Bill Crawford Quotations | Page 2

Sometimes our ability to accept what we can't change is tied to our willingness to change what we can.

As long as we define stress as how some person or situation is making us feel, we will have to change the world around us to find peace of mind.

Our success and happiness depends not on simply knowing where we stand, but in where we are wanting to go.

To be influential in our conversations, we must first be aware of two things, (1) what do we want to bring to the conversation and (2) what do we want to bring out in others.

Stress is an indicator of our belief in the value and validity of our worries and fears.

A meaningful life is composed of a series of meaningful moments. If this is what we want, then the ability to infuse each moment with meaning would seem to be a skill worth practicing.

Many of us go from being taken care of as children to taking care of others as adults. Shouldn't there be a time when we learn to take care of ourselves?

Creating a meaningful life has less to do with how we feel about our past than what we do about our future.

There are only three things we 'have to' do in this world we have to be born, we have to die, and we have to live until we die. Everything else is a choice!

One key to successful relationships is learning to say "no" without guilt, so that you can say "yes" without resentment.

In our lives, we can either be a reflection of the world around us . . . or a beam that enlightens the lives of others.

When we take care of ourselves like we would take care of someone we love, the quality of our living and our giving goes up.

All connections are infused with dreams of what is possible in the future. Thus, when we lose something or someone important to us, we aren't just grieving the loss, we are grieving the shattered dream.

When we engage people positively, we create a receptive platform for the ideas and information we wish to communicate.

Never define people or situations in terms of their effect on you, unless you want to give them the power to make you feel that way.

Regardless of the problem, as long as our solution requires someone else to change, we will never know the power and promise of self-determination.

We've all heard that in life, when one door is closed, another is opened. Unfortunately, many of us are so focused on the darkness left by what has been lost, we never see the light coming through the newly opened door.

The act of giving is simply a behavior, and the gift merely a symbol. It is the energy behind both that will determine their impact on our lives.

The way to encourage people to be accountable is to engage the responsible, accountable, trustworthy part of their brain.

Selfish is caring for ourselves at others' expense ... Self-care is taking care of ourselves so that we can be there for others.

Until we become clear about our own worth and value, we will forever be searching for it in the eyes of others.

Courage isn't the absence of fear, but a decision that what we want is more important than what we are afraid of.

The 238th Air Support Operations Squadron provided point-to-point communications at five sites, ... A team of about two dozen security forces were deployed to Jones County.

We're already having concerns by major employers that their workforce is disappearing. The faster we can get investment back in there and recreate an economy, the sooner this will all come back.

We had lots of people doing lots of things,

We really do believe this is the greatest natural disaster in our history,

The governor is not inclined at this point to join in lawsuits against the Department of Defense, ... Now is not a time to press hard on this issue.

The Mississippi National Guard (Air and Army) distributed more than 6 million pounds of ice, 153,000 cases of water and 44,000 cases of meals ready to eat (MREs) to affected people in 15 counties, ... Over 600 unit members participated in hurricane relief efforts.

This border radio stuff has just come back roaring into fashion. People are more interested in the story now than when we first came out with the book 20 years ago. ... I also think that cable and the various media outlets have gotten so wacko that folks can understand more about the border radio characters and really appreciate them.

There's a whole group of south Scottsdale activists who were disenfranchised. If you acknowledge those people it means so much to them.

There's a new management team in place that has a much better logistics operation and logistics management, so I would not anticipate seeing problems there.

It's something that has been looming over our heads. We are hoping that it would go away.

They keep telling us to get over it. I would suggest to you that the N-word is not getting over it. It is a hateful, hateful, painful, sorrowful, violent word that has no place in public education.

If you eliminate just one of those groups of people, we're just flat out of luck.

Gene and I just fell in love with the stories of these characters and the romance of these super-powered outlaw stations,