Erika E. Brown

“When people sometimes ask me how "I got here," I have to smile. It was a zigzagging, dotted, sometimes broken line, with pauses and detours and disasters. Beginnings that ended too soon. Endings that turned out to be beginnings.”
― Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does Is Love You

“Someone once told me you could hear a smile.”
― Chris Whitaker

“At all costs, you must alter your perspective. Train yourself to ignore the front that people display, the myth that surrounds them, and instead plumb their depths for signs of their character. This can be seen in the patterns they reveal from their past, the quality of their decisions, how they have chosen to solve problems, how they delegate authority and work with others, and countless other signs. A person of strong character is like gold - rare, but invaluable. They can adapt, learn and improve themselves. Since your success depends on the people you work with and for, make their character the primary object of your attention. You will spare yourself the misery of discovering their character when it is too late.”
― Robert Greene, The Laws of Human Nature

“It is a lifelong quest for more knowledge, more courage, more humility and more belief .”
― David Goggins, Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within