My Favorite Quotes and Nuggets of Wisdom
In no particular order, here is every one of my favorite quotes, organized by author.
As a disclaimer, just because I list an author here doesn’t mean that I agree with anything else the author has said. I believe that we can take good ideas from everyone. If Hitler had a great doughnut recipe, I would use it.
Alex Hormozi
“There are no silver bullets, only hundreds of golden BB’s.”
“Rather than picking up your next book, take action on your last book.”
“If you need perfect conditions to start it means your success is conditional. If you want unconditional success, then be willing to start in under any circumstance. That includes the one you’re in right now. "
“Entrepreneurship is about acquiring skills, beliefs, and character traits. To advance, I find that we must determine which skills, beliefs, and character traits we lack. Most times, we simply need to improve.”
“Building a business is risky. Living paycheck to paycheck is risky.
Some risks come with upside. Others do not.
Risk wisely.”
Theodore Roosevelt
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
Jordan Peterson
“Don’t hide baby monsters under the carpet. They will flourish. They will grow large in the dark. Then, when you least expect it, they will jump out and devour you.”
Amazon’s Leadership Principles
- Customer obsession
- Ownership
- Invent and Simplify
- Are right, a lot
- Learn and be curious
- Hire and develop the best
- Insist on the highest standards
- Think big
- Bias for action
- Frugality
- Earn trust
- Dive deep
- Have backbone; disagree and commit
- Deliver results
- Strive to be Earth’s best employer
- Success and scale bring broad responsibility
Greg James
“But problems are cowards and bullies, and they only take advantage if they think they can win.”
Gregor Hohpe
“Excessive complexity is nature’s punishment for organizations that are unable to make decisions.”
Henry Ford
“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.”