Portia Nelson Quotes

#1. Any day of the week I would choose to be "out" with others and in touch with myself ... then to be "in" with others and out of touch with myself.

Portia Nelson

#2. War is delightful for those who don't know it

Desiderius Erasmus

#3. Victims recite problems, leaders provide solutions.

Robin S. Sharma

#4. Don't talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.

Maria Callas

#5. I am astounded
at how long it takes
to discover ...
for the first time,
the things I have learned ...
over and over again
all my life.

Portia Nelson

#6. So travel with me, beyond the small illusions. Dance with me among the clouds, where infinite dreams show not-yet-discovered truths of being. Let the wind whisper passionately against your mouth, inhale deep the endless creativity, dance with the fluttering petals of my spirits concerto.

Cheri Bauer

#7. The Self is infinite. The Self is eternal. You are that Self. Beyond words, thoughts, ideas, forms and belief systems. There is nothing but the Self.

Frederick Lenz

#8. There is no place like Calvary for creating confidence. The air of that sacred hill brings health to trembling faith.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

#9. We'd stared into the face of Death, and Death blinked first. You'd think that would make us feel brave and invincible. It didn't.

Rick Yancey

#10. [The publication of his first poem] was wonderful ... but it taught me early on that the only thing that really matters is writing the next poem. Publication is best seen as a happy accident.

Dan Beachy-Quick

#11. Small too even the longest fame thereafter, which is itself subject to a succession of little men who quickly die, and have no knowledge of themselves, let alone of those long dead.

Marcus Aurelius

#12. Vanity is found in the most unlikely places: in combination with kindness, and selflessness, and generosity.

Ernesto Sabato

#13. Anxiety is caused by a lack of control, organization, preparation, and action. - David Kekich

David Allen

#14. The rebel is back. It feels good - different, somehow - but good. It is sometimes true that a girl can become someone else with the simplest of changes.

Katherine Owen