Gail Sheehy Quotes

Gail Sheehy — American Writer born on November 27, 1937,

Gail Sheehy is an American author, journalist, and lecturer. She is the author of seventeen books, including Passages, named by the Library of Congress one of the ten most influential books of our times. Sheehy has written biographies and character studies of major twentieth-century leaders, including Hillary Clinton, both presidents Bush, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, and Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev. Her latest book, Daring: My Passages, is a memoir... (wikipedia)

Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially responsible enough. When you have self-respect, you have enough.

The delights of self-discovery are always available.

People in grief need someone to walk with them without judging them.

If every day is an awakening, you will never grow old. You will just keep growing.

If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.