Quotes

One of the fondest memories of my Granddad Nelson was trading quotes regularly over email. Sadly I lost the email archive when I went on my mission, but it has continued to be an interest of mine. I hope you enjoy my collection of quotes. A bit of everything from religion to politics to leadership.

Adulthood is like looking both ways before you cross the street and then getting hit by an airplane.

You can’t truly call yourself “peaceful” unless you’re capable of great violence. If you’re not capable of violence, you’re not peaceful. You’re harmless. Important distinction.

Sometimes you have to hug the people you don't like so you know how big to dig the hole in your backyard.

The same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you're made of, not the circumstances.

Integrity means that what you thought, what you said, and what you did, are all the same.

If you want real peace in your heart and mind, learn to process and appreciate life as it is, rather than how you thought, expected, or hoped it would be.

I want to call back
the blackberry flowers
that have fallen
though pear blossoms remain

The poet Li Qing-jao knew the pain of regretting words that have already fallen from our lips and can never be called back. But she was wise enough to remember that even though those words are gone, there are still new words waiting to be said, like the pear blossoms.

Success doesn't come from what you do occasionally, but what you do consistently.

Raise your words, not voice.
It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.

Life is like a piano. The white keys are happy days, and the black keys are sad ones. Remember that you need both to make music.