Gordon Livingston Quotes

• We are not what we think, or what we say, or how we feel. We are what we do.

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  Swimming, Thinking, Feels

  Gordon Livingston (2009). “Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now”, p.7, Da Capo Press

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• It is difficult to remove by logic an idea not placed there by logic in the first place. By nature, we are emotional creatures. Often we live and react based on feelings, not logic. Feelings are wonderful, but when we become tied to a particular thought or belief we tend to ignore the fact that change might be necessary.

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  Emotional, Ideas, Feelings

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• Money cannot buy happiness; it can, however, rent it.

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  Money Can't Buy Happiness, Money And Happiness, Money Doesn't Buy Happiness

  Gordon Livingston (2009). “How to Love: Choosing Well at Every Stage of Life”, p.187, Da Capo Press

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• Only bad things happen quickly, . . . Virtually all the happiness-produ cing processes in our lives take time, usually a long time: learning new things, changing old behaviors, building satisfying relationships, raising children. This is why patience and determination are among life's primary virtues.

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  Determination, Children, Long

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• It is difficult to remove by logic an idea not placed there by logic in the first place.

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  Ideas, Firsts, Logic

  Gordon Livingston (2009). “Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now”, p.12, Da Capo Press

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• Past behavior is the most reliable predictor of future behavior.

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  Past, Behavior

  Gordon Livingston (2009). “Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now”, p.8, Da Capo Press

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• Everything we are afraid to try, all our unfulfilled dreams, constitute a limitation on what we are and could become.

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  Dream, Trying, Unfulfilled Dreams

  Gordon Livingston (2009). “Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now”, p.55, Da Capo Press

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• We also need to learn the art of letting go: of the past, of unresolved grievances, of our younger selves. Nobody gets out of here alive.

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  Letting Go, Art, Past

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• There are no maps to guide our most important searches; we must rely on hope, chance, intuition, and a willingness to be surprised.

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  Intuition, Important, Maps

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• Our greatest strengths are our greatest weaknesses.

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  Weakness

  Gordon Livingston (2009). “Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now”, p.49, Da Capo Press

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• We are all prone to the myth of the perfect stranger

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  Perfect, Stranger, Myth

  Gordon Livingston (2009). “Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now”, p.110, Da Capo Press

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• If the map doesn't agree with the ground, the map is wrong.

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  Maps, Agree, Ifs

  Gordon Livingston (2009). “Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now”, p.1, Da Capo Press

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• Life's two most important questions are Why? and Why not? The trick is knowing which one to ask.

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  Two, Knowing, Important

  Gordon Livingston (2009). “Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now”, p.45, Da Capo Press

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