You can have anything you want, but not everything you want
Quotes that support this principle
“I learned that if you work hard and creatively, you can have just about anything you want, but not everything you want. Maturity is the ability to reject good alternatives in order to pursue even better ones.” — Ray Dalio
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“You can’t spend forever floating between two worlds, cousin. Eventually you’ll need to decide where you want to belong. Life was so much harder, but potentially so much more fulfilling, when you found the courage to choose.” — Brandon Sanderson
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“You can undo yourself by being open. People who are open have a hard time catalyzing their identity because they’re so protean. They shift shapes constantly. They’re interested in everything. It makes it very hard for them to pursue one thing.” — Jordan Peterson
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