Where You Are Quotes - Page 2

• Poems in a way are spells against death. They are milestones, to see where you were then from where you are now. To perpetuate your feelings, to establish them. If you have in any way touched the central heart of mankind's feelings, you'll survive.

  Richard Eberhart

  Heart, Feelings, Way

  "Poet Richard Eberhart Dies at Age 101". The Associated Press, www.today.com. June 12, 2005.

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• The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.

  John Burroughs

  Inspirational, Humor, Opportunity

  John Burroughs (1908). “The Writings of John Burroughs: Leaf & tendrill”

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• Whenever you are able, have a "look" inside yourself to see whether you are unconsciously creating conflict between the inner and the outer, between your external circumstances at that moment - where you are, who you are with, or what you are doing - and your thoughts and feelings. Can you feel how painful it is to internally stand in opposition to what is? When you recognize this, you also realize that you are now free to give up this futile conflict, this inner state of war.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Giving Up, War, Creating

  Eckhart Tolle (2003). “Stillness Speaks”, p.63, New World Library

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• I didn't move. I've learned from years of experience that dogs and falcons and ladies come back to you if you stay where you are.

  Tracy Chevalier

  Dog, Moving, Years

  Tracy Chevalier (2004). “The Lady and the Unicorn: A Novel”, p.13, Penguin

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• The movie business was changing, I didn't want to turn 60 in the job. I picked 60 as an age where you are young enough to have a new life but not so young you can wait. And I had this incredible need: I had been so blessed in life and I wanted to give back. So I left Paramount with great joy, I have to say, and with great fondness for the memories I have in the movie business.

  Sherry Lansing

  Jobs, Memories, Blessed

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• There are many things I don't know, but quite a few I do. I know you can't be lost if you know where you are. I know that life is full of precious and fragile things, and not all of them are pretty. I know that the sun follows the moon and makes days, one after another. Time passes. The world turns, and we turn with it, and though we can never go back to the beginning, sometimes, we can start again.

  Megan Hart

  Moon, World, Sun

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• Funny, that no matter where you are in the world, there's always someone eager to help you destroy yourself.

  James St. James

  World, Matter, Helping

  James St. James (1999). “Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland”, p.245, Simon and Schuster

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• Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going to fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.

  Eddie Cantor

  Life, Missing You, Retirement

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• The purpose of dancing isn't to end up at a particular spot on the floor. The purpose of dancing - and of life - is to enjoy every moment and every step, regardless of where you are when the music ends.

  Wayne Dyer

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Dancing

  "Inspiration: Your Ultimate Calling". Book by Wayne Dyer, February, 2006.

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• But right now I’m here with you. And I want to know where you are, what you need, and what you want to do.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Needs, Want, Right Now

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.190, Simon and Schuster

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• If I was ever to have a child, this is what I'd tell it: 'Child,' I'd say, 'don't never mess with time. Keep now now and then then. And if you ever get lost in thick smoke, child, set still till it clears. Set still till you can see where you are and where you been and where you're going, child.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Children, Now And Then, Lost

  Kurt Vonnegut (2008). “Armageddon in Retrospect”, p.59, Penguin

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• Wherever you are is always the right place. There is never a need to fix anything, to hitch up the bootstraps of the soul and start at some higher place. Start right where you are.

  Julia Cameron

  Motivational, Recovery, New Beginnings

  Julia Cameron (1999). “The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life”, p.15, Penguin

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• What is an adventure? That depends on where you are starting from. Little girls in your country, they hide in the gap between the washing machine and the refrigerator and they make believe they are in the jungle, with green snakes and monkeys all around them. Me and my sister, we used to hide in a gap in the jungle, with green snakes and monkeys all around us, and make believe that we had a washing machine and a refrigerator. You live in a world of machines and you dream off things with beating hearts. We dream of machines, because we see where beating hearts have left us.

  Chris Cleave

  Girl, Dream, Country

  Chris Cleave (2010). “Little Bee: A Novel”, p.211, Simon and Schuster

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• Canada is not really a place where you are encouraged to have large spiritual adventures.

  Robertson Davies

  Spiritual, Adventure, Canada

  The Enthusiasms of Robertson Davies (1990)

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• It is important that we know where we come from, because if you do not know where you come from, then you don't know where you are, and if you don't know where you are, you don't know where you're going. And if you don't know where you're going, you're probably going wrong.

  Terry Pratchett

  Important, Where We Come, Where You Come

  FaceBook post by Terry Pratchett from Aug 31, 2015

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• I stand up, sure of one thing and one thing only. That my father will come and get me. He won't give me a lecture, he won't try to teach me a lesson. He won't ask a thousand questions or ask me to apologize. He'll just come and get me. "Just tell me where you are.

  Melina Marchetta

  Father, Giving, Trying

  Melina Marchetta (2003). “Saving Francesca”

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• You don't know where you are or where your dreams end and the world begins.

  Rachel Klein

  Dream, Fear, World

  Rachel Klein (2012). “The Moth Diaries”, Faber & Faber

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• It is true that God may have called you to be exactly where you are. But, it is absolutely vital to grasp that he didn’t call you there so you could settle in and live your life in comfort and superficial peace.

  Francis Chan

  Live Your Life, Comfort, May

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.203, David C Cook

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• Ladies, if you want to know the way to my heart... good spelling and good grammar, good punctuation, capitalize only where you are supposed to capitalize, it's done.

  John Mayer

  Heart, Done, Want

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Close scrutiny will show that most of these everyday socalled “crisis situations” are not life-or-death matters at all, but opportunities to either advance, or stay where you are.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Wrestling, Opportunity, Growth

  "Psycho-Cybernetics Deluxe Edition: The Original Text of the Classic Guide to a New Life".

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• What you lose in blindness is the space around you, the place where you are, and without that you might not exist. You could be nowhere at all.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Reality, Space, Might

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• Stop a minute, right where you are. Relax your shoulders, shake your head and spine like a dog shaking off cold water. Tell that imperious voice in your head to be still.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Dog, Voice, Water

  Barbara Kingsolver (2011). “High Tide in Tucson”, p.192, Faber & Faber

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• The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.

  Chauncey Depew

  Motivation, Firsts, Steps

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