Tag: Assorted

Quotes November 05, 2024

Today is the day! May we exercise our voice, our power, and our privilege, not merely for our own interests, but for our community and our beloved planet. xx
Warmly,
AmyAnn Cadwell
& The Good Trade Team
 
 
 
 
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
William James
 
 
 
 
Listening well is the most eloquent sign of caring.
Deborah Tannen
 
 
 
 
We have to cross the boundary between knowing and not knowing many times before we achieve understanding.
David Hawkins
 
 
 
 
Maybe there is no such thing as time; there are only moments, each with its own story.
Robin Wall Kimmerer
 
 
 
 
To see things in the seed, that is genius.
Lao Tzu
 
 
 
 
A birdsong can even, for a moment, make the whole world into a sky within us, because we feel that the bird does not distinguish between its heart and the world’s.
Rainer Maria Rilke
 
 
 
 
Personality begins where comparison leaves off. Be unique. Be memorable. Be confident. Be proud.
Shannon L. Alder
 
 
 
 
Gratitude is the memory of the heart.
Jean-Baptiste Massieu
 
 
 
 
If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass has the power to move you, rejoice, for your soul is alive.
Eleonora Duse
 
 
 
 
Be impeccable with your word.
Don Miguel Ruiz
 
 
 
 

Quotes October 24, 2024

I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.
Brené Brown
 
 
 
 
Slowing down is accompanied by space for noticing.
Krista Tippett
 
 
 
 
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
 
 
 
Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.
May Sarton
 
 
 
 
Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
 
 
 
 
There is something quite magical in watching a family of elephants, gorillas or giant forest hogs emerge from the forest edge and bask in sunlight and social opportunities before slipping back into the cool shade of the forest interior.
Vicki Fishlock
 
 
 
 
Are languages then just a collection of words, syntax, and semantics? I’d like to sometimes see them as seeds and sometimes as fields – alive as the minds, tongues, throats, bodies, and air they pass through; germinating, growing roots, bearing fruit, evolving like beings.
M. Yuvan
 
 
 
 
There’s a song that wants to sing itself through us. We’ve just got to be available.
Joanna Macy
 
 
 
 

Quotes October 08-09, 2024

I know it’s only on the stage that I feel really alive. For a certain length of time I have to become a person whom I totally believe in.
Maggie Smith,
actor
1934-2024
 
 
 
 
Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. ‘Cause, that’s all that matters in the end.
Kris Kristofferson,
singer, songwriter, actor
1936-2024
 
 
 
 
Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too. If she doesn’t show up invited, eventually she just shows up.
Isabel Allende,
writer
Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
 
 
 
 
You learn to tell stories by telling stories.
Every director has at least 10 bad films in them.
Robert Rodriguez,
filmmaker
Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
 
 
 
 
At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.
Frida Kahlo,
artist
Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
 
 
 
 
Don’t plan it all. Let life surprise you a little.
Julia Alvarez,
writer, poet
Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
 
 
 
 
Color is a power which directly influences the soul.
Everything starts from a dot.
Wassily Kandinsky,
painter, art theorist
 
 
 
 

Quotes September 24, 2024

“I am most radiant and full of energy when the leaves are falling and there is a ghost of change in the air.”
Anna Madsen
 
 
 
 
“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.”
Dolly Parton
 
 
 
 
“It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.”
B. C. Forbes
 
 
 
 
“It’s the first day of autumn! A time of hot chocolatey mornings, and toasty marshmallow evenings, and, best of all, leaping into leaves!”
Winnie the Pooh
 
 
 
 
“If you run, then allow those first few breaths on a cool Autumn day to freeze your lungs and do not just be alarmed, be ALIVE.”
Kyle Lake
 
 
 
 
“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning how to dance in the rain.”
Vivian Greene
 
 
 
 
“When everything looks like a magical oil painting, you know you are in autumn.”
Mehmet Murat Ildan
 
 
 
 
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.”
Mary Anne Radmacher
 
 
 
 
“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
 
 
 
 

Quotes September 07-08, 2024

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
Alan Watts – 1915-1973 – Writer
 
 
 
 
“Nonsense and beauty have close connections.”
E.M. Forster
 
 
 
 
In busy hours how grateful is / A little word of cheer
How beautiful a day can be / When kindness touches it!
George Elliston,
journalist, poet
 
 
 
 
Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person, they are almost indistinguishable.
David W. Augsburger
 
 
 
 
I’m not weird. I’m limited edition.
Bluebird of Bitterness
 
 
 
 
“Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men.”
Jane Addams
 
 
 
 
“Self-esteem comes from what you think of you, not what other people think of you.”
Gloria Gaynor
 
 
 
 

Quotes September 05, 2024

Ah! how could I possibly quit the world before bringing forth all that I felt it was my vocation to produce?
Ludwig van Beethoven (December 16, 1770–March 26, 1827)
 
 
 
 
If you build a better mousetrap, the world might beat a path to your door, or a rival mousetrap maker may beat you to a pulp.
Gavin McInnes
 
 
 
 
“It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.”
Walt Disney
 
 
 
 
Your passion is waiting for your courage to catch up.
Isabelle Lafleche – Writer
 
 
 
 
“Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.”
Mother Teresa
 
 
 
 
“Success has brought me world idolization and millions of pounds. But it’s prevented me from having the one thing we all need: A loving, ongoing relationship.”
Freddie Mercury
 
 
 
 

Quotes August 31, 2024

“You don’t try to build a wall, you don’t set out to build a wall. You don’t say I’m gonna build the biggest baddest wall that’s ever been built. you say, I’m gonna lay this brick, as perfectly as a brick can be laid, and you do that every single day, and soon you have a wall. It’s difficult to take the first step when you look how big the task is. The task is never huge to me, it’s always one brick”
Will Smith
 
 
 
 
“Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement… get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually.”
Abraham Joshua Heschel
 
 
 
 
“To rush in with success formulas when someone is emotionally low or fatigued or under a lot of pressure is comparable to trying
to teach a drowning man to swim.”
Stephen R. Covey, Primary Greatness
 
 
 
 
“The most freeing experience of my life thus far has been to… be unapologetically myself, and to stand in my own light.”
Hannah Rose
 
 
 
 
“A good example has twice the value of good advice.”
Albert Schweitzer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician
 
 
 
 
Opportunities are like sunrises — if we wait too long, we miss them.
Marc Chernoff
 
 
 
 
“Life is not about you. It is about what you do for others.”
Tom Rath
 
 
 
 
We always ask where the time went. We never ask where it’s coming from.
James Lileks
 
 
 
 

Quotes August 26, 2024

“Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.”
Vern Law
 
 
 
 
“The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.”
Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu
 
 
 
 
“When life gets tough and you’re faced with defeat, remember somewhere in the world a flower is popping through some concrete.”
BRAD MONTAGUE
 
 
 
 
“Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you.”
WENDELL BERRY
 
 
 
 
The best way to ensure success is to never lose energy because things aren’t going as fast as you want them to.
Unknown
 
 
 
 

Quotes July 29, 2024

I believe in dirt and bone and flowers and fresh pasta and salsa cruda and red wine. I don’t believe in white wine; I insist on color.
Charles Bowden,
journalist, writer
 
 
 
 
“Find things beautiful as much as you can, most people find too little beautiful.”
Vincent van Gogh
 
 
 
 
Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress. Working hard for something we love is called passion.
Simon Sinek – Author-Speaker
 
 
 
 
“No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.”
George Washington Carver
 
 
 
 
It’s wild that when you decide you’re worth more, the Universe starts opening doors to make it a reality.
Cory Allen – Podcaster-Meditation Teacher-Audio Engineer
 
 
 
 

Quotes July 22, 2024

A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution.
Angela Merkel – Chancellor of Germany
 
 
 
 
“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.”
e.e. cummings
 
 
 
 
“Once you start questioning the bad stuff that comes your way, you have to start questioning the good—and I wouldn’t trade the good for anything.”
Stuart Scott
 
 
 
 
“We all need to learn to become comfortable with ourselves as early as possible, and to grasp that we are responsible for who we are.”
Gisele Bündchen
 
 
 
 
“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”
Steve Jobs
 
 
 
 
“The secret to happiness, of course, is not getting what you want; it’s wanting what you get.”
Alex Trebek