Maria

“You must love someone without expecting anything in return; otherwise it’s not truly love. You must respect someone without expecting anything in return; otherwise you don’t truly respect him. You must speak honestly without expecting a pat on the back or a high-five or a gold star next to your name; otherwise you aren’t truly being honest.”
― Mark Manson, Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope

“What do you love doing so much that the words failure and success essentially become irrelevant?”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

“We can be truly successful only at things we are willing to fail at.”
― Mark Manson, F*ck Yes or No: A Counterintuitive Approach to Your Relationships and Maybe Your Life

“Don’t hope for better. Just be better. Be something better. Be more compassionate, more resilient, more humble, more disciplined.”
― Mark Manson, Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope