Quotes of Neil Strauss - somelinesforyou

“ What if people thought about their life not in terms of what they’ve accomplished or accumulated or experienced, but in terms of the effects they’ve had on others. ”

- Neil Strauss

“ Great things never came from comfort zones. ”

- Neil Strauss

“ Conformity gets you nowhere. ”

- Neil Strauss

“ Be willing to sacrifice what you think you have today for the life that you want tomorrow. ”

- Neil Strauss

“ Be willing to sacrifice what you think you have today for the life that you want tomorrow. ”

- Neil Strauss

“ What if, for starters, instead of constantly trying to prove how much smarter we are than others, we look for the intelligence in what others do. ”

- Neil Strauss

“ Those who succeed and are happy know that the goal is to be authentic and memorable and make a difference, not to be understood and liked by everyone. ”

- Neil Strauss

“ The cost of failure is…learning. ”

- Neil Strauss

“ Great things never came from comfort zones. ”

- Neil Strauss

“ People go through so much pain trying to avoid pain. ”

- Neil Strauss

“ The cost of failure is…learning. ”

- Neil Strauss

“ Trying to build a life where you never experience bad feelings is like building a ship that can’t handle a storm. ”

- Neil Strauss

“ If we took emotional health as seriously as a society as we take learning arithmetic and reading, we would have a much smaller problem. ”

- Neil Strauss

“ People go through so much pain trying to avoid pain. ”

- Neil Strauss

“ What if, for starters, instead of constantly trying to prove how much smarter we are than others, we look for the intelligence in what others do. ”

- Neil Strauss

“ One of the purposes of life is to let go of all that baggage you’re dragging around and be free again. ”

- Neil Strauss

“ Better to be emotionally intelligent than intellectually intelligent. ”

- Neil Strauss

“ The perfect time to do what you love is now. ”

- Neil Strauss

“ No time is lost – it is a necessary part of the R&D phase for your work, career, life. ”

- Neil Strauss

“ The cost of failure is…learning. ”

- Neil Strauss

“ Genius hesitates. ”

- Neil Strauss

“ If you’re judging, you’re not listening, you’re not learning, and you’re definitely not understanding. ”

- Neil Strauss

“ No time is lost – it is a necessary part of the R&D phase for your work, career, life. ”

- Neil Strauss

“ Ignorance is thinking you’re not a student anymore. ”

- Neil Strauss

“ The cost of failure is…learning. ”

- Neil Strauss

“ The cost of failure is…learning. ”

- Neil Strauss

“ Ignorance is thinking you’re not a student anymore. ”

- Neil Strauss

“ In life, people tend to wait for good things to come to them. And by waiting, they miss out. Usually, what you wish for doesn't fall in your lap; it falls somewhere nearby, and you have to recognize it, stand up, and put in the time and work it takes to get to it. This isn't because the universe is cruel. It's because the universe is smart. It has its own catstring theory and knows we don't appreciate things that fall into our laps. ”

- Neil Strauss

“ Attraction is not an option. ”

- Neil Strauss

“ STRAUSS:Have you ever thought about putting those experiences into a book? RICHIE:I did decide to write about what i experienced in climbing to the top. And finally when I got there, I discovered what was at the top.You know what was there? STRAUSS: No, I don't. RICHIE: Nothing. Not one thing. What was at the top was all the experiences that you had to get there. ”

- Neil Strauss
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