“No person has the power to have everything they want, but it is in their power not to want what they don’t have, and to cheerfully put to good use what they do have.” - Seneca

“My actions are my only true belongings.” - Thich Nhat Hanh

“Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.” - Epictetus

“Choose curiosity (wondering what might happen next) over worry (hoping that a certain specific thing will happen next, and fearing it might not), whenever you can.” - Oliver Burkeman

“To live the good life: We have the potential for it. If we can learn to be indifferent to what makes no difference.” - Marcus Aurelius

“Know what I pray for? The strength to change what I can, the inability to accept what I can’t, and the incapacity to tell the difference.” - Calvin & Hobbes

“Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will, To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.” - Alfred Lord Tennyson

“You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.” - Toni Morrison

“Decide to live in the present. Let go of the past and do not be afraid of what may happen tomorrow. Your life will experience dramatic improvements and you will find peace.” - Eckhart Tolle

“Being prepared for any random task is not the same as preparing randomly for any task.” - Greg Everett

“Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.” - Lao Tzu

“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.” - John Powell

“Patience, persistence, and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.” - Napoleon Hill

“We never know the worth of water until the well is dry” - A fortune cookie I got last week (no joke).

“Don’t forget that working smarter doesn’t mean you can’t also be working harder.” - Greg Everett

“You become what you give your attention to.” - Epictetus

“Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.” - Conan O’Brien