“Focus on what s ahead. Use what is behind.”
“If you buy your experience it s your own. So it s no matter how much you pay for it.”
“The Past is Experience, Thats All You Got to Learn From.”
“Grant was something rare in that or any war. He could learn from experience.”
“When you ve spent thirty years entering rooms filled with strangers you feel less pressure than when you ve had only half that number of years of experience. You know what the room and the people in it probably hold for you and you go looking for it. If it s not there, you sense it earlier and leave to go about your business. You just know more about what is, what isn t, and how little time there is to learn the difference.”
“Nobody ever talks about the pyramids that weren t built, the books that weren t written, the songs that weren t sung. Stop letting your fear condemn you to mediocrity. Get out of your own way. Your dreams are a poetic reflection of your soul s wishes. Be courageous enough to follow them. There is no greater time than now to experience the full power of your potential. Make this the day you take the first step in the beautiful journey of bringing your dreams to life.”
“Happiness, Success, Excellence: They are not something you get for knowing the path; they are something you experience by walking it.”
“a man only knows what he s experienced”
“Experiences is just paying attention as time passes.”
“If the sky falls, there ll be a bigger sky behind it.”
“What these people were trying to create or re-create here in this new world is beyond me. I can t put myself in their minds or their hearts, but I can sympathize with their struggle for an identity, with their puzzlement, which has troubled Americans from the very beginning - Who are we, where do we fit in, where are we going?”
“No matter how loud the sirens or how numerous the hazard signs, we all touch the flames at least once to prove they re hot.”
“Asleep you can experience many hours whilst only a few waking moments have passed. This is why dreams are an ideal platform for training.”
“...the answer is not in the damn blank page - it s in the days or years before and you have to dredge it up - exhume the past again ...”
“God impressed me with this a long time ago: Roddy, I will never do anything through you until I have done it to you! . ~R. Alan Woods [1998]”
“...don t settle for pap - our thoughts wander through eternity - experience the wonder of being alive...”
“Strange how something good can come from something horrible.”