Quotes from James Altucher

On a much smaller scale, I

You must first be the change you want to see in this World.

The only things that really matter in this world are the relationships you have with the people you love, and the meaningful things that you do

Keep going until you hit the finish line!" It's "Keep failing until you accidentally no longer fail." That's persistence. NOT

Being mediocre doesn't mean you won't change the world. It means being honest with yourself and the people around you. And being honest at every level is really the most effective habit of all if you want to have massive success.

The facets that resonate with time, even if it's hundreds of years old, will resonate with your work as well. It's like a law of the universe.

Many people die at 25 but are not put in the coffin until 75. The learning stopped for them early.

Every day, be creative. Creativity is a muscle.

I hate having sex with people I don't love

Oxytocin is released when you have an orgasm. For men, interestingly, it is only released when you have an orgasm with someone you love.

And being honest at every level is really the most effective habit of all if you want to have massive success.

In that Facebook movie (you know, the Justin Timberlake vehicle), JT says, "A million's not cool. A BILLION is cool." Well, actually JT, very often a million is pretty cool.

Traveling to the past or the future will not help you now.

But the reality is: reinvention is life. This is the call to adventure that constantly whispers to us. Do we answer it? Do we take the call?

Excuses are easy lies we tell ourselves to cover up our failures. One such excuse is, only dishonest people get ahead. This is also a lie. MAKE

Mother Theresa said if everyone swept in front of their house then the end result would be a clean world.

Don't forget to always give extra. A simple effort will get you a customer for life.

Some people will say, "Well, I'm just not an entrepreneur." This is not true. Everyone is an entrepreneur. The only skills you need to be an entrepreneur are the ability to fail, to have ideas, to sell those ideas, to execute on them, and to be persistent so even as you fail you learn and move onto the next adventure.

Opinions are like money. No matter how much you know, there's always someone who knows more.

It's much better to work smarter, not harder.

All of my friends are superheroes, too. Each one of my friends has a different power. But they are all amazing powers and I'm blessed when I see those powers in action. And once someone joins the bad guys, they are no longer my friend. I'm busy saving lives. I don't need bad friends.

Children laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults on average…five times a day. What else is there? TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. 

The key is building the foundation underneath. And then taking a positive action: to choose yourself.

You are the average of the 5 things you are reading today.