“Everything worthwhile in life is won through surmounting the associated negative experience.” — Mark Manson Life Copy Share Image
“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 Aphrodisiac Copy Share Image
“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 Artist Copy Share Image
I think most people who try to start a business, they realise very quickly that one of the biggest hurdles is having… — Mark Manson Business Copy Share Image
Ultimately, I think, as humans, we all care deeply about our life's legacy, and contemplating our own mortality is the only real… — Mark Manson Death Copy Share Image
“The true measurement of self-worth is not how a person feels about her positive experiences, but rather how she feels about her… — Mark Manson Self worth Copy Share Image
“Subtlety #1: Not giving a fuck does not mean being indifferent; it means being comfortable with being different. Let’s” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Then say hello to your midlife crisis, because the problem that drove you your entire adult life was just taken away from… — Mark Manson Adult life 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… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“This entitlement plays out in one of two ways: 1. I’m awesome and the rest of you all suck, so I deserve special… — Mark Manson Entitlement Copy Share Image
If I ask you, 'What do you want out of life?' and you say something like, 'I want to be happy and… — Mark Manson Family Copy Share Image
“I once heard an artist say that when a person has no problems, the mind automatically finds a way to invent some.… — Mark Manson Art Copy Share Image
“Improvement at anything is based on thousands of tiny failures, and the magnitude of your success is based on how many times… — Mark Manson Failure Copy Share Image
“Stress-related health issues, anxiety disorders, and cases of depression have skyrocketed over the past thirty years, despite the fact that everyone has… — Mark Manson Depression Copy Share Image
“Life is essentially an endless series of problems. The solution to one problem is merely the creation of the next one. Don't… — Mark Manson Life Copy Share Image
“With this value, to not pursue my own projects became the failure—not a lack of money, not sleeping on friends’ and family’s… — Mark Manson Failure Copy Share Image
“Our lives today are filled with information from the extremes of the bell curve of human experience, because in the media business… — Mark Manson Addiction Copy Share Image
“Beliefs of this sort—that I’m not attractive enough, so why bother; or that my boss is an asshole, so why bother—are designed… — Mark Manson Certainty Copy Share Image
“Everybody enjoys what feels good. Everyone wants to live a carefree, happy, and easy life, to fall in love and have amazing… — Mark Manson Easy life 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… — Mark Manson Family Copy Share Image
“Back in Grandpa’s day, he would feel like shit and think to himself, “Gee whiz, I sure do feel like a cow… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Death is the only thing we can know with any certainty. And as such, it must be the compass by which we… — Mark Manson Certainty Copy Share Image
“People get addicted to feeling offended all the time because it gives them a high; being self-righteous and morally superior feels good.… — 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… — Mark Manson Adversity Copy Share Image
For whatever reason, when it came out in 1995, 'Infinite Jest' became a cultural event. It was the massive book that was… — Mark Manson Book Copy Share Image
“Commitment allows you to focus intently on a few highly important goals and achieve a greater degree of success than you otherwise… — Mark Manson Commitment Copy Share Image
Success is self-defined. You can choose what you think success is, and you can always change your mind. — Mark Manson Change Copy Share Image
“taking responsibility for our problems is far more important, because that’s where the real learning comes from.” — Mark Manson Responsibility Copy Share Image
“Disappointment Panda would be the hero that none of us would want but all of us would need. He'd be the proverbial… — Mark Manson Disappointment Copy Share Image
True love - that is, deep, abiding love that is impervious to emotional whims or fancy - is a choice. It's a… — Mark Manson Abiding love Copy Share Image
Romantic love is a trap designed to get two people to overlook each other's faults long enough to get some babymaking done.… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“If you’re stuck on a problem, don’t sit there and think about it; just start working on it.” — Mark Manson Art work Copy Share Image
“I asked myself a simple question: “Would I rather make decent money and work a job I hated, or play at Internet… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
I think people who become compulsive about fitness or eating right, a lot of the time it's out of fear that they're… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
Whether you're from Egypt or Argentina or Singapore or Canada, you have a need to feel important, a need to feel secure,… — Mark Manson Culture Copy Share Image
One thing that I think most people don't notice is that if you're sitting around telling yourself, 'I want to be happier,'… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“If we follow the “do something” principle, failure feels unimportant. When the standard of success becomes merely acting—when any result is regarded… — Mark Manson Failure Copy Share Image
“Uncertainty is the root of all progress and all growth. As the old adage goes, the man who believes he knows everything… — Mark Manson Doubt Copy Share Image
“What determines your success isn’t, “What do you want to enjoy?” The relevant question is, “What pain do you want to sustain?”… — Mark Manson Happiness Copy Share Image
“conventional life advice—all the positive and happy self-help stuff we hear all the time—is actually fixating on what you lack. It lasers… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
