Six favorite quotes for when starting feels hard.
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“Leap and the net will appear.”
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“Do not wait for strength before setting out,
for immobility will weaken you further.
Do not wait to see clearly before starting;
one has to walk toward the light.
When you take the first step
and accomplish that tiny little act,
the necessity of which may be apparent only to you,
you will be astonished to feel that the effort,
rather than exhausting your strength,
has doubled it—
and that you already see more clearly
what you have to do next.”
-3-
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”
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“Sit, walk, or run...but don’t wobble.”
-5-
“It’s funny: I always imagined when I was a kid that adults had some kind of inner toolbox, full of shiny tools: the saw of discernment, the hammer of wisdom, the sandpaper of patience.
But then when I grew up I found that life handed you these rusty bent old tools—friendship, prayer, conscience, honesty—and said, “Do the best you can with these, they will have to do.” And mostly, against all odds, they’re enough.”
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“Remember this motto to live by:
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, totally worn out and screaming,
”WOO HOO what a ride!””