Best 104 quotes of Bill Crawford on MyQuotes

All connections are infused with dreams of what is possible in the future. Thus, when we lose something or someone important to us, we aren't just grieving the loss, we are grieving the shattered dream.

All of life presents itself as a cycle of cause and effect. When this cycle is negative, there are three ways to change. You can change the cause, change the effect, or choose the most powerful option become the cause!

A meaningful life is composed of a series of meaningful moments. If this is what we want, then the ability to infuse each moment with meaning would seem to be a skill worth practicing.

A process for discernment: God is my ultimate source of truth and wisdom, and dwells forever at the center of my being. Therefore, any thought, emotion, or action that takes me further from my center can be neither truthful, nor wise.

A relationship is like life. It isn't a process of preservation, but of change and growth. Unless you grow and change together, you will change ... and grow apart.

As long as we define stress as how some person or situation is making us feel, we will have to change the world around us to find peace of mind.

As we interact with others, we can either be a person who is bringing out their best or pointing out their worst. Regardless, however, our choice is always more information about us than them.

Autonomy, Purpose, & Mastery: If you are having difficulty creating the life you want, chances are one or more of these are missing.

But if your work is your art, a personal reflection of who you are, the only person who can do that better than you, is a future you.

Change isn't about what you are stopping... it's about what you are starting.

Change isn't always easy, but with purposeful practice, any old habit can be replaced with a way of being we would recommend to those we love.

Children don't know that they are lovable until they are loved. They need to see it in our eyes before they can accept it in their hearts.

Courage isn't the absence of fear, but a decision that what we want is more important than what we are afraid of.

Creating a meaningful life has less to do with how we feel about our past than what we do about our future.

Diversity, or the state of being different, isn't the same as inclusion. One is a description of what is, while the other describes a style of interaction essential to effective teams and organizations.

Everything that happens in our lives is "good information" about the degree to which our choices are working for us. We can, however, choose to believe that we are a victim of the world we see, and have no choices. And, of course, we will receive "good information" about this belief as well.

Family is the place where acceptance and validation are most needed, but often the hardest to find.

Fear of feeling bad rarely makes one feel good.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal while blaming our misery on the person who started the fire.

Holding on to painful images of the past in order to avoid painful experiences in the future serves only to color the present with pain.

How do you keep people from jerking your chain? Don't give your chain to jerks!

If you want to change your life, you must change your mind and change your brain? on purpose.

Images of resentment and revenge only have us spending the precious moments of our lives imagining the 'other' as both dangerous and important!

In order to become more influential with those who are resistant to our point of view, we must be willing to start with what is influencing them.

In our lives, we can either be a reflection of the world around us . . . or a beam that enlightens the lives of others.

It's not simply what we feel, but what we feed, that determines what we do and how we live.

Leaders should interact with everyone in their organization as if the interaction is being recorded and will be used as a training film on how to treat colleagues, coworkers, and customers.

Life is not a means to an end but a series of experiences. Are you creating your series 'on purpose' ?

Living exclusively in the land of the head or the heart will always be a limiting, limited experience. The most successful among us have dual citizenship.

Love will keep us safe when we commit to choosing the kind of qualities, characteristics, and relationships that we would recommend to someone we love.

Making changes isn't about stopping the problem, it's about starting the solution.

Many people would rather be certain of their worries and fears, than risk the uncertainty of hope and optimism.

Meaning isn't something we discover, it is what we bring to life, either by choice or by chance.

Never define people or situations in terms of their effect on you, unless you want to give them the power to make you feel that way.

Never define yourself in terms of how you are negatively affected by others.

Never make your highest purpose, or the most important thing in your life something that is outside of your control.

Nothing destroys a relationship quicker than our fears of inadequacy and loss.

Nothing is meaningless it's how we assign meaning to the past that determines how we experience the present, and future.

Nothing will sabotage our happiness and success more thoroughly than the fear that we are not enough.

One barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids.

One key to creating a meaningful life, is choosing what we want to feel, and for how long.

One key to successful relationships is learning to say "no" without guilt, so that you can say "yes" without resentment.

One key to success is knowing the difference between knowledge and wisdom. One is information from the past while the other is the key to the future.

Our past is not, as some fear, a series of events carved in stone that we must carry around for the rest of our lives... but a kaleidoscope of experiences that, when viewed through different lenses, can 'color' (change) how we see our present and future.

Our success and happiness depends not on simply knowing where we stand, but in where we are wanting to go.

Peace of Mind? Don't leave home (or go home) without it.

People have the absolute right to be just as unhappy and miserable as they want to be.

Perspective is what allows us to step back and see the entire forest instead of just the same old tree we keep running into again and again.

Problems occur when we tie our peace of mind to another's state of mind.

Realistic optimism allows us to experience the best until we have to deal with the worst ... which often, never comes.