Julia Cameron Quotes

To begin, begin.

No matter how much progress one makes, there is always the thrill of just beginning.

Just because you couldn't do it yesterday doesn't mean you can't do it today.

The beautiful thing about TODAY is that you get the choice to make it better than YESTERDAY

If you think you can do better, then do better. Don't compete with anyone; just yourself.

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

Winning isn't getting ahead of others. It's getting ahead of yourself.

God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear.

I hope I'm better today than I was yesterday. I don't believe in glory days or anything like that, so I think the best is tomorrow or later this afternoon!

Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.

I'm a beginning, not an end.

Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood.

Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.

There will be some things I do well and things I do wrong. But I keep coming. Playing with heart. That's going to help me continue to grow.

I had to find the courage to turn my life around.

You wake up in the morning and you look at your old spoon, and you say to yourself, 'Mick, it's time to get yourself a new spoon.' And you do.

Every individual suffers from the fear of failure, but you can change your destiny only when you overcome it.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

Leaping away from my mistakes has propelled me forward. It has great force behind it. It makes for great storytelling.

I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path.

You are doing better than you think you are.

Take the first step, and your mind will mobilize all its forces to your aid. But the first essential is that you begin. Once the battle is startled, all that is within and without you will come to your assistance.

Great men grow.