Tag: Thoughts

Quotes August 29, 2024

Always be a little kinder than necessary.
J.M. Barrie – 1860-1937 – Novelist-Playwright
 
 
 
 
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.”
Walt Whitman
 
 
 
 
My direction? Anywhere. Because one is always nearer by not keeping still.
Sebastian Faulks,
writer, journalist
 
 
 
 
I feel like I’m just being my 10-year-old self. … My whole persona is just me trying to honor that version of myself that I was never allowed to be.
Chappell Roan,
singer, songwriter
 
 
 
 
“Purpose is an essential element of you … the struggles along the way are only meant to shape you for your purpose.”
Chadwick Boseman
 
 
 
 
“Getting old is like climbing a mountain; you get a little out of breath, but the view is much better!”
Ingrid Bergman
 
 
 
 

Quotes August 25, 2024

Grant me courage to serve others, for in service, there is true life.
Cesar Chavez – 1927-1993 – Labor Leader-Civil Rights Activist
 
 
 
 
“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”
Paulo Coelho, from “The Alchemist”
 
 
 
 
“The point of living in the world is just to stay interested.”
KATHLEEN ROONEY, LILLIAN BOXFISH TAKES A WALK
 
 
 
 
“Without goals, training has no direction.”
Natalie Coughlin
 
 
 
 
“There’s no failure in sports. You know, there’s good days, bad days. Some days you are able to be successful, some days you’re not. Some days it’s your turn, some days it’s not your turn. And that’s what sports [are] about. You don’t always win.”
​GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO
 
 
 
 

Quotes August 12, 2024

My favorite definition of ageism is that it’s prejudice against our future selves.
Ina Jaffe,
journalist, broadcast news correspondent
1948-2024
 
 
 
 
Say yes. Say yes, and … create your own destiny.
Maya Rudolph,
actor, comedian
 
 
 
 
If you pick the right small behavior and sequence it right, then you won’t have to motivate yourself to have it grow. It will just happen naturally, like a good seed planted in a good spot.
B.J. Fogg – American Social Scientist
 
 
 
 
“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.”
Epictetus
 
 
 
 
“Make sure you know what makes you happy, and don’t forget it.”
DEREK SIVERS
 
 
 
 
“The transitory nature of the seasons — the changing trees, the behavior of birds and animals, the turning of the globe, the cycle of life in one year — can also be a reminder that time passes and things heal.”
LUCY JONES
 
 
 
 

Quotes August 10, 2024

I’m not about problems; I’m about solutions.
Creating a Family of Choice offers the hope of not just surviving the Beast, but *transcending* its assaults — the chance to become not just personally safe, but a hunter yourself.
Andrew Vachss
 
 
 
 
Curiosity … is the gateway to everything you know you want.
Sarah Jessica Parker,
actor, producer, businessperson
 
 
 
 
You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.
John C. Maxwell – American Author
 
 
 
 
“Don’t let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.”
Earl Nightingale
 
 
 
 
“He who laughs lasts longest.”
W. E. NESOM
 
 
 
 

Quotes August 03, 2024

“If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?”
John Wooden
 
 
 
 
“If you don’t believe in yourself, why is anyone else going to believe in you?”
Tom Brady
 
 
 
 
“Look for the good, look for the joy, look for the love, and it will find you.”
AGAPI STASSINOPOULOS
 
 
 
 
“You only get one life. It’s actually your duty to live it as fully as possible.”
JOJO MOYES, ME BEFORE YOU
 
 
 
 
“They say everything happens for a reason. I don’t know if that’s true, but I do know everything happens, and it’s up to you to maximize the reality of your situation.”
KEN JEONG
 
 
 
 

Quotes July 02-03, 2024

Why be influenced by a person when you already are one?
If you stay in the business and you reach a certain age, which I have by simply still breathing, you are now a legend — because you made it through.
Martin Mull,
actor, painter musician
1943-2024
 
 
 
 
There are many highly intelligent people who have no answer at all in them.
Isak Dinesen, pseudonym of Karen Blixen,
writer
 
 
 
 
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
Alan Watts – 1915-1973 – Writer
 
 
 
 
We’re strongest when we cheer each other on.
Serena Williams – Professional Tennis Player
 
 
 
 
“Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one’s potential.”
Bruce Lee
 
 
 
 
LOVE THIS ANALOGY
You’re holding a cup of coffee and someone accidentally bumps into you, causing it to spill everywhere.
Why did you spill the coffee?
“Because someone bumped into me.”
Wrong answer.
You spilled the coffee because there was coffee in your cup. If there had been tea in the cup, you would have spilled tea.
Whatever is inside the cup is what will spill out.
So, when life shakes you up, whatever is inside you will come out.
It’s easy to pretend everything’s fine until you’re shaken.
So, we have to ask ourselves, “What’s in my cup?”
When life gets tough, what spills over? Joy? Gratitude? Peace? Humility? Anger? Bitterness? A victim mentality? A tendency to quit?
Remember LIFE gives you the cup; YOU choose what to fill it with.
Credit Serenity Ravinwolve
 
 
 
 

Quotes June 29, 2024

Please think about your legacy, because you’re writing it every day.
Gary Vaynerchuk – Entrepreneur-Author-Speaker
 
 
 
 
Passion is the log that keeps the fire of purpose blazing.
Oprah Winfrey – Actress-Entrepreneur-Talk Show Host-Media Executive-Philanthropist
 
 
 
 
“I have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature.”
Paulo Coelho
 
 
 
 
Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.
Zhuangzi
 
 
 
 
If not for reverence, if not for wonder, if not for love, why have we come here?
Raffi
 
 
 
 
Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.
John Lennon
 
 
 
 
I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I’m going to learn, I must do it by listening.
Larry King
 
 
 
 
“The allotted function of art is not, as is often assumed, to put across ideas, to propagate thoughts, to serve as an example – the aim of art is to prepare a person for death, to plough and harrow his soul, rendering it capable of turning to good.”
Andrei Tarkovsky
 
 
 
 

Quotes June 26-27, 2024

Maybe I was born to play ball. Maybe I truly was.
Willie Mays,
professional baseball player
1931-2024
 
 
 
 
Life is tough, so accept the consequences. With the good also comes the bad, and vice versa.
James Dent,
writer
 
 
 
 
“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”
John Wooden
 
 
 
 
“Change, although it involves risks, is the law of life.”
Bobby Kennedy
 
 
 
 
“Slowing down reminds you that the journey is supposed to be fun.”
Anne Bancroft
 
 
 
 
“I can’t help that what’s cool to us might be strange to you.”
Prince Rogers Nelson, from “New Power Generation”
 
 
 
 
“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
George Orwell, from “Nineteen Eighty-Four”
 
 
 
 
“I’ve never looked through a keyhole without finding someone was looking back.”
Judy Garland
 
 
 
 
“The greatest gift is not being afraid to question.”
Ruby Dee
 
 
 
 
“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside … Nature brings solace in all troubles.”
Anne Frank
 
 

Quotes June 24, 2024

It doesn’t matter where I’m from, where our past is, or what our future might be. We are here now. So let’s relate with one another.
Sister Marilyn Lacey
 
 
 
 
We can find awe, then, in eight wonders of life: moral beauty, collective effervescence, nature, music, visual design, spirituality and religion, life and death, and epiphany.
Dacher Keltner
 
 
 
 
Communication is merely an exchange of information, but connection is an exchange of our humanity.
Sean Stephenson
 
 
 
 
We build the road and the road builds us.
Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne
 
 
 
 
What you see in others is a reflection of who you truly are.
Wakanyi Hoffman
 
 
 
 
When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.
Alexander Den Heijer
 
 
 
 
The more social media we have, the more we think we’re connecting, yet we are really disconnecting from each other.
JR
 
 
 
 
Life doesn’t move in straight lines, and neither does a good conversation.
Margaret Wheatley
 
 
 
 
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
Oprah Winfrey
 
 
 
 

Quotes May 16, 2024

“No matter what you call it, music is as good as it sounds. Music is an oral art. Until you hear it, it is not music, and if it sounds good, it is good.”
Duke Ellington
 
 
 
 
Not everyone will make it to your future. Some people are just passing through to teach you lessons in life.
Danielle Steel – Writer
 
 
 
 
“I don’t believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.”
Ken Venturi
 
 
 
 
“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”
Benjamin Franklin
 
 
 
 
“A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future.”
Albert Einstein
 
 
 
 
“A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.”
Charles Darwin
 
 
 
 
“Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.”
Dorothy Height
 
 
 
 
“Be brave and clear. Follow your heart and don’t be overly influenced by outside factors. Be true to yourself.”
Shirley Temple Black
 
 
 
 
“Knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can do.”
Lucille Ball
 
 
 
 
“The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate action of its members.”
Coretta Scott King
 
 
 
 
“Each and every one of you has the power, the will, and the capacity to make a difference in the world in which you live.”
Harry Belafonte