Gordon Livingston quotes
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“Past behavior is the most reliable predictor of future behavior.”
-- Gordon LivingstonSource : Gordon Livingston (2009). “Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now”, p.8, Da Capo Press
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“Everything we are afraid to try, all our unfulfilled dreams, constitute a limitation on what we are and could become.”
-- Gordon LivingstonSource : Gordon Livingston (2009). “Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now”, p.55, Da Capo Press
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“There are no maps to guide our most important searches; we must rely on hope, chance, intuition, and a willingness to be surprised.”
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“It is difficult to remove by logic an idea not placed there by logic in the first place.”
-- Gordon LivingstonSource : Gordon Livingston (2009). “Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now”, p.12, Da Capo Press
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“Only bad things happen quickly, . . . Virtually all the happiness-produ cing processes in our lives take time, usually a long time: learning new things, changing old behaviors, building satisfying relationships, raising children. This is why patience and determination are among life's primary virtues.”
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“If the map doesn't agree with the ground, the map is wrong.”
-- Gordon LivingstonSource : Gordon Livingston (2009). “Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now”, p.1, Da Capo Press
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“Life's two most important questions are Why? and Why not? The trick is knowing which one to ask.”
-- Gordon LivingstonSource : Gordon Livingston (2009). “Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now”, p.45, Da Capo Press
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“Our greatest strengths are our greatest weaknesses.”
-- Gordon LivingstonSource : Gordon Livingston (2009). “Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now”, p.49, Da Capo Press
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“We are not what we think, or what we say, or how we feel. We are what we do.”
-- Gordon LivingstonSource : Gordon Livingston (2009). “Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now”, p.7, Da Capo Press
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“We also need to learn the art of letting go: of the past, of unresolved grievances, of our younger selves. Nobody gets out of here alive.”
-- Gordon Livingston
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