Mary Anne Radmacher Quotes

Capture a shadow, dance with the wind, stand in a rainbow, begin at the end.

I appreciate the boldness of gratitude in the quiet, unspoken depths and its ability to buoy another by being articulated.

If self-validation were our most significant societal measure - we would give trophies to ourselves.

Lean forward into your life... catch the best bits and the finest wind. Just tip your feathers in flight a wee bit and see how dramatically that small lean can change your life.

When we have a circle of friends, we have more fun. We get more done, we feel and are stronger, and we really do celebrate the power of our 'us.'

Gift the love of your life with undistracted, untelevisioned, unhurried attentiveness.

Take time to play! Ask for what you want. Laugh. Live loudly. Be avid. Learn a new thing. Be Yourself!

Life is defined more by its contrasts than its samenesses; Life is defined more by its risks than the many securities.

Manage the remarkable balance between acting from your heart and close to your gifts with completing the obligations that your labor and tasks require of you. Leverage opportunity AND seize joy.

Go ahead. Weep for the rare, the never seen this way again, the excruciating, ineffable, unmitigated beauty of love.

I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world. Mary

Discover the tools to build your own vision.

Choose in ways that support your dreams.

At first glance it may appear too hard. Look again. Always look again.

It is of the small joys and little pleasures that the greatest of our days are built.

May your walls know joy, may every room hold laughter, and every window open to great possibility.

May your season shine with delight and surprise.

Dare to dream of your great success.

Dare to dream of your great success. Become intimate with those things which deeply motivate you and regularly work toward the realization of that mission.

Forgiveness is really a gift to yourself - have the compassion to forgive others, and the courage to forgive yourself.

Change of any sort requires courage.

Every possibility begins with the courage to imagine.

There is no small act of kindness. Every compassionate act makes large the world.

Extend your hand with the strongest reach.

Listen to the compass of your heart. All you need lies within you.

Fate makes us family. choice makes us friends.

One whispered yes becomes the wind song over an ocean of no's.

Protect your vision. Prevail over adversity. Persevere in the midst of turmoil. Passionately act upon your convictions. Purposely walk into the day.

Lean forward into your life. Begin each day as if it were on purpose.

That I was born to this circle - I am blessed. That I choose to stand in this circle - I am proud.

Unexpected events can set you back or set you up. It's all a matter of - perspective.

It takes courage to reinvent joys, to reinvent opportunities, to reinvent dreams, to reinvent connections, to reinvent hopes that you have set aside.

Great leadership is not the visit of an unexpected fate but rather a flame which is kept burning in spite of the winds of risk and opposition.

May a thread of comfort be woven through your difficult days.

Today I offer a prayer of forgiveness: forgive the pettiness of my ingratitude... the absence of profound thankfulness.

One movement toward light becomes a clear signpost on a long road.

If i had known... i would have lingered over my coffee a little longer.

Judgment is discernment on a bad hair day.

Your responsibility is to be an explorer, not a tourist in this adventure that is your life.

In choosing joy, the finish line dissolves into a different matter altogether.

I wrap the potential for bitterness, resentment, martyrdom in the blanket of forgiveness and just set it down. Then it just melts in the warmth. And goes away.

Persevere. Plan. Strategize. Focus. Breathe. Write. Let go: relax. Forgive. All this failing: take a nap.

In the midst of the flurry - clarity. In the midst of the storm - calm. In the midst of divided interests - certainty. In the many roads - a certain choice.

Consider calling it a challenge rather than calling it a crisis.

In the garden of your days cultivate festivity, play and celebrations.

Be guided by the stars which you place well on the canopy of your night sky.

It is a better thing to weigh and measure priorities in the illuminating light of your own mission than to have your activities formed by the impressions and expectations of others.

As you awaken, may your dreams greet you by name, and may you answer, "Yes!"

Take a deep breath and do the difficult thing first.

Courage doesn't always roar.