The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
Jack London
Quotes I've found interesting
Quotes about stoicism, software development, personal development or just whatever I wanted to remember.
Undergo hardship voluntarily. Then, you will be better prepared for life’s involuntary hardships.
Unknown
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
Deliberately designing one’s life isn’t only possible. It’s imperative.
@intentionally, Twitter
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
Don't just say that you have read books. Show that through them you have learned to think better.
Epictetus
If you’ve lost your job, if you went through a painful breakup, if you’ve been forced to start over, if your sandcastle or your ship has been swallowed up—congratulations, you’ve been gifted a remarkable opportunity. You get to choose the life you want to build. Well done, Fortune, to drive you thus to the life you’ve always wanted.
Ryan Holiday, Daily Stoic Email, 8/10/2021
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
He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary.
Seneca
We do not find virtue in a man by the quality of his circumstances, but the quality of his actions.
Unknown