People Quotes by Ryan Holiday

10 People quotes by Ryan Holiday

Ryan Holiday trims the excess and gets straight to the point, offering ten stoic‑sharp observations about how we interact and react. His practical tone makes each quote feel like a quick mantra for daily life.

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When intelligent people read, they ask themselves a simple question: What do I plan to do with this information?

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“we don’t need to constantly compare ourselves with other people”

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Like most reasonable people, it saddens me when I see Americans celebrating a heritage they don't understand.

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People love stories; they use stories to make sense of the world.

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What people often forget is that for the parties involved, the media game is a vicious contest.

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What I’ve learned most clearly from blogs is that the majority of them write about the problems from the outside for a…

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The media, when it's functioning properly, protects the public against marketers and their ceaseless attempts to trick people into buying things.

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Online journalism has always had a sourcing problem. From using unverified 'anonymous tips' to repeating whatever rumor or speculation people are chattering…

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The idea that only the swaggering, all-knowing, and ruthlessly ambitious succeed is a lie. One that has discouraged so many people with…

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“Ordinary people shy away from negative situations, just as they do with failure. They do their best to avoid trouble. What great…

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“With a business, we take most failures less personally and understand they’re part of the process.”

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Pretty much everyone's career starts the same way: with grunt work. Not just the cliched fetching of coffee, but other lowly tasks: taking notes…

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The greats - they protect their sleep because it's where the best work comes from. They say no to things. They turn in when…

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“Where little danger is apprehended, the more the enemy will be unprepared and consequently there is the fairest prospect of success.”

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We often learn the hard way that our world is ruled by external factors. We don't always get what is rightfully ours, even if…

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“From Rusticus … I learned to read carefully and not be satisfied with a rough understanding of the whole, and not to agree too…

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I wholeheartedly agree that many media 'standards' can feel disingenuous or, in fact, be a cover for less-than-honest behavior.

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“Remember: even what we get for free has a cost, if only in what we pay to store it—in our garages and in our…

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It's your job to find a release and an outlet for the stress and the feelings. Never forget: the crazy stays at home.

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