Favorite Quotes
Hope grows when we recognize that the future is still open
Hope holds the truth that the future is open, uncertain and influenceable. We don't know what the future holds, but we know that we have the power to influence it, change it, create it, relate with it, and ultimately to be our wholehearted selves in it. – Krista MacKinnon |
Translating motivation to habit
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” – Zig Ziglar “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” – Jim Rohn “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle |
It's not failure, it's an experiment!
I haven't failed. I've found 10,000 ways that won't work. -- Benjamin Franklin |
Taking Risks
It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all. -- J.K. Rowling |
Comparisons cause insecurity
The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else's highlight reel. - Steve Furtick |
What is Wisdom
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. And how do you gain wisdom? - Good judgement How do you get good judgement? - Experience How do you get experience? - Bad judgement |
Letting Go Doesn't Mean Forgetting
The knowledge of the past stays with us. To let go is to release the images and emotions, the grudges and fears, the clingings and disappointments of the past that bind our spirit. -- Jack Kornfield |
Balancing as you go around life's sharp curves
Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve. -- Lillian Smith, author & women's rights advocate |
Change: Nothing is always the same
No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man. -- Heraclitus |
Maintaining Motivation
People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily. – Zig Ziglar |