubling thing is that we are not often taught how to do that, so we approach problems at a distance, without any true sense of connectedness to the person for whom we’re solving the problem.”

Todd Henry Quote: “One of my first gifts to our first son was the book Oh, the Places You Will Go by Dr. Seuss. For those not familiar, it’s a book of encouragement for those setting out on the adventure of life.”

24. “One of my first gifts to our first son was the book Oh, the Places You Will Go by Dr. Seuss. For those not familiar, it’s a book of encouragement for those setting out on the adventure of life.”

Todd Henry Quote: “Our passion wanes, because it’s difficult to stay excited about the work when we feel that practical limitations will ultimately prevent us from really doing something we believe to be truly great.”

25. “Our passion wanes, because it’s difficult to stay excited about the work when we feel that practical limitations will ultimately prevent us from really doing something we believe to be truly great.”

Todd Henry Quote: “Focus: Challenges, the Big 3, Clustering Relationships: Circles, Head-to-Heads, Core Team Energy: Whole-Life Plannin, Pruning Stimuli: Study Plan, Notation, Purposeful Experience Hours: Idea Time, Unnecessary Creating.”

26. “Focus: Challenges, the Big 3, Clustering Relationships: Circles, Head-to-Heads, Core Team Energy: Whole-Life Plannin, Pruning Stimuli: Study Plan, Notation, Purposeful Experience Hours: Idea Time, Unnecessary Creating.”

Todd Henry Quote: “Great work, like a healthy financial portfolio, takes time to mature.”

27. “Great work, like a healthy financial portfolio, takes time to mature.”

Todd Henry Quote: “Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.” – Charles Mingus.”

28. “Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.” – Charles Mingus.”

Todd Henry Quote: “Are there unnecessarily complex systems in your life and work right now? Are there ways you can simplify them?”

29. “Are there unnecessarily complex systems in your life and work right now? Are there ways you can simplify them?”

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