Garth Stein quotes

My soul has learned what it came to learn, and all the other things are just things. We can't have everything we want. Sometimes, we simply have to believe. (Garth Stein)
That which you manifest is before you. View quote
Garth Stein
The human language, as precise as it is with its thousands of words, can still be so wonderfully vague. View quote
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You should shine with all of your light all the time. View quote
Garth Stein
That which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our failures have been brought on by none other than ourselves. View quote
Garth Stein
That which is around me does not affect my mood; my mood affects that which is around me. View quote
Garth Stein
The true hero is flawed. The true test of a champion is not whether he can triumph, but whether he can overcome obstacles - preferably of his own making - in order to triumph. View quote
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There is no dishonor in losing the race. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose. View quote
Garth Stein
Many of us have convinced ourselves that compromise is necessary to achieve our goals, that all of our goals are not attainable so we should eliminate the extraneous, prioritize our desires, and accept less than the moon. View quote
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[T]he race is long - to finish first, first you must finish. View quote
Garth Stein
Inside each of us resides the truth, I began, the absolute truth. But sometimes the truth is hidden in a hall of mirrors. Sometimes we believe we are viewing the real thing, when in fact we are viewing a facsimile, a distortion. (Garth Stein)
In Seattle we live among the trees and the waterways, and we feel we are rocked gently in the cradle of life. Our winters are not cold and our summers are not hot and we congratulate ourselves for choosing such a spectacular place to rest our heads. View quote
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The sun rises every day. What is to love? Lock the sun in a box. Force the sun to overcome adversity in order to rise. Then we will cheer! I will often admire beautiful sunrise, but I will never consider the sun a champion for having risen. View quote
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Somewhere, the zebra is dancing. View quote
Garth Stein
The car goes where the eyes go. View quote
Garth Stein
This is a rule of racing: No race has ever been won in the first corner; many have been lost there. View quote
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He died that day because his body had served its purpose. His soul had done what it came to do, learned what it came to learn, and then was free to leave. View quote
Garth Stein
That which you manifest is before you. The visible becomes inevitable. Your car goes where your eyes go. View quote
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I suddenly realized. The zebra. It is not something outside of us. The zebra is something inside of us. Our fears. Our own self-destructive nature. The zebra is the worst part of us when we are face-to-face with our worst times. The demon is us! View quote
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We are all afforded our physical existence so we can learn about ourselves. View quote
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But what is worse, smelling the roast and not feasting, or not smelling the roast at all? (Garth Stein)
To live every day as if it had been stolen from death, that is how I would like to live. View quote
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We too, must shatter the mirrors. We must look in to ourselves and root out the distortions until that thing which we know in our hearts is perfect and true, stands before us. View quote
Garth Stein
It makes one realize that the physicality if our world is a boundary to us only if our will is weak; a true champion can accomplish things that a normal person would think impossible. View quote
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[M]emory is time folding back on itself. To remember is to disengage from the present. View quote
Garth Stein