When you focus on the product, you immediately begin to fight yourself and experience boredom, restlessness, frustration, and impatience with the process.
To love the plateau is to love the eternal now, to enjoy the present moment, to find the reward in the process itself.
The problem human beings face is not that we aim too high and fail, but that we aim too low and succeed.
Aim for small, consistent improvements rather than immediate perfection. This helps build sustainable habits and reduces frustration.
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed no hope at all
The only way to achieve consistency in practice is to enjoy what you are doing and to understand its value.
We must get our hearts broken sometimes. This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So sail away from the safe harbor. Explore. Dream. Discover.
It takes energy, mental toughness and spiritual reinforcement to successfully deal with life’s opportunities, and to reach your objectives.
Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.
Mistakes are an essential part of the learning process.Treat them as opportunities to learn and improve rather than setbacks.
Most people never run far enough on the first wind to find out they’ve got a second. Give your dreams all you’ve got, and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.
Before the beginning of brilliance, there must be great chaos. Before a brilliant person begins something great, they must look foolish in the crowd
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could … Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.
