Quotes from Mary Anne Radmacher

In spite of unseasonable wind, snow and unexpected weather of all sorts - a gardener still plants. And tends what they have planted ... believing that Spring will come.

Don't Wait! Start on your dreams, your impulses, your longings, your special occasions today. Because this is your moment.

Ask yourself to slow down.

As you awaken, may your dreams greet you by name, and may you answer, "Yes!"

When we have a circle of friends, we have more fun. We get more done, we feel and are stronger, and we really do celebrate the power of our 'us.'

May your walls know joy, may every room hold laughter, and every window open to great possibility.

Some days are simply meant for playing.

Know the best and highest choices for health and more often choose those things.

The most important promises are the ones we make to ourselves. The promises we makes to ourselves are the things that assure us we have the capacity to keep our promises to others.

My biggest dream is that my words will inspire heart, hope and personal responsibility in people around the globe long after my feet in these shoes aren't walking the planet.

What power there is in our service when our actions line up with our mission, skills and joy.

In my prayers I never said I needed a home. I said I wanted a sanctuary.

One movement toward light becomes a clear signpost on a long road.

Judgment is discernment on a bad hair day.

It takes discipline and compassion to awaken the divine in ourselves long enough to recognize the divine in another.

Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.

There is no small act of kindness. Every compassionate act makes large the world.

If self-validation were our most significant societal measure - we would give trophies to ourselves.

Great leadership is not the visit of an unexpected fate but rather a flame which is kept burning in spite of the winds of risk and opposition.

Distance cannot matter - ours is a friendship of the heart.

Lean forward into your life... catch the best bits and the finest wind. Just tip your feathers in flight a wee bit and see how dramatically that small lean can change your life.

Life is defined more by its contrasts than its samenesses; Life is defined more by its risks than the many securities.

Lean forward into your life. Begin each day as if it were on purpose.

Your responsibility is to be an explorer, not a tourist in this adventure that is your life.