Mark Lawrence Quotes

If you get too attached to how you want it to come out the other side, you freeze. I try to trust that it will work out in the end.

I can enjoy anywhere, and I can leave it. Life is about moving on.

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.

Obstinacy alone is not a virtue.

Unadaptability is often a virtue.

A rigid America is also weak and vulnerable, because it sacrifices its unique strength: the energy of people who think they can always make something new of their lives.

In my life nothing goes wrong. When things seem to not meet my expectations, I let go of how I think things should be. It's a matter of not having any attachment to any fixed outcome.

Firmness in decision is often merely a form of stupidity. It indicates an inability to think the same thing out twice.

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

There are two kinds of weakness, that which breaks and that which bends.

A lot of them are afraid to sit down and break their position. You should be able to make it so natural that you can just get out, and sit down and walk away from it, and there's nothing wrong with that.

The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound.

You just take things as they come.

Never love something so much that you can't let go of it.

Whatever's in front of you, you do the best you can and let it land where it lands, and then you walk away.

Becoming a mom forced me to re-prioritize and make room for the things that are most important, while recognizing that there are things I can let go of, and the world won't crumble around me.

I take everything very seriously, but I also take it lighthearted to recognize that you can't control it.

I think some people get just locked into 'this is the way it has to be,' and they're afraid of messing something up. I don't ever want to be that way with shooting or with anything, really - not just shooting.

I'm not someone who clings on to records.

I just go out there and play my game and let the chips fall where they may.

It's simple-minded people like that, the ones that are afraid of change, they use everything in their power to defend what they stand up for instead of trying to listen and understand what's going on.

I'm very good at compartmentalising my life. I did motor-racing for a while, stopped, didn't miss it. I did power-boat racing for a while, stopped, didn't miss it. I had such a good run at the BBC. I had a hell of a CV with arguably the greatest broadcasting organisation in the world. But I've never missed it since.

The most important thing is not to be dogmatic but flexible and consistent.

If you ever want to tame your inner demons, you must consciously choose never to become too attached to any particular life plan - and always remain open to the idea that there might be an even better life plan for you.

The man who is too set to change is dead already. The funeral is a mere detail.