Patrick Rhone > Quotes

“Happiness, satisfaction, fulfillment, joy, love... All these things work the same way. The more you search for them, the less likely you are to find them.”
― Patrick Rhone, Keeping It Straight: You, Me & Everything Else

“I think the more we fill our lives with more and more things we have to do, the less and less time we are spending on who we have to be.”
― Patrick Rhone, Keeping It Straight: You, Me & Everything Else

“Saying No Is Actually Saying Yes To Other Things”
― Patrick Rhone

“Doing, in a life of balance, should be driven from who you have decided to be.”
― Patrick Rhone, Keeping It Straight: You, Me & Everything Else

“Enough comes from trying things out. It comes from challenging your preconceptions. It comes from having less, trying more, then reducing to find out what is just right. It comes from letting go of your fear of less. It comes from letting go of the false security of more. It also comes from having more, losing it all, and finding out what need really is. Enough is hard work.”
― Patrick Rhone, enough

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter”
― Patrick Rhone, enough

“Time and attention are your most limited resources. Be fiercely protective of how you spend them.”
― Patrick Rhone, enough

“Decide, first, to simply be.”
― Patrick Rhone, Keeping It Straight: You, Me & Everything Else

“As long as you are already missing out, and getting along perfectly well without all of these things, you can get along just fine by missing out on a lot more.”
― Patrick Rhone, enough

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.  – Theodore Roosevelt”
― Patrick Rhone, enough

“I'm convinced that a successful life is largely driven by balance and moderation. Not too much of anything. Not too little, either.  Just Enough.  More is easy. Our natural proclivity is to have just a bit more.”
― Patrick Rhone, enough

“I have four email folders: Action (for anything requiring action on my part), Reference (for anything I might need to reference later like tracking numbers or project information), Waiting (these are things awaiting action from someone or something else), and Archive (everything eventually goes here).”
― Patrick Rhone, enough

“When we say no to the things we want, we are often saying yes to the things we already have.”
― Patrick Rhone, enough

“Having clarity of purpose and intention helps me to eliminate needless items from my life and keep such things from entering it in the first place.”
― Patrick Rhone, enough

“I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society. – Henry David Thoreau”
― Patrick Rhone, enough

“When one defines intention, values, and purpose, limitations create themselves.”
― Patrick Rhone, enough

“Enough comes from trying things out. It comes from challenging your preconceptions. It comes from having less, trying more, then reducing to find out what is just right. It comes from letting go of your fear of less. It comes from letting go of the false security of more.”
― Patrick Rhone, enough

“The things we own we form connections with. The longer we spend, the deeper our bond. Work to form deeper and more meaningful bonds and enjoy the connections with what you already have.”
― Patrick Rhone, enough

“Identify the apps and tools you need for doing your best work. My bet is that, for most of us, social networks, email, random internet surfing, and news sites will not be among them.”
― Patrick Rhone, enough

“Even if things are just fine, it can never hurt to inject moments of peace and happiness into your day.”
― Patrick Rhone, enough

“The problem with free is that nothing really is. Everything comes with a cost. Sometimes, those costs are immediate, transparent, and direct. Other times, they are long term, hidden, and vague. But let’s make no mistake here, even free has a cost.”
― Patrick Rhone, enough