Quote by Ryan Holiday Download Open image ““sangfroid: unflappable coolness under pressure.”” — Ryan Holiday ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“A coldness, nearly tangible due to its extreme weight, was perceptible the instant I entered the room.” — Gina Marinello-Sweeney Copy Share Image
“Truth. It feels cool, like water washing over my sticky-hot body. Cooling a heat that’s been burning me up all my life.” — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
“Your voice falls on my ears like a rhapsody on a lonely shore. Perhaps like a molten metal which I gulp down thirstily and… — Samrta Marks Copy Share Image
“But his singing was unconscious and irrepressible - an expression of his native exuberance, the dreamy, buoyant soundtrack running through his head.” — Jennifer Haigh Copy Share Image
“It's so mean to tell me my headphones are too loud. If I don't spend time with the music in my heart, I only… — Starlight Tucker Copy Share Image
“Then, when we had done so, we put our hands upon the freezing cold monster, our monster. And this is what we felt: vertigo,… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
“It was a two-gallon Styrofoam cooler - one of the cheap ones that you can pick up at any service station in the summer… — Craig Johnson Copy Share Image
“For weeks, I’d been frozen, sealed-off; now, in the shower, I would turn up the water as hard as it would go and howl,… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
“I think that voice held him most, with its fluctuating, feverish warmth, because it couldn’t be over-dreamed—that voice was a deathless song.” — F Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“A second wave collapsed over my feet, lipped with white froth, and the chill gripped my ankles with a mortal ache.” — sylvia plath Copy Share Image
“To him, I was beautiful in the same way that water was wet or warmed air was ligher than chilled air, as a fact… — shukyou Copy Share Image
“I wear my cool on the inside; that's why my hands are always so cold.” — Dia Reeves Copy Share Image
“If we can focus on making clear what parts of our day are within our control and what parts are not, we will not… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“The areas of great interest to the Stoics all make an appearance here: virtue, mortality, emotions, self-awareness, fortitude, right action, problem solving, acceptance, mental… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“With a business, we take most failures less personally and understand they’re part of the process.” — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“Many creatives want to be just the creator, or only “the idea guy.” They like that because it’s sexy and because that’s what comes… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
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… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
The greats - they protect their sleep because it's where the best work comes from. They say no to things. They turn in when… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“Where little danger is apprehended, the more the enemy will be unprepared and consequently there is the fairest prospect of success.” — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
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… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“From Rusticus … I learned to read carefully and not be satisfied with a rough understanding of the whole, and not to agree too… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
I wholeheartedly agree that many media 'standards' can feel disingenuous or, in fact, be a cover for less-than-honest behavior. — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“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… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
It's your job to find a release and an outlet for the stress and the feelings. Never forget: the crazy stays at home. — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image