roderickordonez’s most recent Quotables

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

Fearless is not the absence of fear. (It is) living in spite of those things that scare you to death.

Burnout comes from trying to give what I do not possess.

I have learned to hold all things loosely, so God will not have to pry them out of my hands.

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

It is the job that is never started that takes longest to finish.

The wise speak only of what they know.

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, a light from the shadows shall spring; renewed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king.

Anxiety is caused by lack of control, organization, preparation, and action.

Look, in my opinion, the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you, for exactly what you are.
Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, what have you, the right person is still going to think the sun shines out your ass.
That's the kind of person that's worth sticking with.

Everything in life is permissible, but not everything is beneficial.

Your errors are your portals of discovery.

Those who CAN, DO; those who CAN'T, MANAGE.

What do you call people who are afraid of Santa Claus? Claustrophobic.

A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.

Hope's a gamble. Fairytales don't just come true. People don't change in a heartbeat. Dream jobs always have a catch. Perfect guys don't exist. I'd rather prepare for the worst, and be surprised if I get something out of it, than hope for the best, only to be devastated when the worst comes true.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.