“My dad encouraged me to quit my job and pursue the life that I am about to have. He got excited with me. He was the first one to tell me that I could do it. I am 30 years old, and I still find great power in my own dad telling me it’s possible. I still find great power in my own dad telling me I can do it.” ~Dan Pearce
Quotes by Dan Pearce
“The next time you want to withhold your help, or your love, or your support for another for whatever the reason, ask yourself a simple question: do the reasons you want to withhold it reflect more on them or on you? And which reasons do you want defining you forevermore?.” ~Dan Pearce
“Once your past no longer has the power to define you, your future is, quite literally, yours for the taking. Every single beautiful thing you could possibly want or imagine will be yours.” ~Dan Pearce
“I really believe that it is honesty about our imperfect selves that makes everyone do better and be better.” ~Dan Pearce
“I’m not going to pretend I’m something I’m not so that you like me more.” ~Dan Pearce
“I’m not saying you are jealous or insecure. I’m just saying that you obsessing over another person’s accomplishments makes you look that way. ” ~Dan Pearce
“Share your weaknesses. Share your hard moments. Share your real side. It’ll either scare away every fake person in your life or it will inspire them to finally let go of that mirage called “perfection,” which will open the doors to the most important relationships you’ll ever be a part of. ” ~Dan Pearce
“If bullies actually believe that somebody loves them and believes in them, they will love themselves, they will become better people, and many will even become saviors to the bullied.” ~Dan Pearce
“I have long ago accepted that I am a little crazy and a little weird. It wasn’t that exciting a revelation though. Turns out everyone is.” ~Dan Pearce
“So many people hate me and love me for the exact same reasons. This is all the proof I need that my opinion about myself is the only opinion I should ever care about.” ~Dan Pearce
Find a way to change your attitude for the better and your life will change for the better with little effort from you.” ~Dan Pearce
We all have to escape from this thing called life sometimes. Maybe we use substances to do it. Maybe we use religion. Maybe we use exercise. Maybe we use anger. But we all have to do it. How we do it is what defines us. ~Dan Pearce
Your past doesn’t actually exist. What you think is your past is a tiny blip of electricity in your brain happening right now. And if that’s happening now, what’s actually happening right now isn’t really happening for you at all. This is what it is meant when people say, ‘live in the present.'” ~Dan Pearce
“One of the greatest tragedies I can think of is for a person to die having never fully questioned the life he was born into.” ~Dan Pearce
“If you want to change the world, first change yourself, then tell others how you did it. Never demand that people change. Inspire them to change using your own change as an example instead.” ~Dan Pearce
“When one says, I won’t judge you for that, what they’re really saying is, I am judging you for that. Think about it. If you walk into my house and I tell you, “I won’t judge you for wearing those pants,” what am I really saying?” ~Dan Pearce
“Explain to me how you having a problem with me is my problem…” ~Dan Pearce
“I will never grow thick skin so that you don’t have to feel bad about being a jerk to me.” ~Dan Pearce
“Parenting is the greatest pay it forward system on earth. We don’t owe our parents anything. We owe our children everything. The same was true for our parents. The same will be true for our children.” ~Dan Pearce
“Mirrors have three purposes. To show you who you are. To show you who you were. And to show you who you want to be.” ~Dan Pearce
“Be real. Embrace that you have weakness. Because everyone does. Embrace that your body is not perfect. Because nobody’s is. Embrace that you have things you can’t control. We all have a list of them.” ~Dan Pearce
“Our greatest mistakes, if we look at them, and digest them, and interact with them, and learn from them… they can be the greatest moments of our lives.” ~Dan Pearce
“One of life’s ironies is that the more honest and vulnerable you are, the more others try to discredit you as a fraud and a fake. Shut them up by not caring.” ~Dan Pearce
“The most difficult part of dating as a single parent is deciding how much risk your own child’s heart is worth.” ~Dan Pearce