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Ellen Goodman

Ellen Goodman Quotes

Total quotes: 2

Ellen Goodman

Birthname

Birthday: April 11, 1941

Educated At: Harvard University, Radcliffe College

Nationality: United States Of America

Occupations: Journalist

Total quotes: 2

“It’s hard to recognize that life isn’t a holding action, but a process. It’s hard to learn that we don’t leave the best parts of ourselves behind, back in the dugout or the office. We own what we learned back there. The experiences and the growth are grafted onto our lives. And when we exit, we can take ourselves along — quite gracefully.”

— Ellen Goodman, Ellen Goodman's last column: looking backward, looking forward

Tagged: Leaving, Retiring, Moving On, Moving Forward, Life, Change

“There’s a trick to the ‘graceful exit.’ It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, or a relationship is over — and let it go. It means leaving what’s over without denying its validity or its past importance to our lives. It involves a sense of future, a belief that every exit line is an entry, that we are moving up, rather than out.”

— Ellen Goodman, Ellen Goodman's last column: looking backward, looking forward

Tagged: Moving On, Moving Forward, Leaving, Saying Goodbye

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