Words of Wisdom for Artists and just about anyone else
Maybe you are struggling with difficulties in your life. Maybe it’s an energy block in your art. Maybe you are in a lonely place, in uncharted waters.
Take comfort that many others have been there before. Listen to some experienced voices*:
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ruin and recovery are both from within. Epictetus
You can begin the process of eliminating negative emotions by simply refusing to justify them. Brian Tracy
Cherish forever what makes you unique, ‘cuz you’re really a yawn if it goes! Bette Midler
Do or do not. There is no try. Yoda
If you play it safe in life, you’ve decided that you don’t want to grow anymore. Shirley Hufstedler
Take rest. A field that has rested gives a beautiful crop. Ovid
Hear the other side. Saint Augustine
I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself. Mickhail Baryshnikov
Pay no attention to what critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic. Jean Sibelius
*These quotations were found in Leaders on Leading, Senn-Delaney Leadership Consulting Group.
and just a few more…
What I see in my mind is what I get in my life. Spencer Johnson
Change is one thing progress is another. Bertrand Russell
