Trusting the Process Quotes

Creativity requires quite a lot of faith - not just in yourself but also in the knowledge that you have the right to proceed, even when you may not know exactly what you're doing.

Don’t be overwise; fling yourself straight into life, without deliberation; don’t be afraid - the flood will bear you to the bank and set you safe on your feet again.

Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.

Anything I learned was just work hard, just keep working and don't worry about the outside stuff. Whatever happens will happen.

I think, in life, the more you force things, they break. You just let things happen.

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true.

Anytime you want to create something different, you have to convince people that it's O.K. 'We'll be O.K. It's going to work out. It's going to be great.'

You don't have any kind of control ultimately. Things are just going to happen as they will. And I think your best option sometimes is just to react rather than try to plan everything out in advance.

A lot of times, if you stay in the present and focus on getting the most out of yourself today, then things work out the way they're supposed to.

This is what the things can teach us: to fall, patiently to trust our heaviness. Even a bird has to do that before he can fly.

The downside to making movies at a gallop like we did with 'Wish You Were Here' is that we're shooting four or five scenes in a day, and it's very exhilarating, but you worry at the end of the day that you missed some details because you were moving too quick, and you just gotta trust and be ready straightaway.

When I'm playing my best and find myself in contention late on Sundays, it's usually when I'm not thinking about my swing, but rather trusting my setup and smoothly pulling the trigger. I won't completely rely on feel - I like to keep a few images in the back of my mind to make sure that I get the most out of my driver, irons and wedges.

When we leap, we must leap as though the net will appear. A leap in life, however big or small, is an act of commitment with the expectation of success.

I have learned from personal experience that putting trust in God means there will be some unanswered questions. That was a hard lesson for me because I naturally want to understand everything... to know what's going on so I can feel like I'm in control.

Everything happens for a reason and, something better will come along for me!

A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.

Things usually work out in the end." "What if they don't?" "That just means you haven't come to the end yet.

Dealing with adversity is like preparing for surgery. By putting our faith in what the doctor has said, we believe we will be better off if we have the surgery. But that does not make it any less painful. By submitting to the hand of a surgeon, we are saying that our ultimate goal is health, even at the cost of pain. Adversity is the same way. It is a means to an end. It is God's tool for the advancement of our spiritual lives.

I think there's always this idea in your head, but you have to allow the film to take its own course.

I'm a bit of a control freak, and I had to realize you can't control everything in your life.

I always take kind of a zen view of casting and I really don't remember people who passed. I kind of turn it over to the universe and figure, 'Wow, I guess that wasn't meant to be.' It doesn't sit with me.

It's good to let go of control. That's probably something all artists and song writers will say at some point.

Do your best. And then let life do the rest.

I've made peace with insecurity... because there is no security of any kind.

It's better to not overthink and let things happen normally instead.