“The test is not a complex one: when the alarm goes off, do you get up out of bed, or do you lie there in comfort and fall back to sleep? If you have the discipline to get out of bed, you win—you pass the test. If you are mentally weak for that moment and you let that weakness keep you in bed, you fail. Though it seems small, that weakness translates to more significant decisions. But if you exercise discipline, that too translates to more substantial elements of your life.”
― Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
― Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
“Discipline equals freedom.”
― Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
― Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
“Pay attention: what you need to know is usually in front of you. There are no secrets, just things people choose not to notice.”
― Rules for a Knight
― Rules for a Knight
“You are both stars, don’t forget.
When the stars exploded billions of
years ago, they formed everything
that is this world. The moon, the
trees, everything we know is
stardust. So don’t forget. You
are stardust.
- ROSE PEDDLER”
― Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays
When the stars exploded billions of
years ago, they formed everything
that is this world. The moon, the
trees, everything we know is
stardust. So don’t forget. You
are stardust.
- ROSE PEDDLER”
― Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays
“But nobody remembers how long anything takes; they only remember how good it was in the end.”
― One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories
― One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories
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