“It’s worth remembering that for any change to happen in your life, you must be wrong about something.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“The act of choosing a value for yourself requires rejecting alternative values. If I choose to make my marriage the most important… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Everyone and their TV commercial wants you to believe that the key to a good life is a nicer job, or a… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
What I really, really love is writing. If I can just write and make a really nice living out of that, why… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“We like the idea that we can feel fulfilled and satisfied with our lives forever. But we cannot.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
The motivation to do anything - like change your entire life around - doesn't just come from some magical, mystical place within… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Many people become so obsessed with being "right" about their life that they never end up actually living it.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
The first and perhaps most important thing to realize about being happier in life is to stop trying to be so happy… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“life itself is a form of suffering. The rich suffer because of their riches. The poor suffer because of their poverty. People… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
I had to decide that, you know what, I don't know who the hell I am or what I'm doing, but I… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“happiness comes from the same thing: caring about something greater than yourself, believing that you are a contributing component in some much… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Happiness is a constant work-in-progress, because solving problems is a constant work-in-progress.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Action → Inspiration → Motivation If you lack the motivation to make an important change in your life, do something—anything, really—and then… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
Obviously, we all want to feel pleasure. It can't be one of our highest priorities because, simply put, anything worthwhile in life… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Life is about not knowing and then doing something anyway. All of life is like this. It never changes. Even when you’re… — Mark Manson 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
“It’s worth remembering that for any change to happen in your life, you must be wrong about something. If you’re sitting there,… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Everything worthwhile in life is won through surmounting the associated negative experience. Any attempt to escape the negative, to avoid it or… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
I'm your typical highly educated, progressive white dude. I've lived my life resisting racism both within myself and in the society around… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Despite dreaming about making a living through his art, the real potential of becoming An Artist Nobody Likes was far, far scarier… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
At the core of all human behavior, the good feelings we all want are more or less the same. Therefore, what we… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“A more interesting question, a question that most people never consider, is, “What pain do you want in your life? What are… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“nobody makes it through life without collecting a few scars on the way out.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“The more interesting question is the pain. What is the pain that you want to sustain? That’s the hard question that matters,… — Mark Manson 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 determinant of… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“death is the light by which the shadow of all of life’s meaning is measured.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Many people measure their self-worth based on how much money they make... once one is able to provide for basic physical needs (food shelter,… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Because when you give too many fucks—when you give a fuck about everyone and everything—you will feel that you’re perpetually entitled to be comfortable… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time, there were two youngsters, a boy and a girl. Their families hated each other. But the boy snuck into a… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“If it's down to me being screwed up, or everybody else being screwed up, it is far, far, far more likely that I'm the… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“If you’re miserable in your current situation, chances are it’s because you feel like some part of it is outside your control—that there’s a… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
Every new conversation, every new relationship, brings new challenges and opportunities for honest expression. — Mark Manson 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 profound, and… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“If someone is better than you at something, then it’s likely because she has failed at it more than you have.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Or let’s say you have an anger problem. You get pissed off at the stupidest, most inane stuff, and you have no idea why.… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Some examples of good, healthy values: honesty, innovation, vulnerability, standing up for oneself, standing up for others, self-respect, curiosity, charity, humility, creativity. Some examples… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
