Alex Woodard > Quotes

“Surfing isn’t about someday. It’s about now. I let go of someday every time I take off on a wave and become more present in the moment. Life is better then, when I’m not thinking about me.”
― Alex Woodard, For The Sender: Four Letters. Twelve Songs. One Story.

“Be selective in your battles, sometimes peace is better than being right. —CHIEF SHENANDOAH”
― Alex Woodard, Ordinary Soil

“Standing there shuffling the memories on the counter, I remember what I sometimes forget. Forgiveness. Compassion. Gratitude. Three roads leading to being here now, where we can give the next moment a chance to exist without prejudice, so we can love what’s here, while it’s still here: each other, ourselves, our freedom." - excerpt from FOR THE SENDER: Love Letters from Vietnam”
― Alex Woodard, For the Sender: Love Letters From Vietnam

“To affect deep change in one person is more profound and fulfilling than to be a momentary blur across the screen of many.”
― Alex Woodard

“What kind of life is that, to be defined more by what you don’t do than what you do?”
― Alex Woodard, Ordinary Soil