Successful people have two things on their face: Silence and Smile.
Smile to solve problems and silence to avoid problems. 

 Never tell
Somebody everything.
You might be educating an enemy. 

 Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see. (Arthur Schopenhauer) 

 Prima di parlare pensa … 

 Once the rain is over, an umbrella becomes a burden to everyone.
That's how loyalty ends when benefits stop. 

 The road to heaven feels like hell.
The road to hell feels like heaven. 

 Those who are happy do not consume. 

 The man is richest whose pleasure are cheapest. 

 Volare bassi per evitare i sassi 

 Your worst sin
is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing. (Fjodor Mihajlovič Dostojevski) 

 Attachment is the Root of all Suffering. (Buddha) 

 To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering. (Friedrich Nietzsche) 

 The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining. (John F. Kennedy) 

 Bitcoin gives you Love, Power and Respect. 

 The first time you make a mistake, you’re not guilty, the second time you’re guilty, and the third time you’re stupid. 

 You overthink becaus you don’t write.
You are anxious because you don’t act.
You procastinate because you don’t have a plan.
You stress because you don’t train.
You lack clarity because you don’t journal.
All yours problems have a solution, you just need to do it. 

 Don’t sell the winner to buy the loser. 

 Greatness does not come out of intelligence, it comes from character. 
Character is not formed out of smart people, it is formed out of people who have suffered. (Nvidia ceo) 

 When making plans, think big.
When making progress, think small. 

 Never reply when you are angry.
Never make a promise when you are happy.
Never make a decision when you are sad. 

 We don't have to be smarter than the rest. We have to be more disciplined than the rest. (Warren Buffett) 

 Geology is all about time and pressure. 

 Never ever quit. You have to also have flexibility though but don’t quit. 

 Do things that aren't easy, but are simple (waiting, kaizen, bitcoin, …). 

 A focused fool can accomplish more than a distracted genius. 

 The entire point of life is to take chances on dreams that seem crazy to most but feel like destiny to you. 

 Nobody works harder than a person who doesn't like asking people for anything. 

 Move in silence. Only speak when it's time to say checkmate. 

 The true science of martial arts means practicing them in such a way that they will be useful at any time, and to teach them in such a way that they will be useful in all things. (Miyamoto Musashi) 

 Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own. 

 Nothing can stop a person who is hungry for a better life. 

 The road to heaven feels like hell.
The road to hell feels like heaven. 

 Upgrade your life in silence. 

 Raise your words, not voice. 

 Have more than you show, speak less than you know. (William Shakespeare) 

 Timing beats speed.
Technique beats power.
Simplicity beats flashy. 

 To know ten thousand things, know one well. (Miyamoto Musashi) 

 Doing better next time. That's what life is. 

 Connected is better than extended. 

 When you love what you have, you have everything you need. 

 When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear. (Thomas Sowell) 

 A river cuts, through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence. 

 The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. (Sun Tzu) 

 Repetition is the mother of all skills. 

 Every day above ground Is a good day. 

 Discipline is choosing between what you want now, and what you want most. 

 Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable. 

 Stay humble but confident. 

 A warrior expects nothing and therefore is ready for anything. 

 Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates: Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind? (Buddha) 

 Don't burn bridges. You'll be surprised how many times you have to cross the same river. 

 Happiness is having better problems.
Success is having better failures.
Discipline is having better addictions. 

 A samurai must have the discipline to resist his own impulses. 

 Learn to sit back and observe.
Not everything needs a reaction. 

 Your best teacher is your last mistake. 

 Die with memories, not with dreams. 

 To win true freedom, you must be a slave to philosophy. (Seneca) 

 The rarest of human qualities is consistency. 

 The biggest asset in the world is your mindset. 

 The measure of intelligence is the ability to change. (Albert E.) 

 Good decisions come from experience. But experience comes from bad decisions. So learn from mistakes and go ahead. 

 Being rich is having money, being wealthy is having time. 

 Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women. (Leo T.) 

 When you know that you can escape, you don’t panic. 

 When you understand the game, you don’t panic. 

 You can only win when your mind is stronger than your emotions. 

 If you have a garden and a library, you have everrything you need. (Cicero) 

 More privacy, more peace. 

 When you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit. 

 When the debate is lost, insults become the loser’s tool. (Socrates) 

 You have to slow down to speed up. 

 The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don’t know. (Albert E.) 

 The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. (Japanese proverb) 

 Go with the plan, not the mood. 

 If we kept in mind that we will soon inevitably die, our lives would be completely different. (Leo T.) 

 Whatever you do today do it with the confidence of a Steven Seagal. 

 Be strong, you never know who you are inspiring. 

 A seed grows with no sound but a tree falls with huge noise. Destruction has noise, but creation is quiet. This is power of kaizen. 

 One bad chapter doesn’t mean your story is over. 

 For lies you need memory, for the truth you need balls. 

 To continue and preserve is power. (Japanese proverb) 

 Don’t forget how badly you once wanted what you have now. 

 All things are difficult before they become easy. Have patience. 

 Be happy for others. There’s room for all of us to be successful. 

 Quiet people are actually talkative around the right people. 

 Those who keep learning will keep rising in life. 

 Don’t fall in love with success. Fall in love with the habits that bring success. 

 Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. 

 Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. 

 The greatest remedy for anger is delay. 

 Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. (Leonardo da Vinci) 

 If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas. 

 No one wants to be associated with someone who lacks emotional control. 

 Temporary for Permanent.
Currency for Capital.
Fragile for Resilient.
Local for Global.
Physical for Digital.
Security for Commodity.
Commodity for Scarcity. 

 It is better to be warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war. 

 We live on satisfaction for the work done. 

 Coca Cola only sold 25 bottles in their first year. Keep going. 

 There is no greater weapon than a prepared mind. (Miyamoto Musashi) 

 All humans have 3 lives: 
public, private and secret. 

 Karma has no menu, you get served what you deserve.