Many voices, one story

Collect stories. Stories from yourself and others. Intertwining them can teach you something unexpected and remind you that you are part of something much greater than yourself.

These are quotes I have collected in a notebook over the years. Ones that inspired, encouraged, or reminded me that we are here for something great. That 'something' may be leading a country or picking up rocks so the tractors don't break. Whatever form it takes, we each are a critical piece of a much larger puzzle.

"It is not enough to have lived we should be determined to live for somenthing" Winston Churchill

"It is not as much what we have in this world that matters, it is what we do with what we have that matters. Having the alphabet is fine, but it is what we do with it that matters" Mr. Rogers

Dala lama: "if you think you are too small to make an impact, try sleeping with a mosquito"

Love isn't a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now. People are selfish by nature, and, as a result, real love didn't come easily. Rather, it was something that people have to remind themselves to do, like watering a garden, every day. (Mr. Rogers)

Don't take the easy route, take the route that will include the forgotten and that will build people and communities up. Don't do things as they have always been done, do what is right. The ripple effects will go further then you think.

“Action without vision is only passing time, vision without action is merely daydreaming, but vision with action can change the world.” Nelson Mandela

There is no elevator to success, each one of us has to take the stairs - Zig Ziglar

 "It's a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time." Winston Churchill

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is about adding that little 'extra'

"You are what you do, not what you say you will do" - Carl Jung      We all have things we want to do, things we want to see, places we want to go, people we want to meet, jobs we want to have. 

"Fear to a great extent is born of a story we tell ourselves and so I chose to tell myself a different story". – Cheryl strayed . 

"A good life is not a place at which you arrive it is the lens in which you create your story" 

"Ignite the passion within you (rather than searching for it outside of yourself)"

Stories are found in small moments just as much as big moments and it is those stories that define us.  

"Sometimes, you can’t turn a belly flop into a swan dive. Sometimes a wreck is just a wreck and you don’t have to paint it any other way. That, in it of itself, is avoiding the one gift we have – the ability to rebuild. Rather than trying to constantly build up layers on a foundation of inauthentic bullshit, tear it down and have the courage to start again. And I promise, once you give yourself the space to get clear on who you are in the deepest depths of your soul, you will find the courage already lies within you to start moving in the direction you choose." Rising Tide Society

The very job that you can feel killing you slowly, may, in fact, be the springboard for your next grand adventure

"Patience is not the ability to wait, but how you act while you are waiting"

 "If you can't say "no" to what isn't working then you won't be able to say "yes" to what you want to create."

“No single person can liberate a country. You can only liberate a country if you act as a collective.” Nelson Mandel

In the words of Henry Ford, "Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success"

“Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity, it is an act of justice.” Nelson Mandela

The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do. Pursue your dreams with passion, even to the point of failure.

Dreams + determination= greatness