Sebastian Dowd

“When times get tough and your path gets rough, just hold on. You'll get there soon enough.”
― Innocent Mwatsikesimbe, The Reason

“Pitting your dream against someone else's is a fantastic way to get discouraged and depressed.”
― Jon Acuff, Quitter: Closing the Gap Between Your Day Job & Your Dream Job

“She'd started swimming early in the morning, when the kids were asleep, when she thought he was asleep. She didn't know her absence woke him, that the shift in the bed was an earthquake. When she climbed back in, she smelled like salt and seaweed. Sometimes her hair would still be knotted on top of her head. She tried to keep it dry. She didn't want him to know. The problem with marrying the mermaid girl from the carnival was knowing that one day she'd swim away.”
― Erika Swyler

“One of the secrets to advancing in any job is to make yourself more valuable than what your position calls for.”
― Idowu Koyenikan, Wealth for All: Living a Life of Success at the Edge of Your Ability