Human nature gravitates toward ease, not excellence. The average person will betray their highest potential for immediate comfort, then later blame fate, luck, or circumstance. Pursue excellence in all forms and deliberately choose the discomfort that builds superiority.

James Clear on having high standards:

If you want to get ahead in life, do the old fashioned things well. Stand up straight. Look people in the eye. Do what you say you'll do. Be on time. Have a confident handshake. Be kind. Surprisingly few live up to this standard. The old fashioned things never go out of style.

A man is defined not by his comfort, but by the weight he can carry without bitterness. Anyone can endure pressure; few can endure it without becoming resentful or small. Power is the ability to hold burdens while keeping your heart intact and your vision unbroken.

Think back on the moments when you felt deeply and personally connected to an activity. Think about the pleasure it brought you. In such activities are signs of your true purpose.

If you’re not willing to be laughed at, you’ll spend your life clapping for people who were.

Major cheat code for life: Quiet progress. No announcement. No hype. No applause. Learn to work without validation. Build when nobody’s watching. Write when nobody’s reading. Train when nobody’s cheering. It doesn’t take talent, just courage. Quiet progress creates loud results.

There is nothing worth doing that is not scary. There is no one who has achieved greatness without wrestling with their own doubts, anxieties, limitations, and demons.

Remember: People will tell you that you can’t do something simply because they believe they can’t do it. Your success reminds them of their failures.

The key to being fearless is to have nothing to lose. And the only way to have nothing to lose is to realize nothing in this world belonged to you to begin with.

You don’t attract respect by demanding it, you earn it through silence, restraint, and precision. The loud man broadcasts insecurity; the competent man broadcasts certainty. Power speaks least because its presence already fills the room.

Most people think the hard part is getting started. The hard part is continuing to do the work when the excitement wears off and the grind feels hopeless.

It’s simple: If you want to do extraordinary things, you have to be willing to lose the approval of ordinary people.

A fit body, a calm mind, a house full of love. These things cannot be bought - they must be earned. @naval

People love the idea of discipline until it demands boredom, repetition, and isolation. But that’s where all leverage is born, away from noise, ego, and distractions. Mastery looks boring until the results speak for you.

India pays homage to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 150th Jayanti. He was the driving force behind India’s integration, thus shaping our nation’s destiny in its formative years. His unwavering commitment to national integrity, good governance and public service continues to

You are admired only when you win. Until then, you are tolerated at best, mocked at worst, and invisible in between. This is the law of existence: success or contempt. The world does not pity the unsuccessful man, it condemns him.

Always stick to what makes you weird, odd, strange, different. That’s your source of power.

If you want to be rewarded, you have to be irreplaceable. If you want to be irreplaceable, you have to be unique. If you want to be unique, you have to be authentic. If you want to be authentic, stop listening to everyone and everything else. It’s drowning “you” out. @naval

Your standards will isolate you. Good. Greatness demands solitude. Mediocrity is a crowd sport, excellence is a lonely war. Every time you’re misunderstood, know this: the higher you climb, the fewer can breathe your air.