Noah Smith > Noah's Quotes

“I realized that once I was content, I wanted more of what I valued. I value maturity, wisdom, life satisfaction, and feeling alive.”
― Noah William Smith, 2024… Your Year of More

“The ball is now in your court. Hit it exactly where you want it.”
― Noah William Smith, 2024… Your Year of More

“Do you look after yourself and care for yourself daily?”
― Noah William Smith, 2024… Your Year of More

“The actions will help you to go after what you want to achieve. Remember, your focus is on efforts and not on outcomes!”
― Noah William Smith, 2024… Your Year of More

“Do you give away your power by believing words that serve no helpful purpose in your life?”
― Noah William Smith, 2024… Your Year of More

“The next time you compete with someone, challenge yourself to connect with the individual. When two people compete with each other, it means they have goals in common.”
― Noah William Smith, How to Motivate Yourself in 15 Minutes

“All around us, everyday heroes have overcome many things in their lives. Someone's story could be a source of inspiration for you and make you feel motivated.”
― Noah William Smith, How to Motivate Yourself in 15 Minutes

“To motivate yourself, you need to gain knowledge about things that are important to you.”
― Noah William Smith, How to Motivate Yourself in 15 Minutes

“The next time you want to increase your motivation level, consider your life overall and acknowledge how far you have come.”
― Noah William Smith, How to Motivate Yourself in 15 Minutes

“Always be grateful for your life. However, yearn to want even more to be thankful for.”
― Noah William Smith, How to Motivate Yourself in 15 Minutes

“Often the perspective we choose is the one we accept as reality. Fortunately, we can influence our view of reality as fast as we can click our fingers!”
― Noah William Smith, How to Motivate Yourself in 15 Minutes

“I also know the world can be a considerate place.”
― Noah William Smith, How to Motivate Yourself in 15 Minutes

“The path to increased emotional maturity is often a long one. Many people feel emotionally enlightened when they retire, but you should aim to feel emotionally mature as soon as possible.”
― Noah William Smith, How to Become Emotionally Smarter

“People often look to others to feel better during difficult times. Their eyes search for glimmers of hope, and they want to see that in others. When you are kind to another person, you may give them hope for humanity.”
― Noah William Smith, How to Become Emotionally Smarter

“Someone who is emotionally mature has often processed many negative feelings. They learned that pain and suffering are parts of life that cannot be avoided. Rather than dwell on these realities of life, they use their life experiences wisely.”
― Noah William Smith, How to Become Emotionally Smarter

“My fundamental view on insecurities is that you should not make your insecurity someone else's problem.”
― Noah William Smith, How to Become Emotionally Smarter

“By expecting that every day of your life plays out like it is meant to, you learn to expect less and live in each moment.”
― Noah William Smith, How to Become Emotionally Smarter

“The earlier you have the tough conversations, the earlier you may release some internal tension and feel better.”
― Noah William Smith, How to Feel Calm, Cool and Collected

“If you want to feel calmer, limit your energy loss, as you feel tired when the environment constantly drains your energy.”
― Noah William Smith, How to Feel Calm, Cool and Collected

“Gardening offers opportunities to explore, create, and become self-sustainable.”
― Noah William Smith, How to Feel Calm, Cool and Collected

“If you worry about your future and its uncertainty, you may feel better if you work hard now and feel better prepared. Preparation creates a feeling of certainty that may calm you.”
― Noah William Smith, How to Feel Calm, Cool and Collected

“Life is beautiful when you put your stamp on it. Since it is your life, it is your masterpiece. You decide how it looks and how it feels.”
― Noah William Smith, You Own Your Life

“This moment right now is yours to engage with fully! While reading the book, you may wonder how you may own your life more.”
― Noah William Smith, You Own Your Life

“When a moment feels complicated, and you want to disengage, learn how to process or disengage from the internal feelings. However, keep the people around you from thinking you are disengaged or not interested in them.”
― Noah William Smith, You Own Your Life

“Should you have lost some of your fire over the years, you should reclaim it. Better yet, make the fire inside bigger than it ever was before!”
― Noah William Smith, You Own Your Life

“It requires disciplined thinking to achieve an organized life because you should focus on what is the most appropriate (and not the easiest) action to take.”
― Noah William Smith, You Own Your Life

“I am totally independent of the good or bad opinion of others.”
― Deepak Chopra

“Since modern man has no way of knowing what is going on beyond himself, since he cannot know everything, he would become lost in a world as vast and technically complex as ours, if he had really no one to guide him,” wrote Girard in his book Resurrection from the Underground: Feodor Dostoevsky. “He no longer relies on priests and philosophers, of course, but he must rely on people nevertheless, more than ever, as a matter of fact.” And who are these people? “They are the experts,” continues Girard, “the people more competent than we are in innumerable fields of endeavor.”
― Luke Burgis, Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life

“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”
― Albert Einstein