“Give yourself permission to slow down. You can speed up by slowing down.” — Gabby Bernstein

“You must not ever stop being whimsical.” — Mary Oliver

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” — Mahatma Gandhi

“Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.” ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe from https://www.readtheprofile.com/p/letters-kids-gift

“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?” — Vincent van Gogh

You need patience and discipline and an ability to take losses and adversity without going crazy. You need an ability to not be driven crazy by extreme success." — Charlie Munger

“An essential part of creativity is not being afraid to fail.” — Edwin H. Land (1909 - 1991), an American scientist and inventor, best known as the co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation. He invented inexpensive filters for polarizing light, a practical system of in-camera instant photography, and the retinex theory of color vision

“It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living.” — Eckhart Tolle

“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” — Vincent Van Gogh

"A straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but it is by no means the most interesting." — Luna Lovegood, just some life advice from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on how to be more interesting :)

"A good book gets better at the second reading. A great book at the third. Any book not worth rereading isn't worth reading." –Nassim Nicholas Taleb

"The most mature human beings are also childlike. That is not as contradictory as it sounds. The most mature people are the ones who can have the most fun. They are able to regress at will; they can become childish and play with children and be close to them. It is no accident, I think, that children generally tend to like them and get along with them. Involuntary regression is of course a very dangerous thing; but voluntary regression seems to be characteristic of very healthy people." — Abraham Maslow, psychologist on maturity, Source: Emotional Blocks to Creativity (hat tip to Dylan O'Sullivan)

"Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you." —Philosopher Lao Tzu on happiness, Source: Tao Te Ching

“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.” — Elbert Hubbard

“Your relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have.” — Robert Holden, British psychologist and author

"It's not a race. You are not ahead. You are not behind. You are here. Enjoy it and make the most of it." — James Clear

“Idealistic as it may sound, altruism should be the driving force in business, not just competition and a desire for wealth.” — Dalai Lama

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” - Dr. Seuss

“The only real test of intelligence is if you get what you want out of life.” — Naval Ravikant, investor and philosopher

“Don’t be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson