Nate Hamon > Quotes

“The best way to have people laugh with you and not at you, is to get ahead of them and laugh at yourself first.”
― Nate Hamon

“A life lived well will have failures that outnumber successes, but successes that outweigh the failures.”
― Nate Hamon

“The worst thing about planning your own funeral is knowing that you won't be there to enjoy it.”
― Nate Hamon, Terra Dark

“Take it to mind, not to heart.”
― Nate Hamon, Terra Dark

“Do you consider yourself a nobody? What weight does that label even have? It’s a silly label. As silly as the label 'somebody'. Silly and non-adhesive.

First off, to be thought of as a nobody someone has to be thinking of you in the first place.

Second, being a so-called 'nobody' doesn’t make you irrelevant. We are all relevant to somebody else but unfortunately, we can lose sight of our most germane and important relationships when we chase the approval of people we don’t even know.”
― Nate Hamon, Terra Dark

“Of course there are limits. Every mountain has a peak. The beauty of this life is that there are many mountains to climb and new limits to reach.”
― Nate Hamon, Terra Dark

“The success zone and the comfort zone are not in the same place.”
― Nate Hamon

“Marriage is a garden that requires two gardeners to care for it.”
― Nate Hamon

“You see in death a separation. But death also connects us. It is our one common destination.

That is why we gather, many of us who would never connect otherwise. It's not just to say goodbye to the departed. Let's be honest, it's too late for that anyway. No, we are not just here to say goodbyes, but to say hello. Hello to friends and family who we have neglected.

Now we huddle and outwardly share memories, while internally we all ponder the fragility of our own mortality.”
― Nate Hamon

“Don’t take things too personally. Critique, failures, unwarranted advice - take it to mind, not to heart.

What you hear out of the mouths of others are opinions and perspectives. It’s often worth listening to opinions and perspectives, but it’s not a requisite that you take them on board.”
― Nate Hamon

“Success is not a stamp of approval given by others.”
― Nate Hamon, Terra Dark

“You see in death a separation. But death also connects us. It is our one common destination.”
― Nate Hamon

“When we destroy nature we destroy the antidote to so many of life's mental, emotional and physical ailments.”
― Nate Hamon

“Sometimes putting your best foot forward is a misstep. Sometimes you are stepping into the feculence of a mongrel. Be careful who you give your best efforts to.”
― Nate Hamon, Terra Dark

“If you know the Emperor is naked, then why are you wasting time arguing about what colour his imaginary clothes are?”
― Nate Hamon

“I find that it is when an opinion is least wanted, that it is most needed.”
― Nate Hamon, Terra Dark

“Sometimes all it takes for unity, is a song we can all sing together.”
― Nate Hamon, Terra Dark

“In her mind, her Dad was like a knight taking a birthday cake to a dragon and inviting it to blow out the candles.”
― Nate Hamon, Terra Dark

“You're so damned implacable that waiting for a satisfying answer before deciding your course of action is also why you're so damned impotent.”
― Nate Hamon

“Avoiding questions in order to avoid answers is intellectual dishonesty.”
― Nate Hamon, Terra Dark

“Whether or not you get widely lauded for any influence you offer matters little. The truth is that many of those who have names written in history books, have been mentored, shaped and influenced by others whose names you may never know.”
― Nate Hamon, Terra Dark

“If you're not sharing your passion, can you really call it passion?”
― Nate Hamon

“Don't train to GET a better body, train to BE a better body.”
― Nate Hamon

“Embrace the criticism. Take it to mind not to heart.”
― Nate Hamon

“Don't train to get a better body - train to be a better body.”
― Nate Hamon

“What do you mean by "Back in my day?" Today is your day. So is tomorrow.”
― Nate Hamon

“Every nobody is a somebody to someone”
― Nate Hamon

“Too often, big decisions are made by people with small minds.”
― Nate Hamon

“Let age be your motivator, not your excuse.”
― Nate Hamon

“How do you fix a broken town? You let the artists have a go. Not because they will take it back to its original state, but because they will take all the broken pieces and create a beautiful mosaic.”
― Nate Hamon