Quotes from Books

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

Seek first to understand, then to be understood.

Time travel is a very tricky thing.

You can’t change the past, but you can change the future.

It’s not just a book about time travel; it’s a book about the human experience.

Execution is the discipline of getting things done.

You can’t improve what you don’t measure.

Focus on the wildly important; ignore the rest.

I felt like I was losing my mind, and I was.

The brain is a fragile thing, and it can be taken away in an instant.

I was being treated for something that did not exist, and I was losing my mind.

You cannot lead people if you cannot manage yourself.

The only way to succeed in business is to work hard and serve others.

Leadership is not about being in charge. It is about taking care of those in your charge.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

Talk to someone about themselves and they'll listen for hours.

The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

Physics is not about how it works, but about how it feels.

To understand physics is to understand the universe.

In science, there are no shortcuts to understanding.

Your mind is a platter of thoughts and feelings; share it with the world.

Vulnerability is not weakness; it is a strength that connects us.

In the depths of sadness, there lies the seed of resilience.

I want to be like water. I want to slip through fingers, but hold up a ship.

You are your own home.

The thing worth holding onto would always come back to you.

I am my own muse.

I want to be like water. I want to slip through fingers, but hold up a ship.

You are your own soulmate.

The thing worth holding onto would not have let go.

Love is not cruel, it is the people we choose to be with that are.

What you do to children matters. And they might never forget.

The hurt that is done to you is not as important as the hurt you do to others.

I wish I had the ability to change my eyes. I wish I had blue eyes.

The opponent is the enemy within.

You are not the ball.

Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is vital.

You don’t have to be a genius, you just have to be yourself.

The world is full of opportunities, just waiting for someone to take advantage of them.

You can do anything you want, but you can’t do everything you want.

I think there’s a real power in saying yes to things.

The more you know about a subject, the more you can get out of it.

You can’t be scared to be vulnerable.

I’m a big believer in the power of yes.

In love we find out who we want to be; in war we find out who we are.

The most important thing is to be true to yourself.

You can be brave and still be scared.

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

You don’t become what you want, you become what you believe.

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

Love is a skill, not just an emotion.

The greatest difficulty in love is not the love itself, but the ability to communicate it.

We are often more concerned with the narrative of love than with the reality of it.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

The greatest challenge of my life has been to find a way to live with my illness.

I do not believe that there is a single person who has had a mental illness who would not want to be rid of it.

The joy of living is a joy that can only be found in the midst of sorrow.

I am a ghost writing my own life.

In the Chinese tradition, the women are the warriors.

We are the stories we tell.

Survival is insufficient.

What was lost is not gone.

We are all the stories we tell.

Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

After all, tomorrow is another day!

There is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.

I can't think about that right now. If I do, I'll go crazy. I'll think about that tomorrow.

There’s something about the way you can tell your life story through the things you love.

You don’t get to choose what people remember about you.

Sometimes, you just have to be brave.

The best speakers are those who are passionate about their subject.

Stories are the most powerful communication tool on the planet.

Your audience is your best friend; treat them that way.

You have to be able to leave behind the things you love and the things you hate.

The only thing you can control is your own effort.

Life is not about the destination; it's about the journey.

In space, you realize how small you really are, and how interconnected everything is.