Steven Brust Quotes

Life is never going to be perfect, as much as we want it to be, and I have to lead by example.

If you have a big problem in your life, all that means is that you are being a small person!

There's things to put up wi' in ivery place, an' you may change an' change an' not better yourself when all's said an' done.

Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. I mean do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage

Be fearless. Have the courage to take risks. Go where there are no guarantees. Get out of your comfort zone even if it means being uncomfortable. The road less traveled is sometimes fraught with barricades bumps and uncharted terrain. But it is on that road where your character is truly tested And have the courage to accept that you’re not perfect nothing is and no one is — and that’s OK.

Instead of my telling people what they should be doing, it makes more sense to be an inspiration to them. I'm not perfect by any means. I've done some stupid things, and I'm very aware of that. In this day and age, you have to have a sense of humor about it, and at the same time, it's made me a lot more aware that you have to take responsibility for your actions. For me, it's about staying on the path. If I slip, that's OK; just get back up and keep focused.

We get a little further from perfection each year. I think that's called character. I think that's just how it goes.

We're all imperfect, and life is simply a perpetual, unending struggle against those imperfections.

We’re all works in progress, honey. And believe me when I tell you that I’ve had to work harder than most.

Man's upward progress means ever increasing difficulty, which is to be welcomed.

See what you're doing wrong, laugh at it, change and do better.

The ability to get to a higher level in our life means that we have to generate the energy to be able to do so, and generally, we do that by a fall. Spiritual advances are almost always proceeded by a fall of one kind or another.

We all have to learn, in one way or another, that neither men nor boys get second chances in this world. We all get new chances to the end of our lives, but not second chances in the same set of circumstances; and the great difference between one person and another is how he takes hold and uses his first chance, and how he takes his fall if it is scored against him.

I always make mistakes and I always fix things up, as best I can, in the cutting room.

Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don't try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human.

Get comfortable with being uncomfortable!

Life is a challenge. Realize that and work, every day, to rise up and meet it.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

To cut out every negative root would simultaneously mean choking off positive elements that might arise from it further up the stem of the plant. We should not feel embarrassed by our difficulties, only by our failure to grow anything beautiful from them.

Just because you're perfectionist doesn't mean you're perfect.

Life is like a stew, you have to stir it frequently, or all the scum rises to the top.

If you learn life's lessons, you will do well. If not, life will just continue to push you around. People do two things. Some just let life push them around. Others get angry and push back. But they push back against their boss, or their job, or their husband or wife. They do not know it's life that's pushing.

Making mistakes doesn't mean that what you did was a failure, or the wrong take. It was just a 'mis-take.' You need to go back and do another take. In each take there is a lesson.

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

We make messes of our lives, but every now and then, we manage to do something that's exactly right. The challenge is figuring out which is which.