Niall Doherty > Quotes

“Financially, I'm certainly not a rich man. I spent half my savings just to get on this ship, and by the time we drop anchor in Callao I'll have less than $2k to my name. At 31 years of age, that's nothing to boast about. But I can't say I'm all that worried.”
― Niall Doherty, The Cargo Ship Diaries: 2.5 years, 25 countries, 0 flights

“You can’t stand there waiting to take action until a sure thing comes along, because there is no sure thing. There’s just what works for some people, and there’s what works for you. The former you can spend all day reading about on the Internet. The latter you can only discover through experimentation.”
― Niall Doherty, Disrupting the Rabblement: Think For Yourself, Face Your Fears, Live Your Dreams

“Make decisions right before you do something, not far in advance.”
― Niall Doherty, Disrupting the Rabblement: Think For Yourself, Face Your Fears, Live Your Dreams

“Be myself? Screw that. I had to evolve into a better version of myself.”
― Niall Doherty, Disrupting the Rabblement: Think For Yourself, Face Your Fears, Live Your Dreams

“There’s no point worrying about things you can’t control, spending money on things you don’t need, hanging out with people you don’t care for, reading books you’re not interested in. You end up absorbing lots of useless information and feeling a little dead inside.”
― Niall Doherty, Disrupting the Rabblement: Think For Yourself, Face Your Fears, Live Your Dreams

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave.” – Seneca”
― Niall Doherty, Disrupting the Rabblement: Think For Yourself, Face Your Fears, Live Your Dreams

“Minimalism is one of the most effective tools I’ve found to help you free up time, money and energy for the pursuit of your dreams.”
― Niall Doherty, Disrupting the Rabblement: Think For Yourself, Face Your Fears, Live Your Dreams

“The only label you need is you. You are not a catholic, a vegetarian, an accountant, a married woman, or any other label. You are not even your name. You are just you, and there will never be anyone quite like you ever again. Don’t pigeonhole yourself. Don’t box yourself in. Be whoever you want to be, labels be damned.”
― Niall Doherty, Disrupting the Rabblement: Think For Yourself, Face Your Fears, Live Your Dreams

“Whenever you get upset by someone or something, you’re giving that person/thing power over you. But you don’t have to surrender that power. You can choose not to.”
― Niall Doherty, Disrupting the Rabblement: Think For Yourself, Face Your Fears, Live Your Dreams