💬 Quotes
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"The only way to truly change was to squeeze myself so tightly that the only thing left was the raw, unadulterated truth."
— Can't Hurt Meby David Goggins
"We live in a society where mediocrity is standard and often rewarded. But the real growth comes when you stop listening to the outside noise and start answering only to yourself."
— Can't Hurt Meby David Goggins
"Denial is the ultimate comfort zone. As long as you can point fingers and blame others, you never have to face the mirror and fix your own life."
— Can't Hurt Meby David Goggins
"The mind will always quit a thousand times before the body does. When your mind is telling you that you're done, that you're exhausted, that you can't possibly go another step, you're only at 40% capacity."
— Can't Hurt Meby David Goggins
"Pain unlocks a secret door in the mind, one that leads to peak performance, and to the quiet place where I can truly find myself."
— Can't Hurt Meby David Goggins
"You are at war with yourself. In this battle, there are no participation trophies, no shortcuts, and no excuses that will save you."
— Can't Hurt Meby David Goggins
"If you genuinely want to get rich, and I mean really want it, then you must accept that the journey begins with an obsession."
— How to Get Richby Felix Dennis
"Ownership is the master key to financial independence. If you do not own a significant piece of the thing that is creating the value, you are merely an employee."
— How to Get Richby Felix Dennis
"Fear of failure is the absolute biggest impediment to getting rich. If you are terrified of making mistakes, you will never take the necessary risks."
— How to Get Richby Felix Dennis
"Ideas are cheap. Execution is everything. Everyone has a brilliant business idea in the pub; very few have the stomach to execute it."
— How to Get Richby Felix Dennis
"Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you and give them the autonomy to do their jobs. Micromanagement is the hallmark of a mediocre entrepreneur."
— How to Get Richby Felix Dennis
"Wealth brings choices, but it does not automatically bring happiness. Anyone who tells you money solves every problem is either a fool or a liar."
— How to Get Richby Felix Dennis
"La destructividad no es una característica innata e inevitable del ser humano, sino una potencialidad que se actualiza bajo determinadas condiciones sociales y psicológicas."
— Anatomía de la destructividad humanaby Erich Fromm
"El hombre es el único animal para el que su propia existencia es un problema que debe resolver y del que no puede escapar."
— Anatomía de la destructividad humanaby Erich Fromm
"La agresión benigna es una reacción defensiva, impulsada filogenéticamente, ante una amenaza a los intereses vitales; la agresión maligna, en cambio, es específica del hombre y no es defensiva."
— Anatomía de la destructividad humanaby Erich Fromm
"El amor a la vida —la biofilia— es la pasión por la plena realización de la vida humana y sus potencialidades, mientras que la necrofilia es la atracción apasionada por todo lo que está muerto, decayendo, putrefacto o puramente mecánico."
— Anatomía de la destructividad humanaby Erich Fromm
"La destructividad es la alternativa a la creatividad. Cuando no se puede crear vida, se puede destruirla; la destrucción es también una forma de trascendencia perversa."
— Anatomía de la destructividad humanaby Erich Fromm
"Cuanto más se esteriliza la vida emocional del hombre moderno y más se le convierte en un apéndice de la máquina, más crece su deseo inconsciente de destrucción."
— Anatomía de la destructividad humanaby Erich Fromm
"Der Sinn der Instinkte besteht darin, einen früheren Zustand wiederherzustellen, den das belebte Wesen unter dem Einfluß äußerer störender Kräfte aufgeben mußte."
— JENSEITS DES LUSTPRINZIPSby Sigmund Freud