Author: chris

“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” ~ Albert Einstein

Never make a decision from a state of fatigue, panic, or external pressure. Step away, find silence, and allow clarity to surface before you commit to something.” ~ Katharine Hepburn

If you want to know your purpose, pay attention to what stays with you — the ideas you can’t forget, the things you return to even when they’re difficult, the work that refuses to let you go. That’s your soul speaking.” ~ Joseph Campbell

The truth is, life is hard, but it’s also beautiful. You don’t get one without the other, and the lesson is to hold them both — to let the beauty soften the struggle, and let the struggle deepen your appreciation of the beauty.” ~ Gregory Peck

Always be completely honest with yourself about what you want. That’s incredibly important. Don’t live according to what you think other people want of you. Do what moves you. Even if it makes no sense to anyone else.” ~ Anthony Hopkins

Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it, I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now. There are only so many tomorrows.” ~ Michael Landon

“In the end, if I could give you one bit of advice, it would be to find what you love and do it as well as you can. Pursue your dream… and even if you never catch it, you’ll enjoy the chase.” ~ Michael Caine

“A goal is not always meant to be reached; it often serves simply as something to aim at. … The value of a big goal is not just in the achievement, but in the person you are forced to become to reach it.” ~ Bruce Lee

“I have discovered that the real tragedy is not failure, but living without direction. A person with a clear purpose can endure almost anything. A person without one is defeated by almost everything.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

“Always be completely honest with yourself about what you want. That’s incredibly important. Don’t live according to what you think other people want of you. Do what moves you. Even if it makes no sense to anyone else.” ~ Anthony Hopkins

We live as though there aren’t enough hours in the day but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get it done quicker and with much less stress.” ~ Viggo Mortenson

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.” ~ Ralph Waldo…

Don’t be overwhelmed by the length of the road that leads you to your dreams. Take a step closer every day, no matter how small. The key is consistency. Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” ~ Vincent Van Gogh

“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. He is considered successful in our day who gets more out of life than he puts in. But a man of value will give more than he receives.” ~ Albert Einstein

“I believe every day is a chance to change your life. You can’t rewrite the past, but you can start over each morning with a new choice, and that choice becomes your future.” ~ Michael Caine

When you’re humble, life keeps teaching you. When you’re proud, it stops bothering.” ~ Epictetus

Every morning I wake up, I remind myself that no promise was made for today. That’s where gratitude begins—in knowing this moment is a gift I didn’t earn, but still get to live.” ~ Johnny Cash

Each morning I think of one thing I’m grateful for. It might be the sound of rain or the smell of coffee. Gratitude is not about the grand events—it’s about noticing the small mercies that keep you alive inside.” ~ Maya Angelou

You were right about everything. Except this one thing… ~