Quotes September 28, 2021

Every day is a renewal, every morning the daily miracle. This joy you feel is life.
Is it worse to be scared than to be bored, that is the question.
Gertrude Stein,
writer
 
 
 
 
“There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.”
Montesquieu
 
 
 
 
Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive good things and good people will be drawn to you.
Mary Lou Retton – Retired American Gymnast
 
 
 
 
“For me, a better democracy is a democracy where women do not only have the right to vote and to elect but to be elected.”
Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
 
 
 
 
When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in.
Kristin Armstrong – Three-time Olympic Gold Medalist-Former Professional Road Bicycle Racer
 
 
 
 
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
Epictetus – 50 AD-135 AD – Greek Stoic Philosopher
 
 
 
 
You cannot do everything—but what single thing is within your reach and will give you peace today?
AmyAnn Cadwell
 
 
 
 
Love is evil – it will make you fall in love with a goat
Russian Proverb
 
 
 
 
“Are you in control of the relationships in your life, or are you ceding that control to others? That standing lunch date, or the conference you’ve attended for years because your pal is involved — when is the last time those interactions either provided value or allowed you to give value? Do you come away energized or drained? If you are not deciding the rules of engagement and making deliberate choices about who you are spending time with, then you need to take back that control.”
The Inner Circle
 
 
 
 
“Unkindness involves a failure of the imagination so acute that it threatens not just our happiness but our sanity.”
Adam Phillips, On Kindness
 
 
 
 
Every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being re-directed to something better.
Steve Maraboli – Author-Speaker
 
 
 
 
“The biggest fear most of us have with learning to say NO is that we will miss an opportunity. An opportunity that would have catapulted us to success, or that will never come again. And most of the time*, that simply isn’t true. I’ve found that the first part of learning to say NO is learning to accept that offers and opportunities are merely an indication that you’re on the right path- not that you’ve arrived at a final destination you can never find again.’”
Grace Bonney on saying no
 
 
 
 
“The big mistake in this pattern of failure is projecting your subjective lack of comprehension onto the object you are looking at, as “irrationality.” We make this mistake because we are tempted by a desire for legibility.”
A Big Little Idea Called Legibility
Timeless Insight
 
 
 
 
Why do we waste so much energy looking for someone to blame when something doesn’t go our way?
Dr. Brene Brown
 
 
 
 
For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life?
Matthew 16:26
 
 
 
 
When you start taking care of yourself you start feeling better, you start looking better, and you start to attract better. It all starts with you.
Unknown