PZ Myers Quotes

No one can take the shot for you.

When the awareness of what is achievable brushes your life, your journey has begun.

You have had many successes, and you have earned the right to be respected.

Successful people play the part of being successful consistently in all that they do.

Tests were always easy for me. I saw them as games, saw myself as being in a contest against a mythical adversary, and welcomed the challenge.

We, as human beings, enjoy freedom of choice.Your attitude is your choice!

It's sometimes easier to help others rather than helping yourself. The trick is to listen to your "self" as a friend. This may be the simplest change you ever make in life, with the biggest impact.

Upon achieving a lifelong dream, I thought, this is the way to live your life -- in the moment, and to the fullest.

Sometimes life is a constant battle against the nostalgia of a time that can never be real again.

The universe is a gathering of nows that I spread before my feet like a landscape.

Every new book we read in our brief and busy lives means that a classic is left unread.

Books have always been among my most trusted of friends, Mr. Linden replied. The best of them allow the mind to wander wherever the author's musings lead.

When healthy competition prevails -- you come out to play and you play to win.

Needs cause motivation. Deep-rooted desires for esteem, affection, belonging, achievement, self-actualization, power, and control motivate us to push for what we want and need in our lives.

Which came first: the change-ready company or the change-ready employee?

People learn when they are ready to learn. Are you ready?

To desire to change one’s past means there is a desire to change oneself. To desire to change oneself, one must learn to change.

Not much in the world ends up being the same as it started out, unless of course it had a very short life cycle.

Sin is the preclusion of self-worth.

Wasted strokes, like missed deadlines, are preventable and costly.

If you’re not afraid of working hard, self-reliance comes easy!

Consider the value of doing what you love and being paid for it! This is truly a golfer’s dream.

Stop thinking about all that is wrong, and focus on what is right. It's there that you'll step out of the crazy, rise out of the rabbit hole, and start living again.

When a dream of dying actually becomes a chance to live... all you have to do is fall.

I was drowning, but all I needed to do was breathe.

It was 5:45pm when I decided my future. By 9:43 I was well on my way to making it all come true. At 11:16 I took the first step to make it a reality. At 11:17 I fell and found peace.

I’m not broken. Not really, ” I sighed. “My name is Novaleigh. Novaleigh Darrow.

Trust and faith have left you.” “He will help guide you back to them.” “Blessings to you on your journey.

Oliver reached up for my hand and led me back into the living room area. “Can we try something?” I rolled my eyes. “Do I really have a choice?”“You always have a choice, Novi, ” Oliver said.

I fell into the water with a large splash and sunk like a stone. My feet guided the way as I drifted further into the murky depths. Down. Down. Down.

When a dream of dying actually becomes a chance to live. All you have to do is fall.

Keep a positive mind. Remember, a failed attempt doesn’t make you a failure—giving up does.

This is about me being ready to succeed.When I win in my mind, I truly win.Anything worthwhile deserves some time.I will do it this time! No excuses!

Visualization engages the mind and encourages the body.

The decide word is so powerful. It's amazing what you can do once you decide to do it.

All of fiction is truthful. What you create is your own truth and no one can take that away or change it.

...whatever God found worth creating we can find worth studying.

Each of us is in reality an abiding psychical entity far more extensive than he knows.

Find something you love and follow it back to loving yourself.

When you are destined for greatness, it shows in everything you do.It becomes you. Greatness becomes you.

Random thought fills the streambed, cascading with care and spilling over the flood plain until bifurcation forces it to arc and fork into a single, determined stream.

Push today for what you want tomorrow!

Live in the present, but live for the future.

As I believe—I am, I can, I know.

People aspire, learn, and grow when they are ready to commit to the process.

Don’t compromise your focus by comparing what you are trying to learn to what you already know. Focus in the moment, on what you are trying to learn now.

Keep an open mind and know that you can always learn more.

You must be grounded to take flight.

Thinking there had to be a better way was a brilliant stroke of serendipity!

Jesus is more likely to lead you across the street than across the ocean.