“We are slapped when we come into this world and they shovel dirt on us in the end. This is our life. Everyone’s life. These are the bookends of life. But what really matters is what goes on in the middle. That we are passionate people. That we are caring people. That we LIVE!”
- Miles Patrick Yohnke

“The people I’ve been privileged to watch succeed have an intensity about them. They demand everything from themselves. They show up everyday, in fact every moment, and they are accountable to themselves. Everything they do has a hard statement, and they know when to stop. Very impressive.”
- Miles Patrick Yohnke

“Real beauty is found in oneself. That’s the tranquil beach. The beautiful sunset. It’s not a location, the location is you. To travel is to travel inward. That’s the ultimate vacation.”
- Miles Patrick Yohnke

“Turn your weaknesses into your strengths. Success is failure turned inside out.”
- Miles Patrick Yohnke

“We need to find a deeper meaning in life. Our duty, as artists, is to tap into those notes that resonates in us all. Not to sleep walk through life, like an outpatient program; but to strike a chord.”
- Miles Patrick Yohnke

“We can’t catch kindness in a net or a gun. When kindness is given to you, it’s by choice. One must adopt an attitude of gratitude.”
- Miles Patrick Yohnke

“We can become prisioners of self. One must dig tunnels; escape one’s own mind. We get just this one life. We have to stop doing time. But live lives like we planned in our youth. No matter where we are, how old, we can always reach our dreams.”
- Miles Patrick Yohnke

“All your life your going to be judged, what matters is keeping your soul
intact and making work that matters.”
- Miles Patrick Yohnke

“We have to stop telling people what we are going to do, what we have not yet accomplished, and tell them instead what we have accomplished. Only in this way can we be accountable for our actions. I am not accountable for achievements I have not yet reached, but I am what I have accomplished.”
- Miles Patrick Yohnke

“It’s when we stop forcing it … trying to impress that we really shine through; we start having strong people like us, just fall into our laps – and those that are weak are empowered by the tone of our voice.”
- Miles Patrick Yohnke

“Get off your knees and do. Words without action is death.”
- Miles Patrick Yohnke

“One has to stop sitting in the back, waiting. Come to the front. The front row of life.”
- Miles Patrick Yohnke