"I keep returning to the central question facing……" — Gail Sheehy
"I keep returning to the central question facing over-50 women as we move into our Second Adulthood. What are our goals for this stage in our lives?"
—
Gail Sheehy
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
69 Quotes by Gail Sheehy
Gail Sheehy has 69 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
The delights of self-discovery are always available.
-
Although there are many trial marriages... there is no such thing as a trial child.
-
By listening, by caring, by playing you back to yourself, friends ratify your better instincts and endorse your unique worth.…
-
My research offers impressive evidence that we feel better when we attempt to make our world better...to have a purpose…
-
No sooner do we think we have assembled a comfortable life than we find a piece of ourselves that has…
-
When you have self-respect, you have enough.
-
Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.
-
If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we are not really living. Growth demands a temporary…
-
Whether one has natural talent or not, any learning period requires the willingness to suffer uncertainty and embarrassment.
-
To hear how special and wonderful we are is endlessly enthralling.
-
The source of continuing aliveness was to find your passion and pursue it, with whole heart and single mind.
-
According to the prevailing mythology, to be younger is to be better; therefore, we should expect to find young people…
See all 69 quotes by Gail Sheehy »
More Adulthood Quotes
This quote is filed under Adulthood Quotes,
one of 270 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
— Simone de Beauvoir
-
Comedy was the key to everything. I grew up fast and controlled my future by bringing it on faster than…
— Margaret Cho
-
If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and wilt stimulate thy jaded senses…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
-
Creating a world that is truly fit for children does not imply simply the absence of war... It means having…
— Carol Bellamy
-
We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we have stopped saying 'It got lost,' and…
— Sydney J. Harris
-
The tough thing about adulthood is it starts before you even know it starts.
— Robert Redford
-
Calculated is the truth of adulthood, whereas honest is the truth of a child.
— Wes Fesler
-
If I were entering adulthood now instead of in the environment of fifty years ago, I would choose a career…
— Charles Lindbergh
-
The meaningful role of the father of the bride was played out long before the church music began. It stretched…
— Tom Brokaw
-
Adulthood isn't an award they'll give you for being a good child. You can waste ears, trying to get someone…
— Lois McMaster Bujold
-
A life-long blessing for children is to fill them with warm memories of times together. Happy memories become treasures in…
— Charlotte Sophia Kasl
-
People whose integrity has not been damaged in childhood, who were protected, respected, and treated with honesty by their parents,…
— Alice Miller
See all 270 Adulthood Quotes »