Zachariah Renfro > Quotes

“The little moments which mean nothing to you now, will mean everything later in life. Little things like being able to go to your mom’s birthday party, eating breakfast with your grandma, spending time with your brother, and driving the roads you grew up on; will make all the difference later in life.”
― Zachariah Renfro

“We cannot just expect a happy marriage to come easily or randomly.”
― Zachariah Renfro

“Being a man means your life is not about you anymore. Your existence is no longer defined by what you do for yourself; but what you do for others.”
― Zachariah Renfro

“Do not let yourself become lazy or content. Do not stop trying to improve yourself and others. Don’t be afraid to fail and don’t be afraid of new experiences; because the moment you stop growing and learning is the moment you start dying.”
― Zachariah Renfro

“Here is my central premise: if you have a good family/friends and you live near them, you can actively participate in each other’s lives and your life will be happier and more fulfilling.”
― Zachariah Renfro

“It can be tough for anyone to go from being a manager or senior leader to being a student. Symbolically, becoming a student represents the loss of power, income, and status.”
― Zachariah Renfro

“For many people, being in a location with a sentimental attachment is worth more than being in a place where salaries are at 15% higher.”
― Zachariah Renfro

“You must be excessively kind, charitable, and loving to all that you meet, the world has enough villains you must be a hero.”
― Zachariah Renfro

“Many of life’s greatest truths are terribly unpleasant.”
― Zachariah Renfro

“Freedom can only exist in a place with a government that has laws and the power to enforce those laws. Enforced laws allow for stability and flourishing; it is freedom made concrete.”
― Zachariah Renfro

“To effectively weigh your options, you must understand your connection to your geography. Our geography can give us as much meaning as our careers. If our family/friends are rooted in a specific location, they are part of the geography.”
― Zachariah Renfro

“You have the strength deep inside you, but you must reach deep and bring it to the surface. True strength is not about what you do for yourself, but what you do for others. How you use your innate toughness to empower the weak and make them strong. You must make them strong of body, mind, and spirit.”
― Zachariah Renfro

“Selling people things is a matter of determining their desires and figuring out how the product matches those desires.”
― Zachariah Renfro

“Now you must step up to fulfill the obligations of the great social contract of the United States of America and the world. God has blessed you to be lucky enough to be born where you were at the time you were. You were given a great loan at birth now you must pay it back. Every day you wake up in the USA, every time you breathe clean Kentucky air, every night you go to sleep safe and with a full stomach; your debt to the world grows. It may seem hopeless to try and repay an unending debt, but it is your effort that will make all the difference.”
― Zachariah Renfro

“Your relationships don’t have to be the first thing to get sacrificed in the pursuit of knowledge. You can be near your support network and pursue your dreams; it just takes creativity.”
― Zachariah Renfro

“As we age, it becomes harder to make friends, and it is harder to maintain friendships. You don’t want to lose valuable friendships or grow apart from family, because you did not take the time to reflect on their importance. Even though family and friends might encourage you to chase your dreams; once they don’t see you every day, you are more or less forgotten.”
― Zachariah Renfro

“Lust can happen by accident or without our input; we can see a hot guy or gal and feel an instant attraction but that is an illusion.”
― Zachariah Renfro

“Love is not a feeling but a series of conscious actions.”
― Zachariah Renfro

“The military gives you a title and makes you into somebody. You go from being “some guy named Zach” to being “Staff Sergeant Renfro.” However, when you crossover from military to veteran, you lose your previous identity. When you get your DD-214, “Staff Sergeant Renfro” ceases to exist, and suddenly you are “some guy named Zach” again.”
― Zachariah Renfro

“Ads are usually a company’s first line of contact with a customer. If the ad is not good, then people will think the company is not good.”
― Zachariah Renfro

“Advertisers are very much like philosophers they analyze society, determine intrinsic values, and create a way to implement them.”
― Zachariah Renfro

“It is in times of financial hardship that families must by necessity come closer together and reaffirm their love more frequently. Stress and hardship can destroy a family.”
― Zachariah Renfro, Aristotle's Wallet Large Print Edition: A Short Book on Applying Aristotle to Personal Finance

“I know from personal experience that living different distances from your support network dramatically affects your connection with them. Distance can seem rather abstract when not tied to concrete examples. Living three hours away does not mean anything until the first time you drive from school to home.”
― Zachariah Renfro

“We must always try to be polite to the other person even if they have upset us. Politeness is the grease that keeps the gears of all relationships turning.”
― Zachariah Renfro

“We are all affected by our location in unique ways. To some extent, our identity changes every time our location changes.”
― Zachariah Renfro

“When two people are married they are less like lovers and more like a family, and we cannot get rid of our family even if they occasionally irk us.”
― Zachariah Renfro

“I thought to myself, “if tabletop RPGs were simpler, I might actually buy and play them.”
― Zachariah Renfro, The Simple Role Playing Game: Core Rule Book: Second Edition

“To implement a budget is to apply one’s ideas about life and spending to the real world.”
― Zachariah Renfro

“No man is honored at his funeral with praises of how much stuff he had. No one remembers the man who keeps to himself. The men who are remembered are the great sharers, the charitable souls, and the people who improved the lives of others.”
― Zachariah Renfro

“Conscious attempts to maintain loving relationships with those people who have upset us, is the greatest sign of love.”
― Zachariah Renfro