16 Quotes by Kimberly Williams-Paisley

Seek out adventures, she told us. Come back with stories.

And I understand now what she means about an empty space where a much-loved person used to be.

My mother was teaching us not to shy away in the face of a challenge. Not to shrink from what was uncomfortable.

She’s still that voice in my head that says, “Go for it! You can do it! Even if things are scary or difficult or you’ve never done them before, do them anyway!

Ride the horse in the direction that it’s going.” Instead of wishing for things to be different, choose to embrace the life in front of you.

It’ll be a good story one day,” Mom would always say at moments like this.

What’s this like for you?” “It’s hard,” she said, and paused to think for a moment. “But I often find that messy, complicated situations bring people closer than we would be otherwise.