Quotes About Wholeheartedness

In 2010, two years after that event, I wrote The Gifts of Imperfection, a book that introduced my research on the ten guideposts for wholeheartedness.

The main concern of wholehearted men and women is living a life defined by courage, engagement, and a clear sense of purpose.

I often say that Wholeheartedness is like the North Star: We never really arrive, but we certainly know if we're headed in the right direction.

Knowledge is important, but only if we're being kind and gentle with ourselves as we work to discover who we are. Wholeheartedness is as much about embracing our tenderness and vulnerability as it is about developing knowledge and claiming power.

Those who feel lovable, who love, and who experience belonging simply believe they are worthy of love and belonging. I often say that Wholeheartedness is like the North Star: We never really arrive, but we certainly know if we're headed in the right direction.

Never treat anything you do as a stepping stone. Do it fully, and follow it completely.

Whatever you do, foolish or wise, important or unimportant, do with love and enthusiasm.

When you truly love someone, you don't want anything except giving everything you have.

Be everything with so much love in your heart that you would never want to do it any other way.

I'm just one of those guys that, when I'm going in, I'm going all-in. That's kind of the way you've got to be in this business that I'm in.

I'm just one of those people who happens to be all or nothing. A lot of people can be middle. I'm not.

If, however, we look upon introversion (or, as I prefer to call it, neurotic detachment) as a means of evading conflicts that arise in close contact with others, the task is not to encourage more extraversion but to analyze the underlying conflicts. The goal of wholeheartedness can be approximated only after these have been resolved.

If you don't do things with all your might, you may end up being harmed by those things you try halfway.

I'm passionate. I find if I really believe something, I want to put my entire being behind it.

Jesus' call to commitment is clear: He wants all or nothing.

Father," I answered, "I want to give God everything.

There are only two options regarding commitment. You're either in or you're out. There's no such thing as life in-between.

There must be one highest priority in your life for which you'll give everything--your possessions, your rank, your hopes, even your life--or you're not a full person.

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily.

He did it with all his heart, and prospered.

Give me something new, and I'll do it with all my heart.

When a doctor is performing an operation, his mind cannot be somewhere else. And it's the same with actors. You have to commit yourself mind, body and soul to a project in order to do justice to it.

Para que Jesucristo sea el Señor de tu vida, debes invitarlo a participar de toda tu vida, no solo que venga de visita el domingo por la mañana en la iglesia.

I will love you with everything I am and all that I have…