Quotes from Quitter

I love quotes (and song lyrics). My sister and I frequently have full conversations entirely in quotes. When I read, I usually write down quotes I really like from the book or article. I did that with Quitter, the Jon Acuff book I talked about in my last post, and I ended up with 4 pages of quotes. I’m not going to share all of them, but I did want to share some of my favorites.

- No one ever says, “I have an amazing dream that I am going to dedicate my life to. If it works, the status quo will be solidified forever!” At the heart of a dream is change. Few people like this.

- “Success always comes when preparation meets opportunity.” It’s true and the opportunity to quit your job will always be there. The real question is whether you’re prepared.

- There is a natural feeling to the things we’re called to that we often assume everyone else has.

- Ninety-percent perfect and shared with the world always changes more lives than one hundred percent perfect and stuck in your head.

- Perfectionism seems like a character trait sometimes, not a flaw.

- People who do not attempt to recover their dreams fail 100% of the time.

- If you’re patient and deliberate, your day job can become a wonderful platform from which you can launch your dream job. If you demonize your day job though and rail against it, it becomes a prison you’ll try to escape from. And prison breaks rarely go well for anyone.

- Hustle is doing the things you don’t enjoy sometimes to earn the right to do the things you love. (Jenny Acuff)

- Competition is a great motivator but a horrible measurement.

- I’m not sure why Christians sometimes think the maturation of our own missions will be radically shorter than that of Jesus.