David Berman Quotes

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

Retiring was scary and it was tough to give up gymnastics, but so many great opportunities have come from it that I never expected.

Do what you haven't done is the key, I think.

It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.

I believe that if you'll just stand up and go, life will open up for you.

When I was thirty, and a long time after that, I felt like I had to leave home to do what I had to do. Now, it's just the opposite.

I am not the first man who wanted to make changes in his life at 60 and I won't be the last. It is just that others can do it with anonymity.

Growth is painful. Change is painful. But, nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you do not belong.

The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.

Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.

Who can't relate to the idea of leaving one chapter behind and moving on to the next?

Even when I retired, there was part of me that didn't want to retire. But once you decide it's time to move on then you have to stick with it.

Stepping away from Fun. was both exciting and terrifying.

Sometimes you need to come out of your comfort zone a little bit.

I did not want to later look back in my life and say, 'Why would you not make times change?'

Even if you're not ready to live at your full volume, turn it up halfway and get there.

We all face crossroads in our lives where we can retreat into ourselves, or we can hit the dance floor.

Do I regret leaving Milan? I decided I needed a change. I needed to find new ideas, and that was the best thing for both parties.

I don't regret anything, not even leaving Boca because it was the time to do so.

I broke out of my shell once I graduated from high school and got into college in my first year.

I know where I'm going to be, I'm not traveling here and there and everywhere. That didn't necessarily prompt me to it but it definitely opened up my mind of saying okay, maybe this is a good time to do this.

I achieved what I want to achieve and I want to continue doing something else.

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

Any action is often better than no action, especially if you have been stuck in an unhappy situation for a long time. If it is a mistake, at least you learn something, in which case it's no longer a mistake. If you remain stuck, you learn nothing.

There's been a big void out there, in terms of where I've been and what I am currently working on, I'd like to fill that void now and share my exciting plans for the future.