Quotes on Where You Are

You become what you believe. You are where you are today in your life based on everything you have believed.

This is what I love about novels - both reading them and writing them. They jump into the abyss to be with you where you are.

Everything starts with one person... I don't care if you're 5 or 105, God from all eternity chose you to be where you are, at this time in history, to change the world.

No matter where you are in life, you'll save a lot of time by not worrying too much about what other people think about you. The earlier in your life that you can learn that, the easier the rest of it will be.

You have to run as fast as you can just to stay where you are. If you want to get anywhere, you'll have to run much faster.

If I was to stop making music tomorrow doesn't mean suddenly there is this gap. You don't get elected. The people decide where you are. Whether I'm here or not, if they want you to be at the top then the people will move me out the way.

Where you are is of no moment, but only what you are doing there. It is not the place that ennobles you, but you the place, and this only by doing that which is great and noble.

Be a man. Discover where you are now, and go on from there, making the best of things. accept your life, and you might survive it. If you hold back from it, insisting this is not your life, not where you are meant to be, life will pass you by. You may not die from such foolishness, but you might as well be dead for all the good your life will do you or anyone else.

To begin with the end in mind means to start with a clear understanding of your destination. It means to know where you're going so that you better understand where you are now and so that the steps you take are always in the right direction.

When seen up close, dangers are controllable: when you begin to climb the mountain of your dreams, pay attention to the surroundings. There are cliffs, of course. There are almost imperceptible cracks in the mountain rock. There are stones so polished by storms that they have become as slippery as ice. But if you know where you are placing each footstep, you will notice the traps and how to get around them.

You should make no effort to try to join society, stay right where you are. Give your name and serial number and wait for society to come to you.

Begin where you are. Read every word, every phrase, every paragraph of the mind, as it operates through thought.

We are held accountable for every intention, which is why you are sitting where you are right now.

As you get older and ease your way into being a character actor you have to be comfortable with where you are in life and career, and I'm very comfortable with what I'm doing - working on projects I'm proud of.

The best place to succeed is where you are with what you've got.

If you intend to go to work there is no better place than right where you are; if you do not intend to go to work, you can not get along anywhere.

Begin where you are; work where you are; the hour which you are now wasting, dreaming of some far off success may be crowded with grand possibilities.

Simply be who you are, do what you do best, be where you are called by joy, and let life work its magic on your behalf.

Hell is not fire and brimstone, not a place where you are punished for lying or cheating or stealing. Hell is wanting to be something and somewhere different from where you are.

Suppose you feel you cannot accept some fact about yourself. Then own your refusal to accept. Own the block. Embrace it fully. And watch it begin to disappear. The principal is this: Begin where you are-accept that. Then change and growth become possible.

Start where you are. Distant fields always look greener, but opportunity lies right where you are. Take advantage of every opportunity of service.