1. “If you can surf your life rather than plant your feet, you will be happier.”
2. “It’s never overreacting to ask for what you want and need.”
3. “Sticking up for ourselves in the same way we would one of our friends is a hard but satisfying thing to do. Sometimes it works.”
4. “A person’s tragedy does not make up their entire life. A story carves deep groves into our brains each time we tell it. But we aren’t one story. We can change our stories. We can write our own.”
5. “Watching great people do what you love is a good way to start learning how to do it yourself.”
6. “I believe great people do things before they are ready.”
7. “It is easier to be brave when you’re not alone.”
8. “Your career and passion don’t always match up.”
9. “It takes years as a woman to unlearn what you have been taught to be sorry for.”
10. “Too often we women try to tackle chaos that is not ours to fix.”
11. “Anger and embarrassment are often neighbors.”
12. “Continue to share your heart with people even if it has been broken.”
13. “You have to be where you are to get where you need to go.”
14. “Stop whining about getting old. It’s a privilege.”
15. “Try to keep your mind open to possibilities and your mouth closed on matters that you don’t know about. Limit your ‘always’ and your ‘nevers’.”
16. “Ignore what other people think. Most people aren’t even paying attention to you.”
17. “Sometimes painful things can teach us lessons that we didn’t think we needed to know.”
18. “Taking risks and making choices is what makes life so exciting.”
19. “Watching great people do what you love is a good way to start learning how to do it yourself.”
20. “Don’t treat your heart like an action figure wrapped in plastic and never used.”
