Mary Anne Radmacher Quotes

“A bird only flies. It does not turn to another bird and ask, am I doing this right?”

“As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way.”

“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.”

“Begin each day as if it were on purpose.”

“Big people protect little ones.”

“Consider calling it a challenge rather than calling it a crisis.”

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.”

“Every possibility begins with the courage to imagine.”

“I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.”

“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.”

“In the quiet of this day may you know the greatness of your spirit and may your hopes fly on the wings of possibility.”

“It is often the quiet gesture which carries the most significance – the one which suddenly directs the symphony.”

“It takes courage to reinvent joys, to reinvent opportunities, to reinvent dreams, to reinvent connections, to reinvent hopes that you have set aside.”

“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.”

“May your walls know joy, may every room hold laughter, and every window open to great possibility.”

“Plant the seeds of your dreams and weed all the objections out.”

“Shake structures. School yourself. Look twice at a thing, once upside down. Answer yourself clearly.”

“Speak quietly to yourself and promise there will be better days. Whisper gently to yourself and provide assurance that you really are extending your best effort.

Console your bruised and tender spirit with reminders of many other successes. Offer comfort in practical and tangible ways – as if you were encouraging your dearest friend.

Recognize that on certain days the greatest grace is that the day is over and you get to close your eyes. Tomorrow comes more brightly.”

“Stand often in the company of dreamers: they tickle your common sense and believe you can achieve things which are impossible.”

“The promises we make to ourselves are the things that assure us we have the capacity to keep our promises to others.”

“There is no small act of kindness. Every compassionate act makes large the world.”

“We live in a circle not a line.”

“Weariness comes, on some days, from lack of service to self.”

“What if we just acted like everything was easy?”

“What power there is in our service when our actions line up with our mission, skills and joy.”

“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'.”

“Your responsibility is to be an explorer, not a tourist in this adventure that is your life.”

“At first glance it may appear too hard. Look again. Always look again.”

“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.”

“Recognize that on certain days the greatest grace is that the day is over and you get to close your eyes. Tomorrow comes more brightly.”