Ray Dalio on Motivation Quotes

"Pain + Reflection = Progress."

"If you don't look back at yourself and think, 'Wow, how stupid I was a year ago,' then you must not have learned much in the last year."

"Evolution is the single greatest force in the universe; it is the only thing that is permanent and it drives everything."

"The challenges you face will test you and strengthen you. If you’re not failing, you’re not pushing your limits, and if you’re not pushing your limits, you’re not maximizing your potential."

"I believe that the key to success lies in knowing how to both strive for a lot and fail well. By failing well, I mean being able to experience painful failures that provide big learnings."

"Don't let fears of what others think of you stand in your way."

"Identify and don't tolerate problems."

"To be effective, you must not let your need to be right be more important than your need to find out what’s true."

"The most important thing is that you develop your own principles and ideally write them down."

"Struggle is the most important part of the process. It is the only way you get stronger."

"Think of yourself as a machine operating within a machine and know that you have the ability to alter your machines to produce better results."

"Great is better than terrible, and terrible is better than mediocre, because terrible at least gives life flavor."

"Maturity is the ability to reject good alternatives in order to pursue even better ones."

"Don't confuse what you wish were true with what is really true."

"It’s much more common for people to allow their ego to stand in the way of learning."

"The quality of your life will depend on the decisions you make at these uncomfortable moments."

"To have a great life, you have to take great risks."

"Every time you confront something painful, you are at a potentially important juncture in your life."

"If you are not aggressive, you are not going to carry the day. But if you are not defensive, you are not going to keep what you have."

"Weaknesses don’t matter if you find solutions."

"The reward for doing the hard work of reflection is that you eventually get the things you want."

"Don't get hung up on your views of how things 'should' be because you will miss out on learning how they really are."

"If you can’t successfully do something, don’t think you can tell others how it should be done."

"The more you think you know, the more closed-minded you'll be."

"Everything looks different up close than it does from a distance."

"The biggest mistake most people make is to not see themselves and others objectively."

"To be a 'shaper' is to be someone who comes up with unique and valuable visions and builds them out beautifully."

"Pain is a signal that you’re encountering a reality you haven’t yet learned how to deal with."

"Meditation is the single most important reason for whatever success I've had."

"I just want to be right—I don't care if the right answer comes from me."

"Your goals should be high, and your realism should be even higher."

"The most important quality that differentiates successful people from unsuccessful ones is our capacity to learn and adapt."

"Don't worry about looking good; worry about achieving your goals."