Nancy Willard Quotes

For me, life isn't about being recognized or having everyone know who I am. That's not why I'm here. To me, my foundation is the most important thing I do or have ever done. That's what my life is about.

I think nowadays it's very important to re-connect with ourselves and our roots.

The only way you can stay on top is to remember to touch bottom and get back to basics.

If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.

I am deeply in tune with my heart and core, and it's made me a better writer, artist, and most of all woman. It's made me more myself.

I never forget my old days and I never fly too high I have my feet fixed firmly on the ground!

It's not an epitaph. I felt I could look back at my life and get a good story out of it. It's a picture of somebody trying to figure things out. I'm not trying to create some impression about myself. That doesn't interest me.

By nature, I sit alone in a room and type... My goal was never celebrity.

The one thing that's going to get you through this business is having strong roots, being grounded and knowing what is true.

I think groundedness is definitely something I grew up with.

When you cut through the noise, what’s really at stake is how we remain true to who we really are in a world that is remaking itself at dizzying speed.

I really am a chick from Long Island who's just learning along with everyone.

I'm not a military general, a business guru, not a philosopher or author. It's only me.

Belief in oneself and knowing who you are, I mean, that's the foundation for everything great.

Amidst all the internal and external babble we experience daily, it's hard to find one's foundation.

I stay true to myself, my daughter. I just remember where I came from - I remember what I'm coming from - and then I remember why I do what I do.

I'm just this kid from New Zealand, to be honest. My life has changed, but I'm still that same kid, and I don't think that will ever change.

I don't think I am fearless. I am just me.

I try to keep myself grounded and to stay true to who I am through every experience, positive or negative.

Learn to be one with who you are in Reality, and the waves of a thousand passing worlds cannot wash you away.

No matter what happens in life, never lose sight of who you are.

I can build a happy life only on the foundation of my own nature.

I'm trying not to change.

Never forgetting from where I came and no matter where I'm headed I promise to stay the same

You've got to be humble really to be yourself or to get a chance to be yourself.