Gregory S. Williams > Quotes

“On the other side of a storm is the strength that comes from having navigated through it. Raise your sail and begin.”
― Gregory S. Williams

“Think for yourself. Ignore the noises around you that polarize and try to promote fear and division. You know better. Be better. Breathe.”
― Gregory S. Williams

“There is an elegance in bravely facing the challenges that life offers head on. Seeing the onslaught of arrows and storms, but still pushing forward, the wind and rain pelting against your face, fear and doubt seeping in your heart but leaning into it anyway. Feeling fearful but determined to take another courageous step forward into the unknown.”
― Gregory S. Williams

“A thousand good deeds can be undone with one flash of anger. As a mature adult, you can master your affect and through it, provide the world with a steadiness and strength that is badly needed in this complicated age.”
― Gregory S. Williams

“Being denied what you want is a remarkable gift; teaching you adaptability, creativity and strength. Skills you would never develop in a world where everything falls your way.”
― Gregory S. Williams

“Beneath the glowing embers grow the thriving forests of tomorrow.”
― Gregory S. Williams

“One of the most uncomfortable, yet imperative responsibilities as a mature adult is to say what needs to be said, whether or not it's received well by the other. Check the facts and your motives first, and be respectful, but do it. Because to hold from that person that truth is to strangle the growth they desperately need.”
― Gregory S. Williams

“The sensation of mentally awakening while your feet are moving you through the crisp dark morning air is hard to describe. It's like pulling down the covers after a night of sleep and discovering your bed is a sled careening down a ski slope.”
― Gregory S. Williams, Dirt and Ink: A Runner's Journey

“Alison continued squeezing the inflatable ball on the blood pressure monitor. I could sense the tension on her face as she carefully licked her lips, then glanced up at him with the subtle nuance of an American Idol judge at a hootenanny.”
― Gregory S. Williams, Fajitas From Heaven

“It worried me, this covering of couches. What could be so frightfully dirty that fourteen layers of linens were needed to cover it? Sensing this could be a test, I shifted slightly to see if someone might have placed a pea somewhere under the cushion that I was supposed to feel with my behind. Nothing. I guess I'll never be a princess.”
― Gregory S. Williams, Fatal Indemnity