Quotes I've found interesting

No one can alter how they are perceived or regarded in the minds of those who doubt and fear.

Terry Brooks,   The Last Druid

The man who has anticipated the coming of troubles takes away their power when they arrive.

Seneca  

Let us strive to be worthy of appreciation but indifferent to whether we get it.

Ryan Holiday,   Daily Stoic Email

You stand as you always have.  A good man does what he must.

Kore,   Spartacus, s04e10

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

There’s no reason to rush through bedtime. There’s no reason to rush through anything or to anywhere. Because what we’re rushing from is our children and the limited time we get with them — the amount of which is never guaranteed.

Ryan Holiday,   Daily Stoic - How the Pandemic Changed Me as a Parent

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  

Deliberately designing one’s life isn’t only possible. It’s imperative.

@intentionally,   Twitter

Small things were important. Seconds were small things, and if you heaped enough of those on top of one another, they became a man's life.

Brandon Sanderson,   Towers of Midnight

Burnout isn't the number of hours you work. It's too much effort on things that are against your core interests and values.

Sarah Drasner,   Twitter