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- Life is full of surprises and and serendipity. Being open to unexpected turns in the road is an important part of success. If you try to plan every step, you may miss those wonderful twists and turns. Just find your next adventure-do it well, enjoy it-and then, not now, think about what comes next.
- Condoleeza Rice
- Fear sometimes stops you from doing stupid things. But it can also stop you from doing creative or exciting or experimental things. It can cloud your judgment of others, and lead to all kinds of evil. The control and understanding of our personal fears is one of the most important undertakings in our life.
- Helen Mirren
- Yes is how you get your first job, and your next job, and your spouse, and even your kids. Even if it's a bit edgy, a bit out of your comfort zone, saying yes means that you will do something new, meet someone new and make a difference.
- Eric Schmidt
- Now that I've relinquished my fantasies of all the people I wish I could be, and stopped feeling guilty about [them], I have more time for the things that I truly enjoy.
- Gretchen Rubin, Good Housekeeping, June 2011
- Eating is really one of your indoor sports. You play three times a day, and it's well worth while to make the game as pleasant as possible.
- Dorothy Draper
- Summer afternoon-summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.
- Henry James (1843 - 1916)
- There's a rule in acting called, "Don't play the result." If you have a character who's going to end up in a certain place, don't play that until you get there. Play each scene and each beat as it comes. And that's what you do in life: You don't play the result.
- Michael J. Fox (1961 - ), Good Housekeeping, June 2011
- I think there's a god and I know it's not me.
- Michael J. Fox (1961 - ), Good Housekeeping, June 2011
- If Spirituality is that you're humble in the face of forces greater than you and you believe those forces are more inclined toward being good than being bad, then I'm a spiritual person.
- Michael J. Fox (1961 - ), Good Housekeeping, June 2011
- Different and new is just the same old if you keep doing it over and over.
- Kyran Pittman, Good Housekeeping, June 2011
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