I envision a world in which the vast majority of us are actively striving toward our potential as human beings by spending our lives serving others through mediums we are most passionate.

Jiu Jitsu has given me an education in education, which I now see is the most valuable education there is.

Things can be added, but that doesn't mean that anything is missing.

Habits are infinitely more beneficial to the aspiring student than motivation. Motivation may get you started, but habits keep you going.

Just know that the achievement of anything grand takes consistent effort year after year. Motivation can uphold you intermittently, but it has too few calories to sustain a life.

Systems and processes will always surpass motivation.

We see that happiness is not comfort. Happiness is the freedom to choose one's own way.

Jiu Jitsu uses us to express itself, and the best thing we can do to is to become a vehicle capable of expressing Jiu Jitsu with all of its perfection minus our imperfections.

I have found that the morning is far more accessible when a good book awaits you.

We are just too busy trying to appear smart to realize how intelligent we actually are.

I firmly believe that life will continually try to teach you the same lesson, with increasing pain, until you heed the call.

Music is the strongest form of magic.

People who achieve the greatest success are the people who have the most fun getting there.

my unexpected trip to the light may have been cancelled, but here I was, still paying the cost of the return ticket

We must be laid like a brand in the fire ... if we would gain immortal youth.

It feels like every day or two, people on Twitter and the Internet are outraged about something.

Good analysis is very useful when you want to convert a political decision into an investment. It can also go the other way and drive policy

I like trying to win. That's what golf is all about.

But maybe boredom is erotic, when women do it, for men.

I always try to get behind the guy steering the ship. That's the kind of guy I am.

One cannot see any world leader who has got a grip on the financial markets these days. They're too big, too fast. I think that's quite scary.