Tag: Positivity

Quotes January 04, 2022

You don’t luck into integrity. You work at it.
If one has no sense of humor, one is in trouble.
Betty White,
actor, comedian
1922-2021
 
 
 
 
Leadership is not about a title or designation. It’s about impact, influence, and inspiration.
Robin S. Sharma – Writer-Leadership Expert
 
 
 
 
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
Sarah Williams
 
 
 
 
We remain forever neoplastic. We remain forever changeable, and healable by experiences of being understood.
Sarah Peyton
 
 
 
 
Kindness enriches our life; with kindness mysterious things become clear, difficult things become easy, and dull things become cheerful.
Leo Tolstoy
 
 
 
 
Resolve to be always beginning — to be a beginner.
Rainer Maria Rilke
 
 
 
 
So let us not return to what was normal,
But reach toward what is next.
Amanda Gorman
 
 
 
 
Why are we reading, if not in hope of beauty laid bare, life heightened and its deepest mystery probed?
Annie Dillard
 
 
 
 
Sense your presence, the naked, unveiled, unclothed beingness.
Eckhart Tolle

Quotes December 13, 2021

“To abandon affirmative action is to say there is nothing more to be done about discrimination.”
Coretta Scott King
 
 
 
 
“Climate change is sometimes misunderstood as being about changes in the weather. In reality it is about changes in our very way of life.”
Paul Polman
 
 
 
 
Fear and growth go hand in hand. When you courageously face the thing you fear, you automatically experience the growth you have been seeking.
Sandra Gallagher – CEO and Co-Founder at Proctor Gallagher Institute
 
 
 
 
A saint is a sinner who never gave up.
Paramhansa Yogananda
 
 
 
 
To have the things that you have never had, you must do things that you have never done.
Dr. Shaun Marler – Pastor, Harvest Ministries
 
 
 
 
The common denominator of success is in forming the habit of doing the things that failures don’t like to do.
Albert E.N. Gray – Author
 
 
 
 
A leader is a person who has people following them, because they want to.
Larry Wilson – 1938-2020 – American Professional Football Player
 
 
 
 
Don’t play the notes. Play the meaning of the notes.
The most perfect technique is that which is not noticed at all.
Pablo Casals,
cellist, conductor, composer
 
 
 
 
Hope makes a good breakfast. Eat plenty of it.
Ian Fleming,
writer, journalist, naval intelligence officer
 
 
 
 
True security lies in the unrestrained embrace of insecurity — in the recognition that we never really stand on solid ground, and never can.
Oliver Burkeman
 
 
 
 
Our happiness comes not as a goal, but as a byproduct of engaging in honesty with ourselves.
Susan David
 
 
 
 
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
Mae West,
actor, playwright, screenwriter, singer
 
 
 
 
Silence and simplicity are our best teachers. May we listen to their wisdom even in the midst of this frenzied (and wonderful!) time of year.
Warmly,
AmyAnn Cadwell

Quotes November 27, 2021

Decide what you want. Decide what you are prepared to give up to get it. Set your mind on it. Get on with the work.
H.L. Hunt – 1889-1974 – American Oil Tycoon-Political Activist
 
 
 
 
Decide what you want. Decide what you are prepared to give up to get it. Set your mind on it. Get on with the work.
H.L. Hunt – 1889-1974 – American Oil Tycoon-Political Activist
 
 
 
 
Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.
Earl Nightingale – 1921-1989-Author-Radio Personality
 
 
 
 
Commit your non-productive activities to paper and physically shred and mentally obliterate them. This is very powerful.
Sandra Gallagher – CEO and Co-Founder at Proctor Gallagher Institute
 
 
 
 
“Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take advantage of this prejudice by pretending to be even more stupid than nature made them.”
Bertrand Russell
 
 
 
 
Self-care is never a selfish act — it is only good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others.
Parker J. Palmer
 
 
 
 
And I love you
as I love the dance that brings you
out of the multitude
in which you come and go.
Love changes, and in change is true.

We have neglected the truth that a good farmer is a craftsman of the highest order, a kind of artist.
Wendell Berry
 
 
 
 
There is a force within that gives you life. Seek that.
Rumi
 
 
 
 
Don’t waste life in doubts and fears.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
 
 
 
I’ve come to see aging as not inevitably a period of decline and loss and irrelevance. But a period of potentially renewed engagement, energy and meaningful activities.
Daniel Levitin

Quotes November 13, 2021

“I spent a lot of years trying to outrun or outsmart vulnerability by making things certain and definite, black and white, good and bad. My inability to lean into the discomfort of vulnerability limited the fullness of those important experiences that are wrought with uncertainty: Love, belonging, trust, joy, and creativity to name a few.”
Brené Brown
 
 
 
 
“What have I always believed? That on the whole, and by and large, if a man lived properly, not according to what any priests said, but according to what seemed decent and honest inside, then it would, at the end, more or less, turn out all right.”
Terry Pratchett
 
 
 
 
Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.”
Michel de Montaigne
 
 
 
 
“Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.”
Lyndon B. Johnson
 
 
 
 
How good are you willing to allow your life to be?
Abraham Hicks – American Inspirational Speaker-Author
 
 
 
 
When you let go of what you think you need, you clear space for the Universe to bring you what you really want.
Gabby Bernstein – Author-Motivational Speaker-Spiritual Leader-Podcast Host
 
 
 
 
It’s true that we manifest and bring into our lives whatever we focus on, so let’s make it about the positive and the good.
Sandy Abell
 
 
 
 
Celebrate your personal victories because no one else understands what it took to achieve them.
Nitya Prakash – Author-Banker
 
 
 
 
Attitude and results follow one another like night follows day.
Bob Proctor – Author-Speaker
 
 
 
 
The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it. Be aware of the thoughts you are thinking.
Eckhart Tolle – Spiritual Teacher-Author

Quotes October 28, 2021

“If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there’d be a shortage of sand.”
Milton Friedman
 
 
 
 
“There may be people that have more talent than you, but theres no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.”
Derek Jeter
 
 
 
 
What we don’t need in the midst of struggle is shame for being human.
Brene Brown
 
 
 
 
Grief needs an outlet. Creativity offers one.
Hope Edelman
 
 
 
 
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
Lao Tzu – Ancient Chinese Philosopher-Author
 
 
 
 
It is remarkable how powerful a force simple curiosity can be.
Susan Hill,
writer
 
 
 
 
Nearer the gods no mortal may approach.
Edmond Halley,
astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, physicist
 
 
 
 
We struggle to climb, or we struggle to fall. The thing is to discover which way we’re going.
Daphne du Maurier,
writer
 
 
 
 
We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.
J.K. Rowling
 
 
 
 
“Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate, and to humble.”
Yehuda Berg
 
 
 
 
Give without remembering and always receive without forgetting.
Unknown
 
 
 
 
Even the greatest was once a beginner. Don’t be afraid to take that first step.
Unknown
 
 
 
 

Quotes October 07, 2021

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
 
 
 
 
“To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time.”
Leonard Bernstein
 
 
 
 
Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
Golda Meir – 1898-1978 – Israeli Stateswoman-Politician-Teacher
 
 
 
 
There was no one near to confuse me, so I was forced to become original.
Franz Joseph Haydn – 1732-1809 – Composer of the Classical Period
 
 
 
 
Today, my advice for you is to take a page out of the Goldilocks story. Like porridge, virtues can be too hot or too cold. More isn’t always better. Watch out for virtues that burn too hot, not just too cold. If you want to be resilient, find the right amount of generosity and authenticity and grit.
Adam Grant
 
 
 
 
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
Robert Louis Stevenson,
writer, poet, essayist
 
 
 
 
Anybody can be a role model. Anybody can.
Selena Quintanilla,
singer-songwriter, businessperson, actor, fashion designer
National Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
 
 
 
 
The creative word is key to joining in and affecting the ways of the universe.
Juan Felipe Herrera,
poet, writer, performer, activist, first Latino poet laureate of the US
National Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
 
 
 
 
“Love is not a feeling. It’s an ability.”
Peter Hedges
 
 
 
 
“When I feel overwhelmed or stressed or lose my center, I draw on one or all of these things:
Be kind & be useful.
Slow way, way down.
Let the world speak to you.
Rest your mind on your breath.
I am only as good as the company I keep.
How can I best support my own vulnerability?
Compassion is the highest form of critical thinking.
My life—which includes my work—is only as good as I feel.
Try to put how you want to feel ahead of what you want to be or even do.
This is what I’m doing, this thing, right now; drop the words, stick with the feeling.
Be ready for opportunities & openings as they come along; change is the only constant.
Go toward the good—the good people, the good moments—& let the rest of the static, noise & drama fall away.
While we’re breathing—which is miraculous, and won’t be happening some day—all we’re doing is learning and growing. That’s all, learning and growing.
Follow your interests, wherever they lead will be somewhere that lights up your eyes, or floats your cork; notice when you get excited &/or confused by things, write down these moments & let them guide you.”
Hope Hall

Quotes September 27, 2021

“Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.”
Gloria Steinem
 
 
 
 
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
Charles Darwin,
naturalist, geologist, biologist
 
 
 
 
Colleagues are a wonderful thing — but mentors,
that’s where the real work gets done.
You can’t regret the life you didn’t lead.
Junot Diaz,
writer
National Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
 
 
 
 
Anybody can be a role model. Anybody can.
If you have a dream, don’t let anybody take it away.
Selena Quintanilla,
singer-songwriter, businessperson, actor, fashion designer
National Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
 
 
 
 
We all have an unsuspected reserve of strength inside that emerges when life puts us to the test.
Peace requires everyone to be in the circle — wholeness, inclusion.
Isabel Allende,
writer
National Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
 
 
 
 
Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.
You are never strong enough that you don’t need help.
Cesar Chavez,
labor leader, civil rights activist
National Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
 
 
 
 
You are not lucky to be here. The world needs your perspective. They are lucky to have you.
Jose Antonio Tijerino,
president and CEO of the Hispanic Heritage Foundation
National Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 to Oct. 15

Quotes September 16, 2021

What you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. Don’t complain.
Maya Angelou – 1928-2014 – Poet-Singer-Memoirist-Civil Rights Activist
 
 
 
 
We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something.
Marie Curie – 1867-1934 – French-Polish Physicist
 
 
 
 
“The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.”
Bill Gates
 
 
 
 
“Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.”
William Jennings Bryan
 
 
 
 
Action is the antidote to despair.
Joan Baez,
singer-songwriter, musician
National Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
 
 
 
 
It is necessary to be tolerant, in order to be tolerated.
The first principle of solid wisdom is discretion, without it all the erudition of life is merely bagatelle.
Norm Macdonald,
comedian, writer, actor
1959-2021

Quotes August 10, 2021

“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.”
Benjamin Franklin
 
 
 
 
“Home is a notion that only nations of the homeless fully appreciate and only the uprooted comprehend.”
Wallace Stegner
 
 
 
 
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in, and day-out.
Robert Collier – 1885-1950 – American Author
 
 
 
 
I don’t need an alarm clock. My ideas wake me.
We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.
Ray Bradbury,
writer, screenwriter
 
 
 
 
I never say ‘never,’ and I never say ‘always.’
You don’t get anything for nothing. Everything has to be earned, through work, persistence and honesty.
Grace Kelly,
actor, philanthropist
 
 
 
 
If you want to make a society work, then you don’t keep underscoring the places where you’re different — you underscore your shared humanity.
Sebastian Junger,
writer, filmmaker

Quotes August 04, 2021

“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.”
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
Leonardo Da Vinci
 
 
 
 
“Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.”
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
 
 
 
 
“People throw away what they could have by insisting on perfection, which they cannot have, and looking for it where they will never find it.”
Edith Schaeffer
 
 
 
 
“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
 
 
 
 
Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
Albert Einstein
 
 
 
 
“Think simple” as my old master used to say – meaning reduce the whole of its parts into the simplest terms, getting back to first principles.”
Frank Lloyd Wright
 
 
 
 
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.”’
Helen Keller
 
 
 
 
“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
Mahatma Gandhi
 
 
 
 
“Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.”
Lionel Hampton
 
 
 
 
“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
Marcel Proust
 
 
 
 
“The aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their simplicity and familiarity.”
Ludwig Wittgenstein