626 Quotes by Ryan Holiday

The reality is that the economic situation for millennials is not a good one.

No matter how commonplace or dull your first job's duties seem, chances are you can find something to do that others don't want to and make it your own.

As tough an idea as it often is to stomach, the best way to thrive in a world that requires grunt work is to stop seeing it as grunt work.

In every job and position, there are valuable lessons to be learned. Even in a nasty, abusive, toxic workplace, you're being taught precisely how not to run an organization.

If you run a business that isn't cutting edge or doesn't naturally stick out of the crowd, it's your job to be different and get attention.

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 we've earned it.

Stoicism is a philosophy designed for the masses, and if it has to be simplified a bit to reach the masses, so be it.

You know what's better than building things up in your imagination? Building things up in real life.

The essential idea of Stoicism in my interpretation is, you don't control the world around you, you control how you respond. At 19, that's very empowering.