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Naval 25

Naval's 25 best quotes, as voted on by the internet

#1
The quality of your mind is the quality of your life.
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#2
Wealth is assets that earn while you sleep
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Earn with your mind, not your time.

#4
The only true test of intelligence is if you get what you want out of life.
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Learn to sell. Learn to build. If you can do both, you will be unstoppable.

#6
The most important trick to be happy is to realize that happiness is a choice that you make and a skill that you develop. You choose to be happy, and then you work at it. It’s just like building muscles.
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#7
Trade money for time, not time for money. You’re going to run out of time first.
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#8
You make your own luck if you stay at it long enough.
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#9
A rational person can find peace by cultivating indifference to things outside of their control.
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#10

A rational person can find peace by cultivating indifference to things outside their control.

#11
A fit body, a calm mind, a house full of love. These things cannot be bought — they must be earned.
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#12
If it entertains you now but will bore you someday, it’s a distraction. Keep looking.
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#13
Your success in life depends on your ability to make good decisions. Your happiness depends on your ability to not care about the outcomes.
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#14
Sing the song that only you can sing, write the book that only you can write, build the product that only you can build… live the life that only you can live.
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#15

Don’t do things that you know are morally wrong. Not because someone is watching, but because you are. Self-esteem is just the reputation that you have with yourself.

#16
Watch every thought. Always ask, why am I having this thought?
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#17
Escape competition through authenticity.
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#18
The universe is rigged in such a way that if you just want one thing and you focus on that, you will get it. But everything else, you got to let go.
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#19
Someone who is using a lot of fancy words and big concepts probably doesn’t know what they’re talking about. The smartest people can explain things to a child; if you can’t do that, you don’t understand the concept.
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#20

I would rather read the best hundred books over and over again until I absorb them rather than read every single book out there.

#21
The people who succeed are irrationally passionate about something.
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#22
You’re never going to get rich renting out your time.
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#23
School, politics, sports, and games train us to compete against others. True rewards — wealth, knowledge, love, fitness, and equanimity — come from ignoring others and improving ourselves.
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#24
The people who have the ability to fail in public under their own name actually gain a lot of power.
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#25
What you do, who you do with, and how you do it are way more important than how hard you work.
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