Richard Templar Quotes & Sayings

We do learn from experience and may not make the same mistakes again, but there is a whole new pickle jar of fresh ones just lying in wait for us to trip up and fall into. The secret is to accept this and not to beat yourself up when you do make new ones. — Richard Templar

In order to love people usefully you need to be focused on them and not yourself. — Richard Templar

If you want to, you can let go of any feelings of resentment, of regret, of anger. You can accept that you are a fabulous human being because of all the bad things that have happened to you, not in spite of them. What is done is done, and you need to just get on with your life. Don't use the labels "good" and "bad." Yes, I know some of it is indeed bad, but it is how we let it affect us that is the real "bad." You could let all these things get you down, fizzle away internally like some emotional acid making you ill and resentful and stuck. But you will let them go, embrace them as character forming, and in general as positive rather then negative. — Richard Templar

we all need reassurance and encouragement. We're human, and that's how we work — Richard Templar

If it's dead, don't go digging it up every five minutes to check if there's a pulse. It's dead; walk away. — Richard Templar

efficiency is doing the job right, effectiveness is doing the right job. — Richard Templar

WISDOM ISN'T ABOUT NOT MAKING MISTAKES BUT ABOUT LEARNING TO ESCAPE AFTERWARD WITH OUR DIGNITY AND SANITY INTACT. — Richard Templar

What we do and what we take seriously can often be so far removed from what it is actually all about that it is laughable. We get bogged down in trivia, lost in irrelevant detail to such an extent that our life can whizz past and we don't even notice. By letting go of things that really aren't important, we can put ourselves back on the right track. And the best way to do that is through humor - laughing at ourselves, laughing at our situation, but never laughing at others - they're just as lost as we are and don't need to be laughed at. — Richard Templar

Live here, live now, live in this moment. — Richard Templar

The better you understand the beliefs, actions, desires, and wants of others, the more likely you are to make the right response, alter your own thinking where necessary and generally be successful. — Richard Templar

The best thing is that if you get a lot of mistakes over and done with early on in your life, there will be less to learn the hard way later on. And that's what youth is all about, a chance to make all the mistakes you can and get them out of the way — Richard Templar

Try to see the past as a room separate from the one you live in now. You can go in there, but you don't live there anymore. — Richard Templar

IF YOU DON'T PLAN YOUR PLAN, IT WILL REMAIN A DREAM — Richard Templar

Somewhere out there is someone who wants exactly the kind of person you are, complete with all the flaws and failings you come with. — Richard Templar

I spent every spare second available - evenings, weekends, lunch breaks - studying everything I could that would help me. But I told no one. — Richard Templar

PLANS HAVE TO BE REALISTIC; DREAMS DON'T — Richard Templar

This has to be a Rule because there can be no choice here. We have to accept that we are the way we are - the result of everything that has happened. It all just is. — Richard Templar

Everyone needs a superhero to champion them now and again, to rush to their aid when there's a fierce dragon approaching, a massive army attacking or a scary catacomb to navigate — Richard Templar