I take it not only a day at a time, but a moment at a time, and keep it at that pace. If you can be happy right now, then you’ll always be happy, because it’s always in the now
Willie NelsonRead
Freedom is control in your own life. I have more control now than in the past, and I'm learning the value of saying no. That's very important.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Freedom is about taking charge of your life and making choices that align with your values.
In this quote, Willie Nelson emphasizes that true freedom comes from the ability to make decisions that affect one’s own life, implying that control over one’s choices is essential to personal liberation. As he reflects on his own experiences, he highlights the importance of setting boundaries by learning to say 'no,' which ultimately contributes to greater autonomy and self-respect.
Themes
FreedomControlChoicesAutonomyBoundaries
In practice
Example use cases
During a speech about personal growth, one might use this quote to emphasize the importance of taking charge of one’s own decisions.
More from Willie Nelson
All quotes →Since I was a kid, music was what I wanted to do. I thought I could make it by my own talents. That's what I wanted to prove.
Willie NelsonRead
Little things I should have said and done I just never took the time You were always on my mind
Willie NelsonRead
Songwriters might write cynical, world-wise lyrics and constantly talk about money, but most of us are downright naive when it comes to business.
Willie NelsonRead
I started out really young, when I was four, five, six, writing poems, before I could play an instrument. I was writing about things when I was eight or 10 years old that I hadn't lived long enough to experience. That's why I also believe in reincarnation, that we were put here with ideas to pass around.
Willie NelsonRead
Gatewood Galbraith was a good friend, and a tireless advocate for the repeal of the ridiculous ban on hemp & marijuana. His book ‘The Last Free Man Standing’ says it all.
Willie NelsonRead
Similar quotes
It is in the gift for employing all the vicissitudes of life to one's own advantage and to that of one's craft that a large part of genius consists.
Georg C. LichtenbergRead
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
ConfuciusRead
It was only as I wrote about it that I began to find paths of access to feelings that were intolerable to me then.
Jonathan LethemRead
One can't fight with oneself, for this battle has only one loser.
Mario Vargas LlosaRead
money is not everything but it ranks right up there with oxygen
Zig ZiglarRead
Stuckness shouldn't be avoided. It's the physic predecessor of all real understanding.
Robert M. PirsigRead