The Life List Quotes

“Love is the one thing on which you should never compromise”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List

“There will be another sky, my love, just you wait”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List

“Roosevelt once said, “Do something every day that scares you.” Continue to push yourself to do those things that scare you, darling. Take those risks and see where you land, for they are the very things that make this journey worthwhile.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List

“I believe such passion—even passion born of fear and anxiety—is far better than a life of banality.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List

“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List

“Someone once told me, “As mothers, our job is not to raise children, but to raise adults.” I am confident your child will become a fine adult under your careful sculpting. And at some time or another, take a moment to imagine a world where, instead of teaching our children to be strong, we teach them to be gentle.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List

“There are no shoulds when it comes to our feelings. They are what they are.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List

“please know that love is the one thing on which you should never compromise. Come back when you’ve found your love, my darling. It’ll be worth it.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List

“Someone once asked Michelangelo how he was able to create the amazing statue of David. He replied, “I didn’t create David. He was there all along, in that massive block of marble. I just had to chip away to find him.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List

“I catch myself smiling, and realize that, for the first time since her death, her memory makes me happy, not sad. And that’s just the way she’d want it, the woman who loved to laugh.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List

“Funny how places become people, how this house and her old iron bed still pull me in and offer comfort when I need it.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List

“Quand tu as peur, empoigne ce courage et libère-le car tu sais désormais qu'il sommeille en toi, comme je l'ai toujours su.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List

“…I refuse to let my past destroy my future.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List

“When you’re fearful, grab hold of this courage and shake it loose, because now you know it’s yours, just as I’ve known all along.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List

“I didn’t want to leave you yet. We had so much living and loving left, didn’t we? But you are strong, you will endure, you will even thrive, though you don’t believe me now. I know today you are sad. Let that sadness sit with you a bit.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List

“it's amazing how you can speak right to my heart”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List

“rób dobre rzeczy, to naprawdę sekret szczęśliwego życia”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List

“Roosevelt once said, “Do something every day that scares you.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List

“[from the author acknowledgements…}
…this book belongs to every girl and woman who sees the word “dream” and thinks verb, not noun.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List

“Do I have the courage, this late in the game, to toss aside the prototypical Mr Right in hopes of finding Mr Absolutely Right? Or is that courage at all? Maybe it’s stupidity, or immaturity. Just where is that line between courage and arrogance, between wanting what’s right, and expecting more than we deserve?”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List

“You make me merry, dear daughter.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List

“Let tonight’s tale serve as a reminder of your spunk, your fortitude, your bravery. When you’re fearful, grab hold of this courage and shake it loose, because now you know it’s yours, just as I’ve known all along.
“’Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “Do something every day that scares you.” Continue to push yourself to do those things that scare you, darling. Take those risks and see where you land, for they are the very things that make this journey worthwhile.’” He pauses for a moment. “With all my love and pride, Mom.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List

“She didn’t think you were happy?”
I lower my eyes. “Apparently not, which is crazy. My mother rarely saw me without a smile on my face. She used to boast that I came out of the womb smiling.”
“But behind the smile?”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List

“Fear of change makes us stagnant.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List

“Whenever something bothered me, I never had to tell her. She’d tell me. And when I’d try to convince her otherwise, she’d look at me and say, ‘Brett, you’re forgetting, I made you. I’m the one person you can’t fool.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List

“I believe motherhood will be the seminal event in your life. You will find it in turns gratifying, frustrating, amazing, and overwhelming. It will be the most marvelous, challenging, vital role you’ll ever play. “ ‘Someone once told me, “As mothers, our job is not to raise children, but to raise adults.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List

“Jesteś mamą! wiem, że macierzyństwo będzie przełomem w twoim życiu, na przemian będziesz szczęśliwa i sfrustrowana, zachwycona i wyczerpana. to będzie najwspanialsza i najbardziej wymagająca życiowa rola, jaką odegrasz. wierzę, że dziecko pod twoją czułą opieką wyrośnie na fajnego człowieka.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List

“Draga Bret, možda se sjećaš one priče o starcu koji je krenuo da traga za tajnom sreće. Lutao je svijetom, i od ljudi koje je sretao tražio je da mu kažu koja je tajna sretnog života. Ali to nitko nije znao da mu kaže. Na kraju je starac sreo Budu i ovaj je pristao da mu otkrije tajnu. Uzeo je starca za ruku. Pogledao ga je u oči i rekao: „Nemoj da činiš loše, uvijek čini dobro. “
Starac ga je pogledao zbunjeno. „Ali to je previše jednostavno. To i djeca znaju. “
„Da“, odgovorio je Buda, „u djetinjstvu svi to znamo, ali s vremenom zaboravimo.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List

“Eleanor Roosevelt je rekla: „Uradi svakog dana barem jednu stvar koja te plaši.“ Nemoj da bježiš od ovoga što te plaši, dušo. Preuzmi rizik i vidi gdje će te odvesti, jer upravo to čini životno putovanje tako dragocjenim.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List

“Znaš, očekujem da nađeš onu ljubav od koje srce staje, kad bi umrla za nekim.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List