Life Course Quotes

“It’s hard to safeguard a genuine life course, when love tips over from endearing care into tedium, through laziness of imagination or loss of interest, and the storyline becomes barren and desolate, insipidly dull, turning into a threadbare act with the same trite modus operandi. “The same procedure as every year, James!” ("Things needing to be changed")”
― Erik Pevernagie

“What separates people who made their dreams come true is not setting goals to achieve a life the way they expect it to be, but how they expect to be, in order to achieve it.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Only by digging deep down to the core of our true self can we come to a place of inner certainty. Our underlying values and priorities are our personal navigational stars on life's journey—essential tools to chart a life course that embraces what matters most to us.”
― Marian Deegan, Relevance: Matter More

“The highest form of laughter is the laughter of understanding. When we realize that there is no real, terminal, universal or personal goal to be achieved, a huge burden is lifted from our hearts. Laughing at the world and at ourselves seems then the only rational course we can take. And the only serious.”
― Giannis Delimitsos

“How we respond to moments of interruption determine who we become and how we spend our lives. But you can never fully live in your calling without going through struggle, fear, and failure. Our decisions in those moments determine the legacy we will live.”
― Chris Marlow, Doing Good Is Simple: Making a Difference Right Where You Are