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title: "48 Personal growth Quotes By Ray Dalio"
description: "Ray Dalio's personal growth quotes, about practice, reflection, and responsibility."
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> [Don't worry about looking good - worry about achieving your goals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/don-t-worry-about-looking-good-worry-about-achieving-your-goals/)

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> [There are far more good answers "out there" than there are in you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/there-are-far-more-good-answers-out-there-than-there-are-in-you/)

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> [Watch out for people who think it's embarrassing not to know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/watch-out-for-people-who-think-it-s-embarrassing-not-to-know/)

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> [Successful people ask for the criticism of others and consider its merit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/successful-people-ask-for-the-criticism-of-others-and-consider-its/)

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> [Be wary of the arrogant intellectual who comments from the stands without having played on the field.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/be-wary-of-the-arrogant-intellectual-who-comments-from-the-stands/)

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> [Success is achieved by people who deeply understand reality and know how to use it to get what they want. The converse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/success-is-achieved-by-people-who-deeply-understand-reality-and-know/)

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> [Though how nature works is way beyond man's ability to comprehend, I have found that observing how nature works offers innumerable lessons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/though-how-nature-works-is-way-beyond-man-s-ability-to-comprehend-i/)

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> [When you think that it's too hard, remember that in the long run, doing the things that will make you successful is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/when-you-think-that-it-s-too-hard-remember-that-in-the-long-run-doing/)

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> [People who acquire things beyond their usefulness not only will derive little or no marginal gains from these acquisitions, but they also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/people-who-acquire-things-beyond-their-usefulness-not-only-will/)

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> [By and large, life will give you what you deserve and it doesn't give a damn what you like. So it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/by-and-large-life-will-give-you-what-you-deserve-and-it-doesn-t-give/)

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> [Remember that experience creates internalization. Doing things repeatedly leads to internalization, which produces a quality of understanding that is generally vastly superior…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/remember-that-experience-creates-internalization-doing-things/)

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> [I believe that understanding what is good is obtained by looking at the way the world works and figuring out how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/i-believe-that-understanding-what-is-good-is-obtained-by-looking-at/)

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> [People who confuse what they wish were true with what is really true create distorted pictures of reality that make it impossible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/people-who-confuse-what-they-wish-were-true-with-what-is-really-true/)

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> [Never say anything about a person you wouldn't say to them directly, and don't try people without accusing them to their face.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/never-say-anything-about-a-person-you-wouldn-t-say-to-them-directly/)

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> [Sometimes we forge our own principles and sometimes we accept others' principles, or holistic packages of principles, such as religion and legal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/sometimes-we-forge-our-own-principles-and-sometimes-we-accept-others/)

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> [I have been very lucky because I have had the opportunity to see what it's like to have little or no money…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/i-have-been-very-lucky-because-i-have-had-the-opportunity-to-see-what/)

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> [The best advice I can give you is to ask yourself what do you want, then ask 'what is true' - and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/the-best-advice-i-can-give-you-is-to-ask-yourself-what-do-you-want/)

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> [People who excel at book learning tend to call up from memory what they have learned in order to follow stored instructions.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/people-who-excel-at-book-learning-tend-to-call-up-from-memory-what/)

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> [I learned that everyone makes mistakes and has weaknesses and that one of the most important things that differentiates people is their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/i-learned-that-everyone-makes-mistakes-and-has-weaknesses-and-that/)

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> [Ask yourself whether you have earned the right to have an opinion. Opinions are easy to produce, so bad ones abound. Knowing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/ask-yourself-whether-you-have-earned-the-right-to-have-an-opinion/)

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> [It is a law of nature that you must do difficult things to gain strength and power. As with working out, after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/it-is-a-law-of-nature-that-you-must-do-difficult-things-to-gain/)

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> [Principles are concepts that can be applied over and over again in similar circumstances as distinct from narrow answers to specific questions.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/principles-are-concepts-that-can-be-applied-over-and-over-again-in/)

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> [I believe that our society's "mistake-phobia" is crippling, a problem that begins in most elementary schools, where we learn to learn what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/i-believe-that-our-society-s-mistake-phobia-is-crippling-a-problem/)

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> [I believe that we all get rewarded and punished according to whether we operate in harmony or in conflict with nature's laws,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/i-believe-that-we-all-get-rewarded-and-punished-according-to-whether/)

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> [People who worry about looking good typically hide what they don't know and hide their weaknesses, so they never learn how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/people-who-worry-about-looking-good-typically-hide-what-they-don-t/)

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> [I believe that one of the best ways of getting at truth is reflecting with others who have opposing views and who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/i-believe-that-one-of-the-best-ways-of-getting-at-truth-is-reflecting/)

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> [I believe that for the most part, achieving success - whatever that is for you - is mostly a matter of personal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/i-believe-that-for-the-most-part-achieving-success-whatever-that-is/)

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> [There is giant untapped potential in disagreement, especially if the disagreement is between two or more thoughtful people](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/there-is-giant-untapped-potential-in-disagreement-especially-if-the/)

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> [Life is like a giant smorgasbord of more delicious alternatives than you can ever hope to taste. So you have to reject…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/life-is-like-a-giant-smorgasbord-of-more-delicious-alternatives-than-2/)

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> [Once you accept that playing the game will be uncomfortable, and you do it for a while, it will become much easier…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/once-you-accept-that-playing-the-game-will-be-uncomfortable-and-you/)

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> [To test if you are worrying too much about looking good, observe how you feel when you find out you've made a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/to-test-if-you-are-worrying-too-much-about-looking-good-observe-how/)

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> [There is an excellent correlation between giving society what it wants and making money, and almost no correlation between the desire to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/there-is-an-excellent-correlation-between-giving-society-what-it/)

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> [I've learned that each mistake was probably a reflection of something that I was (or others were) doing wrong, so if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/i-ve-learned-that-each-mistake-was-probably-a-reflection-of-something/)

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> [School typically doesn't prepare young people for real life - unless their lives are spent following instructions and pleasing others. In my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/school-typically-doesn-t-prepare-young-people-for-real-life-unless/)

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> [I could see that making judgments about people so that they are tried and sentenced in your head, without asking them for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/i-could-see-that-making-judgments-about-people-so-that-they-are-tried/)

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> [You'll see that excuses like "That's not easy" are of no value and that it pays to "push through it" at a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/you-ll-see-that-excuses-like-that-s-not-easy-are-of-no-value-and-that/)

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> [For me, the best things in life - meaningful work, meaningful relationships, interesting experiences, good food, sleep, music, ideas, sex, and other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/for-me-the-best-things-in-life-meaningful-work-meaningful/)

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> [I have found that by looking at what is rewarded and punished, and why, universally - i.e., in nature as well as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/i-have-found-that-by-looking-at-what-is-rewarded-and-punished-and-why/)

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> [Ironically, people who suppress the mini-confrontations for fear of conflict tend to have huge conflicts later, which can lead to separation, precisely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/ironically-people-who-suppress-the-mini-confrontations-for-fear-of/)

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> [Life is like a game where you seek to overcome the obstacles that stand in the way of achieving your goals. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/life-is-like-a-game-where-you-seek-to-overcome-the-obstacles-that/)

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## More by Ray Dalio

> [“Slow down your thinking so you can note the criteria you are using to make your decision. 2. Write the criteria down as a principle.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/slow-down-your-thinking-so-you-can-note-the-criteria-you-are-using-to/)

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> [“Having a process that ensures problems are brought to the surface, and their root causes diagnosed, assures that continual improvements occur.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/having-a-process-that-ensures-problems-are-brought-to-the-surface-and/)

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> [“If you can’t successfully do something, don’t think you can tell others how it should be done”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/if-you-can-t-successfully-do-something-don-t-think-you-can-tell/)

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> [“Remember that a good plan should resemble a movie script.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/remember-that-a-good-plan-should-resemble-a-movie-script/)

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> [“I believe that the key to success lies in knowing how to both strive for a lot and fail well. By failing well, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/i-believe-that-the-key-to-success-lies-in-knowing-how-to-both-strive/)

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> [I'm scared of one man, one vote because it suggests that everybody has an equal ability at making decisions, and I think that's dangerous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/i-m-scared-of-one-man-one-vote-because-it-suggests-that-everybody-has/)

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> [“A manager’s ability to recognize when outcomes are inconsistent with goals and then modify designs and assemble people to rectify them makes all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/a-manager-s-ability-to-recognize-when-outcomes-are-inconsistent-with/)

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> [“So I learned to be radically open-minded to allow others to point out what I might be missing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/so-i-learned-to-be-radically-open-minded-to-allow-others-to-point-out/)

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> [“During those terrible days after 9/11, when the whole country was being whipsawed by emotion, or the weeks between September 19 and October 10,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/during-those-terrible-days-after-9-11-when-the-whole-country-was/)

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> [“is more effective to train that subconscious, emotional you the same way you would teach a child to behave”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/is-more-effective-to-train-that-subconscious-emotional-you-the-same/)

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> [I think that the first thing is you should have a strategic asset allocation mix that assumes that you don't know what the future…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/i-think-that-the-first-thing-is-you-should-have-a-strategic-asset/)

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> [Life is like a game where you seek to overcome the obstacles that stand in the way of achieving your goals. You get better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/life-is-like-a-game-where-you-seek-to-overcome-the-obstacles-that/)

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> [“when we look down on ourselves through the eyes of nature we are of absolutely no significance. It is a reality that each one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/when-we-look-down-on-ourselves-through-the-eyes-of-nature-we-are-of/)

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> [“Great questions are a much better indicator of future success than great answers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/great-questions-are-a-much-better-indicator-of-future-success-than/)

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> [“Georgi Plekhanov’s classic On the Role of the Individual in History.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/georgi-plekhanov-s-classic-on-the-role-of-the-individual-in-history/)

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                        "text": "Principles are concepts that can be applied over and over again in similar circumstances as distinct from narrow answers to specific questions. Every game has principles that successful players master to achieve winning results. So does life. Principles are ways of successfully dealing with the laws of nature or the laws of life. Those who understand more of them and understand them well know how to interact with the world more effectively than those who know fewer of them or know them less well.",
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                        "text": "I believe that our society's \"mistake-phobia\" is crippling, a problem that begins in most elementary schools, where we learn to learn what we are taught rather than to form our own goals and to figure out how to achieve them. We are fed with facts and tested and those who make the fewest mistakes are considered to be the smart ones, so we learn that it is embarrassing to not know and to make mistakes. Our education system spends virtually no time on how to learn from mistakes, yet this is critical to real learning.",
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