Quotes

One of the fondest memories of my Granddad Nelson was trading quotes regularly over email. Sadly I lost the email archive when I went on my mission, but it has continued to be an interest of mine. I hope you enjoy my collection of quotes. A bit of everything from religion to politics to leadership.

You don’t grow up until you stop worrying about other people’s purposes or lack of them and find the purposes you believe in for yourself.

A real god doesn’t care about control. A real god already has control of everything that needs controlling. Real gods would want to teach you how to be just like them.

If I did something wrong, communicate.
If I hurt your feelings, make me aware.
If I didn't listen well enough, tell me again in a way I'll understand.
If I'm insensitive to your needs, to your desires, or to your thoughts, tell me so I can consider them.

But don't hold an attitude with me because you haven't clearly expressed yourself. I'm human, not a mind reader.

I spent most of my life believing that I never did enough, when in truth, I was doing far too much. It was just for the wrong people.

The role of a leader is not to come up with all the great ideas. The role of a leader is to create an environment in which great ideas can happen.

Set a goal so big that you can't achieve it until you grow into the person who can.

Any animal is willing to kill the Other… But the higher beings include more and more living things within their self-story, until at last there is no Other. Until the needs of others are more important than any private desires. The highest beings of all are the ones who are willing to pay any personal cost for the good of those who need them.

When you were made a leader, you weren't given a crown; you were given the responsibility to bring out the best in others.

Adulthood is like looking both ways before you cross the street and then getting hit by an airplane.

You can’t truly call yourself “peaceful” unless you’re capable of great violence. If you’re not capable of violence, you’re not peaceful. You’re harmless. Important distinction.