Ryan Holiday Quotes

As Plato said, every soul is deprived of truth against its will. The same holds true for justice, self-control, goodwill to others, and every similar virtue. It’s essential to constantly keep this in...

What is known can't jerk us around unwittingly. Before anything can be resolved, the implicit must be made into the explicit.

About Author

Ryan Holiday (born June 16, 1987) is an American author, originally a marketer, who made a name writing books and marketing them in non-traditional ways.
Holiday's debut to writing was in 2012, when he published Trust Me, I'm Lying. Since then he has published a number of other books including The Obstacle Is the Way (2014) and Ego is the Enemy (2016).

All you need are these: certainty of judgment in the present moment; action for the common good in the present moment; and an attitude of gratitude in the present moment for anything that comes your w...

Publishers and advertisers can't differentiate between the types of impressions an ad does on a site. A perusing reader is no better than an accidental reader. An article that provides worthwhile advi...

Instead, she simply chose to see each situation for what it could be—

From Rusticus … I learned to read carefully and not be satisfied with a rough understanding of the whole, and not to agree too quickly with those who have a lot to say about something. —MARCUS AURELIU...

Remember, if there is one core teaching at the heart of this philosophy, it’s that we’re not as smart and as wise as we’d like to think we are. If we ever do want to become wise, it comes from the que...

Retention trumps acquisition.

Media was once about protecting a name; on the web it is about building one.

Right thing is usually clear and intuitive enough to feel in our gut.

Publicity does not come easily, profits do not come easily, and knowledge does not come easily.

When attempting to turn things around for a particularly disliked or controversial client, Sitrick was fond of saying, We need to find a lead steer! The media, like any group of animals, gallops in a...

When you take away the question mark, it usually turns their headline into a lie.

Seen properly, everything that happens—be it an economic crash or a personal tragedy—is a chance to move forward.

The Things which hurt, Benjamin Franklin wrote, instruct.

We have only minimal control over the rewards for our work and effort - other people’s validation, recognition, rewards. It’s far better when doing the work itself is sufficient. When fulfilling our o...

The foundation of a free country is that your freedom to swing your fist ends where someone else’s nose begins.

Enough of this miserable, whining life. Stop monkeying around! Why are you troubled? What’s new here? What’s so confounding? The one responsible? Take a good look. Or just the matter itself? Then look...

A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.

The world can show you the truth, but no one can force you to accept it.