Winston Meskill > Quotes

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither knows victory nor defeat.”
― Winston Meskill, Think Like a Stoic: A 4-Step Blueprint with 10 Powerful Exercises to Make Right Decisions, Identify What You Can't Control, and Master Emotions with ... Critical Thinking

“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will”
― Winston Meskill, Think Like a Stoic: A 4-Step Blueprint with 10 Powerful Exercises to Make Right Decisions, Identify What You Can't Control, and Master Emotions with ... Critical Thinking

“It’s ruinous for the soul to be anxious about the future and miserable in advance of misery, engulfed by anxiety that the things it desires might remain its own until the very end. For such a soul will never be at rest—by longing for things to come it will lose the ability to enjoy present things. ​— ​SENECA”
― Winston Meskill, Think Like a Stoic: A 4-Step Blueprint with 10 Powerful Exercises to Make Right Decisions, Identify What You Can't Control, and Master Emotions with ... Critical Thinking

“I’m not saying that I no longer have bias - I am just more aware of it and have learned how to ensure it does not take over my life.”
― Winston Meskill, The Art of Critical Thinking, Logic, & Problem Solving: 15 Everyday Exercises to Enhance Your Cognitive Potential, Conquer Logical Fallacies, & Polish ... in Work & Life

“As each day arises, welcome it as the very best day of all, and make it your own possession. We must seize what flees.”
― Winston Meskill, Think Like a Stoic: A 4-Step Blueprint with 10 Powerful Exercises to Make Right Decisions, Identify What You Can't Control, and Master Emotions with ... Critical Thinking

“they keep making decisions that keep propelling them in the wrong direction, but they do not know how to get back on track. So, instead of facing the fact that they are on the wrong track, they focus on the small stuff they can control - it’s safer.”
― Winston Meskill, How to Find Your Own Ikigai: Master Japanese Wisdom with Kaizen in 21 Days to Build Daily Habits, Balance Work and Personal Life, and Discover True Happiness