Tag: Positivity

Quotes November 12-13, 2024

“Our burdens feel lighter when we help carry someone else’s for a day or even an hour.”
HODA KOTB
 
 
 
 
“There are two worlds: the world that we can measure with line and rule, and the world we feel with our hearts and imagination.”
LEIGH HUNT
 
 
 
 
“Everyone needs things to look forward to — big things and small things, on good days and on bad days; things that will buoy our spirits and make us laugh and help us feel alive.”
SOPHIE BLACKALL
 
 
 
 
“Build pockets of stillness into your life. Meditate. Go for walks. Ride your bike going nowhere in particular.”
MARIA POPOVA
 
 
 
 
“Together, let us begin to imagine the different ways to embrace our tomorrows.”
MARY ANNE RADMACHER
 
 
 
 
“Voting is the expression of our commitment to ourselves, one another, this country, and this world.”
SHARON SALZBERG
 
 
 
 
“Taking a break is not a sign of weakness but a sign of strength.”
KEVIN KELLY
 
 
 
 
“While life and beauty are not one and the same, they dance cheek to cheek.”
SANDRA B. LUBARKSY
 
 
 
 
“Every leaf speaks bliss to me; fluttering from the autumn tree.”
EMILY BRONTË
 
 
 
 
“Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won’t have a title until much later.”
BOB GOFF
 
 
 
 
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
OPRAH WINFREY
 
 
 
 
“A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.”
DOUGLAS PAGELS
 
 
 
 
“You don’t get older, you get better.”
SHIRLEY BASSEY
 
 
 
 
“My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.”
HANK AARON
 
 
 
 
“The love you find within yourself will be yours forever.”
BIANCA SPARACINO
 
 
 
 
“Life is short. And we do not have long to gladden the hearts of those who walk the way with us. So let us be swift to love and let us make haste to be kind.”
Swiss philosopher Henri Amiel
 
 
 
 

Quotes November 06, 2024

When you start out in Hollywood it’s 99% ‘get outta here!’ rejection and you have to develop the hide of a rhinoceros, but you always have to keep the spirit of a butterfly inside.
Teri Garr,
actor
1944-2024
 
 
 
 
Creativity is one of the most beautiful gifts we possess.
Quincy Jones,
record label executive, producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, musician
1933-2024
 
 
 
 
Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
Roald Dahl,
writer
 
 
 
 
Not everything that is faced can be changed but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
James Baldwin – 1924-1987 – Writer
 
 
 
 
Form the habit of always doing your best.
Bob Proctor – 1934-2022 – Author-Speaker-Legend
 
 
 
 
The reward for our work is not what we get, but what we become.
Paulo Coelho – Author
 
 
 
 
Don’t let others decide who you are.
Dennis Rodman – American Basketball Player
 
 
 
 
“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
 
 
 
 
“Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.”
Grenville Kleiser
 
 
 
 

Quotes October 26-30, 2024

The two things in life you are in total control over are your attitude and your effort.
Billy Cox – Keynote Speaker
 
 
 
 
It’s not about thinking outside the box. It’s about realizing there is no box.
Jari Askins – Judge-Lawyer
 
 
 
 
Your capacity to keep your vow will depend on the purity of your life.
Mahatma Gandhi – 1869-1948 – Lawyer-Nationalist
 
 
 
 
I don’t like to gamble, but if there’s one thing I’m willing to bet on, it’s myself.
Beyonce – Singer-Songwriter-Actress
 
 
 
 
Speaking your truth is the most powerful tool we all have.
Oprah Winfrey – Actress-Entrepreneur-Talk Show Host-Media Executive-Philanthropist
 
 
 
 
In the end you should always do the right thing even if it’s hard.
Nicholas Sparks – American Novelist-Screenwriter-Philanthropist
 
 
 
 

Quotes October 05-07, 2024

Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.
Robert Bresson – 1901-1999 – French Film Director
 
 
 
 
Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you’re climbing it.
Andy Rooney – 1919-2011 – Radio, Television Writer
 
 
 
 
Whatever you want in life, other people are going to want it too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the idea that you have an equal right to it.
Diane Sawyer – American Broadcast Journalist
 
 
 
 
Life isn’t perfect, any failures you have are actually learning moments. They teach us how to grow and evolve.
Phillipa Soo – Actress-Singer
 
 
 
 
Attitude is the little thing that makes a big difference.
Winston Churchill – 1874-1965 – Former British Prime Minister
 
 
 
 
The key to success is to focus on goals, not obstacles.
Unknown
 
 
 
 

Quotes September 21-22, 2024

“Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.”
Albert Schweitzer
 
 
 
 
“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.”
Amelia Earhart
 
 
 
 
“When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
 
 
 
Instrumental music can spread the international language.
Herb Alpert,
trumpeter, songwriter, co-founder of A&M Records
 
 
 
 
“Sometimes, you have to step outside of the person you’ve been and remember the person you were meant to be. The person you want to be. The person you are.”
HG Wells
 
 
 
 
Reminder:
“Reputation is what others think about you. What’s far more important is character, because that is what you think about yourself.”
Billie Jean King
 
 
 
 

Quotes September 11, 2204

The biggest thing holding you back is you. Start there.
Hunter Post – Strategy Coach-Leadership Consultant
 
 
 
 
The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need tomorrow.
Robert Tew – Writer
 
 
 
 
The reason why we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind the scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel.
Steven Furtick – Pastor
 
 
 
 
“A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.”
George A. Moore
 
 
 
 
“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.”
Alexander Graham Bell
 
 
 
 
“The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.”
Bruce Feirstein
 
 
 
 

Quotes August 27, 2024

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.
Isaac Newton – 1643-1727 – Mathematician-Physicist-Astronomer-Author
 
 
 
 
“Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.”
Jacob Bronowski
 
 
 
 
I have always been at the same time / woman enough to be moved to tears / and man enough / to drive my car in any direction
Hettie Jones,
poet, writer, publisher
1934-2024
 
 
 
 
“Beauty is whatever gives joy.”
Edna St. Vincent Millay
 
 
 
 
“Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season. It is today that our best work can be done.”
W.E.B. Du Bois
 
 
 
 
“Purpose is an essential element of you … the struggles along the way are only meant to shape you for your purpose.”
Chadwick Boseman
 
 
 
 

Quotes August 08, 2024

Learn to be thankful for what you already have, while you pursue all that you want.
Jim Rohn – 1930-2009 – American Entrepreneur-Author
 
 
 
 
“I invite everyone to choose forgiveness rather than division, teamwork over personal ambition.”
Jean-François Copé
 
 
 
 
“Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
 
 
 
 
“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
 
 
 
 
“To go out there and prove what I can do has taught me a lot about who I am. We can push ourselves further. We always have more to give.”
SIMONE BILES
 
 
 
 
“Find what it is you love to do in life and do it! And by the way, only you know what that thing is.”
MAZ JOBRANI
 
 
 
 
“What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is related only to objects and not to individuals, or to life. That art is something which is specialized or which is done by experts who are artists. But couldn’t everyone’s life become a work of art? Why should the lamp or the house be an art object, but not our life?”
Michel Foucault
 
 
 
 

Quotes July 30, 2024

“Help others and give something back. I guarantee you will discover that while public service improves the lives and the world around you, its greatest reward is the enrichment and new meaning it will bring your own life.”
“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger
 
 
 
 
Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.
Jane Howard
 
 
 
 
It was the most beautiful scene — a feeling that we’re all in this together.
Theresa Pathak
 
 
 
 
When you become comfortable with uncertainty, infinite possibilities open up in your life.
Eckhart Tolle
 
 
 
 
Somewhere along the way, I think I’ve made the decision: I’m going to write in my own handwriting.
Wes Anderson,
filmmaker
 
 
 
 

The way you live is your message to the world. Make sure it inspires.
Unknown
 
 
 
 

Quotes July 25, 2024

A better-informed world is a better world. … Leave it just a little bit better than it was when you found it.
Ben Bradlee,
journalist, newspaper editor
 
 
 
 
“Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself.”
MOHSIN HAMID
 
 
 
 
“We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.”
Jawaharlal Nehru
 
 
 
 
You should never view your challenges as a disadvantage. Instead, it’s important for you to understand that your experience facing and overcoming adversity is actually one of your biggest advantages.
Michelle Obama
 
 
 
 
Change is painful, but nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.
Mandy Hale
 
 
 
 
Trust because you are willing to accept the risk, not because it’s safe or certain.
Anonymous