11 Quotes by Michael Holbrook

If you can't find the spirit of the holidays in your heart, you'll never find it under a tree.

As a kid, snow served the useful purpose of closing schools. As an adult—it shuts down any activity a decent, suntanned person over the age of thirty-five enjoys. I don’t do snow forts, snowballs, snow angels, snowmen, snowmobiles, or snowshoes. I don’t like to walk in it, drive in it, ski on it, or sled on it. Other than that, snow is just ducky.

Ask questions. Seek answers, knowing you’ll never have all of them. And that’s okay. Sometimes curiosity is its own reward.

Travel, for me, is a breathtaking experience. A humbling for the soul and the realization that we are all in this together.

Just as like finds like, love finds love. Embrace it. Be open and giving. Accept love with kindness, grace, and spirit.

Live life as an observer but not a spectator. Learn the rules, get in the game, break some rules. Live. Experience. There is no exhilaration to be achieved sitting on the bench.

We are leashed by societal norms, defined by our willingness to conform, but limited only by our imagination.

In times of conflict, we’re all peers.

Would you rather be a fish out of water or a fish afraid of water?The fish out of water will experience a short, exhilarating experience but will quickly die. The fish afraid of water will exist but not live.Either way, you’ll eventually die.Choosing a path is rarely easy, but it's something we all ultimately do; whether by choice or as a spectator. Either way, water continues to flow. With or without you.