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Quotes February 15, 2023

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“There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart.”

Mahatma Gandhi
 
 
 
 
“Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God’s greatest gifts. It involves many things, but above all the power of going out of one’s self and appreciating what is noble and loving in another.”

Thomas Hughes
 
 
 
 
“First and foremost, self-love, and then give love away.”

Katy Perry
 
 
 
 
“Love cures people—both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.”

Karl Menninger
 
 
 
 
“Growing apart doesn’t change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. I’m glad for that.”

Ally Condie
 
 
 
 
“When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.”
Henri Nouwen
 
 
 
 
“Patience is the mark of true love. If you truly love someone, you will be more patient with that person.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
 
 
 
 
“If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere.”
Zig Ziglar
 
 
 
 
“The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.”

Charles Dickens
 
 
 
 
“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.”

Mignon McLaughlin
 
 
 
 
“Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you; spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.”

Amy Poehler
 
 
 
 
“To say that one waits a lifetime for his soulmate to come around is a paradox. People eventually get sick of waiting, take a chance on someone, and by the art of commitment become soulmates, which takes a lifetime to perfect.”
Criss Jami
 
 
 
 
“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”
Jane Austen
 
 
 
 
“When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you’d like them to be.”
Leo Tolstoy
 
 
 
 
“There is nothing like puking with somebody to make you into old friends.“
Sylvia Plath
 
 
 
 
“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you… I could walk through my garden forever.”

Alfred Tennyson
 
 
 
 
“A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.”

Arthur Brisbane
 
 
 
 
“Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky
 
 
 
 
“Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational.”
Hugh Mackay
 
 
 
 
“Some people arrive and make such a beautiful impact on your life, you can barely remember what life was like without them.”

Anna Taylor

Quotes July 20, 2022

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“One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.”
Clifton Fadiman
 
 
“Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don’t over-analyze your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness. “
Leo F. Buscaglia
 
 
“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
 
 
“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
Marcel Proust
 
 
“Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected.”

Charles Lamb
 
 
“If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere.”
Zig Ziglar
 
 
“You can always tell a real friend: when you’ve made a fool of yourself he doesn’t feel you’ve done a permanent job.”

Laurence J. Peter
 
 
“Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you too can become great.”

Mark Twain
 
 
“Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.”
William Arthur Ward
 
 
“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.”
Alice Walker
 
 
“Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.”

Woodrow T. Wilson
 
 
“Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.”

Ed Cunningham
 
 
“Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend’s success.”
Oscar Wilde

 
 
“Some of the biggest challenges in relationships come from the fact that most people enter a relationship in order to get something: they’re trying to find someone who’s going to make them feel good. In reality, the only way a relationship will last is if you see your relationship as a place that you go to give, and not a place that you go to take.”

Anthony Robbins
 
 
“The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.”

Elisabeth Foley
 
 

Quotes July 13, 2022

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“A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.”

Arnold H. Glasgow
 
 
“I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.”

Plutarch
 
 
“In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.”

Albert Schweitzer
 
 
“The real test of friendship is can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple?”

Eugene Kennedy
 
 
“A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they’re not so good, and sympathizes with your problems when they’re not so bad.”

Arnold H. Glasgow
 
 
“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”

Friedrich Nietzsche
 
 
“If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together… there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we’re apart… I’ll always be with you.”

Winnie the Pooh
 
 
“Growing apart doesn’t change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. I’m glad for that.”
Ally Condie
 
 
“One’s friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.”
George Santayana
 
 
“For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.”

Audrey Hepburn
 
 
“Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.”

Socrates
 
 
“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.”

Muhammad Ali
 
 

Quotes July 06, 2022

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“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.”
C.S. Lewis
 
 
 
 
“True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.”
David Tyson
 
 
 
 
“Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.”
Washington Irving
 
 
 
 
“There’s not a word yet for old friends who’ve just met.”

Jim Henson
 
 
 
 
“A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.”
Leo Buscaglia
 
 
 
 
“Don’t make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.”

Thomas J. Watson
 
 
 
 
“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”
Dale Carnegie
 
 
 
 
“What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.”

Confucius
 
 
 
 
“Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.”
Oscar Wilde
 
 
 
 
“How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live ’em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give ’em.”

Shel Silverstein
 
 
 
 
“A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.”

Unknown

Quotes June 29, 2022

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“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.”

Lucille Ball
 
 
 
 
“Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.”

Maxwell Maltz
 
 
 
 
“Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we’ll ever do.”

Brené Brown
 
 
 
 
“Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.”

Lao-Tzu
 
 
 
 
“If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.”

Charles Bukowski
 
 
 
 
“Our self-respect tracks our choices. Every time we act in harmony with our authentic self and our heart, we earn our respect. It is that simple. Every choice matters.”

Dan Coppersmith
 
 
 
 
“Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.”

Bell Hooks
 
 
 
 
“To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.”

Denis Waitley
 
 
 
 
“If you aren’t good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you’ll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren’t even giving to yourself.”

Barbara De Angelis
 
 
 
 
“A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.”

Mark Twain
 
 
 
 
“People who love themselves, don’t hurt other people. The more we hate ourselves, the more we want others to suffer.”

Dan Pearce
 
 
 
 
”If you don’t love yourself, nobody will. Not only that, you won’t be good at loving anyone else. Loving starts with the self.”

Wayne Dyer
 
 
 
 
“To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness.”

Robert Morley
 
 
 
 
“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.”

Walter Winchell
 
 
 
 
“If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you.”
Winnie the Pooh
  
 
 
 
“I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.”

Ernest Hemingway

Quotes June 22, 2022

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“Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give, and nobody will care for you.”

Karl Lagerfeld
 
 
“To be a good parent, you need to take care of yourself so that you can have the physical and emotional energy to take care of your family.”

Michelle Obama
 
 
“Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.”

Eleanor Roosevelt
 
 
“Self-love is an ocean and your heart is a vessel. Make it full, and any excess will spill over into the lives of the people you hold dear. But you must come first.”

Beau Taplin
 
 
“Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.”

André Gide
 
 
“Find the love you seek, by first finding the love within yourself. Learn to rest in that place within you that is your true home.”

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
 
 
“The perfect man of old looked after himself first before looking to help others.”

Chuang Tzu
 
 
“Don’t rely on someone else for your happiness and self-worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you can’t love and respect yourself – no one else will be able to make that happen. Accept who you are – completely; the good and the bad – and make changes as YOU see fit – not because you think someone else wants you to be different.”

Stacey Charter
 
 
“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.”

Jack Kornfield
 
 
“Once you embrace your value, talents and strengths, it neutralizes when others think less of you.”

Rob Liano
 
 
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
 
“Rest and self-care are so important. When you take time to replenish your spirit, it allows you to serve others from the overflow. You cannot serve from an empty vessel.”

Eleanor Brownn

 
 

Quotes June 15, 2022

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“To experience peace does not mean that your life is always blissful. It means that you are capable of tapping into a blissful state of mind amidst the normal chaos of a hectic life.”

Jill Bolte Taylor
 
 
“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
 
“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.”

Anne Lamott
 
 
“The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.”

Sydney J. Harris
 
 
“You have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.”

Louise L. Hay
 
 
“Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.”

Louisa May Alcott
 
 
“If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn’t ask me, I’d still have to say it.”

George Burns
 
 
“‘Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners.”

William Shakespeare
 
 
“I had to grow to love my body. I did not have a good self-image at first. Finally it occurred to me, I’m either going to love me or hate me. And I chose to love myself. Then everything kind of sprung from there. Things that I thought weren’t attractive became sexy. Confidence makes you sexy.”

Queen Latifah
 
 
“Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.”

Edward Stanley
 
 
“There are thousands of causes for stress, and one antidote to stress is self-expression. That’s what happens to me every day. My thoughts get off my chest, down my sleeves and onto my pad.”

Garson Kanin
 
 
“Self-care is so much more than a beauty regimen or an external thing you do. It has to start within your heart to know what you need to navigate your life. A pedicure doesn’t last, but meditating every day does.”

Carrie-Anne Moss
 
 
“Don’t take your health for granted. Don’t take your body for granted. Do something today that communicates to your body that you desire to care for it. Tomorrow is not promised.”

Jada Pinkett Smith
 
 
“Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.”

Ovid

Quotes April 27, 2022

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“Better to step out of your comfort zone, enjoy new experiences and not know what’s coming your way, than stick to routines and be bored with the same end results.”
April Mae Monterrosa
 
 
 
 
“Even the smallest changes in our daily routine can create incredible ripple effects that expand our vision of what is possible.”
Charles F. Glassman
 
 
 
 
“Experts step outside their comfort zone and study themselves failing.”
Joshua Foer
 
 
 
 
“Stepping outside your comfort zone is supposed to feel uncomfortable because we’re in new and unfamiliar territory. Being uncomfortable is a sign of success, not of failure! So if we are uncomfortably outside our comfort zones, then than means we are growing! And that is cause for celebration!”
Roz Savage
 
 
 
 
“Pushing yourself through your comfort zone can pay you handsomely.”
Douglas McGehee
 
 
 
 
“Outside your comfort zone is the only place worth living.”
Karina Bliss
 
 
 
 
“We have to be honest about what we want and take risks rather than lie to ourselves and make excuses to stay in our comfort zone.”
Ray Bennett
 
 
 
 
“Don’t be afraid to expand yourself, to step out of your comfort zone. That’s where the joy and the adventure lie.”
Herbie Hancock
 
 
 
 
“Life always begins with one step outside of your comfort zone.”
Shannon L. Alder
 
 
 
 
“I just don’t believe people when they say they want to change and want a better life but are unwilling to change or take the first step.”
Germany Kent
 
 
 
 
“Be willing to step outside your comfort zone once in a while; take the risks in life that seem worth taking. The ride might not be as predictable if you’d just planted your feet and stayed put, but it will be a heck of a lot more interesting.”
Edward Whitacre, Jr.
 
 
 
 
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
Mark Twain

Quotes April 20, 2022

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“As an artist, you want to stretch. That’s the only way you’re going to grow. If I stay inside my comfort zone, do roles that I’ve done before, then I’m never going to get better as an actress.”
Jurnee Smollett
 
 
 
 
“Don’t be afraid to give up the good and go for the great.”
Steve Prefontaine
 
 
 
 
“Get comfortable with being uncomfortable!”
Jillian Michaels
 
 
 
 
“If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes – then learn how to do it later!”
Richard Branson
 
 
 
 
“To the degree we’re not living our dreams, our comfort zone has more control of us than we have over ourselves.”
Peter McWilliams
 
 
 
 
“We often forget that as human beings, it is in our nature to give and create, so step out of your comfort zone and change your mindset, do what we do best and connect.”
Dee Waldeck
 
 
 
 
“The best piece of advice someone has ever given me was ‘do it scared.’ And no matter if you’re scared, just go ahead and do it anyway because you might as well do it scared, so it will get done and you will feel so much better if you step out of your comfort zone.”
Sherri Shepherd
 
 
 
 
“True self-discovery begins where your comfort zone ends.”
Adam Braun
 
 
 
 
“If you want to be excellent at something, you must move away from your comfort zone, overcome doubt, setbacks and failure. Never give up. Keep plugging away and being persistent. One day, success will be yours.”
Mark F. LaMoure
 
 
 
 
“The comfort zone is always the most desirable place to be. But in settling for comfort, there is a price to pay and it comes in the death of ambition, of hope, of youth and the death of self.”
Simon Barnes
 
 
 
 
“The biggest rewards in life are found outside your comfort zone. Live with it. Fear and risk are prerequisites if you want to enjoy a life of success and adventure.”
Jack Canfield
 
 
 
 
“Do one thing every day that scares you.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
 
 
 
 
“Do something uncomfortable today. By stepping out of your box, you don’t have to settle for what you are, you get to create who you want to become.”
Howard Walstein
 
 
 
 
“I will guarantee you that the day you step outside your comfort zone by making success your goal is the day you discover that adversity, risk, and daring will make life sweeter than you ever imagined.”
Mark Burnett
 
 
 
 
“The comfort zone is a psychological state in which one feels familiar, safe, at ease, and secure. You never change your life until you step out of your comfort zone; change begins at the end of your comfort zone.”
Roy T. Bennett
 
 
 
 
“Anything you to do to stretch yourself out of your comfort zone will ultimately enable you to take larger risks and grow.”
Leslie Evans

Quotes April 13, 2022

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“Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.”
Brian Tracy
 
 
 
 
“If you put yourself in a position where you have to stretch outside your comfort zone, then you are forced to expand your consciousness.”
Les Brown
 
 
 
 
“When you go out of your comfort zone and it works there’s nothing more satisfying.”
Kristen Wiig
 
 
 
 
“The only thing that is stopping you from where you are to where you want to go is your comfort zone.”
Dhaval Gaudier
 
 
 
 
“Greatness begins beyond your comfort zone.”
Robin Sharma
 
 
 
 
“Comfort is your biggest trap and coming out of your comfort zone is your biggest challenge.”
Manoj Arora
 
 
 
 
“What I find really interesting is to try and mix it up, to push myself and try different things. I don’t want to stay in my comfort zone. I want to take risks and keep myself scared.”
Michael Fassbender
 
 
 
 
“Comfort is the enemy of achievement.”
Farrah Gray
 
 
 
 
“A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown.”
Denis Waitley
 
 
 
 
“It’s when you begin to think about going to your dream that your dream is always outside of your comfort zone. It’s always beyond what you’ve ever done.”
Bruce Wilkinson
 
 
 
 
“My comfort zone is like a little bubble around me, and I’ve pushed it in different directions and made it bigger and bigger until these objectives that seemed totally crazy eventually fall within the realm of the possible.”
Alex Honnold
 
 
 
 
“You have to be uncomfortable in order to be successful, in some ways. If you stay in your comfort zone you would never do the things that you need to do.”
Lights Poxlietner
 
 
 
 
“Comfort zones are overrated. They make you lazy.”
Melina Marchetta
 
 
 
 
“You have to get outside of your comfort zone if you’re going to make significant changes in your life, and since few things scare people like the unknown, feeling fear is an excellent sign that you’re on the right track.”
Jen Sincero
 
 
 
 
“The comfort zone is the great enemy to creativity; moving beyond it necessitates intuition, which in turn configures new perspectives and conquers fears.”
Dan Stevens
 
 
 
 
“Sometimes it is good to be in uncomfortable situations because it is in finding our way out of such difficulties that we learn valuable lessons.”
Idowu Koyenikan
 
 
 
 
“If we’re growing, we’re always going to be out of our comfort zone.”
John C. Maxwell
 
 
 
 
“A ship in harbor is safe — but that is not what ships are built for.”
John A. Shedd
 
 
 
 
“Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life.”
Robin Sharma
 
 
 
 
“Your comfort zone is your danger zone.”
Greg Plitt
 
 
 
 
“Choosing a path for convenience and speed is usually a recipe for mediocrity. The things that most enrich our lives usually demand a bigger investment of time and discipline.”
Gina Mohammed
 
 
 
 
“The best things in life are often waiting for you at the exit ramp of your comfort zone.”
Karen Salmansohn
 
 
 
 
“I’m continually trying to make choices that put me against my own comfort zone. As long as you’re uncomfortable, it means you’re growing.”
Ashton Kutcher
 
 
 
 
“The hardest thing to do is leaving your comfort zone. But you have to let go of the life you’re familiar with and take the risk to live the life you dream about.”
T. Arigo