Percelle Ascott Quotes

A mistake is simply another way of doing things.

I'm trying to go with the flow, which is not what I used to do. I used to try to micromanage my career choices.

As I get older, I'm trying to accept improvisation into my day-to-day living.

You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.

I thought I never wanted to be on TV. I was dead wrong. I'm almost always dead wrong about the things I think I want, vs. when I just go with the flow, I'm always happy where I end up.

Maybe I'm just purely lucky. If I've come up against obstacles I've always found another way around it.

No matter what twists and turns your life offers you, your ability to be adaptable and flexible will help you to stay open to all of the hidden gifts that difficulty may offer.

The mental flexibility of the wise man permits him to keep an open mind and enables him to readjust himself whenever it becomes necessary for a change.

Just say yes and you'll figure it out afterwards.

On the occasion of every accident that befalls you, remember to turn to yourself and inquire what power you have for turning it to use.

Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.

If you are in front of a wall that you cannot get past, would you just keep banging your head into the wall?... No, you would find a new wall.

I don't have a set pattern. I take things as they come. Usually with a great amount of relish. I just lay back and wait for it to happen. And it usually does.

Life has a habit of not staying hitched. You got to ride it like you find it.

I used to be a big planner and had to have things figured out ahead of time, but I'm learning to love living in the moment. Last night, I called my friend up randomly and said, 'Where are you? I want to come see you!' It's not a new version of me. I'm just embracing it more.

Shifting problems is the first rule for a long and pleasant life.

I don't think it's something you can be prepared for. I'm just going with the flow.

If you can surf your life rather than plant your feet, you will be happier.

If you can't go around it, over it, or through it, you had better negotiate with it.

When the going gets tough, the tough reinvent.

No one ever died from an open mind.

...life's big. If you can't fix it, give it a spin.

I never panic when I get lost. I just change where it is I want to go.

The art of living is always to make a good thing out of a bad thing.

It is bad advice that cannot be changed.