Who you are is defined by what you’re willing to struggle for.Mark Manson
The desire for more positive experience is itself a negative experience. And, paradoxically, the acceptance of one’s negative experience is itself a positive experience.Mark Manson
You and everyone you know are going to be dead soon. And in the short amount of time between here and there, you have a limited amount of fucks to give. Very few, in fact. And if you go around giving a fuck about everything and everyone without conscious thought or choice—well, then you’re going to get fucked.Mark Manson
We suffer for the simple reason that suffering is biologically useful. It is nature’s preferred agent for inspiring change.Mark Manson
The rare people who do become truly exceptional at something do so not because they believe they’re exceptional. On the contrary, they become amazing because they’re obsessed with improvement.Mark Manson
Because once you become comfortable with all the shit that life throws at you (and it will throw a lot of shit, trust me), you become invincible in a sort of low-level spiritual way.Mark Manson
This is the most simple and basic component of life: our struggles determine our successes.Mark Manson
Our proudest achievements come in the face of the greatest adversity.Mark Manson
In life, we have a limited amount of fucks to give. So you must choose your fucks wisely.Mark Manson
Don’t just sit there. Do something. The answers will follow.Mark Manson