97 Quotes by Dan Miller

I started in the industry in Public Relations, Quality Assurance, Information Systems and furniture moving. I tried my hand in design and haven’t looked back. I’m fond of hackysack, racquetball, BBQ grilling, hanging out with my wife and friends.

The man who doesn’t read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them.” – Mark Twain.

How sad that we often diminish our best gifts by struggling valiantly to develop in someone else’s area of ability. It is better to focus on your uniqueness and do that with excellence than to end up with mediocrity in several areas.

Don’t settle for comfortable misery, a sad state where you’re hanging on to what is most predictable and familiar at the risk of letting exciting opportunities pass you by.

In one line of his poem he said good fences make good neighbors. I’d like to think that Alaska and British Columbia working together can prove that we can be pretty darned good neighbors without fences.

Find ways to embrace the things that make you unique, and you’ll unlock the ways you can make a difference in the world.

Don’t be indecisive and unstable in all your ways. Rather, walk in the strength, confidence, and boldness that come from decisive action.

It’s easy to focus on the things that divide us. Sometimes too easy.

As Thomas Merton put it, “A tree gives glory to God by being a tree. For in being what God means it to be it is obeying Him.