Walter Inglis Anderson Quotes & Sayings

I read myself out of poverty, long before I worked myself out of poverty. — Walter Inglis Anderson

At 10 minutes to seven on a dark, cool evening in Mexico City in 1968, John Stephen Akwari of Tanzania painfully hobbled into the Olympic Stadium-the last man to finish the marathon. The winner had already been crowned, and the victory ceremony was long finished. So the stadium was almost empty and Akwari - alone, his leg bloody and bandaged - struggled to circle the track to the finish line. When asked why he had continued the grueling struggle, the young man from Tanzania answered softly: My country did not send me 9,000 miles to start the race. They sent me 9,000 miles to finish the race. — Walter Inglis Anderson

Success goes to those who dare to dream. And sometimes you have to take a little "scary action," as well. - Joe Vitale
True success is always the last of a string of failed attempts to get it right. — Walter Inglis Anderson

Courage is always and only one thing: It is acting with fear, not without it. — Walter Inglis Anderson

How many human beings anywhere, hold on to a relationship merely because it exists? This fear of loneliness, abandonment, or failure can, if we let it, hold any of us back from doing exactly what each of us needs to do to feel fulfilled. — Walter Inglis Anderson

True hope responds to the real world, to real life; it is an active effort ... — Walter Inglis Anderson

True hope dwells on the possible, even when life seems to be a plot written by someone who wants to see how much adversity we can overcome. — Walter Inglis Anderson

Nothing quells anxiety like action! — Walter Inglis Anderson

Believe in something big. Your life is worth a noble motive. — Walter Inglis Anderson

If you're angry at a loved one, hug that person. And mean it. You may not want to hug - which is all the more reason to do so. It's hard to stay angry when someone shows they love you, and that's precisely what happens when we hug each other. — Walter Inglis Anderson

Smile. Have you ever noticed how easily puppies make human friends? Yet all they do is wag their tails and fall over. — Walter Inglis Anderson

It is your choices that make you uniquely you ... — Walter Inglis Anderson

You and I are not what we eat; we are what we think. — Walter Inglis Anderson

The quickest way to relieve anxiety is ACTION! — Walter Inglis Anderson

Anxiety and fear produce energy. Where we focus that energy noticeably affects the quality of our lives: focus on the solution, not the problem. — Walter Inglis Anderson

You must take chances. If you do nothing, you reduce the possibilities you have for greater joy. — Walter Inglis Anderson

Greatest risk of all: to be vulnerable, to allow others to see us as we really are — Walter Inglis Anderson

Trust is like a vase.. once it's broken, though you can fix it, the vase will never be same again. — Walter Inglis Anderson

The most sincere compliment we can pay is attention. — Walter Inglis Anderson

Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action. — Walter Inglis Anderson

Sadly, some folks want others to feel their pain, to hurt as much as they do-or more. My grandmother once told me to avoid colds and angry people whenever I could. It's sound advice. — Walter Inglis Anderson

Beware by whom you are called sane. — Walter Inglis Anderson