Life is always uncertain. We cannot let the fear of what might happen stop us living as we choose.
—Susanna Kearsley in The Rose Garden
Only do what your heart tells you.
—Princess Diana
It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
—Honoré de Balzac
We think in generalities, but we live in detail.
—Alfred North Whitehead
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
—Mark Twain
A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things.
—Herman Melville
Rather than concentrating on what you should have done, concentrate on what you can do now.
—Rachel Van Dyken in Ruin
The right man is the one who seizes the moment.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I honor shit for saying: We go on.
—Maxine Kumin
Percentage wise, it is 100% easier not to do things than to do them, and so much fun not to do them—especially when you were supposed to do them. In terms of instant relief, canceling plans is like heroin.
—John Mulaney
We are exactly where we have chosen to be.
—Vernon Howard
Doing a thing well is often a waste of time.
—Robert Byrne
Right livelihood is not just a philosophical ideal. It is a practical, achievable reality. Finding and maintaining right livelihood does require regular, consistent action, but the steps are clear and the results immediate.
—Claude Whitmyer
The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion.
—Nadia Boulanger
We are not makers of history. We are made by history.
—Martin Luther King Jr.