Tag: Positivity

Quotes August 03, 2023

“Cultures, nations, religions, and people are not rocks. They are in constant transformation.”
Hans Rosling
 
 
 
 
“We can choose to be hopeful, try and possibly fail or not be hopeful, give up and definitely fail.”
David Hogg
 
 
 
 
You will either step forward into growth or back into safety.
Abraham Maslow – 1908-1970 – Psychologist
 
 
 
 
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
Herman Melville – 1819-1891 – American Novelist
 
 
 
 
“Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn’t mean he lacks vision.”
Stevie Wonder
 
 
 
 
Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there’s love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.
Ella Fitzgerald – 1917-1996 – Singer
 
 
 
 
“When you do things from the soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.”
Rumi
 
 
 
 
When times are good, be grateful, and when times are tough, be graceful.
Dustin Poirier – Professional Mixed Martial Artist
 
 

Quotes July 29, 2023

I can’t ask for more out of life, and the more I learn the less I know.
Tony Bennett,
singer
1926-2023
 
 
 
 
Everyone is very hungry for the win.
Elina Svitolina,
professional tennis player
 
 
 
 
“The moments that make life worth living are when things are at their worst and you find a way to laugh.”
Amy Schumer
 
 
 
 
“Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.”
James Thurber
 
 
 
 
“We must reject not only the stereotypes that others hold of us, but also the stereotypes that we hold of ourselves.”
Shirley Chisholm
 
 
 
 
“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.”
Abraham Lincoln
 
 
 
 
“Never confuse kindness with weakness.”
Bindi Irwin
 
 
 
 
“Be educated on the things that you want to change, and be brave in the moments that you ask for a change.”
Alex Morgan
 
 
 
 
“I am very glad I lived through some hard days … so that I could have this one.”
John Green
 
 
 
 
“The beauty of genuine brotherhood and peace is more precious than diamonds or silver or gold.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
 
 
 
 
“To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.”
Jimmy Carter
 
 
 
 
“What you do for yourself dies with you when you leave this world, what you do for others lives on forever.”
Sir Ken Robinson
These words by late British author and education advisor Ken Robinson provide a poignant reminder of the legacy that can be left behind through a life of kindness and compassion. Self-care is crucial, but so too is looking out for the people and the world around us.
 
 

Quotes July 27, 2023

“I don’t do anything in order to cause trouble. It just so happens that what I do naturally causes trouble. I’m proud to be a troublemaker.”
Sinead O’Connor
 
 
 
 
“Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.”
Anne Frank
 
 
 
 
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
Carl Jung
 
 
 
 
“If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.”
Marvin Gaye
 
 
 
 
“The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you’ll grow out of it.”
Doris Day
 
 
 
 
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”
Colin Powell
 
 
 
 
“The time to prepare for your next expedition is when you have just returned from a successful trip.”
Robert Peary
 
 
 
 
“Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what’s more than enough.”
Billie Holiday
 
 
 
 
“Failure is a part of success. There is no such thing as a bed of roses all your life. But failure will never stand in the way of success if you learn from it.”
Hank Aaron
 
 
 
 
“Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.”
John Madden
 
 

Quotes July 24, 2023

The reason why we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind the scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel.
Steven Furtick – Pastor
 
 
 
 
I did most of my experiments myself with my own two hands.
Evelyn Witkin, geneticist
1921-2023
 
 
 
 
“If the financial system has a defect, it is that it reflects and magnifies what we human beings are like. Money amplifies our tendency to overreact, to swing from exuberance when things are going well to deep depression when they go wrong. Booms and busts are products, at root, of our emotional volatility.”
Niall Ferguson
 
 
 
 
“People like to say that the conflict is between good and evil. The real conflict is between truth and lies.”
Don Miguel Ruiz
 
 
 
 
“Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see farther.”
J.P. Morgan
 
 
 
 
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
Margaret Mead
 
 
 
 
“The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.”
Thomas Paine
 
 
 
 
“It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
 
 

Quotes July 11, 2023

Life is too short to waste. Sometimes bravery is simply choosing to take the next step without fully knowing the path.
Glennon Doyle – American Author
 
 
 
 
Obstacles are those things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.
Henry Ford – 1863-1947 – Founder of Ford Motor Company
 
 
 
 
Rain falls and the flowers bloom. No rain, they wither up.
Haruki Murakami,
writer
 
 
 
 
Silence does not always mark wisdom.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge,
poet, philosopher
 
 
 
 
“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.”
Edward Everett Hale
 
 
 
 
“In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.”
Kahlil Gibran
 
 
 
 
In some Native languages the term for plants translates to “those who take care of us.”
Robin Wall Kimmerer
 
 
 
 
You may say I’m a dreamer. But I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us. And the world will live as one.
John Lennon
 
 
 
 
Drawing enables you to see in that special, epiphanous way that artists see, no matter what style you use to express your special insight. Your goal in drawing should be to encounter the reality of experience…to see ever more clearly, ever more deeply.
Betty Edwards
 
 
 
 
Every native species, however humble in appearance…has its place in the nation’s heritage. It is a masterpiece of evolution, an ancient, multifaceted entity that shares the land with us.
E.O. Wilson
 
 
 
 
You are the only you that has ever lived; your idiom is the only idiom of its kind in all the existences, and if you cannot hear the sound of the genuine in you, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls.
Rev. Howard Thurman
 
 

Quotes June 24-26, 2023

Your life is made out of the days it’s made out of. Nothing else.
Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting.
Cormac McCarthy,
writer
1933-2023
 
 
 
 
I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious.
Glenda Jackson
 
 
 
 
Declare who you are by charging fearlessly at your desires.
Chris Smith – Elite Mentor-Proctor Gallagher Success Advisor
 
 
 
 
If you do not expect it, you will not find the unexpected, for it is hard to find and difficult.
Heraclitus – 500 B.C. – Greek Philosopher
 
 
 
 
Difficult and meaningful will always bring more satisfaction than easy and meaningless.
Maxime Legace – Professional Ice Hockey Player
 
 
 
 
The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving.
Oliver Wendell Holmes – 1841-1935 – Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
 
 
 
 
I focus on hope. I think hope is a big thing.
There’s room for everyone here, I’m just happy to have a seat at the table.
Haley Kiyoko: Somewhere between the sand and the stardust ,
singer, songwriter, actor
 
 
 
 
Delete everything in your mind that is not moving you forward.
Unknown
 
 

Quotes May 30, 2023

I encourage adopted people to tell their stories, our stories, and let no one else define these experiences for us.
Nicole Chung,
writer, editor
May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
 
 
 
 
He didn’t want to please the readers. He wanted to stretch them until they twanged.
Martin Amis,
writer, essayist
1949-2023
 
 
 
 
Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.
James Stephens – 1880-1950 – Irish Poet-Storyteller
 
 
 
 
“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.”
Pelé
 
 
 
 
I believe that if you’ll just stand up and go, life will open up for you.
Tina Turner,
singer, performer, “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll”
1939-2023
 
 

Quotes May 06-07, 2023

The more you feed your mind with the positive thoughts, the more you attract great things into your life.
Roy Bennett – 1957-2018 – Politician
 
 
 
 
A winner is a dreamer who never gave up.
Nelson Mandela – 1918-2013 – Political Leader – Philanthropist – Former President of South Africa
 
 
 
 
Every morning is a fresh start. Wake up with a thankful heart.
Kristen Butler – Editor-Producer
 
 
 
 
You may not be able to change the current situation, but you can still try your best.
Md Parvej Ansari – Professional Blogger
 
 
 
 
Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.
Roy T. Bennett – 1939-2014 – Author
 
 
 
 
“If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.”
Edmund Burke
 
 
 
 
“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.”
Albert Einstein
 
 
 
 
“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.”
Buddha
 
 
 
 
“What greater bliss than to look back on days spent in usefulness, in doing good to those around us.”
Dorothea Dix
 
 
 
 
“Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.”
Plato

 
 

Quotes April 10, 2023

A negative mind will never give you a positive life.
Lewis Hamilton – Formula One Race Car Driver
 
 
 
 
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
Tony Robbins – Author-Speaker
 
 
 
 
You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.
Steve Jobs – 1955-2011 – Business Magnate-Industrial Designer-Investor
 
 
 
 
If you can change your mind, you can change your life.
William James – 1842-1910 – American Philosopher
 
 
 
 
Don’t be pushed by the fear in your mind. Be lead by the dreams in your heart.
Roy T. Bennett – 1939-2014 – Author
 
 
 
 
Worrying is a misuse of imagination.
Dan Zadra – Author-Book Mentor
 
 
 
 
The cave you fear to enter, holds the treasure you seek.
Joseph Campbell – 1904-1987 – Writer-Professor
 
 
 
 
Set peace in your mind as your highest goal, and organize your life around it.
Brian Tracy – Public Speaker-Author
 
 

Quotes March 21-23, 2024

If you’re going to come at me, come at me respectfully, and I will respond respectfully.
Sometimes you have to say, ‘No. This is my space.’
Lance Reddick,
actor, musician
1962-2023
 
 
 
 
You get whatever accomplishment you are willing to declare.
Georgia O’Keeffe,
artist
March is Women’s History Month
 
 
 
 
Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone.
So many things I would have done, but clouds got in my way.
Joni Mitchell,
singer-songwriter, musician, producer
March is Women’s History Month
 
 
 
 
If you can make the reader laugh, he is apt to get careless and go on reading.
Henry Green,
writer
 
 
 
 
The more you leave out, the more you highlight what you leave in.
Henry Green
 
 
 
 
I have learned not to allow rejection to move me.
Cicely Tyson – 1924-2021 – Actress-Humanitarian
 
 
 
 
Champions keep playing until they get it right.
Billie Jean King – Former Tennis Player-Advocate
 
 
 
 
I think and think and think, I’ve thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.
Jonathan Safran Foer – Novelist
 
 
 
 
Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
Marcel Proust – 1871-1922 – Novelist-Critic-Essayist
 
 
 
 
I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.
Jane Austen – 1775-1817 – Novelist
 
 
 
 
I scorched the earth with my talent and I let my light shine.
André Leon Talley – 1948-2022 – Fashion Journalist-Stylist-Editor
 
 
 
 
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
Nelson Mandela – 1918-2013 – Political Leader – Philanthropist – Former President of South Africa