Hendricks Quotes & Sayings

Life has no happy endings, actually, no endings at all, just an ongoing series of beginnings. A story - whether it's happy or sad, whether it makes sense or not, what its meaning is - depends entirely on where you start it and where you end it. — Judith Ryan Hendricks

I'd rather wear bare skin than raw silk any day. — Vicki Hendricks

I was the nerdy one. I always played those kind of characters until Mad Men. — Christina Hendricks

Surrender isn't a one-time event but a moment-by-moment choice. — Paula Hendricks

Eighty-five percent of spirituality is a good night's sleep. — Howard G. Hendricks

The quick ticket to ecstasy is to catch yourself feeling in a very low state of mind
depressed, stupid, hateful
and to love yourself for feeling that way. When you do that you can experience a rocket ride right to the top. Love does not take time; it's possible to transform depression into ecstasy in a flash. But please do not accept my word for it. Try it as an experiment next time you are feeling low.
Something else to consider is that we will always be in the process of remembering how to love ourselves, then forgetting, then remembering again. It does not seem to be our destiny to be any one way all the time. So let's get used to being pendulums and enjoy the ride. — Gay Hendricks

A little bit if listening with a passable ear will get an awful lot of messages anywhere. — John Hendricks

I would hope that people didn't think I was anything like Joan! It's very hard for me because Joan says such cruel things all the time. It sort of makes me cringe every time I read them because I think, 'Who could be so horrible?' To be able to deliver those lines and do them with a coolness, yet still make her likable, is a bit of a challenge. — Christina Hendricks

I just keep praying for Joan to get her power back. To resolve her problems and rise to the top. To fight back! — Christina Hendricks

Just think about it: God wanted to communicate with you in the twenty-first century -and he wrote His message in a book. — Howard G. Hendricks

Fear is excitement without the breath. Here's what this intriguing statement means: the very same mechanisms that produce excitement also produce fear, and any fear can be transformed into excitement by breathing fully with it. — Gay Hendricks

Never traffic in unpracticed truth. — Howard G. Hendricks

People tell me they want to make the Bible relevant. Nonsense. The Bible's already relevant. You're the one that's irrelevant! — Howard G. Hendricks

I like salty, creamy foods. I could sit down with a bag of chips and French onion dip and go to town! That would be on my last-supper list. — Christina Hendricks

In person, I wear jeans and flip-flops, and people are so shocked. They tell me I look so much younger than they expected. — Christina Hendricks

You never graduate from the school of discipleship. — Howard G. Hendricks

I don't think it's not feminist to use every tool you have to succeed, and part of that is being a woman - presenting yourself in a certain way. — Christina Hendricks

There's no one without significant creative potential. — Howard G. Hendricks

What is the most overrated skill for an entrepreneur? The most overrated skill is skill. Luck is more important. The entrepreneur gets credit for being this genius, when really he was just at the right place at the right time. — Ken Hendricks

Show me a man's closest companions and I can make a fairly accurate guess as to what sort of man he is, as well as what sort of man he is likely to become. — Howard G. Hendricks

Anytime someone talks about your figure constantly, you get nervous; you get really self-conscious. — Christina Hendricks

I used to be encouraged when, after a Sunday's message, people would say, "John, that was a good message. You showed me things from that verse that I never would have seen. I don't know how you do it. Thanks so much." Howard Hendricks called this postservice time "the glorification of the worm. — John W. Frye

Wrong location? Move it. Wrong people? Replace 'em. Wrong industry? I don't believe it. I've got a company in the machine tools industry, and we're doing great. I'd happily go into the coal business. It's how you look at something and how it's managed that make the difference. — Ken Hendricks

I don't need to love guys less; I need to love them more, with Christ's love. — Paula Hendricks

Do you believe you'd finally be completely happy if you had a boyfriend? — Paula Hendricks

I'm open to trying new things. That's why I think Birchbox is so awesome! It's something to look forward to and introduces me to something maybe I wouldn't have picked out, but fall in love with. — Christina Hendricks

I just thought I would work in a hair salon and do community theater. — Christina Hendricks

The home marks a child for life. — Howard G. Hendricks

I don't think I have ever taken any 'offbeat' advice. Actually, I don't know I take any advice very often. I trust my own instincts and seek out information so I can make fully informed decisions. That's what's worked for me. — Diane Hendricks

You focus on the depth of your relationship [with God]; let Him determine the scope of your ministry — Howard G. Hendricks

You never know when it is going to happen, when you will experience a moment that dramatically transforms your life. When you look back, often years later, you may see how a brief conversation or an insight you read somewhere, changed the entire course of your life. — Gay Hendricks

As we free our breath through diaphragmatic breathing, we relax our emotions and let go our body tensions. — Gay Hendricks

My most fundamental hope is for a worldwide attitude of tolerance, which will only come through education and an awareness of other cultures and religions. The more people are exposed to other philosophies and thoughts, the more possible it becomes to resolve world conflicts peacefully. Education builds tolerance for other points of view. — John Hendricks

I assure you, where prayer focuses power falls. — Howard G. Hendricks

Gin and tonic," Christian says. "Hendricks if you have it or Bombay Sapphire. Cucumber with the Hendricks, lime with the Bombay. — E.L. James

Each of us has an inner thermostat setting that determines how much love, success, and creativity we allow ourselves to enjoy. When we exceed out inner thermostat setting, we will often do something to sabotage ourselves, causing us to drop back into the old, familiar zone where we feel secure. — Gay Hendricks

Nothing is more common than unfulfilled potential. — Howard G. Hendricks

The only relevant question is whether you will let it be possible for you. — Gay Hendricks

I love anything that's sort of surreal and with fantasy. — Christina Hendricks

The Bible was written not to satisfy your curiosity but to help you conform to Christ's image. Not to make you a smarter sinner but to make you like the Saviour. Not to fill your head with a collection of biblicalfacts but to transform your life. — Howard G. Hendricks

Of our seven children, five are at ABC Supply. The three older daughters went to college. The boys went into construction, and I wasn't disappointed they didn't go to college. — Diane Hendricks

Pausing even for lunch, they turned the car around and headed — Gay Hendricks

The better we get, the better we want to be. — Gay Hendricks

No man should be on Facebook. It's an invasion of everyone's privacy. I really cannot stand it. — Christina Hendricks

I sort of feel like 'Mad Men' fans are like sci-fi fans because they are very, very devoted, and they're very loyal and very excited about it. — Christina Hendricks

Trust God with your love life, and buckle up for the ride! — Paula Hendricks

The whole point of all this reading is to learn and grow. So, finally, talk about what you read. Think and reflect on the things you read. Process the ideas. Jot down the questions. Books stimulate thought, so take advantage of it and write it down. — Kevin D. Hendricks

I've been telling everyone for weeks now about how I get to play Lois Lane. It's a big deal. There are a few characters throughout your life which everyone knows and this is one of them. I can't wait. — Christina Hendricks

Rule Number One is this: If you're open to learning, you get your life-lessons delivered as gently as the tickle of a feather. But if you're defensive, if you stubbornly persist in being right instead of learning the lesson at hand, if you stop paying attention to the tickles, the nudges, the clues - boom! Sledgehammer. — Gay Hendricks

the more precisely a particle's position is measured, the less precisely the particle's momentum can be known. — Jared Hendricks

Did we ever plan on being billionaires? No, but we wanted to be millionaires. — Diane Hendricks

A good leader has a compass in their head and a magnet in their heart. — Howard G. Hendricks

Wherever your path takes you, may all your deathbed wishes come true, and may you celebrate each and every one of them many long years before your final breath. — Gay Hendricks

The genius of the Word of God is that it has staying power; it can stand up to repeated exposure. In fact, that's why it is unlike any other book. You may be an expert in a given field. If you read a book in that field two or three times you've got it. But that's never true of the Bible. Read it over and over again, and you'll see things that you've never seen before. — Howard G. Hendricks

I'm not quite at the point where I feel the need to wear disguises in public. — Christina Hendricks

The heart of the matter is that there is nothing the matter with our hearts. It is not love that is to blame. But each of us has resistance to the very love we desire ... — Gay Hendricks

When I was 9, we moved to Osseo, Wis., where we owned a couple of hundred acres. My father was well respected in town. — Diane Hendricks

I found myself at the beginning of 'Mad Men,' because I wasn't a sample size, spending an exorbitant amount of money on a nice dress that I would never wear again because someone would say - 'Christina Hendricks wore this dress twice.' — Christina Hendricks

Has it ever occurred to you that love is the greatest positive force in existence? — Howard G. Hendricks

Talk to successful entrepreneurs. Learn about what they've experienced so you can avoid some of the pitfalls that come with wealth. — Diane Hendricks

I'm touched by Jon Hendricks. I want some of my music to reflect that. And when I write, you're going to hear it. — Al Jarreau

I would have shared with the banks my long-term vision and got them involved instead of just going to them when I needed money. I should have got them on my team right from the start. — Ken Hendricks

We keep ourselves so tied up in regretting the past and fearing the future that we don't have any energy left to figure out who we are and what we want to create right now. — Gay Hendricks

To be honest, the real reason I did 'Drive' was because of Nicolas Winding Refn, the director. — Christina Hendricks

I really do love being outdoors - I mean, you'd never think it in my high heels and pencil skirt! But I really do miss the smell of hay and farms, and I like milking a cow. — Christina Hendricks

The best attitude to take toward back talk is to reach out and embrace it with love, compassion, and understanding. No need to criticize it for its shortcomings or to waste time in recriminations. Just give a loving nod and a hug to any back talk you get, and move on to the joyful creation of your fulfilled life. — Gay Hendricks

Everyone has that one line they swear they'll never cross, the one thing they say they'll never do. Not something serious like I'll never kill anyone or I'll never invade Russia in the winter. Usually, it's something less earth-shattering.
I'll never cheat on her.
I'll never work at a job I hate.
I'll never give up on my dreams.
We draw the line. Maybe we even believe it. That's why it's so hard when we break that promise we make to ourselves.
Sage Hendricks was my line. — Brian Katcher

It is tricky because I do wear a lot of vintage on the red carpet, and usually when I'm getting ready, I'll say, 'We need to make sure that I don't look like I'm in a Scorsese film today.' Sometimes I do something a little bit more modern with my hair. You have to mix it up. — Christina Hendricks

Everyone assumes we're always going to have a cocktail and a cigarette in hand. Fans expect us all to be dressed up all the time. They always say to me, 'You look so young. You don't seem as tall!' — Christina Hendricks

If you are not thinking correctly, you are not living correctly. What you believe will determine how you behave. — Howard G. Hendricks

True independence is not based on fear. It contains within it an ability to be close to others, coupled with a choice to be free and autonomous. — Gay Hendricks

Many of you are gripped by the loony idea that your intentions are different from the results you create. It simplifies life enormously the moment you accept that the results you create are your unconscious intentions made visibly manifest. — Gay Hendricks

There is no fear of judgment for the man who judges himself according to the Word of God. — Howard G. Hendricks

The best thing that could've happened to me was that I learned a lot in Vegas, but I didn't know how to implement it. Whenever I came to Texas, all we had was Marc Laimon, jiu-jitsu coach. We didn't have a striking coach. So me and him started to just develop our own game, because he knows nothing about striking. We sat down and we sort of found my style. I think that was the best thing that could've happened to me. — Johny Hendricks

It is a sin to bore a child with the Word of God. — Howard G. Hendricks

At times like this, I am grateful I somehow learned to value self-discovery over blind obedience to authority. The Buddha himself said we shouldn't believe his words without question - we must discover the truth for ourselves. "Be a lamp unto yourself," he counseled his disciples. "Find your own way to liberation. — Gay Hendricks

As my creator, God knows better than I do what will truly make me happy. — Paula Hendricks

If we stop learning today, we stop teaching tomorrow. — Howard G. Hendricks

Children are not looking for perfect parents, but they are looking for honest parents. — Howard G. Hendricks

Behind every communication problem is a sweaty ten-minute conversation that you don't want to have. — Gay Hendricks

Genuine love is between two people who know they are already complete. Genuine love is based on a new paradigm in which both partners are committed to the celebration of each other and their loved ones. — Gay Hendricks

Heaven is a person: Jesus. — Howard G. Hendricks

According to one medical researcher, poor breathing plays a role in more than 75 percent of the ills people bring to their doctors. In most cases, poor diaphragmatic breathing is the culprit. On — Gay Hendricks

I've always been someone who really watches other people, human behavior. To watch it and be able to express it through your version has always been really exciting to me. — Christina Hendricks

Some people expect the door of opportunity to be opened with an electric eye. — Howard G. Hendricks

Maybe you've attended church for five, ten, or even twenty years, but you've never cracked open the Bible to prepare yourself for effectiveness as His instrument. You've been under the Word, but not in it for yourself. — Howard G. Hendricks

The secret to concentration is elimination. — Howard G. Hendricks

There's an old saying that nothing good happens fast. I don't know if that's altogether true, but it does have some bearing on Bible study. — Howard G. Hendricks

the less breath you feed your fear, the bigger your fear gets. — Gay Hendricks

It Bible opens up the doors in your life, and provides a purifying dynamic to help you clean out sin and learn to conform to God's will. — Howard G. Hendricks

I'm just looking for material that excites me more than any specific genre. It just needs to be good. — Christina Hendricks

There are three sayings I live by, and one of them is 'The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.' That's what losing a job is like. That's why we have to bring them back. — Ken Hendricks

Welcome the back talk, because it's completely natural and normal. It's actually a sign that the new idea you've planted in your mind is taking root. — Gay Hendricks

The measure of you as a leader is not what you do, but what others do because of what you do. — Howard G. Hendricks

We humans have a long and wonderful history of transcending our beliefs about what's possible. — Gay Hendricks

It is not love that is to blame. But each of us has resistance to the very love we desire. We also have resistance to the space and independence we need. So we go back and forth, not letting ourselves have one or the other. It all boils down to this: Are you willing to have your relationships be a pathway to fully revealing yourself and your potential? If you answer is Yes, real intimacy can be yours on a daily basis. — Gay Hendricks

We were probably the last people in the country to get a VCR and we didn't have cable. There wasn't any admiration of glamour, no, 'I want to look like them or have that lifestyle', because everyone in my town had the same lifestyle. So I didn't think, 'Ooh, a movie star's birthday!' I just thought, 'What?' — Christina Hendricks

I've always been very driven and knew that to get where I wanted to go, I could never give up. — Diane Hendricks

Succeeding in business and failing at home is a cop-out. For no success in the workplace will ever make up for failure at home. — Howard G. Hendricks

Mike Vax plays trumpet the way you have to play in order to hold down the lead chair with Stan Kenton. — Jon Hendricks