Mary Anne Quotes

May your season shine with delight and surprise. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

LOVE LETTERS TO YOURSELF This is taken from a love letter (a gentle reminder) I wrote to myself recently. Live in your joy today. Be authentic. Love yourself. First. Love others from your own abundance. Life Changes. Circumstances change. Sometimes you try to fit your old way of being into new circumstances rather than becoming new yourself. Embrace transformation as an opportunity. And keep on writing love letters to yourself. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Balance happens when I invite it to happen with my intentional actions and my guided perspective. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

We tell the real truth of our life by the stories we repeatedly tell. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

In the midst of the flurry - clarity.
In the midst of the storm - calm.
In the midst of divided interests - certainty.
In the many roads - a certain choice. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Today I offer a prayer of forgiveness:
forgive the pettiness of my ingratitude ...
the absence of profound thankfulness. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

I was kind of a cross between Kristy and Mary Anne among 'The Baby-Sitters Club' characters. I was shy, but I was also kind of a tomboy, and I was really good at sticking my foot in my mouth even though I was shy. ~ Raina Telgemeier

Know the best and highest choices for health and more often choose those things. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

In your days - things like this happen to you ... You get a tap, a nudge, a gentle shake, and life whispers to you, "I know you're tired - but I don't want you to miss this." ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

What are the proper grounds for joy? Is it circumstance which will determine the stature of my spirit? Ah, no. It is choice. It is always a choice - in the face of any event - for joy. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

In whose wonder do you get to participate today? ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Your success will shine as a light of hope and inspire numbers you cannot total. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

One bold inspiration choreographs a dance with promise. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Dare to dream of your great success. Become intimate with those things which deeply motivate you and regularly work toward the realization of that mission. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

We laugh to survive. Then, with joy we thrive. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Today ... maybe I can take one step on that profoundly complex path to peace. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Live boldly. Laugh Loudly. Love Truly. Play as often as you can Work as smart as you are able. Share your heart as deeply as you can reach. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

I wake up to profound perspective that allows me to celebrate the choices of my moments, of my life. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Wonder what opportunities you pass, unwittingly, because your hands are so busy clasping what you think you have always known. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

At the start of our together you were the prelude to a vast orchestration. at the end of it all you will have been the most profound and enduring music of my life. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

I am the owner of my choices. I am the source for the perspectives I choose to hold regardless of how aware I am of why or how I come to possess that particular perspective. It takes courage to look into the mirror of our souls, absent excuses. I will look into that mirror little bits at a time. SEE and ACT. SEE what I can bear to see and ACT upon what I am able. This is the heart of a gentle invitation to personal responsibility. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

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.' ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Some days are simply meant for playing. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

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

Ah, now my pet, you'll be callin' me, Ma. Me gynecologist calls me Mrs. McClung," Charlie's mother instructed a blushing Marian. From "A Good Girl ~ Mary Anne Edwards

Vision stands on the shoulders of what is actual to get a better view of what is possible. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

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. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Ask today as you consider the many choices in your view - what is the highest and best use of your talents, skills and abilities? When you answer that, seize the opportunity to sharpen those qualities even more sharply by applying your focused effort. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

What is it about sameness that so draws me, and how could I begin to have that same kind of attraction to change? ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

USE this time of fresh beginnings. Use it as an impetus, the force or energy toward change. Become stronger, a better leader, more focused in your thoughts. Exert more influence over your dreams by bringing them closer to your thoughts, every day. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

See stars in the changing season and dance among them, shining. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

A Single Generosity Enlarges the World. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

In choosing joy, the finish line dissolves into a different matter altogether. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Judgment is discernment on a bad hair day. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

BUILD UP YOUR CIRCLE ... A mind that perceives What can rationally be. A spirit that sees Innovative possibility. A heart that is open to Both beginnings and ends. A firm hand that fits readily To the reach of a friend. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Manage the remarkable balance between acting from your heart and close to your gifts with completing the obligations that your labor and tasks require of you. Leverage opportunity AND seize joy. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

If you don't want to call it a European army, don't call it a European army. You can call it 'Margaret', you can call it 'Mary-Anne', you can find any name, but it is a joint effort for peace-keeping missions - the first time you have a joint, not bilateral, effort at European level. ~ Romano Prodi

Laughter is what spills over the edge of an inspired life. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Just another cold, misty morning inviting, "want to go again?" ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

When I want to be bold about my movement ... I for sure do not call it exercise! ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

You might be addicted to Mah Jongg if... you're allowed only one carry-on and you choose your Mah Jongg bag! ~ Mary Anne Puleio

There is no small act of kindness.
Every compassionate act makes large the world. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

I awakened. is that not a wonderful statement? ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

I will dance a little. I will move with the wind. I will give my body to my love and celebrate that we have substance beyond the idea of ourselves. We can move. We can touch. This is my physical exclamation point. This is how I can awaken my mind to the possibilities in the day. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Change the conversation of the world by dwelling on what's gone right. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Spread the gift. Teach someone to play Mah Jongg! ~ Mary Anne Puleio

Dare to dream of your great success. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

What is our family? We touch our full hearts and see ourselves reflected whole in each other's eyes. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

And just dance a little. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Judgment and weariness are foes to service and generosity. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Best Friends: we're a parade - even by ourselves! ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

(I love Mary Anne dearly, but she was no help. She still thinks you score touchdowns in baseball.) ~ Ann M. Martin

Who were you before you put yourself last. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

In the cold you wrap me. in my uncertainty you listen. in all my joys you celebrate. at every turn you meet me with competence and grace. what a fine dance we have together. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

She wondered what he'd make of the murder. "Well, well," he would say, "veddy bad. But would it be better if we did not know about it? No. Certainly not. And if we know, must we not do something about it? Certainly. If only to pray. ~ Mary Anne Kelly

At the end of a matter ask, "What will I learn from this to make me better?" ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Gardening is all about optimism. I put a seed in the ground. I consistently tend it, confident I will see the results, in time, of the nurture I have provided. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Your informed, "no," to a particular service allows another to offer their gifted and unreserved, "yes." ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Choose with no regret. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

The well-timed question is more impacting than an answer. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Your point of view sets you up well in advance for how you view the events as they unfold. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

I rest in the light of forgiveness. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Your eyes must not determine what you see. pay attention. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

The jump is so frightening between where I am and where I want to be ... because of all I may become I will close my eyes and leap! ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

The boldness of endurance is the underline to almost every success. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

A life rooted deeply lives and grows in memory. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

In the garden of your days cultivate festivity, play and celebrations. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Smile: Happiness Is Right Under Your Nose! ~ Mary Anne Puleio

Distance cannot matter - ours is a friendship of the heart. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Grey's OK on a man,' says Mary-Anne. 'Silver fox and all that.' Ruth notices that Frank doesn't seem to mind this description. She also muses that there isn't a female equivalent to 'silver fox'. 'Grey-haired old bat' doesn't cover it somehow. ~ Elly Griffiths

A bird only flies. It does not turn to another bird and ask, am I doing this right? ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

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

I hear many people talk about their longing for a balanced life. What I think they are really expressing is a desire for a life with less pressure. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Take time to play! Ask for what you want. Laugh. Live loudly. Be avid. Learn a new thing. Be Yourself! ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Begin as if you will finish. Let the story be told that you had the courage to begin. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Shake structures. School yourself. Look twice at a thing, once upside down. Answer yourself clearly. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

A holiday, the day I first named you, "friend." ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

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. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

If i had known ... i would have lingered over my coffee a little longer. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

It is of the small joys and little pleasures that the greatest of our days are built. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

I confessed recently to an old friend, "I realized I was looking at you, in your visit, through old glasses. Speaking old words. Telling old stories. I realize that in my life I've made so many physical changes and I need to give my spirit time to catch up." Time for my spirit to look at my friend through the new glasses of current life experiences. Old friends are precious. They become even more treasured when they are wrapped in the currentness of life experiences and not relegated to the past in which they once lived. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

As the evening beckons with the promise of tomorrow ... may your gratitude rise up and with strength answer, "yes." ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

I appreciate the boldness of gratitude in the quiet, unspoken depths and its ability to buoy another by being articulated. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Find your way with the certain and gentle light of forgiveness. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Work as smart as you are able. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Expressing gratitude seems like a cosmic invitation for all kinds of thankfulness and appreciation to pour in. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Just stop it. Seriously. Whatever it is. Just stop it. If only for an hour, a day, a week. Stop doing it long enough to get a glimpse of what the change would actually look like. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

One unlikelihood entertained leads a parade of innovation. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

If being good isn't working - try being outrageous. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

A small compassionate act enlarges the scope of community. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

One whispered yes becomes the wind song over an ocean of no's. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Healthy choices thread through every aspect of life. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Facing a difficulty requires a willingness of heart. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Loving is the most unmitigated and courageous act I perform in a day. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

My key to living an inspired life involves Embracing my history, Understanding the function of expectations and gently learning to have none; Recognizing the power of attentive and conscious choices. In all circumstances I acknowledge this, IN ALL THINGS AND ALL WAYS, I HAVE CHOICE. My choice resides in my perspective. While I certainly do not control climate and markets and roadways and others, I do control myself and my response to all those circumstances. I do indeed. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

I recognize this in my writing process. A consistent writing structure opens the door to amazing insights. I recognize the truth of this in my daily habits. When I set my keys in the place I, with practice, always set my keys ... I do not lose them. In many instances an ordered external structure can be an invitation for an extraordinarily unfettered, creative and unbounded inner structure. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

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

Ask yourself to slow down. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher