Mariotti Quotes & Sayings

Teetering on the edge of comfortable brings us closer to ourselves and each other. — Colleen Mariotti

It is not about how much activity we are capable of doing but how we are performing the activity that makes the difference. — Colleen Mariotti

Investing the time in climbing, descending, or traversing toward a new perspective is always worthwhile. — Colleen Mariotti

Virtue is insufficient temptation. — George Bernard Shaw

What's talent but the ability to get away with something? — Tennessee Williams

I would have liked to be - indeed, I should have been - a second Rembrandt. — Victor Hugo

We find ourselves more taken with the running up and down, the games, and puerile simplicities of our children, than we do, afterward, with their most complete actions; as if we had loved them for our sport, like monkeys, and not as men. — Michel De Montaigne

It is such a privilege to learn from children as they discover new worlds of possibility and give themselves fully over to their dreams, inspiring a few adults along the way. — Colleen Mariotti

How come we have money to kill but no money to feed or heal? How come we have money to destroy but no money for art and schools? The — Eve Ensler

For me, books have always been the greatest gifts. I love to give and receive them because I know they are a reflection of the giver. — Colleen Mariotti

Trusting the vision without forcing the way is a lesson worth learning in every port. — Colleen Mariotti

The first step in becoming a global citizen is stripping away the preconceptions of how things should be in order to see things for what they are. — Colleen Mariotti

There are no shortcuts to moral insight. Nature is not intrinsically anything that can offer comfort or solace in human terms
if only because our species is such an insignificant latecomer in a world not constructed for us. So much the better. The answers to moral dilemmas are not lying out there, waiting to be discovered. They reside, like the kingdom of God, within us
the most difficult and inaccessible spot for any discovery or consensus. — Stephen Jay Gould

Nature releases resistance sometimes slowly, other times powerfully, and always by example. Suddenly out of that calm comes momentum from a new direction. — Colleen Mariotti

To crumble or to fly is aways a choice ... — Colleen Mariotti

Give without expectation and receive with reckless abandon. — Colleen Mariotti

How we approach each obstacle is relevant, whether we are on the field or not. — Colleen Mariotti

Some days are about preparation, but some are pure inspiration. — Colleen Mariotti

The vision is not to see things just as we have imagined them to be. The vision is the freedom to live deliberately every day and that is a simply a choice. — Colleen Mariotti

A shared vision driven by core values is a powerful alchemy. — Colleen Mariotti

There are a lot of movies that inspire me to do what I do. — Jerry Bruckheimer

The earlier the entrepreneurial mind-set is introduced in our young people, the more potent it can be. Start teaching young people to observe the needs of others and to think about how to satisfy those needs through voluntary trade and make a profit. When you see a store, discuss it. Point out prices. Point out quality. Raise their consciousness about ownership. Ask them who owns that building? What would that building sell for? How could we get money to buy that building? What problems does our community have? What new businesses would solve them? — Steve Mariotti

You're with me, Sadie. When you're off the clock, you're not my employee. You're my.. Air."
I frowned at him. "Your air?"
He grinned. "Well, girlfriend seems to be a shallow word for what I feel for you.. — Abbi Glines

There was a lot of things about love that you could only learn after you'd faced the real kind. The best kind wasn't this soft, sweet thing of hearts and picnics. It wasn't flowery and divine. Real love was gritty. The real kind of love never quit. Someone who loved you would do what's best for you; they'd stand up for you and sacrifice. Someone who loved you would face any inconvenience willingly. You didn't know what love was until someone was willing to give up what they loved the most for you. But it was also never letting them make that choice, either. — Mariana Zapata

Sometimes it is just about taking the first step, only then can greatness find us. — Colleen Mariotti

The goal is not perfection, but rather mastering the art of practice. — Colleen Mariotti

Are we giving our voice to peace or resisting the opposing voice? There is an important difference. — Colleen Mariotti