Chris Guillebeau Quotes

“Every good goal has a deadline.”

“Everyone is busy, yet we all have access to the same amount of time.”

“If you want to achieve the unimaginable, you start by imagining it.”

“If you want to make every day an adventure, all you have to do is prioritize adventure. It has to become more important than routine.”

“It’s better to be at the bottom of the ladder you want to climb than the top of one you don’t.”

“So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future.”

“The awareness of our own mortality can keep us focused.”

“The outside world judges our actions based almost entirely on results–even though the results aren’t always up to us.”

“There are few goals worth pursuing that are totally risk free. Sometimes life itself is risky.”

“There’s an obsession factor with many quests. When you wake up at night consumed by your idea, that’s when you’ve found a quest.”

“To truly live without regrets, pay attention. Ask yourself hard questions and see where they lead. Do I really want this job? Is this relationship right for me? If I could do anything, would it be what I’m doing today… or something different?”

“Understanding exactly what you need to do and then finding a way to do it, makes a quest much more feasible.”

“We tend to judge risk based on outcome—but the outcome isn’t always up to us.”

“Your comfort zone may be more like a cage you can’t escape from than a safe place you can retreat to.”