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Greenlights Quotes
10 of the best book quotes from Greenlights
01
“I have a lot of proof that the world is conspiring to make me happy.”
Matthew McConaughey
author
Greenlights
book
happiness
ᐧ
proof
ᐧ
conspiracy
concepts
02
“Don’t walk into a place like you wanna buy it, walk in like you own it.”
Matthew McConaughey
author
Greenlights
book
Matthew's Mother
character
to own
ᐧ
philosophies
ᐧ
confidence
concepts
03
“Greenlights mean go- advance, carry on, continue.”
Matthew McConaughey
author
Greenlights
book
continuing
ᐧ
advances
ᐧ
going
ᐧ
carry on
ᐧ
a greenlight
concepts
04
“I believe everything we do in life is part of a plan. Sometimes the plan goes as intended, and sometimes it doesn’t. That’s part of the plan.”
Matthew McConaughey
author
Greenlights
book
road blocks
ᐧ
change of plans
ᐧ
plans
concepts
05
“The problems we face today eventually turn into blessings in the rearview mirror of life.”
Matthew McConaughey
author
Greenlights
book
hindsight
ᐧ
problems
ᐧ
blessings
ᐧ
life
concepts
06
“It’s a matter of how we see the challenge in front of us and how we engage with it. Persist, pivot, or concede. It’s up to us, our choice every time.”
Matthew McConaughey
author
Greenlights
book
persistence
ᐧ
change of plans
ᐧ
choices
ᐧ
challenges
concepts
07
“All destruction eventually leads to construction, all death eventually leads to birth, all pain eventually leads to pleasure.”
Matthew McConaughey
author
Greenlights
book
opposites
ᐧ
construction
ᐧ
destruction
ᐧ
pain
ᐧ
death
ᐧ
birth
ᐧ
pleasure
concepts
08
“They taught me not to hate. To never say I can’t. To never lie.”
Matthew McConaughey
author
Greenlights
book
own parents
ᐧ
telling the truth
ᐧ
teaching
ᐧ
morals
concepts
09
“Now you can shut that door on me or we can walk through it together.”
Matthew McConaughey
author
Greenlights
book
Matthew's father
character
shutting the door
ᐧ
together
ᐧ
take a chance
concepts
10
“I once asked her if she ever went to bed with any regrets. She quickly told me, ‘Every night, son. I just forget em by the time I wake up.”
Matthew McConaughey
author
Greenlights
book
Matthew's Mother
character
forgetting
ᐧ
regrets
ᐧ
going to bed
concepts
Recommended quote pages
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Becoming
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Dumbledore
Gandalf
Mere Christianity
The Cat In The Hat
The Great Gatsby
The Handmaid's Tale
The Hunger Games
The Jungle Book
Where the Crawdads Sing
Winnie the Pooh
happiness
proof
conspiracy
to own
Matthew's Mother
philosophies
confidence
continuing
advances
going
carry on
a greenlight
road blocks
change of plans
plans
hindsight
problems
blessings
life
persistence
choices
challenges
opposites
construction
destruction
pain
death
birth
pleasure
own parents
telling the truth
teaching
morals
shutting the door
together
Matthew's father
take a chance
forgetting
regrets
going to bed
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