“The young see the world that they wish for. The old see the world as it is. You”
― Everyone Brave is Forgiven
― Everyone Brave is Forgiven
“I want to be in the arena. I want to be brave with my life. And when we make the choice to dare greatly, we sign up to get our asses kicked. We can choose courage or we can choose comfort, but we can’t have both. Not at the same time. Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it’s having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome. Vulnerability is not weakness; it’s our greatest measure of courage.”
― Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.
― Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.
“London had always had this trick of living in two time signatures at once - the urgent and the always - each in earshot of the other.”
― Everyone Brave Is Forgiven
― Everyone Brave Is Forgiven
“What’s he like?” “Thoughtful. Interesting. Compassionate.” “These are English words for ugly.”
― Everyone Brave is Forgiven
― Everyone Brave is Forgiven
“When I see people stand fully in their truth, or when I see someone fall down, get back up, and say, “Damn. That really hurt, but this is important to me and I’m going in again”—my gut reaction is, “What a badass.”
― Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.
― Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.
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