I consider myself to be a man of principle. But, what man does not? Even the cutthroat, I have noticed, considers his actions "moral" after a fashion.
Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn
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
It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life.
Marcus Tullius Cicero, AZ Quotes
Is this not the time when a man must take time to appreciate what he has?
Brandon Sanderson, Towers of Midnight
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
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
Let us strive to be worthy of appreciation but indifferent to whether we get it.
Ryan Holiday, Daily Stoic Email
No one can alter how they are perceived or regarded in the minds of those who doubt and fear.
Terry Brooks, The Last Druid
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
To Marcus the true measure of his wealth was that whenever he saw someone in need of help, he could provide it. Moreover, that wealth afforded him a unique luxury: he would never have to ask for such a favor in return.
Ryan Holiday, Daily Stoic Email, 11/19/2021