Quotes I Love

“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.”
~Ernest Hemingway

“Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Don’t Take Anything Personally. Nothings others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.”
– Don Miguel Ruiz

“You have two choices: You can come down from the mountain and spend the rest of your days thinking it was so beautiful there, or you can create a vision, look upward, see the next mountain, and start the climb all over again.”
— Oprah

“If you peel back the layers of your life—the frenzy, the noise—stillness is waiting. That stillness is you.”
~Oprah

“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”
― Dr. Seuss

‎”Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.” -Melody Beattie

“Success: To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition, to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

“As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world . . . as in being able to remake ourselves.”
—Mahatma Gandhi

“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” —Maya Angelou

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” ~Anaïs Nin

“Open minded, open hearted, and open handed. Nothing more is needed.”

“Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.” ~Carl Jung

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” ~Aristotle

“Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, and to work, and to play and to look up at the stars.” ~Henry Van Dyke

That you were called to write for a reason. That craving and yearning you have to print your words is REAL and is a pathway to your greatness. It’s not just about the right agent, publisher, book cover. It’s about WHO YOU BECOME while writing the book.

“In the end. it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years” Abraham Lincoln

“If it is to be, it’s up to me.”  ~Unknown

Susan, what is the single best piece of advice you would give any writer just starting out (or still struggling along)? That you were called to write for a reason. That craving and yearning you have to print your words is REAL and is a pathway to your greatness. It’s not just about the right agent, publisher, book cover. It’s about WHO YOU BECOME while writing the book.