Janine Shepherd Born : 1962 Browse All Authors Top 9 quotes by Janine Shepherd If we are to move towards our collective bliss, it's time we shed our focus on the physical. Janine Shepherd motivation inspiration moving It [doesn't matter] what you look like, where you come from, or what you do for a living. All that matters is that we continue to fan the flame of humanity by living our lives as the ultimate creative expression of who we really are. Janine Shepherd motivation inspiration expression If you never have a go, you never, never know. Janine Shepherd ifs knows I think aerobatic pilots make the best pilots because you know, you're just so confident in an aeroplane. If you're gonna get into trouble, I'd rather be with someone that's a skilled aerobatic pilot. Janine Shepherd pilots trouble thinking Life is about opportunities, creating them and embracing them, and for me, that was the Olympic dream. That's what defined me. That was my bliss. Janine Shepherd creating dream opportunity I say to people that it's a choice that we make every day in our lives. Doesn't matter what you're going through. You don't have to be going through what I went through. But it's whether you decide to get up or stay down, whether you say 'yes' or whether you say 'no' to life. Basically, I decided to say, 'Yes.' Janine Shepherd choices matter people We can think so much about life and take ourselves so seriously; I mean, I like to tell people, 'Don't take life too seriously' because you'll cloud the experience. That's what the meaning of life is to me - being able to enjoy the moment. Janine Shepherd me moment you life When I got home from hospital, and I was in a wheelchair in a plaster body cast, an aeroplane flew over. And I thought to myself, 'Well, if I can't walk, then I might as well fly.' And I was lifted into the aeroplane for the first time. And when I took the controls of the aeroplane, I knew this was something I could do. I thought, 'I can fly.' Janine Shepherd walk myself home time I know that I'm not my body, and I also know that you're not yours. Janine Shepherd yours know you body