Here are some best quotes from “The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
“Being wrong opens us up to the possibility of change. Being wrong brings the opportunity for growth.”
“If you want to change how you see your problems, you have to change what you value and/or how you measure failure/success.”
“Maturity is what happens when one learns to only give a fuck about what’s truly fuckworthy. As”
“In my life, I have given a fuck about many people and many things. I have also not given a fuck about many people and many things. And like the road not taken, it was the fucks not given that made all the difference.”
“This is the most simple and basic component of life: our struggles determine our successes.”
“To be happy we need something to solve. Happiness is therefore a form of action;”
“In my life, I have given a fuck about many people and many things. I have also not given a fuck about many people and many things. And like the road not taken, it was the fucks not given that made all the difference.”
“You and everyone you know are going to be dead soon. And in the short amount of time between here and there, you have a limited amount of fucks to give. Very few, in fact. And if you go around giving a fuck about everything and everyone without conscious thought or choice—well, then you’re going to get fucked.”
“Who you are is defined by what you’re willing to struggle for.“
“Who you are is defined by what you’re willing to struggle for.”
“Decision-making based on emotional intuition, without the aid of reason to keep it in line, pretty much always sucks. You know who bases their entire lives on their emotions? Three-year-old kids. And dogs. You know what else three-year-olds and dogs do? Shit on the carpet.”
“No matter where you go, there’s a five-hundred-pound load of shit waiting for you. And that’s perfectly fine. The point isn’t to get away from the shit. The point is to find the shit you enjoy dealing with.”
“If you’re stuck on a problem, don’t sit there and think about it; just start working on it. Even if you don’t know what you’re doing, the simple act of working on it will eventually cause the right ideas to show up in your head.”
“Don’t hope for a life without problems,” the panda said. “There’s no such thing. Instead, hope for a life full of good problems.”
“It turns out that adversity and failure are actually useful and even necessary for developing strong-minded and successful adults.”
“We are defined by what we choose to reject. And if we reject nothing we essentially have no identity at all”
“We are responsible for experiences that aren’t our fault all the time. This is part of life.”
“We can be truly successful only at something we’re willing to fail at. If we’re unwilling to fail, then we’re unwilling to succeed.”
“Self-awareness is like an onion. There are multiple layers to it, and the more you peel them back, the more likely you’re going to start crying at an inappropriate time.”
“I say don’t find yourself. I say never know who you are. Because that’s what keeps you striving and discovering. And it forces you to remain humble in your judgments and accepting of the differences in others.”