Dan Gediman > Quotes

“After more than two decades here, I know that kindness is not a value that’s encouraged. It’s often seen as a weakness. Instead, the culture encourages keeping your head down, minding your own business, and never letting yourself be vulnerable.”
― Dan Gediman, This I Believe: Life Lessons

“I’ve learned that speaking to people creates a pathway into their world, and it lets them come into mine, too.”
― Dan Gediman, This I Believe: Life Lessons

“You only have what you give. It’s by spending yourself that you become rich.”
― Dan Gediman, This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women

“I believe in the pursuit of happiness. Not its attainment, nor its final definition, but its pursuit. I believe in the journey, not the arrival; in conversation, not monologues; in multiple questions rather than any single answer. I believe in the struggle to remake ourselves and challenge each other in the spirit of eternal forgiveness, in the awareness that none of us knows for sure what happiness truly is, but each of us knows the imperative to keep searching. I believe in the possibility of surprising joy, of serenity through pain, of homecoming through exile.”
― Dan Gediman, This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women

“IF I HAVE ONE OPERATING PHILOSOPHY ABOUT LIFE, it is this: “Be cool to the pizza delivery dude; it’s good luck.” Four principles guide the pizza dude philosophy.”
― Dan Gediman, This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women

“Everything potent, from human love to atomic energy, is dangerous;”
― Dan Gediman, This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women

“In my humdrum life, the daily battle hasn’t been good versus evil. It’s hardly so epic. Most days, my real battle is doing good versus doing nothing. In going”
― Dan Gediman, This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women

“I BELIEVE IN THE 50-PERCENT THEORY. Half the time things are better than normal; the other half, they are worse. I believe life is a pendulum swing.”
― Dan Gediman, This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women

“Action is what separates a belief from an opinion. Beliefs are imprinted through actions.”
― Dan Gediman, This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women

“It’s not caring if others think what I’m doing is stupid or foolish. It is about being honest with myself and doing what makes me happy and not bowing to outside pressures.”
― Dan Gediman, This I Believe: Life Lessons

“something as simple as my care. I believe that caring for something or someone in need is what makes us human.”
― Dan Gediman, This I Believe: Life Lessons

“Leaving Identity Issues to Other Folks”
― Dan Gediman, This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women

“I’ve gone from mistrusting my own instincts to knowing true confidence.”
― Dan Gediman, This I Believe: Life Lessons

“Up on the mountain, my most valuable possessions were my relationships with my neighbors.”
― Dan Gediman, This I Believe: Life Lessons

“My faith is in the belief that sacrifice for others is inherently good and making the choice to do good is the gift of being human.”
― Dan Gediman, This I Believe: Life Lessons

“I believe in the pursuit of happiness. Not its attainment, nor its final definition, but its pursuit. I believe in the journey, not the arrival;”
― Dan Gediman, This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women

“But it’s the cool silence of that stone church that I remember the most. It was heady and gave me life. It was there that I could escape the scrutiny and expectations of being a child of color and the son of a preacher.”
― Dan Gediman, This I Believe: Life Lessons

“Sallie said, “One: name the disease. Tell the truth about the prognosis. Two: reassure the children that they didn’t cause it. Three: tell them everything the doctors are doing to help. Four: don’t hide anything.” After growing up on the wisdom “Don’t tell”
― Dan Gediman, This I Believe: On Motherhood

“To see what must be done and not to do it, is a crime.”
― Dan Gediman, This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women

“life. I believe that every person deserves to feel someone acknowledge their presence, no matter how humble they may be or even how important.”
― Dan Gediman, This I Believe: Life Lessons

“As far as nanny work goes, I struck gold. Yet I was uncomfortable with being a college graduate and working as a less-cool version of Mary Poppins.”
― Dan Gediman, This I Believe: Life Lessons

“Through divorce, death, and bankruptcy, lost jobs and lost boyfriends, the women of the Denver Roller Dolls are there at the rink four times a week beating each other up—and building each other up.”
― Dan Gediman, This I Believe: Life Lessons

“The American Dream I believe in now is a shared one. It’s not so much about what I can get for myself; it’s about how we can all get by together.”
― Dan Gediman, This I Believe: Life Lessons

“I can always feel better, look better, do better. I can learn more, sell more, buy more. I can do more, and do it faster. But what is the price of this perfection? Joy.”
― Dan Gediman, This I Believe: Life Lessons

“I believe that self-worth is where you find it and that the most beautiful form of self-worth occurs when you maximize the amount of love you share with the world, no matter how mundane or humble the circumstances may be. I believe that just because you have a college degree doesn’t mean you need a job with a BlackBerry. And most important, I believe in lemonade.”
― Dan Gediman, This I Believe: Life Lessons

“them. Their commitment to doing a good job and their belief that their work was a reflection of their character stuck with me throughout my professional career.”
― Dan Gediman, This I Believe: Life Lessons