Glennon Doyle Melton Quotes

I started with the firm conviction that when I came to the end, I wanted to be regretting the things that I had done, not the things I hadn't.

A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die.

If you don't go towards the thing you fear, you won't be able to say you lived.

I think when you move past your fear and you go after your dreams wholeheartedly, you become free.

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.

I stepped out on faith to follow my lifelong dream of being an author. I made real sacrifices and took big risks. But living, it seems to me, is largely about risk.

I don't have any regrets. When I quit college and moved to Los Angeles to become an actress, it was so that I would not look back and have any regrets.

'Field of Dreams' made me realize that I wanted to live my dreams, to risk things for what I felt and what I dreamt of.

Life is too short to be scared and not take risks. I'd rather be the person that's like, 'I messed up,' than, 'I wish I did that.'

I feel like there is just never a good time for taking a chance and following your dreams - whatever those dreams are.

Don't be afraid to admit what your dreams are.

You can become a winner only if you are willing to walk over the edge.

I think to be courageous, you have to be afraid. For me, it feels very courageous when I go skiing because I'm very, very afraid to ski. It's dangerous! I feel very scared. But when I'm acting, I don't feel very scared.

I try to have the motto of living life with no regrets.

Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.

There's always that moment on every movie where you just go, 'Okay, this is that moment. I'm about to potentially fall flat on my face, and I might as well just dive in and see what happens.'

I'm of the mind that life is a risk, every time you leave your house it's a risk, and I see no reason to go through life with my hands tied behind my back for any reason. I'd be foolish to let something stop me from doing what I love to do.

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.

I had grand visions of being in professional sports. But when reality set in, I went, 'Oh, OK. I'll just move to Hollywood and be an actor.' I didn't want to look back on my life and wonder, 'What if I had done this? Or I had done that?'

I've flown out of character so many times. In that sense I've been lucky, because I've been given the liberty to do just about anything I've wanted to do in my lifetime.

I'd rather regret doing something than not doing something.

It's better to get mugged than to live a life of fear.

If you want to live your life through to the end, you have to live dangerously.

I firmly believe that life is an 'and' proposition and not an 'or' one. If you really love something, you just have to try it. The worse that can happen is that you'll be told 'no.'

I haven't lived a perfect life. I have regrets. But that's from a lifetime of taking chances, making decisions, and trying not to be frozen. The only thing that I can do with my regrets is understand them.