“The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have. ”
― The Last Lecture
― The Last Lecture
“Limitation is nothing more than a mentality that too many good people practice daily until they believe it’s reality. It breaks my heart to see so many potentially powerful human beings stuck in a story about why they can’t be extraordinary, professionally and personally. You need to remember that your excuses are seducers, your fears are liars and your doubts are thieves.”
― The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life
― The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life
“All of us crave liberation from our adult selves, at least from time to time.”
― The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again
― The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again
“In short, it's like Walt Whitman said: we contain multitudes. We can be silly and serious, responsible and rebellious, mature and childlike - and in fact, the more we harness the positive powers of rebellion and allow our playful streaks to shine, the more energy we'll have for everything else.”
― The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again
― The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again
“Finally I saw that worrying had come to nothing. And gave it up. And took my old body and went out into the morning, and sang.”
― Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
― Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
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