# Ryan Holiday ![[2025-08-22_ryan_holiday.jpg]] ## Quotes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Ryan Holiday]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Ryan Holiday]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> - [[Be strict with yourself and tolerant of others. Your standards are for you]] - [[Focus on the moment, not the monsters that may or may not be up ahead]] - [[How you journal is much less important than why you are doing it. To get something off your chest. To have quiet time with your thoughts]] - [[I don’t have confidence in myself, I have evidence]] - [[Ideas are cheap. The difference between a great work and an idea is the effort to make it real]] - [[If you want momentum, you’ll have to create it yourself, right now, by getting up and getting started]] - [[It’s okay to be discouraged. It’s not okay to quit]] - [[Life is hard, but we make it much harder]] - [[We never read the same book twice. Because we’ve changed. The perceptions about the book have changed. What we’re going through in this very moment is new and different]] - [[Where the head goes, the body follows. Perception precedes action. Right action follows the right perspective]] <!-- SerializedQuery END --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Ryan Holiday]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> - [[Be strict with yourself and tolerant of others. Your standards are for you]] - [[Focus on the moment, not the monsters that may or may not be up ahead]] - [[How you journal is much less important than why you are doing it. To get something off your chest. To have quiet time with your thoughts]] - [[I don’t have confidence in myself, I have evidence]] - [[If you want momentum, you’ll have to create it yourself, right now, by getting up and getting started]] - [[It’s okay to be discouraged. It’s not okay to quit]] - [[Life is hard, but we make it much harder]] - [[We never read the same book twice. Because we’ve changed. The perceptions about the book have changed. What we’re going through in this very moment is new and different]] - [[Where the head goes, the body follows. Perception precedes action. Right action follows the right perspective]] <!-- SerializedQuery END --> ## Books <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #books AND [[Ryan Holiday]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #books AND [[Ryan Holiday]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> - [[We never read the same book twice. Because we’ve changed. The perceptions about the book have changed. What we’re going through in this very moment is new and different]] <!-- SerializedQuery END --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #books AND [[Ryan Holiday]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> - [[Ego Is the Enemy (book)]] - [[The Obstacle Is the Way (book)]] - [[We never read the same book twice. Because we’ve changed. The perceptions about the book have changed. What we’re going through in this very moment is new and different]] <!-- SerializedQuery END -->