All Tim Ferriss Quotes
- Life is too short to be small. Birthday
- Many a false step was made by standing still. False
- Most people are fast to stop you before you get started but hesitate to get in the way if you're moving. Fast
- For all of the most important things, the timing always sucks. Waiting for a good time to quit your job? The stars will never align… Align
- $1,000,000 in the bank isn't the fantasy. The fantasy is the lifestyle of complete freedom it supposedly allows. Allows
- I will take as a given that, for most people, somewhere between six and seven billion of them, the perfect job is the one that… Billion
- The goal is not to simply eliminate the bad, which does nothing more than leave you with a vacuum, but to pursue and experience the… Bad
- Different is better when it is more effective or more fun. Better
- It is predicated on the assumption that you dislike what you are doing during the most physically capable years of your life. This is a… Assumption
- The golden years become lower-middle-class life revisited. That's a bittersweet ending. Bittersweet
- Alternating periods of activity and rest is necessary to survive, let alone thrive. Capacity, interest, and mental endurance all wax and wane. Plan accordingly. Accordingly
- By working only when you are most effective, life is both more productive and more enjoyable. It's the perfect example of having your cake and… Both
- Pacifists become militants. Freedom fighters become tyrants. Blessings become curses. Help becomes hindrance. More becomes less. Become Tyrants
- Role models who push us to exceed our limits, physical training that removes our spare tires, and risks that expand our sphere of comfortable action… Action
- To enjoy life, you don't need fancy nonsense, but you do need to control your time and realize that most things just aren't as serious… Control
- I'll repeat something you might consider tattooing on your forehead: What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do. Consider
- Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. It is the cure-all. All
- The question you should be asking isn't, "What do I want?" or "What are my goals?" but "What would excite me? Asking
- Remember—boredom is the enemy, not some abstract "failure. Abstract
- Poisonous people do not deserve your time. To think otherwise is masochistic. Deserve
- But you are the average of the five people you associate with most, so do not underestimate the effects of your pessimistic, unambitious, or disorganized… Associate
- Information is useless if it is not applied to something important or if you will forget it before you have a chance to apply it. Applied
- Learn to be difficult when it counts. In school as in life, having a reputation for being assertive will help you receive preferential treatment without… Assertive
- The bottom line is that you only have the rights you fight for. Bottom
- Becoming a member of the NR is not just about working smarter. It's about building a system to replace yourself. Becoming