13 Quotes by Elizabeth Day

You can have and do and be anything you want. But you refuse to want because then you’ll have to do and be.

That’s not to say forward planning is pointless, but unless you can actively contribute something practical towards your future growth right now, there’s no point worrying about the things you can’t yet control.

I began to realise that if I never achieved anything outwardly ever again, I would still exist. The voice in my head is not who I am.

Living your life according to what everyone else might think of you is to cede control of who you are. It is to outsource your identity to a bunch of strangers who do not know you.