"Role models who push us to exceed our limits, physical training that removes our spare tires, and risks that expand our sphere of comfortable action are all examples of eustressâ€”stress that is healthful and the stimulus for growth."

-- Tim Ferriss

#Stress Quotes #Role Models Quotes #Risk Quotes

“I can see where influential people would like Maharishi better than Jesus. My God, if the Beatles and Mia Farrow went to Jesus, He'd tell them to give all their money away.”
“Lack of confidence, sometimes alternating with unrealistic dreams of heroic success, often leads to procrastination, and many studies suggest that procrastinators are self-handicappers: rather than risk failure, they prefer to create conditions that make success impossible, a reflex that of course creates a vicious cycle.”

Source : "Later" by James Surowiecki, www.newyorker.com. October 11, 2010.
“Politics, poverty, riches, etc - these are but backdrops for the grand cinema, the opera: the glory of your life. Sure, change the backdrops, make them better, but it is this inside-ness that matters most. Nothing else, at the last breath, matters, but your very own poetry. The glory of living.”

Source : FaceBook post by Alex Ebert from Sep 16, 2013
“In school, the year was the marker. Fifth grade. Senior year of high school. Sophomore year of college. Then after, the jobs were the marker. That office. This desk. But now that school is over and I've been working at the same place in the same office at the same desk for longer than I can truly believe, I realize: You have become the marker. This is your era. And it's only if it goes on and on that will have to look for other ways to identify the time.”
“I've always been a writer who tackles complex themes and risky subjects - I write about the things that people think but never say aloud.”

Source : Source: bookmagnet.wordpress.com
“My batting average has been good, so people ask how much luck is involved. I tell them when I work 14 hours a day, 7 days a week, I get lucky.”
“When you cast somebody you cast them not only for... I look for an inherent kind of quality. You are going to be shooting 14 hour days and you are going to be tired. You are going to not necessarily be able to conjure armor or a faÃ§ade every single moment.”
“Education is not success but it is to help us succeed.”

You may also like:

Gary Vaynerchuk
Author
James Altucher
Entrepreneur
Kevin Rose
Entrepreneur
Melissa Hartwig
Author
Peter Diamandis
Physician
Ramit Sethi
Author
Ryan Holiday
Author
Seth Godin
Author
Tony Robbins
Author