“our beliefs are malleable, and our memories are horribly unreliable.” — Mark Manson Faith Copy Share Image
“and the magnitude of your success is based on how many times you’ve failed at something.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“And we feel motivation only when we feel enough emotional inspiration.” — Mark Manson Inspiration Copy Share Image
“We are always in the process of approaching truth and perfection without actually ever reaching truth or perfection.” — Mark Manson Truth Copy Share Image
“What pain do you want in your life? What are you willing to struggle for?” Because that seems to be a greater… — Mark Manson Life Copy Share Image
Real happiness comes from discovering a sense of importance in one's actions and in one's life. — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“If you think about a young child trying to learn to walk, that child will fall down and hurt itself hundreds of… — Mark Manson Children Copy Share Image
“It’s the backwards law again: the more you try to be certain about something, the more uncertain and insecure you will feel.… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
There's a paradox with self-improvement, and it is this: the ultimate goal of all self-improvement is to reach the point where you… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Responsibility and fault often appear together in our culture. But they're not the same thing.” — Mark Manson Culture Copy Share Image
Don't hang out with a bunch of people who drag you down when you can hang out with one person who makes… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Fear and anxiety and sadness are not necessarily always undesirable or unhelpful states of mind; rather, they are often representatives of the… — Mark Manson Anxiety Copy Share Image
We usually think of improving our life by adding stuff - like more things, more success, more friends. I think the starting… — Mark Manson Fashion Copy Share Image
“We have evolved to always live with a certain degree of dissatisfaction and insecurity, because it’s the mildly dissatisfied and insecure creature… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Much of the self-help world is predicated on peddling highs to people rather than solving legitimate problems. Many self-help gurus teach you… — Mark Manson Denial Copy Share Image
“Because when we give too many fucks, when we choose to give a fuck about everything, then we feel as though we… — Mark Manson Entitlement Copy Share Image
“And then we have all the mass media that constantly expose us to stellar success after success, while not showing us the… — Mark Manson Mass media Copy Share Image
“There are some experiences that you can have only when you’ve lived in the same place for five years, when you’ve been… — Mark Manson Experiences Copy Share Image
“But while investing deeply in one person, one place, one job, one activity might deny us the breadth of experience we’d like,… — Mark Manson Investing Copy Share Image
“People who enjoy the struggles of a gym are the ones who run triathlons and have chiseled abs and can bench-press a… — Mark Manson Discipline Copy Share Image
“With great power comes great responsibility.” It is true. But there’s a better version of this quote, a version that actually is… — Mark Manson Accepting responsibility Copy Share Image
“The truth is that there’s no such thing as a personal problem. If you’ve got a problem, chances are millions of other… — Mark Manson Time Copy Share Image
“This is the basic root of all happiness. Whether you’re listening to Aristotle or the psychologists at Harvard or Jesus Christ or… — mark manson Cell phone Copy Share Image
“Right now, anyone who is offended about anything--whether it's the fact that a book about racism was assigned in a university class,… — Mark Manson Books Copy Share Image
“They’re told that they’re afraid of failure, of rejection, of someone saying no. But that’s not it. Sure, rejection hurts. Failure sucks.… — Mark Manson Afraid of failure Copy Share Image
“People who are entitled delude themselves into whatever feeds their sense of superiority. They keep their mental facade standing at all costs,… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“The point is, we are always choosing, whether we recognize it or not. Always. It comes back to how, in reality, there… — Mark Manson Choices Copy Share Image
Generally, our first idea of what our business is going to be is not the right one. It takes a few iterations;… — Mark Manson Business Copy Share Image
“Don't hope for a life without problems,' the panda said. 'There's no such thing. Instead, hope for a life full of good… — Mark Manson Hope Copy Share Image
“The belief always takes precedence. Until we change how we view ourselves, what we believe we are and are not, we cannot… — Mark Manson Belief Copy Share Image
“As with most excesses in life, you have to drown yourself in them to realize that they don’t make you happy.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
I love massive books: books so big, like bricks, you could drown yourself in a pool with them if you're not careful. — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“I wanted the reward and not the struggle. I wanted the result and not the process. I was in love with not… — Mark Manson Love Copy Share Image
“We feel bad about feeling bad. We feel guilty for feeling guilty. We get angry about getting angry. We get anxious about… — Mark Manson Feeling bad Copy Share Image
“Basically, the more options we’re given, the less satisfied we become with whatever we choose, because we’re aware of all the other… — Mark Manson Choice Copy Share Image
“Another large share of it comes from overbearing or critical parents who don’t let their kids screw up on their own often… — Mark Manson Child Copy Share Image
“our values determine the nature of our problems, and the nature of our problems determines the quality of our lives. Values” — Mark Manson Life Copy Share Image
“Much of the advice out there operates at a shallow level of simply trying to make people feel good in the short… — mark manson Advice Copy Share Image
“Maturity is what happens when one learns to only give a fuck about what’s truly fuckworthy.” — Mark Manson Aging Copy Share Image
