“One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon - instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.”— Dale Carnegie, amazon.com
“You’ve got to give yourself permission to not have the answers, to survive things going amiss, to exert less energy into bullshit, and trust you’ll be okay. This doesn’t mean become stagnant or coast in mediocrity, but find solace in relinquishing the idea of control. Simply do your best, and vow to…”— Martine Thompson, vogue.com
“We don’t have to morph into something disingenuous for the sake of appeasing others.”— Martine Thompson, vogue.com
“No one’s comfort is more important than my peace of mind and well-being, and I need to stop feeling guilty about that.”— Martine Thompson, vogue.com
“Get comfortable saying no. Once a people-pleaser realizes the world won’t crumble into smithereens if she says no or changes her mind, it’s a new day.”— Martine Thompson, vogue.com
“We are each so deliciously complex and messy; what better way to pay homage to these multiplicities than to feel, to express, and to carve out space to navigate as our purest self?”— Martine Thompson, vogue.com
“Having needs and expectations doesn’t make me difficult or some insatiable monster.”— Martine Thompson, vogue.com
“A fixation on being perceived as nice or ‘sooo chill’ is a colossal waste of time.”— Martine Thompson, vogue.com
“Perhaps the most exhausting part of the charade was time spent watching myself through the lens of others; contorting myself into something more palatable for the next person; shouldering guilt and expectations that weren’t mine to bear.”— Martine Thompson, vogue.com
“It is time which imparts strength to all things and brings them to maturity.”— Hippocrates, amazon.com
“Life is short, and Art long; the crisis fleeting; experience perilous, and decision difficult.”— Hippocrates, amazon.com
“I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“Life moves very fast. It rushes from heaven to hell in a matter of seconds.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“In principle I believe that every human being on this planet has at least one good story to tell his neighbor.”— Paulo Coelho, paulocoelhoblog.com
“They live as if they were never going to die, and die as if they had never lived”— Paulo Coelho, paulocoelhoblog.com
“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for u…”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com