(Things I have borrowed, begged, and stolen from books, movies, conversations, etc.)
“Don’t take advice from crazy people.” —My aunt Esther
The key to my success was staying healthy and having a good woman at my side. —Stephen King
In the beginning of your career, in every job, people are always forcing you to be in the middle. —Albert Brooks
Remake the world, a little at a time, each in your own corner of the world. —Rick Riordan
I left the road and I was seeing double. But it sure was one hell of a ride. —Dylan
Practice is controlled failure. —Will Smith
Show me your friends and I’ll show you your future. If you hang with nine drug dealers, you might be the 10th. —John Hope Bryant
Rewards come in action, not discussion. —T. Robbins
Addictions are reactions to emotions we cannot handle. —J. Hope Bryant
If there were a map, there would be no art, because art is the act of navigating without a map. —Seth Godin
Perseverance and Delusion are kissing cousins. —Gary Vee
You don’t need a needle hanging out of your arm to be a rock star. —Dave Grohl
If you care too much, you’ll screw up every time. —Willie Nelson
It’s easier to stay out of trouble than to get out of trouble. —W. Buffet
When you really have the power, you don’t need to use it. —Rod McGrew
A timid trapeze artist is a dead trapeze artist. —Seth Godin
Get rid of “IF ONLY”… —Seth Godin
Careful who you got in your wagon. No one can pull but you. —Steve Harvey
Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.
If everyone’s your family, no one’s your family. –President Barack Obama
It ain’t what you make, it’s what you keep.
Don’t tell ’em. Show ’em.
The exhausted mind is obsession’s easiest prey. —S. King, Lisey’s Story
Stumbling is not falling. —B. Mckay (popularly attributed to Malcolm X)
If you board the wrong train, there is no use in going the other direction.
No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our lives are made. Destiny is made known silently. —Agnes De Mille
They all talk fast and they all think slow. —Mos Def
Don’t you mind people grinnin’ in your face. —Son House
But the freak masters perceive itches and come crab-crawling to scratch. —Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes
(on internet trolls) Just write ’em back, “Freak.” —Billy Driver
Nearly all men can stand adversity. You want to test his character, give him power. —Lincoln
What makes you so lavish that you can afford to spend every sober moment feeling angry and bored? — Ani DiFranco, “Come Away from It”
Why does no one admit their own failings? ’Cause they are still knee-deep in them. —Unknown
If you’re gonna doubt something, doubt your limits.
Those who are suspicious are always paid for it by finding what they expect. —Thoreau
Nature gives us shapeless shapes, clouds and winds and flame. But human expectation is that love remains the same. And when it doesn’t, we point our fingers and blame, blame, blame. —Paul Simon, “You’re the One”
I beg you to have patience with everything unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. The point is just to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer. —Rilke
—Gooding
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