Chip Conley Quotes

There are times I am happy. There are times I am sad. But I always try to separate emotion from the need to reach for something stronger, deeper. And then no matter the emotion, I can reach for a stability that helps me accomplish what is the goal.

Your emotions are very unstable and should never be the foundation for direction in your life.

It is a challenge at times, but trying to stay centered and balanced helps me keep things in perspective.

Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.

You can feel up, you can feel down, and you have to keep your emotions kind of somewhere to be focused on the next ball.

With time, you learn to be calmer.

Learning how to be calm and centered in any situation is a skill for life, whatever you do.

I'm not always really calm, but I try not to get taken away by things that are incredibly transitory.

When you're centered, your emotions are not hijacking you.

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.

I do get angry some time, but if I let that feeling take over it would only cloud my thinking and disable me from making the right decision when it counts the most. I just try to think about my mother, children, God, and of course my freedom.

My strength was that I am more balanced and calmer than most other riders.

Vipassana taught me how to maintain equanimity in all situations of life.

In a way, one gets stability from being able to order the rational mind.

I've learned that I've got to keep level-headed.

Where I once constantly lost my temper, I found myself arriving at a crisis and experiencing peace.

I am calm most of the time.

I don't get upset over things I can control, because if I can control them there's no sense in getting upset. And I don't get upset over things I can't control, because if I can't control them there's no sense in getting upset.

You can't let the highs get too high and you can't let the lows get too low.

Use the energy that fear creates to focus the mind more intently on the present moment - where fear doesn't exist.

You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you. True power is sitting back and observing things with logic. True power is restraint. If words control you that means everyone else can control you. Breathe and allow things to pass.

If I can stay centered, I'm basically going to be living in the world a happy person.

I can be plenty frustrated and not have to constantly portray myself as upset and angry at the world.

You know how some people get worked up about things? That's a very human thing to do. Sometimes, I don't know - like, I feel like I don't want to waste my energy doing stuff like that. I think about this on the court, too.