Gordon Livingston quotes

Dr. Gordon Livingston is a renowned psychiatrist, author, and speaker known for his insightful writings on human behavior and mental health. With over 30 years of experience in the field, Dr. Livingston has helped countless individuals navigate life's challenges and find meaning in the midst of adversity. His best-selling books, including "Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart," have touched the lives of readers worldwide. Dr. Livingston's compassionate approach to self-improvement and emotional well-being has earned him a dedicated following. Learn more about his work and wisdom by attending one of his speaking engagements or picking up a copy of his transformative books. Invest in your mental health and personal growth with Dr. Gordon Livingston's valuable insights.

We are responsible for most of what happens to us.

- Gordon Livingston

We are all prone to the myth of the perfect stranger.

- Gordon Livingston

This is the map we wish to construct in our heads: a reliable guide that allows us to avoid those who are not worthy of our time and trust and to embrace those who are. The best indications that our always-tentative maps are faulty include feelings of sadness, anger, betrayal, surprise, and disorientation.

- Gordon Livingston

The three components of happiness are something to do, someone to love, and something to look forward to.

- Gordon Livingston

The perfect is the enemy of the good.

- Gordon Livingston

Our greatest strengths are our greatest weaknesses.

- Gordon Livingston

Our common future will be determined by the struggle between the killers and the peacemakers.

- Gordon Livingston

Most of the heartbreak that life contains is a result of ignoring the reality that past behavior is the most reliable predictor of future behavior.

- Gordon Livingston

Life's two most important questions are 'Why?' and 'Why not?' The trick is knowing which one to ask.

- Gordon Livingston

Life consists of an effort to get the maps in our heads to conform to the ground on which we walk.

- Gordon Livingston

It is our determination to overcome fear and discouragement that constitutes the only effective antidote to the sense of powerlessness over unwanted feelings.

- Gordon Livingston

It is difficult to remove by logic an idea not placed there by logic in the first place.

- Gordon Livingston

If the map doesn't agree with the ground the map is wrong.

- Gordon Livingston

Everything we are afraid to try, all our unfulfilled dreams, constitute a limitation on what we are and could become.

- Gordon Livingston

Any relationship is under the control of the person who cares the least.

- Gordon Livingston

We need to learn the art of letting go: of the past, of unresolved grievances, of our younger selves. Nobody gets out of here alive.

- Gordon Livingston

To be happy is to take the risk of losing that happiness.

- Gordon Livingston

Only bad things happen quickly. Virtually all the happiness-producing processes in our lives take time, usually a long time: learning new things, changing old behaviors, building satisfying relationships, raising children. This is why patience and determination are among life’s primary virtues.

- Gordon Livingston

Money cannot buy happiness; it can, however, rent it.

- Gordon Livingston

We are not what we think, or what we say, or how we feel. We are what we do.

- Gordon Livingston