Daniel Willey Quotes

We need to make sure that we never get too busy with life that we don't have time to live.

A person who doesn't understand both sides of an issue can't relate to the side he is trying to sway, so his words will bounce off of them without leaving any impression.

I like to think of innovation as upgrading your current self. This upgrade helps you to more effectively deal with changes happening around you and to be able to think in a more complex manner than before.

It is incorrect to assume that you cannot find any good in the point of view directly opposite yours.

Ever since I could read, I've wanted to write a book. I never thought I had anything to write about. Maybe you don't think this is worth writing about. But this book isn't for you. It's for me.

I think that one of the biggest flaws of
mankind is that we become complacent with our lives.

I have heard several people justify working long hours and getting home from work late it night by saying things like, "I have to put in all this time to make up for the vacation we're going to take this summer." I bet if I asked your kids, they'd say that they'd rather have you home every night to play with them than the weeklong summer trip to the lake where you're stressed out the whole time anyways.

If we will imagine the thing we want and do our part to "be in the right place at the right time," there isn't anything we can't do, be, or attain.

We should never let another person get under our skin to the point that we feel hate for them

I am fascinated at how much time we spend doing things that we don't enjoy.

Our minds are incredibly powerful things.

There are far too many people that waste their time telling themselves that they don't have enough time.

Too often, we miss out on opportunities in this life because we were too busy waiting for them to fall into our lap that we missed them tapping on our shoulder.

I believe that the best advocates of a certain issue are the ones that fully understand both sides

Life has too many disappointments to make room for negativity.

Too often, we put up with mediocrity, telling ourselves that later in life we'll do what we want.

There are literally billions of people on earth. There are some that won't admit it, but all of those people want friends.

You don't have to be happy to smile.

If we live our lives looking for the excitement and exhilaration that change can bring, we will be much happier than when we are eventually forced to accept it anyways.

There are billions of people in this world that don't believe or act exactly as we do. It is not our place to reject them, only accept them. Again, we don't have to agree with everything they believe or do, but we do need to love and accept who they are.

Dating is like a game. If someone feels like they have won us over too easily, they won't see our value and will go elsewhere to find something they have to work a little bit harder for.

One day in my pharmacology class, we were discussing the possibility of legalizing marijuana. The class was pretty evenly divided between those that advocated legalizing marijuana and those that did not. The professor said he wanted to hear from a few people on both sides of the argument. A couple students had the opportunity to stand in front of the class and present their arguments. One student got up and spoke about how any kind of marijuana use was morally wrong and how nobody in the class could give him any example of someone who needed marijuana.
A small girl in the back of the classroom raised her hand and said that she didn't want to get up, but just wanted to comment that there are SOME situations in which people might need marijuana. The same boy from before spoke up and said that she needed to back up her statements and that he still stood by the fact that there wasn't anyone who truly needed marijuana.
The same girl in the back of the classroom slowly stood up. As she raised her head to look at the boy, I could physically see her calling on every drop of confidence in her body. She told us that her husband had cancer. She started to tear up, as she related how he couldn't take any of the painkillers to deal with the radiation and chemotherapy treatments. His body was allergic and would have violent reactions to them. She told us how he had finally given in and tried marijuana. Not only did it help him to feel better, but it allowed him to have enough of

The first few moments of the day are some of the most important as they can determine the mood for the rest of the day.

I can't think of anything more disheartening than living a life without a clear purpose.

Spending a few moments right when you wake up to inspire and motivate yourself can make all the difference in the rest of your day.