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Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
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"We all step in shit from time to time. We hit roadblocks, we fuck up, we get fucked, we get sick, we don't get what we want, we cross thousands of "could have done better"s and "wish that wouldn't have happened"s in life. Stepping in shit is inevitable, so let's either see it as good luck, or figure out how to do it less often."
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

"Don't walk into a place like you wanna buy it, walk in like you own it."
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

"The question we need to ask ourselves is: what is success to us? More money? That's fine. A healthy family? A happy marriage? Helping others? To be famous? Spiritually sound? To express ourselves? To create art? To leave the world a better place than we found it?

What is success to me? Continue to ask yourself that question. How are you prosperous? What is your relevance?

Your answer may change over time and that's fine but do yourself this favor – whatever your answer is, don't choose anything that would jeopardize your soul. Prioritize who you are, who you want to be, and don't spend time with anything that antagonizes your character. Don't depend on drinking the Kool-Aid – it's popular, tastes sweet today, but it will give you cavities tomorrow.

Life is not a popularity contest. Be brave, take the hill. But first answer the question."
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

"When we mentally give a person, place, or point in time more credit than ourselves, we create a fictitious ceiling. A restriction over the expectations that we have over our own performance in that moment. We get tense. We focus on the outcome instead of the activity and we miss the doing of the deed. We either think the world depends on the result or it's too good to be true. But it doesn't and it isn't. And it's not our right to believe it does or is.
Don't create imaginary constraints. A leading role, a blue ribbon, a winning score, a great idea, the love of our life, euphoric bliss... Who are we to think we don't deserve these fortunes when they're in our grasp? Who are we to think we haven't earned them?
If we stay and process within ourselves, in the joy of the doing, we will never choke at the finish line. Why? Because we're not thinking of the finish line. We're not looking at the clock. We're not watching ourselves on the Jumbotron performing. We are performing in real time where the approach is the destination."
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

"I believe the truth is only offensive when we're lying."
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

"We cannot fully appreciate the light without the shadows. We have to be thrown off balance to find our footing. It's better to jump than fall. And here I am."
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

"We all have scars, we gonna have more. Rather than struggle against time and waste it, let's dance with time and redeem it. Cause we don't live longer when we try not to die. We live longer when we are too busy living."
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

"I'm not perfect; no, I step in shit all the time and recognize it when I do. I've just learned how to scrape it off my boots and carry on."
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

"I never wrote things down to remember;
I always wrote things down so I could forget."
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

"Persist, pivot, or concede. It's up to us, our choice every time."
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

"I have a lot of proof that the world is conspiring to make me happy."
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

"Me? I haven't made all A's in the art of living. But I give a damn. And I'll take an experienced C over an ignorant A any day."
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

"All destruction eventually leads to construction, all death eventually leads to birth, all pain eventually leads to pleasure. In this life or the next, what goes down will come up. It's a matter of how we see the challenge in front of us and how we engage with it. Persist, pivot, or concede. It's up to us, our choice every time."
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

"I'd rather lose money havin fun than make money being bored,"
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

"Sometimes which choice you make is not as important as making a choice and commiting to it."
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

"A denied expectation hurts more than a denied hope, while a fulfilled hope makes us happier than a fulfilled expectation."
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

"Life is our resume. It is our story to tell, and the choices we make write the chapters. Can we live in a way where we look forward to looking back?"
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

"Make my life my favorite movie. Live my favorite character. Write my own script. Direct my own story. Be my biography. Make my own documentary on me. Non-fiction, live, not recorded. Time to catch that hero I've been chasing. See if the sun will melt the wax that holds my wings or if the heat is just a mirage. Live my legacy now. Quit acting like me. Be me."
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

"Catching greenlights is about skill: intent, context, consideration, endurance, anticipation, resilience, speed, and discipline. We can catch more greenlights by simply identifying where the red lights are in our life, and then change course to hit fewer of them."
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

"God, when I cross the truth, give me
the awareness to receive it
the consciousness to recognize it
the presence to personalize it
the patience to preserve it
and the courage to live it."
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

"It is not about win or lose, it is about do you accept the challenge,"
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

"Great leaders are not always in front, they also know who to follow."
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

"No longer chasing butterflies, Camila and I planted our garden so they could come to us."
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

"God's lucky.
The goddess of luck is fortune.
Fortune is the sister of fate.
Fate is the divine order.
And the divine order is God.
So as far as I can tell if you believe in luck you believe in God."
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

"The sooner we become less impressed with our life, our accomplishments, our career, our relationships, the prospects in front of us—the sooner we become less impressed and more involved with these things—the sooner we get better at them. We must be more than just happy to be here."
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

"Guilt and regret kill many a man before their time."
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

"The problems we face today eventually turn into blessings in the rearview mirror of life. In time, yesterday's red light leads us to a greenlight. All destruction eventually leads to construction, all death eventually leads to birth, all pain eventually leads to pleasure. In this life or the next, what goes down will come up. It's a matter of how we see the challenge in front of us and how we engage with it. Persist, pivot, or concede. It's up to us, our choice every time."
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

"To lose the power of confrontation is to lose the power of unity."
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

"They are not trying to win arguments of right or wrong. They are trying to understand each other."
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

"We cannot fully appreciate the light without the shadows."
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

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