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5 “DON’Ts” To Pursue: In Quotes
1. DON’T BE WEAK
(it makes everything harder/it’s dangerous)
“Weak things break”
- @WESTSIDEBARBELL
“It’s easy to be great nowadays, because everyone is weak.”
- @davidgoggins
“All cruelty springs from weakness.”
- Seneca
“No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger than its weakest people.”
- Marian Anderson
“As one grows weaker they are less susceptible to suffering. There is less hurt, because there is less to hurt.”
- Jack London
“Fatigue makes cowards of us all. Men in good condition have more courage to spare.”
- General George Patton
“The purpose to life is finding the heaviest burden you can bear, and bearing it.”
- @jordanbpeterson
2. DON’T BE FAT
(it’s unhealthy)
“Obesity harms virtually every aspect of health, from shortening life and contributing to chronic conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease to interfering with sexual function, breathing, mood, and social interactions. Obesity isn't a permanent condition.”
- @Harvard @HarvardHealth
School of Public Health
“Hunger is the first element of self discipline. If you can control what you eat and drink, you can control everything else.”
- Dr. Umar AbdAllah
3. DON’T BE STUPID
(it’s illogical)
“The tools for learning are abundant. (Internet, @YouTube, etc) It's the desire to learn that's scarce.”
- @naval
“A person who won’t read has no advantage over someone who can’t read.”
- Mark Twain
“Education without application is just entertainment.”
- Tim Sanders
“Being a student is easy. Learning requires actual work.”
- William Crawford
“It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.”
- Claude Bernard
“I never learned from a man who agreed with me.”
- Robert A. Heinlein
“A man who asks is a fool for five minutes. A man who never asks is a fool for life.”
- Chinese Proverb
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
- @DrSeuss
“If you think education is expensive, try estimating the cost of ignorance.”
- Howard Gardner
“If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you.”
- @ZigZiglarrr
4. DON’T BE BROKE
(it sucks/makes things harder)
“The most important skill for getting rich (and achieving good health & peace) is becoming a perpetual learner.”
- @naval
“Poverty isn’t a lack of character. It’s a lack of cash.”
- Rutger Bregman
Poverty is not just a lack of money, it is not having the capability to realize one’s full potential as a human being.”
- Amartya Sen @AmartyaSen_Econ
5. DON’T BE LAZY
(it’s disrespectful to anyone that believes in or counts on you, yourself included.)
“A lazy person is as bad as one who destroys things.”
- Proverbs 18:9 (NLT)
“You are only as lazy or lacking in willpower as you think you are.”
- Ken Christian
“You can have the results you want, or you can have excuses. You can’t have both.”
- Clyde Lee Dennis
(When you lose your excuses, you’ll find your results)
“A life spent looking for shortcuts is a long road to nowhere.”
- @naval
Figure out what you want.
Have a plan & start solving problems!
“If you fight for your limitations, you get to keep them.”
- @jimkwik
“The only real test of intelligence is if you get what you want out of life.”
- @naval @NavalismHQ
“You can’t wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club.”
- Jack London
(Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working)
“The trouble is, you think you have time.”
- Buddah
Get Fuc%ing Going! ⚔️🐺
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