“You are not here to waste your time deciding whether my life is true and beautiful enough for you. You are here to decide if your life, relationships, and world are true and beautiful enough for you.”
― Untamed
― Untamed
“Discipline yourself and others won't need to.”
― Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
― Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
“What I thought would kill me, didn’t. Every time I said to myself: I can’t take this anymore—I was wrong. The truth was that I could and did take it all—and I kept surviving. Surviving again and again made me less afraid of myself, of other people, of life.”
― Untamed
― Untamed
“I have begun to notice that I don’t even enjoy folks who aren’t at least a tad mentally ill. I don’t wish folks without a little anxiety or depression any harm, I just don’t find myself particularly curious about them. I have come to believe that we “crazies” are the best people.”
― Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living
― Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living
“Focus on the moment, not the monsters that may or may not be up ahead.”
― The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
― The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
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