The Unused Path Quotes

“Manipulation gets people to do something they aren't likely to do if given the opportunity to think.

Appeals to emotion are some of the easiest methods of manipulation, because strong emotions can cloud our minds while also getting us to act.”
― Vincent H. O'Neil, The Unused Path: Skills for living an authentic life

“Manipulation gets people to do something they aren't likely to do if given the opportunity to think.

Appeals to emotion are some of the easiest methods of manipulation, because strong emotions can cloud our minds while also getting us to act.”
― Vincent H. O'Neil, The Unused Path: Skills for living an authentic life

“If you let other people and random circumstances choose your beliefs, actions, and attitudes, you might end up with a life that doesn’t fit you or your personality.

If you’re the one who makes those choices, however, you may just end up living authentically. Your actions, words, and thoughts will match who you are.”
― Vincent H. O'Neil, The Unused Path: Skills for living an authentic life

“There are people who’d rather be wrong, standing with the crowd, than be right standing alone.”
― Vincent H. O'Neil, The Unused Path: Skills for living an authentic life

“In good times and bad, it’s wisdom to know that neither lasts forever.”
― Vincent H. O'Neil, The Unused Path: Skills for living an authentic life

“Living an authentic life means your thoughts and actions will be consistent, no matter what happens, because they agree with who you are.”
― Vincent H. O'Neil, The Unused Path: Skills for living an authentic life

“When you have character, you hold yourself accountable to yourself.”
― Vincent H. O'Neil, The Unused Path: Skills for living an authentic life

“Build confidence in your ability to solve problems and make decisions, and your response to challenging situations will be more positive.”
― Vincent H. O'Neil, The Unused Path: Skills for living an authentic life

“There is a value to adversity. We learn more from tough times than from easy ones.”
― Vincent H. O'Neil, The Unused Path: Skills for living an authentic life

“You are still here, so make the most of it.

Make the most of you.”
― Vincent H. O'Neil, The Unused Path: Skills for living an authentic life

“There’s a tipping point to success, and to failure.”
― Vincent H. O'Neil, The Unused Path: Skills for living an authentic life

“Do the job and do it right, or let someone else do it.”
― Vincent H. O'Neil, The Unused Path: Skills for living an authentic life

“Plan ahead for developments that could seriously impact you, and then decide how you’d deal with them.”
― Vincent H. O'Neil, The Unused Path: Skills for living an authentic life

“If you find yourself in a discussion with someone who’s trying to deceive you, isn't allowing you to speak, or is obviously taking you through a preplanned argument, don’t play their game.”
― Vincent H. O'Neil, The Unused Path: Skills for living an authentic life

“Develop your mind. Always.”
― Vincent H. O'Neil, The Unused Path: Skills for living an authentic life

“We are the sum of our parts. We are not just our good qualities, but also our bad ones. We aren’t just our failures, but our successes too.”
― Vincent H. O'Neil, The Unused Path: Skills for living an authentic life

“All solutions are answers, but not all answers are solutions.”
― Vincent H. O'Neil, The Unused Path: Skills for living an authentic life

“We are where we are, not where we might have been. We fix the problem starting from this spot, not from where we’d like to be.”
― Vincent H. O'Neil, The Unused Path: Skills for living an authentic life

“It’s not enough to know what we’re trying to do—we also have to know what it means to reach the finish line.

In other words, what exactly do we have to do before we can say we’re done?”
― Vincent H. O'Neil, The Unused Path: Skills for living an authentic life

“To guide our actions toward others, we need only look at our own reactions to different experiences.

If we don’t like it when someone steals our belongings, then we shouldn’t take what doesn’t belong to us.

The same approach works when we consider our reactions to people gossiping about us, cheating us, or assaulting us.”
― Vincent H. O'Neil, The Unused Path: Skills for living an authentic life

“That’s how the first human beings learned.

Before there were classrooms, books, teachers, or videos they learned by observing and by doing. They advanced through trial and error, and developed effective methods and answers because there was no one to show or tell them how.”
― Vincent H. O'Neil, The Unused Path: Skills for living an authentic life