Laila Tarraf > Quotes

“I learned that trying to be the hero for someone who cannot be rescued comes from a broken and unhealed place, and ultimately, I was able to let go of the false narrative that had kept me emotionally isolated my whole life.”
― Laila Tarraf, Strong Like Water: How I Found the Courage to Lead with Love in Business and in Life

“Like an image coming into sharp focus through a photo lens, I experienced a moment of deep connection with all who came before me and those after me, as if we were all on some kind of cosmic continuum of beings until I lost sense of where I started and where they began.”
― Laila Tarraf, Strong Like Water: How I Found the Courage to Lead with Love in Business and in Life

“Suffering is suffering; pain is pain regardless of its origin, and regardless of how it looks from the outside. Instead of envy or jealousy or judgment, in that moment, all I felt was compassion for myself, and empathy for others. It was so much harder to judge others when I realized that my pain was theirs too.”
― Laila Tarraf

“You don't need to save everyone to be loved.”
― Laila Tarraf

“I have come to see that true power comes from connecting your head to your heart and arriving at the intersection of courage and compassion – and from this place, a leadership book looks very much like a story and power looks very much like love.”
― Laila Tarraf, Strong Like Water: How I Found the Courage to Lead with Love in Business and in Life