Mark Manson Quotes



Best 14 Other Quotes by Mark Manson

“Acts of love are valid only if they're performed without conditions or expectations.”

“As a rule, people who are terrified of what others think about them are actually terrified of all the shitty things they think about themselves being reflected back at them.”

“Commitment gives you freedom because you're no longer distracted by the unimportant and frivolous.”

“I always tell men, if every girl you date is unstable and crazy, that’s a reflection of your emotional maturity level. It’s a reflection of your confidence or lack of confidence. It’s a reflection of your neediness.”

“My biggest life lesson in 2022 is that I need far less to be happy than I thought.”

“Nobody remembers your mistakes as much as you do.”

“Parenthood is basically just following around a kid for a couple decades and making sure he doesn’t accidentally kill himself.”

“Self-awareness is like an onion. There are multiple layers to it, and the more you peel them back, the more likely you're going to start crying at inappropriate time.”

“The person you marry is the person you fight with. The house you buy is the house you repair. The dream job you take is the job you stress over. Everything comes with an inherent sacrifice—whatever makes us feel good will also inevitably make us feel bad. What we gain is also what we lose. What creates our positive experiences will define our negative experiences.”

“The rare people who do become truly exceptional at something do so not because they believe they’re exceptional. On the contrary, they become amazing because they’re obsessed with improvement. And that obsession with improvement stems from an unerring belief that they are, in fact, not that great at all. It’s anti-entitlement. People who become great at something become great because they understand that they’re not already great – they are mediocre, they are average – and that they could be so much better.”

“There’s a saying in Texas: “The smallest dog barks the loudest.” A confident man doesn’t feel a need to prove that he’s confident. A rich woman doesn’t feel a need to convince anybody that she’s rich.”

“Three questions determine 99% of the happiness in your life:

1. What am I working on and why?
2. Who am I spending time with and why?
3. How well am I treating my body and why?

Everything else is noise.”

“What most people don't understand is that passion is the result of action, not the cause of it.”

“You can’t build a better mind without challenging your own beliefs and assumptions.”

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