Mark Manson

“Greatness is a mirage”

— Mark Manson

“Pain Is Part of the Process In”

— Mark Manson

There is no such thing as an optimum life.

— Mark Manson

“Remember, pain serves a purpose.”

— Mark Manson

“Give a fuck on what really matters to you”

— Mark Manson

“Growth is an endlessly iterative process.”

— Mark Manson

“important to me than feeling”

— Mark Manson

“Our struggles determine our successes.”

— Mark Manson

“The truth is, there are healthy forms of love and unhealthy forms of love.”

— Mark Manson

“Sure,” Picasso replied. “Twenty thousand dollars.”

— Mark Manson

“the only thing all of the women you date have in common is you”

— Mark Manson

“Avoiding failure is something we learn at some later point in life.”

— Mark Manson

“that there is a freedom and liberation in commitment.”

— Mark Manson

“Most of us commit to action only if we feel a certain level of motivation.”

— Mark Manson

“The more something threatens your identity, the more you will avoid it. That”

— Mark Manson

“If we’re unwilling to fail, then we’re unwilling to succeed.”

— Mark Manson

“The more we choose to accept responsibility in our lives, the more power we will exercise over our lives.”

— Mark Manson

“If someone is better than you at something, it is likely that they have failed at it more times than you have.”

— Mark Manson

“There are no other opportunities to keep growing and improving, and yet it’s growth that generates happiness, not a long list of…

— Mark Manson

“Our most radical changes in perspective often happen at the tail end of our worst moments.”

— Mark Manson

I think it's always been normal for humans to compare themselves to each other, but we're so hyper-connected all the time now…

— Mark Manson

Improvement at anything is based on thousands of tiny failures, and the magnitude of your success is based on how many times…

— Mark Manson

“The biggest aphrodisiac in the world is someone who likes you, genuinely likes you. A woman's desire is to be desired. But…

— Mark Manson

“No, ma’am,” Picasso said. “It took me over sixty years to draw this.” He stuffed the napkin in his pocket and walked…

— Mark Manson

We start caring way too much about that new TV show or how many likes we're getting on Facebook or what our…

— Mark Manson

We all have great aspirations for ourselves, but if you expect yourself to change the world tomorrow, then you're going to just…

— Mark Manson

“Outrage is like a lot of other things that feel good but over time devour us from the inside out. And it’s…

— Mark Manson

“Now I live in New York. I have a house and furniture and an electric bill and a wife. None of it…

— Mark Manson

“the philosopher Alan Watts used to refer to as “the backwards law”—the idea that the more you pursue feeling better all the…

— Mark Manson

Aside from birthing me my first grey hairs and keeping me up at night more times than I'd like to count, 'The…

— Mark Manson

“When the standard of success becomes merely acting—when any result is regarded as progress and important, when inspiration is seen as a…

— Mark Manson

“This, in a nutshell, is what “self-improvement” is really about: prioritizing better values, choosing better things to give a fuck about. Because…

— Mark Manson

“During the first couple years I worked for myself, entire weeks would go by without my accomplishing much, for no other reason…

— Mark Manson

“Unhealthy love is based on two people trying to escape their problems through their emotions for each other--in other words, they're using…

— Mark Manson

“People who base their self-worth on being right about everything prevent themselves form learning from their mistakes. They lack the ability to…

— Mark Manson

“What’s interesting about the backwards law is that it’s called ‘backwards’ for a reason: not giving a fuck works in reverse…The failures…

— Mark Manson

“Fear and anxiety and sadness are not necessarily always undesirable or unhelpful states of mind; rather, they are often representatives of the…

— Mark Manson

“Good values are 1) reality-based, 2) socially constructive, and 3) immediate and controllable. Bad values are 1) superstitious, 2) socially destructive, and…

— Mark Manson

“We joke online about “first-world problems,” but we really have become victims of our own success. Stress-related health issues, anxiety disorders, and…

— Mark Manson

“But for some reason, it appears that more and more people, particularly young people, are forgetting this. Numerous professors and educators have…

— Mark Manson