Mardy Grothe Quotes

Never let the worst of you get the best of you.

You'll never stand out if your goal in life is to fit in.

If life were like a competitive race, some people would be given a flying start and others would line up with weights tied to their ankles.

The best thing about fear is that it provides a wonderful opportunity to demonstrate courage.

Never rely on your friends for money, or on your money for friends.

If only people fought undeserved praise as much as they do unfair criticism.

We tend to see our character flaws as simple defects, and the simple defects of others as character flaws.

The secret of a successful relationship is avoiding the unforgivable and forgiving the unavoidable.

Excessive wealth is a great problem masquerading as a great good.

Why is it that the most important stuff to listen to is almost always the stuff we don't want to hear?

Never confuse the importance of things with things of importance.

Some people have a perverse talent; they're capable of shooting themselves in the foot and stabbing themselves in the back at the exact same time.

Sometimes I wonder which is worse - confrontational people who are afraid of caring or caring people who are afraid of confrontation.

Never confuse looking your best with doing your best.

Here's champagne for our real friends, and real pain for our sham friends.

If you are completely comfortable with your life, and feeling absolutely no anxiety, then you are probably coasting, and not really growing.

The world will never discover a person who is hiding in the crowd.

The high cost of living is a minor problem when compared to the cost of high living.

There is one message children can never hear enough as they grow up, and adults should never forget as long as they live: To accomplish big things, you must first dream big dreams.

A life without purpose is like a novel without a plot. It wanders all over the place, is hard to follow, and in the end, doesn't get particularly good reviews.

Instead of talking in the hope that people will listen, try listening in the hope that people will talk.

Even though it runs counter to popular belief, Life's critical decisions are usually made in the heart and only later ratified by the brain.

Two of the biggest conversational blunders you can make are saying something when you should stay silent, and staying silent when you should say something.

Throughout history, most of the wrongs of the world have resulted from people absolutely sure they were in the right.

The fastest way to lose an argument is to lose your temper.

We can never truly understand the people we hate; we can never truly hate the people we understand.

The voice of reason is inaudible to irrational people.

People sometimes forget when you remember, but they always remember when you forget.

When we're young, everything is possible; when we're old, possibilities are everything.

If you want to understand a difficult or trying person, begin by asking the question: 'What is the wound they are trying to heal?'

In all human affairs, the wisest course is to be passionate about the role of reason and reasonable about the role of passion.

We all know that working out reduces stress, but it's equally true that stressing out reduces work.

Most of us recognize how important it is to listen respectfully when our loved ones are talking; but we often forget that it is equally important to talk respectfully when they are listening.

It is one of history's greatest ironies that, over the centuries, the pursuit of pleasure has resulted in more pain than enjoyment.

The music of lovers is not generally appreciated by lovers of music.

Never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you.

By trying to make things easier for their children, parents can make things much harder for them.

Men are like microwave ovens; they heat up immediately, but things start to boil over after about three minutes. Women are like conventional ovens; they take twenty minutes to heat up, but can go on cooking for hours.

If life is a blank canvas and all people are artists, the big challenge we all face may be expressed this way: Will we ultimately produce something approaching a masterpiece, an acceptable but not particularly memorable work of art, or a creation that wouldn't even be purchased at a yard sale?

To have meaning, our lives require both passion and purpose. A life without passion is like a furnace without fuel, and without purpose, like a ship without a rudder.