Ueli Maurer Quotes

#1. I´m live! Omigod, I´m live [...] #Quote by Shari Maurer

#2. Low key change helps the human mind circumnavigate the fear that blocks success and creativity. #Quote by Robert Maurer

#3. From regular, relative skydiving, I went on to freeflying. Freeflying is more the three-dimensional skydiving. #Quote by Ueli Gegenschatz

#4. You just see your hands, your ice axe, and your crampons ... and they have to just move. #Quote by Ueli Steck

#5. Of course I care. You're my big sister. I may act like a pain in the butt sometimes, but I actually like you. Pissing you off is just a hobby with me. [pp. 109] #Quote by Shari Maurer

#6. Fiction was a way for me to escape into another world. I would lose myself and all my shame, insecurity, and fear in those books. I would let time slip away in the pages of other worlds. Reading was a life long gift I grew to cherish. #Quote by Daniel D. Maurer

#7. So your High Priest and Sacerdote propose to kill Death." Edroc #Quote by Christie Maurer

#8. Get it out. The pain doesn't have as much power when you share it. #Quote by Daniel D. Maurer

#9. All changes, even positive ones, are scary. Attempts to reach goals through radical or revolutionary means often fail because they heighten fear. But the small steps of kaizen disarm the brain's fear response, stimulating rational thought and creative play. #Quote by Robert D. Maurer

#10. When you get to the summit and you push the watch, first you try to breath a little bit and get some oxygen in your lungs. When I saw this time I was like, 'Ah, that's not possible.' Yeah ... that was a good moment. #Quote by Ueli Steck

#11. BASE jumping is skydiving from fixed objects, like buildings, antennae, bridges and earth - meaning mountains, cliffs. It's for sure - for me - it's the ultimate feeling of being in free fall, with all the visual references. #Quote by Ueli Gegenschatz

#12. I hated my life. Maybe it'd be easier if I could just die. [pp.119] #Quote by Shari Maurer

#13. Spiritual assets allow us to see more clearly, love more deeply, and act more courageously. #Quote by Daniel D. Maurer

#14. One day as I sat musing, sad and lonely without a friend, a voice came to me from out of the gloom saying, 'Cheer up. Things could be worse.' So I cheered up and sure enough - things got worse. #Quote by Joan Howard Maurer

#15. Try as he might, Gatsby remains outside the inner sanctum and nothing he can do will allow him full access. He will never be accepted by anyone but the nouveaux riches. #Quote by Kate Maurer

#16. I regret a lot of things. You will, too. #Quote by Michael P. Maurer, Perfume River Nights

#17. It's the feeling of total control. When you are properly trained, your body works hard - but when you move, you do not suffer. That's the feeling I am looking for. #Quote by Ueli Steck

#18. You're progressing on something and that's what it's all about. You wanna keep moving, having a progress in your life. #Quote by Ueli Steck

#19. Some other kid has to die so I can live?" This was too horrifying to wrap my head around. Like, how do you wish for something like that? But then, how do you not, if your own heart isn't working right? [pp.70] #Quote by Shari Maurer

#20. Then why are you still here?" I ask. I stand up and her gun follows me. I welcome its bullets just to see if I could survive.
"Masochism."
"I don't know what that means."
"It means I like my own pain."
"That doesn't make sense."
"I'm human. You think we ever make sense? #Quote by Tessa Maurer

#21. Books are more honest than the world. If you want to understand people, listen to what they make up. #Quote by Tessa Maurer

#22. Small actions are at the heart of kaizen. By taking steps so tiny that they seem trivial or even laughable, you'll sail calmly past obstacles that have defeated you before. Slowly - but painlessly! - you'll cultivate an appetite for continued success and lay down a permanent new route to change. #Quote by Robert D. Maurer

#23. I think when you're sixteen, you believe you're invicible. Or immortal. Maybe it's both. [pp. 7] #Quote by Shari Maurer

#24. We all make mistakes. Keep playing." From the short story, "The Whitewood Kitarra. #Quote by Christie Maurer

#25. As you experience success in applying kaizen to clear goals like weight loss or career advancement, remember to hold onto its essence: an optimistic belief in our potential for continuous improvement. #Quote by Robert D. Maurer

#26. No matter what happens to me you better keep playing soccer. And kiss a few guys for me. What the heck, kiss a lot of guys for me! [pp.127] #Quote by Shari Maurer

#27. At both school and at home, I lost myself in books. #Quote by Daniel D. Maurer

#28. What's life without a good book? #Quote by Michael P. Maurer, Perfume River Nights

#29. Running isn't a sport for pretty boys ... It's about the sweat in your hair and the blisters on your feet. Its the frozen spit on your chin and the nausea in your gut. It's about throbbing calves and cramps at midnight that are strong enough to wake the dead. It's about getting out the door and running when the rest of the world is only dreaming about having the passion that you need to live each and every day with. It's about being on a lonely road and running like a champion even when there's not a single soul in sight to cheer you on. Running is all about having the desire to train and persevere until every fiber in your legs, mind, and heart is turned to steel. And when you've finally forged hard enough, you will have become the best runner you can be. And that's all that you can ask for. #Quote by Paul Maurer

#30. Build the kaizen habit of asking yourself small (and positive) questions... You are programming your brain for creativity #Quote by Robert Maurer

#31. asking small questions to dispel fear and inspire creativity thinking small thoughts to develop new skills and habits - without moving a muscle taking small actions that guarantee success solving small problems, even when you're faced with an overwhelming crisis bestowing small rewards to yourself or others to produce the best results recognizing the small but crucial moments that everyone else ignores #Quote by Robert Maurer

#32. that feeling you might call "writer's block" is actually fear. The #Quote by Robert Maurer

#33. But prayer and meditation aren't only in the realm of religion. I'd say neither is God, for that matter, brother Matt. What it's about is finding a peaceful center, even when we think that life is totally whack! #Quote by Daniel D. Maurer

#34. Small things with great love. . . . It is not how much we do, but how much love we put into the doing. And it is not how much we give, but how much love we put into the giving. To God there is nothing small. #Quote by Robert Maurer

#35. God has given us a universe. It's really an expensive toy with no instructions. We're gonna break it sooner or later. #Quote by Kevin Maurer

#36. Skysurfing is skydiving with a board on the feet. You can imagine with this big surface of a skysurfing board, there is a lot of force, a lot of power. Of course, I can use this power, for example, for nice spinning - we call it 'helicopter moves.' #Quote by Ueli Gegenschatz

#37. When life gets scary and difficult, we tend to look for solutions in places where it is easy or at least familiar to do so, and not in the dark, uncomfortable places where real solutions might lie... Fear is normal, and a natural sign of ambition. #Quote by Robert Maurer