“Stop complaining and do something... Shut up! Rise up! Grow up! And show up! See you at the top!”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“You're funny, and you're smart, and you may show up late, but you always show up eventually.”
― John Green, Paper Towns

“There is only one invitation it would kill me to refuse, yet I'm tempted to turn it down all the time. I get the invitation every morning when I wake up to actually live a life of complete engagement, a life of whimsy, a life where love does. It doesn't come in an envelope. It's ushered in by a sunrise, the sound of a bird, or the smell of coffee drifting lazily from the kitchen. It's the invitation to actually live, to fully participate in this amazing life for one more day. Nobody turns down an invitation to the White House, but I've seen plenty of people turn down an invitation to fully live.

Turning down this invitation comes in lots of flavors. It looks like numbing yourself or distracting yourself or seeing something really beautiful as normal. It can also look like refusing to forgive or not being grateful or getting wrapped around the axle with fear or envy. I think every day God sends us an invitation to live and sometimes we forget to show up or get head-faked into thinking we haven't really been invited. But you see, we have been invited -- every day, all over again”
― Bob Goff, Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World

“It's not the appearance that makes a man, it's the man that makes an appearance.”
― Anthony Liccione

“The first mistake is never the one that ruins you. It’s the spiral of repeated mistakes that follows.

The problem is not slipping up; the problem is thinking that if you can not do something perfectly, then you shouldn’t do it at all...”
― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

“What are you hiding? Is it something from others, or from yourself. Find your truth. The more you show up, the more you'll be found.”
― Brittany Burgunder

“Sometimes I act like I have my shit together more than I do. Sometimes I act like I don’t have my shit together as much as I do. I’m done acting. I’d rather just be okay with however together my shit is at the time, and still do my best to show up, as I am.”
― Scott Stabile

“Showing up begins long before you stand at the start. Prove yourself an exception in a world where people talk more than act. Intent without follow-through is hollow. Disappoint yourself enough times and empty is how you feel. Make yourself proud. Fill yourself up.
Show up.”
― Gina Greenlee, Postcards and Pearls: Life Lessons from Solo Moments on the Road

“Don’t be deceived by the thoughts of obscurity that lingers around your head. Go and shine the light in you.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Shaping the dream

“The best comedy on earth shows up when an immoral person talks about the morals!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“The less I know – the more the world opens up, wide and waiting.
This is how I have come to understand the taste of freedom.
I am filled with resistance. But still, I am here.
One letter on this screen at a time, I am here. Neck aching and back bent and eyes burning, I am here.
This is what it means to show up.
This is what it means to trust the calling.
This is what It means to write.”
― Jeanette LeBlanc

“I dare say that if you aren’t showing up as you, you aren’t showing up at all. You are sending a phony, a counterfeit. It isn’t you. You might even reach a goal and have happiness, but the day will come that you’ll need more.”
― Suzette Hinton

“She was someone's dream, who just chose to show up in someone else's sleep.”
― Akshay Vasu

“Show up authentically and synergy will meet you there.”
― Sanjo Jendayi

“Don’t invite the friend in distress to call; just show up—and don’t forget the mop and broom.”
― David P. Ingerson

“When you have nothing to show up for having lived for many decades, you are likely to borrow other people’s credibility which won’t fit! Live like you!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Daily Drive 365

“However you consistently show up may not be who you think you are, but it’s who you’ve become. If you want to be your best self, consistently show up as your best version.”
― Richie Norton

“Will we see the human behind the ink? The heart that dared to hold the brush dripping with color. Remember that she was the courageous one. That she was the one who showed up. Took the risk. Braved the secret disappointments of others. And lived. And made her mark.
I love her for doing that.
And therefore I can love her work.....
There is a burst of courage that will explode off the canvas if we don't shrink back afraid. The moment the painter laid down her brush and stepped back, pleased, is when she allowed that painting to steal a few beats of her vey own heart for you.The viewer. Close your eyes and receive this very human gift without any demand for more or better. And just show up and live.

Show up.
People need you. People need me. People need to know God's compassion is alive and winning the epic battle of good verses evil.
Put some paint on the emptiness. Color-correct your perspective. Forget the cravings for comfort zones. Trade your comfort for compassion. Don't welcome hardness of heat as easiness of life. Get wet with paint. Put the brush to the canvas. Own it. Declare yourself a painter. And when someone steals all the lines from your coloring book, determine to color the world anyhow with the same generosity of compassion that God offers every day.
Be like Him. The creator, the Master Artist.
Don't be like them. The hard-hearted haters. The ones who refuse to admit that their coloring books are missing lines too. The ones that refuse to break secrets with their fellow humans. The ones who would rather criticize than comfort. The ones who are loud with their opinions but who have never suffered with a blank canvas.
Grab the brush, and light the world with your color and attempts at creation. Don't try to be perfect. Don't pretend it's even possible. Don't apologize or strategize. And don't minimize that you are crushing fear and judgment with every stroke. You are walking the way of the artist. You are simply showing up with compassion. I love you for that. I love whatever is about to come to life on your canvas to the glory of our Almighty Creator. God. The redeemer of dust. The redeemer of us.”
― Lysa TerKeurst, It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered

“One of the best things you can do in your work is to show up, serve others and trust others to also work with love and kindness to create desired results.”
― Richie Norton

“When you stand up for your faith, God will show up for you.”
― Gift Gugu Mona, The Essence of Faith: Daily Inspirational Quotes

“When you show up everyday even when you don't feel like, you are well on the path of healing.”
― Hiral Nagda

“A man shows up. For himself and others. He doesn’t run, he doesn’t pass the buck, he shows up. And when he is hurt, or when he has done wrong, or has made his own mistake — a man shows up. For himself and others.”
― Drue Grit

“Everyone is born into this life, but only a handful of them actually show-up.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Dear Daughter,
He who promised is faithful, and He who is faithful knows how to show up. So do not be afraid, He is right by your side.”
― Gift Gugu Mona, Dear Daughter: Short and Sweet Messages for a Queen

“The reason that we feel that God didn’t show up was because we didn’t show up to realize that He had.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“It is reasonable after calling the police to expect a police officer suffering from Cumulative Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) to show up.”
― Steven Magee