What has been need not always be.
The Witcher, The Witcher, s02e02
Quotes I've found interesting
Quotes about stoicism, software development, personal development or just whatever I wanted to remember.
You stand as you always have. A good man does what he must.
Kore, Spartacus, s04e10
A Stoic thinks, acts, and then accepts. They do not dream, expect and wait. Because they are not entitled, naive children.
Ryan Holiday, Daily Stoic Email, 12/9/2021
Whether you want to call yourself a Stoic or not, is not really the point. Actually, that is the point. Labels are _pointless._ They close your mind. They close you off to opportunities. They close you off to other people. And worst of all, with time, they close you off from the very things you identify with.
Ryan Holiday, Daily Stoic Email, 8/10/2021
Your heart will whisper to you. Your conscience will guide you. Your truth will reveal itself.
Terry Brooks, The Last Druid
In every situation, you can find a better story to tell yourself about the person who cut you off in traffic, about the cashier in the checkout line you’re stuck in, about the email you still haven’t gotten a reply to, about the player who isn’t performing the way you need them to. You just need to be aware enough of the circumstance and of your mind’s own tendency to react, in order to consider other options, to see other handles, to ask, “is this the only story?”
Ryan Holiday, Daily Stoic Email, 4/14/2022
He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary.
Seneca
When so much is being thrown at you, when there is so much you could be thinking about or doing, the strength to tune it out and do the one thing that must be done is essential.
Ryan Holiday, Daily Stoic Email, 4/16/2021
You also have a duty to your future self to release the project. Every time you don't release a project, you're telling yourself that you’re the kind of person who doesn't ship. Tell yourself that enough, and you'll start to believe it. Trust me, it's hard to unwind. Possible! But hard.
Aaron Francis, The ReadME Project
Don't just say that you have read books. Show that through them you have learned to think better.
Epictetus