Jimmy Buffett Quotes

When things are shaky and nothing is working, we might realize that we are on the verge of something. We might realize that this is a very vulnerable and tender place, and that tenderness can go either way. We can shut down and feel resentful or we can touch in on that throbbing quality. (9)

In every job, relationship, or life situation there is inevitably some turbulence. Learn to laugh at it. It is part of what you do and who you are.

We must accept our pain Change what we can and laugh at the rest

But stories don't end. They continue as long as you're alive. You just have to get on with things. Turn the page, start a new chapter, find out what's in store for you next, and keep your fingers crossed that it's not too awful. Even if you know in your heart and soul that it most probably will be.

If you can neither accept it or change it, try to laugh at it.

There’s no remaking reality... Just take it as it comes. Hold your ground and take it as it comes. There’s no other way.

In a cruel land, you either learned to laugh at cruelty or spent your life weeping.

We have hopes and make plans, and if they are dashed or waylaid, we naturally rationalize and redraw the map to locate ourselves anew. Or else we brood and too firmly root. Very few can step forward again and again in what amounts to veritable leaps into the void, where there are no ready holds, where little is familiar, where you get constantly stuck in the thickets of your uncertainties and fears.

That is, Jack thought, the way of life. The horror changes us, because we can never forget. Cursed with memory. It starts when we're old enough to know what death is and realize that sooner or later we'll lose everyone we love. We're never the same. But somehow we're all right. We go on.

There is no growth without change, no change without fear or loss and no loss without pain.

Life doesn't care about your vision. You just gotta roll with it.

Life's funny. You have to find a way to keep going, to keep laughing, even after you realize that none of your dreams will come true. When you realize that, there's still so much of a life to get through.

Even when change is elective, it will disorient you. You may go through anxiety. You will miss aspects of your former life. It doesn't matter. The trick is to know in advance of making any big change that you're going to be thrown off your feet by it. So you prepare for this inevitable disorientation and steady yourself to get through it. Then you take the challenge, make the change, and achieve your dream.

Adversity is just change that we haven't adapted ourselves to yet.

You may not be able to change a situation, but with humor you can change your attitude about it.

Tragedy brings change, and that's what I'm interested in most - how people plunge into change and try to fight, then eventually move with it with grace.

Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes.

Life is not what it's supposed to be. It's what it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.

When you're in a situation that is foreign to you, you just have to pull yourself together and adapt.

I learned that life will go through changes - up and down and up again. It's what life does.

Shape your heart to front the hour, but dream not that the hours will last.

When you go through a significant injury and have a major career change, you truly do go one year at a time, and you don't look past what's going on now, because you are not sure what's going to happen. Tomorrow is not promised.

In prosperity prepare for a change; in adversity hope for one

To me, in life, if you have a sense of humor about it, that's how you deal with anything.

When you can't cope with change, you feel overwhelmed, and you look for a simple solution.