Scott Adams Quotes

“The ability to work hard and make sacrifices comes naturally to those who know exactly what they want.”

“People are naturally drawn to the things they feel comfortable doing, and comfort is a marker for talent.”

“Success caused passion more than passion caused success.”

“If you want success, figure out the price, then pay it.”

“Focus on your diet first and get that right so you have enough energy to want to exercise.”

“Good health is a baseline requirement for success.”

“One of the most important tricks for maximizing your productivity involves matching your mental state to the task.”

“Managing your personal energy is like managing budgets in a company.”

“Generous people take care of their own needs first. In fact, doing so is a moral necessity. The world needs you at your best.”

“It is a human tendency to become what you attack.”

“Positivity is far more than a mental preference. It changes your brain, literally, and it changes the people around you. It’s the nearest thing we have to magic.”

“Pessimism is often a failure of imagination.”

“Reduce daily decisions to routine.”

“Awareness does not come from receiving new information. It comes from rejecting old information.”

“Never be yourself if you can make yourself into something better through your conscious actions. You are what you do.”

“Happiness has more to do with where you are heading than where you are.”

“Every skill you acquire doubles your odds of success.”

“Everything you learn becomes a shortcut for understanding something else.”

“If I had to pick one quality that best predicts success (other than wanting to be successful) it would be the willingness to risk embarrassment.”

“Every embarrassment moves you closer to freedom.”

“Beware of those who try to sell you simple answers to complex questions.”

“When you identify as part of a group, your opinions tend to be biased toward the group consensus.”

“Keep promises to yourself. Your faith in your own word is vital. Build it up by starting with small promises.”

“Consider the people who routinely disagree with you. See how confident they look while being dead wrong? That’s exactly how you look to them.”

“If you drill down on any success story, you always discover that luck was a huge part of it. You can't control luck, but you can move from a game with bad odds to one with better odds. You can make it easier for luck to find you. The most useful thing you can do is stay in the game.”

“Simplification is often the difference between doing something you know you should do and putting it off.”

“Losers have goals. Winners have systems.”

“Goal-oriented people exist in a state of continuous presuccess failure at best, and permanent failure at worst if things never work out. Systems people succeed every time they apply their systems, in the sense that they did what they intended to do.”

“Success isn’t magic; it’s generally the product of picking a good system and following it until luck finds you.”

“In the long run, any system that depends on your willpower will fail.”

“Priorities are the things you need to get right so the things you love can thrive.”

“A great strategy for success in life is to become good at something, anything, and let that feeling propel you to new and better victories. Success can be habit-forming.”

“If success were easy, everyone would do it. It takes effort. That fact works to your advantage because it keeps lazy people out of the game.”

“You can’t keep all bad luck from finding you, but you can fortify yourself to the point where the smaller stuff bounces off.”

“The best solution to a problem is often unrelated to who is at fault.”

“Failure is where success likes to hide in plain sight.”

“And always remember that failure is your friend. It is the raw material of success. Invite it in. Learn from it. And don’t let it leave until you pick its pocket.”

“To change yourself, part of the solution might involve spending more time with the people who represent the change you seek.”

“Humans are hardwired to reciprocate favors. If you want someone’s cooperation in the future, do something for that person today.”

“You’re wasting your time if you try to make someone see reason when reason is not influencing the decision.”

“If you see something that impresses you, a decent respect to humanity insists you voice your praise.”

“Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.”

“Many, if not most, career opportunities come to you through people you know. So the more people you know, the more opportunities you have.”

“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.”

“One of the best ways to detect the x factor is to watch what customers do about your idea or product, not what they say.”

“A person with a flexible schedule and average resources will be happier than a rich person who has everything except a flexible schedule.”

“Avoid career traps such as pursuing jobs that require you to sell your limited supply of time while preparing you for nothing better.”