Daniel Koen

“But expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

“What the psalms offer us is a powerful aid to un-hide: to stand honestly before God without fear, to face one another vulnerably without shame, and to encounter life in the world without any of the secrets that would demean and distort our humanity”
― W. David O. Taylor, Open and Unafraid: The Psalms as a Guide to Life

“Bitterness is repaid more often than kindness”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

“There is no more time to waste. Hours and days evaporate like creeks in the desert. That’s why it’s okay to be cruel to yourself as long as you realize you’re doing it to become better. We all need thicker skin to improve in life. Being soft when you look in the mirror isn’t going to inspire the wholesale changes we need to shift our present and open up our future.”
― David Goggins, Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds