Ryan Holiday Quotes

To me, I think I'm just going to keep focused and forward on what I'm doing, work-wise, rather than searching for any kind of meaning in it.

I don't mean this to sound cliche, but it's really about the work for me. I like to keep working on things.

I do give myself a break in my personal life but I think in work, if you don't push yourself you get bored and want to do something else.

If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don't just stick there scowling at the problem. But don't make telephone calls or go to a party; if you do, other people's words will pour in where your lost words should be.

Passion is what gives meaning to our lives. It's what allows us to achieve success beyond our wildest imagination. Try to find a career path that you have a passion for.

I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.

There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.

Success for me means being able to work. I don't look at so much at what I've done as much as I look to what I will do.

I'm more and more fascinated in my own work. I work from 10 A.M. until about 9 P.M., but it's not an obsession, it's a pleasure. There's never enough time.

I had a pretty good career at home. What keeps you going is not having a plan B. It's a very good thing. I think if I had a viable plan B, I might not have kept going.

Not everyone is going to like what you do or what you have to offer; however, if you can't see yourself doing anything else, and you have the drive and ambition, get the training and go for it.

We didn't care about salaries and having a nice car. We just cared about science and were really ambitious.

I myself would like to become more disciplined within my work.

I get very driven by certain themes and ideas.

I think it's not a big secret that I like to work a lot. I really go out for projects when I find things I'm passionate about.

If there is a job that you feel passionate about, do what you can to pursue that job; if there is a purpose about which you are passionate, dedicate yourself to that purpose.

I was never meant to, like, work and then turn it off and sit on the couch. I just have a vision, and I'm inspired by it. It's sort of what makes me tick.

The mentality is nonstop, to work for what you want, your mind keeping your body in the best shape possible.

A master's is a lot more work than my first degree, but I'm an athlete who knows what she wants. I made up my mind, and I'm determined that this is what I'm going to do.

I just want to work my game and I believe I can do that.

Every day I'm not working or writing is a wasted day to me.

Do things close to heart, and work hard with passion and dedication.

People all the time try to take my outside interests and make them a negative. My life has always been like that and it always will be like that. I don't think it necessarily means that while I'm concentrating on tennis I can't put 100% into it. If I didn't have 100 different interests, I probably wouldn't be as good a player.

I always knew I wanted to work hard at something.

I'm very driven by writing.