That Is Life. Quotes
Everything you need comes into focus when you abandon the unneeded.
Dreams may seem far, but the steps we take are close. Focus on these steps and watch your dreams magically appear.
Potential was a red herring to plot a life of wandering curiosity.
Where your attention goes, your time goes
...a disciplined pursuit of less will keep us focused and make the greatest impact.
When you focus, you can achieve anything. If you have no focus, you will achieve nothing.
When you want something to move out of your life, don't focus on it. Give attention to what you want.
A five-year-old who can follow the ball for ten minutes becomes a sixth grader who can start his homework on time.
Determined is a quiet inner resolve, focused on your purpose.
Temperamentally anxious people can have a hard time staying motivated, period, because their intense focus on their worries distracts them from their goals.
Somewhere there's someone who dreams of your smile, and finds in your presence that life is worthwhile. So, when you are lonely remember it's true: somebody, somewhere is thinking of you.
Life is full of beautiful moments. Live your life to the fullest. And do what youlove.
Love is something that is beyond us. We can't anticipate love. When, where and with whom we fall in love is coincidental and wonderful for the same reason.
I’m pretty sure I’m the only author who intends to take the longest possible route to a destination that will always be over the next hill.
Writers who copy or plagiarise others are dreaming in another man’s sleep.
Putting pen to paper without first deciding the route and pace at which to scribe is like setting off on a bicycle without first checking the tyres.
When sitting down to write a letter, it always pays to calm one’s mood, collect one’s thoughts, and have a plan.
I am happiest sitting against a tree, with my notebook or sketchpad on my knee, capturing the moment.
The feeling that the work is magnificent, and the feeling that it is abominable, are both mosquitoes to be repelled, ignored, or killed, but not indulged.
Now, practically even better news than that of short assignments is the idea of shitty first drafts. All good writers write them.
A new novel awaits my arrival, prepares for my careful inspection. Yet a novel is always a long dream that lives in me for years before I know where to go to hunt it out.
When I accept myself, I am freed from the burden of needing you to accept me.
You unlock the door to greater levels of excellence and success when you accept who you are. It is from the point of acceptance that we can create a masterful life.
Accepting conflict brings you closer to knowing peace.
Breathe out unwanted thoughts with your exhale and re-focus your attention directly on what is important right now, at this moment.
Acquire several skills and find at least one that you can master, and that earns you respect.
Life wants you to respect yourself, respect other people and respect the planet.
Boomerang arrow, Kate -- It comes back to you in the end. Boomerang. Respect it.
In this slipshod age, we need object lessons in language and thought. – Edith Wharton on an address by John Hay
Suddenly I've become so restless that I'm capable of saying "That is enough" and ending what I'm writing you, which is based mostly on blind words.
So much of what we read and write these days is disposable.
Reagan is described as "delivering Barry Goldwater's doctrine with John F. Kennedy's technique.
Understanding what is being said is only a fraction of the task of communicating. Taking in signals from the entire context is critical.
If you don't know the question, you are not ready for the answer.
Rather than communicating blame communicate your standards for proper future treatment.
Be a believer in true love. Seek deep communication with others and with yourself.
not responding verbally isn't necessarily being passive. we are communicating on many levels simultaneously
Encourage yourself, believe in yourself, and love yourself. Never doubt who you are.
We are leashed by societal norms, defined by our willingness to conform, but limited only by our imagination.
Live life as an observer but not a spectator. Learn the rules, get in the game, break some rules. Live. Experience. There is no exhilaration to be achieved sitting on the bench.
Walk away from gossip and verbal defamation. Speak only the good you know of other people and encourage others to do the same.
We give up our power to the very people who took it away from us in the first place.
Sometimes we have to inspire and encourage ourselves, through our personal narrative. And we start with what we know.
...it is often more difficult to remember to be mindful than to be mindful itself. (p. 47)
Acceptance.Good and bad, Fortune and misfortune, Pleasure and pain, I want it all, Because it's mine.
Accept that you will not always deal with situations with polished sophistication but trust that you have the power and exercise the will to improve how you cope.
The more we accept the imperfections of life, the more perfect life seems to become.
