The Better Life Quotes

“Read more, so you can read more.”
― Claire Díaz-Ortiz, The Better Life: Small Things You Can Do Right Where You Are

“Turning a life on its head is hard work, and most of us have too much going on anyway to make massive, radical changes from one day to the next. Nor does that kind of change usually work to make a lasting difference in our lives. Instead, I believe the key to big change (and a big, better life) is small change. Small steps, one after another, that lead to bold changes and bright new lives.”
― Claire Díaz-Ortiz, The Better Life: Small Things You Can Do Right Where You Are

“sometimes when the big things happen in life you can’t actually process them at the time they happen. Sometimes, you can only really understand them in retrospect. Because sometimes they are too big for the small moments.”
― Claire Díaz-Ortiz, The Better Life: Small Things You Can Do Right Where You Are

“everyone has doubts, and without them it would mean we are not realizing the magnitude of the choice we are making.”
― Claire Díaz-Ortiz, The Better Life: Small Things You Can Do Right Where You Are

“What could we do today to make our life—right where we are—just a little bit better?”
― Claire Díaz-Ortiz, The Better Life: Small Things You Can Do Right Where You Are

“Be who you are, and not who you think you cannot be.”
― Claire Díaz-Ortiz, The Better Life: Small Things You Can Do Right Where You Are

“Waking at 5:30 a.m., watching the sunrise, and literally feeling that you beat everyone at the first competition of the day—getting up—is something that just can’t be matched.”
― Claire Díaz-Ortiz, The Better Life: Small Things You Can Do Right Where You Are