Quotes September 24-26, 2023

Don’t worry about what everybody else is doing. That’s not only not going to get you anywhere, but it’s also going to set you back.
But absolutely don’t ever stop taking risks. There’s no reason to stop.
Carmen Gimenez,
poet, writer, editor
National Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
 
 
 
 
What I tell my students is that they must persevere. … Yes, we still have racism and prejudice, but we must persevere.
If you stand up for social justice or something that is right, people will stand up and fight for you, and they will help you try to reach your goals.
Sylvia Mendez,
civil rights activist, nurse
National Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
 
 
 
 
Music is intended to be for people. And circumstances and people change with the decades.
Esperanza Spalding,
bassist, singer, songwriter, composer
National Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
 
 
 
 
If you are called an enemy alien as a child of 12 … it will never escape you.
Raymond Moriyama,
architect
1929-2023
 
 
 
 
The two things vital to success — how to sense approaching danger and how to be flexible.
Gita Mehta,
writer, documentary filmmaker
1943-2023
 
 
 
 
But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.
Daphne du Maurier,
writer
 
 
 
 
Successful men become successful only because they acquire the habit of thinking in terms of success.
Napoleon Hill – 1883-1970 -Author
 
 
 
 
You are not your struggles. You are the survivor who keeps moving forward in spite of them.
Lori Deschene – Author
 
 
 
 
It’s never too late to be what you might have been.
George Eliot – 1819-1880 – English Novelist
 
 
 
 
Today’s accomplishments were yesterday’s impossibilities.
Robert Schuller – 1926-2015 – Pastor-Speaker-Author
 
 
 
 
Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
Marilyn Monroe – 1926-1962 – Actress-Model-Singer
 
 
 
 
Willingly give and graciously receive. What you do to and for another, you do to and for yourself.
Bob Proctor – 1934-2022 – Co-Founder of Proctor Gallagher Institute-Author-Speaker-Legend
 
 
 
 
You’re never too important to be nice to people.
Jon Batiste – Singer-Songwriter
 
 
 
 
Don’t be afraid to make yourself a priority.
Unknown