Ryan Holiday Quotes

Theoretical principals must sometimes give way for the sake of practical advantages.

We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.

I prefer doing things rather than sitting around talking about doing things.

One learns to itch where one can scratch.

A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. Don't wait for an inspired ending to come to mind. Work your way to the ending and see what comes up.

Ya gots to work with what you gots to work with.

Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get.

It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little.

The best way to start doing something is to start doing something.

If you find yourself in a position you would rather was not there, you have to make it work.

I'm just kind of taking what I get and making the best out of it, honestly.

You got to adjust to how your life is.

You've just got to take things the way they are and accept them and strive.

If you haven't done something yet, and you want to do it, start now!

You work with what you got.

Live in the world you inhabit. Look upon things as they are. Take them as you find them. Make the best of them. Turn them to your advantage.

Don't fight a fact, deal with it.

I do the best with what exists.

You can't always get the perfect moment. Sometimes, you just have to do the best you can under the circumstances.

Let us resolve to do the best we can with what we've got.

We must cut our coat according to our cloth, and adapt ourselves to changing circumstances.

I always thought that eventually there would be a moment where I realized that I had practiced enough and now I was ready to be a professional writer. Then I befriended a number of successful professional writers and realized that none of them ever felt ready. After that I decided I might as well stop waiting to feel ready and just get started.

In my vocabulary, the word "compromise" is synonymous to the word "life".

Common sense does not ask an impossible chessboard, but takes the one before it and plays the game.

But surprises were nothing new to her. Like opening a can of mushroom soup and finding tomato instead; be grateful and eat it anyway.