No Pain, No Gaines Quotes

“How can I make my life matter?”
― Chip Gaines, No Pain, No Gaines: The Good Stuff Doesn't Come Easy

“When we abandon our true purpose, the thing God made us to do, we're not the only ones who suffer. There's a ripple effect. It really does change everything for everyone.”
― Chip Gaines, No Pain, No Gaines: The Good Stuff Doesn't Come Easy

“Maybe I wasn't destined to be valedictorian, but I always knew I could rely on my ability to work harder than anyone else.”
― Chip Gaines, No Pain, No Gaines: The Good Stuff Doesn't Come Easy

“Set aside your need to be right and aim for understanding instead. When you are at odds, ask yourself where the other person is coming from. Trust that they formed their ideas in the cauldron of experience and inheritance just like you have...It's every bit as important to understand how different someone's experience might be from yours and how it shaped them as it is to take comfort in the knowledge of all we have in common.”
― Chip Gaines, No Pain, No Gaines: The Good Stuff Doesn't Come Easy

“The way I see it is that the moment you stop being curious about other people and you begin to let differences stand between you, you start to put them in the category of "other". You go from "we" to "not like me."...Humanity is like the earth. We have a common core way down deep that's solid, shared, and unchanging. And then we have a uniqueness closer to the surface where we can be as different as a mountain is from the sea...It's only when we bump up against something different from ourselves that we learn something new or have a chance to deepen our beliefs.”
― Chip Gaines, No Pain, No Gaines: The Good Stuff Doesn't Come Easy