Favorite Quotes for the Week of 08/15/2021

“I was asked last week, “who is your best friend?”  I don’t know. I don’t use language like that anymore. It doesn’t fit. I have friends that hold the keys to different doors of my personality.  Some open my heart. Some my laughter. Some my mischief.  Some my sin.  Some my civic urgency.  Some my history.  Some my rawest confusion and vulnerability.  Some friends, who may not be “the closest” to me, have the most important key for me in a moment in my life.  Some, who may be as close to me as my own skin, may not have what I need today.  It’s ok if our spouses or partners don’t have every key.  How could they?   It isn’t a failure if they don’t open every single door of who you are.  The million-room-mansion of identity cannot overlap perfectly with anyone.

But I will say, my closest friends have a key ring on their hips with lots of keys, jingling.” Seen on Instagram of not_thenanny

“If you want to impress a stranger, be someone you’re not.  If you want to dazzle the angels, go be you.”  Bob Goff

“The first to apologize is the bravest.  The first to forgive is the strongest.  And the first to forget is the happiest.”  Unknown

“It’s impossible,” said pride.  “It’s risky,” said experience.  It’s pointless,” said reason. “Give it a try,” whispered the heart.”  Unknown

“Talent sets the floor, character sets the ceiling.” Bill Belichick

“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.”  Charles Bukowski

“People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits and their habits decide their futures.”   F. Matthias Alexander

“The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.” Norman Vincent Peale