Tag: Positivity

Quotes January 19, 2025

“Soul is when you take a song and make it a part of you—a part that’s so true, so real, people think it must have happened to you.”
Ray Charles
 
 
 
 
As one goes through life, one learns that if you don’t paddle your own canoe, you don’t move.
Katharine Hepburn
 
 
 
 
And now let us believe in a long year that is given to us, new, untouched, full of things that have never been, full of work that has never been done…
Rainer Maria Rilke
 
 
 
 
When we recognize the wholeness and strength within ourselves, and act from that place of deep inner knowing, our lives naturally get better.
Scott Lennox
 
 
 
 
There is no better exercise for your heart than reaching down and helping to lift someone up.
Bernard Meltzer
 
 
 
 
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.
John Maxwell – Coach-Author
 
 
 
 
Reminders:
Happiness is not given to us, nor is misery imposed. At every moment we are at a crossroads and must choose the direction we will take.
Matthieu Ricard

Do something now that will make the person you’ll be tomorrow proud.
Unknown

 
 
 
 

Quotes January 18, 2025

“It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.”
Mahatma Gandhi
 
 
 
 
“Any work of art, provided it springs from a sincere motivation to further understanding between people, is an act of faith and therefore is an act of love.”
Truman Capote
 
 
 
 
“Most of us who aspire to be tops in our fields don’t really consider the amount of work required to stay tops.”
Althea Gibson
 
 
 
 
“Practice, which some regard as a chore, should be approached as just about the most pleasant recreation ever devised.”
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
 
 
 
 
“I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.”
Christopher Reeve
 
 
 
 
“Follow your enthusiasm. It’s something I’ve always believed in. Find those parts of your life you enjoy the most. Do what you enjoy doing.”
Jim Henson
 
 
 
 
“We are the opening verse of the opening page of the chapter of endless possibilities.”
Rudyard Kipling
 
 
 
 
“Friendship is a priceless gift that cannot be bought nor sold, but its value is far greater than a mountain made of gold.”
Muhammad Ali
 
 
 
 
Always see positive in everything, whenever the going gets tough, understand there is something good going to happen.
Unknown
 
 
 
 

Quotes January 09, 2025

“Heroes always have their scars. Some you can see, some you read about later on.”
George Foreman
 
 
 
 
“One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.”
Nikola Tesla
 
 
 
 
“Hope is the eternal tool in the survival kit for mankind.”
Sidney Poitier
 
 
 
 
“It’s the human desire in all of us to want to make life better for somebody else. It makes you feel larger. It makes you feel part of the whole human race. ”
Doris Kearns Goodwin
 
 
 
 

Quotes January 05-08, 2025

Don’t plan it all. Let life surprise you a little.
Julia Alvarez,
writer, poet
 
 
 
 
We all get the exact same 365 days. The only difference is what we do with them.
Hillary DePiano,
playwright, writer
 
 
 
 
Sometimes the easiest-seeming stories to a reader are the hardest kind to write.
John Cheever,
writer
 
 
 
 
Enthusiasm moves the world.
Arthur Balfour – 1848-1930 – Former British Prime Minister
 
 
 
 
Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.
F. Scott Fitzgerald – 1896-1940 – Novelist
 
 
 
 
Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.
Nelson Mandela – 1918-2013 – Former President of South Africa
 
 
 
 
Reminders:
Go create the representation you want to see for your community.
Karla Sofia Gascon,
actor
 
 
 
 
It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.
Tom Brokaw – Journalist and Author
 
 
 
 

Quotes December 21-22, 2024

“We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and by the depth of our answers.”
Carl Sagan
 
 
 
 
If you feel like there’s something out there that you’re supposed to be doing, if you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it.
Wanda Sykes – Comedian-Actress-Writer
 
 
 
 
“Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It’s about accepting all of yourself.”
Tyra Banks
 
 
 
 
“I believe in the impossible because no one else does and that gives me an excellent chance at accomplishing it.”
Florence Griffith Joyner
 
 
 
 
I believe that filmmaking — as, probably, is everything — is a game you should play with all your cards, and all your dice, and whatever else you’ve got.
Francis Ford Coppola,
filmmaker
 
 
 
 
Your own shoes are hard enough to fill, but somebody else’s are even tougher.
Cyndi Lauper,
singer, songwriter, activist
 
 
 
 
All talk is lies in a way. Only the doing of a thing can make it true.
Donal Ryan,
writer
 
 
 
 

Quotes November 23, 2024

Some people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power.
bell hooks
 
 
 
 
Exuberance is beauty.
William Blake
 
 
 
 
Don’t fight with your pillow, but lay down your head, and kick every worriment out of the bed.
Edmund Vance Cooke
 
 
 
 
The world belongs to the enthusiast who keeps cool.
William McFee
 
 
 
 
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
Carl Rogers
 
 
 
 
Living with regrets is like driving a car that only moves in reverse.
Jodi Picoult
 
 
 
 
Out of the wreck I rise.
Robert Browning
 
 
 
 
We are all born worthy. Worthy of love, worthy of success.
Jamie Lee Curtis
 
 
 
 

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