Jason Fried Quotes

Every youth owes it to himself and to the world to make the most possible out of the stuff that is in him.

We repose too much upon the actual, when we should be seeking to develop the possibilities of our being. It is true of nearly all of us, that what we have done is little compared with what we might have accomplished, or may hereafter effect.

I just think that we're capable of so much more; we don't utilize all our capacity like we should.

I've had an addiction for a long time to the whole business of maximizing one's potential, what I call human activation. The vehicle for actualizing oneself is choice, options, seeking out the proper choices.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Treat a person as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat a person as if he were where he could be and should be, and he will become what he could be and should be.

Sometimes very small investments can release enormous, infinite potential that exists in all of us.

Do not waste time dreaming of great faraway opportunities; do the best you can where you are. Open your petals of power and beauty and fling out the fragrance of your life in the place that has been assigned to you.

I want to reach my full potential.

Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential.

At the end of the day, life's about realising one's human potential. I don't know if I've realised mine, but I've certainly gone a long way towards realising some goals and some dreams.

To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life.

The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and make the most of one's resources.

The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to light.

I can't imagine, as a human being, not being able to grow.

I do think I have a thing or two to improve myself although it is difficult to reach your full potential at an average team.

I have only a relatively tiny gap of being at my best, in my prime. And I want to make a difference during that time.

You are only given so much talent and it is up to you what you do with it.

A human being is like a seed. Either you can keep it as it is, or you can make it grow into a wonderful tree with flowers and fruits.

MAN’S ONLY LIMITATION, within reason, LIES IN HIS DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF HIS IMAGINATION.

Success is something you attract by the person you become. If you want to have more, you must become more.

The key to greatness is to look for people's potential and spend time developing it.

Coaching doesn't make sick people well...it helps healthy people become extra-ordinary.

To have more than you've got, become more than you are.

One of my life's principles is to develop myself to the maximum of my potential in all ways and to help others do the same.