Days of prosperity make us forget adversity. Good times seem out of reach during the bad ones. Both can seem like final destinations, the summation of our days. Then the cosmic joker plays with our ways, Yesterday’s condition no longer remains, All commas, no periods, all stops, no stays, the pleasure’s for rent and so is the pain.
– from Greenlights book by Matthew McConaughey
Tag: Quotes from Greenlights book
Life is our résumé. It is …
Life is our résumé. It is our story to tell, and the choices we make write the chapters. Can we live in a way where we look forward to looking back?
– from Greenlights book by Matthew McConaughey
I believe everything we do in …
I believe everything we do in life is part of a plan. Sometimes the plan goes as intended, and sometimes it doesn’t. That’s part of the plan.
– from Greenlights book by Matthew McConaughey
We are going to make mistakes …
We are going to make mistakes – own them, make amends, and move on. Guilt and regret kill many a man before their time.
– from Greenlights book by Matthew McConaughey
Knowin the truth, seein the truth …
Knowin the truth, seein the truth, and tellin the truth, are all different experiences.
– from Greenlights book by Matthew McConaughey
I’m not perfect; no, I step …
I’m not perfect; no, I step in shit all the time and recognize it when I do. I’ve just learned how to scrape it off my boots and carry on.
– from Greenlights book by Matthew McConaughey
Behind the steering wheel has always …
Behind the steering wheel has always been my favorite seat, and driving the highways of America has always been my ideal office.
– from Greenlights book by Matthew McConaughey
Time to get rid of the …
Time to get rid of the filters. Make my life my favorite movie. Live my favorite character. Write my own script. Direct my own story. Be my biography. Make my own documentary, on me. Nonfiction. Live, not recorded. Time to catch that hero I’ve been chasing, see if the sun will melt the wax that holds my wings or if the heat is just a mirage. Live my legacy now. Quit acting like me. Be me.
– from Greenlights book by Matthew McConaughey
I haven’t made all A’s in …
I haven’t made all A’s in the art of livin, but I give a damn, and I’ll take an experienced C over an ignorant A any day.
– from Greenlights book by Matthew McConaughey
God, when I cross the truth …
God, when I cross the truth, give me the awareness to receive it, the consciousness to recognize it, the presence to personalize it, the patience to preserve it, and the courage to live it.
– from Greenlights book by Matthew McConaughey