Lisa Joy Quotes

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've sort of become the poster boy for quitting your job and following your dreams.

I'm not telling anyone, 'Quit your job and be homeless to go for your dream.'

The only risk is not taking the risk. You've got to take that step.

If you don't follow your dream, who will?

I think the best thing I ever did was never tell anyone I wanted to be an actor. I find if you tell people what you're dreaming about, they'll usually come up with lots of reasons to not chase your dreams.

A safe life includes following your dreams with the full knowledge that doing so is not, in any way, shape or form, safe in the traditional meaning of the word. Because living safely means dying without too many regrets. That is safe.

It's natural to be afraid of replacing everything you already gained by a dream.

'Beyond Glory' is responsible for this wave that I've been fortunate enough to ride for the last few years. And that I did primarily because I didn't know what else to do. You might say I did it out of desperation.

I told everyone that acting's for losers and I needed to get an education. But something kept telling me to give it one last chance. In the end, I lasted a month on the M.B.A. and then decided to quit, come back to L.A., and try again.

If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.

The hardest part when I decided to move into acting was trusting I'd made the right decision.

If you wait for the perfect moment when all is safe and assured, it may never arrive. Mountains will not be climbed, races won, or lasting happiness achieved.

You don't know what you're going to get into when you follow your bliss.

Take care, don't fight, and remember: if you do not choose to lead, you will forever be led by others. Find what scares you, and do it. And you can make a difference, if you choose to do so.

Any goal worth achieving involves an element of risk.

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

The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.

I guess I'm breaking out a little of what's comfortable and easy.

If you feel like there's something out there that you're supposed to be doing, if you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it.

Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive - the risk to be alive and express what we really are.

How do you know you're going to do something, untill you do it?

If you risk nothing, then you risk everything.

The trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

My only advice is, follow your dream and do whatever you like to do the most. I chose journalism because I wanted to be in the places where history was being made.