Tag: Various

Quotes December 23, 2024

“Pain changes shape, but it never disappears. You can’t control what hurts or breaks you, but you can control how you choose to move forward. Fight for what you love, because no one else will do it for you. Every moment in your life is an opportunity to change who you are. Don’t define yourself by what you lost, but by what you do with what’s left.”
Keanu Reeves
 
 
 
 
“Your failures are your accomplishments because it makes you prepared for whatever it is that you are going to do next.”
Lee Daniels
 
 
 
 
Simplicity is the final achievement.
Frederic Chopin,
composer, pianist
 
 
 
 
Sometimes the biggest accomplishment in life is to find yourself.
Luisa Fernanda Cicero – Television Presenter
 
 
 
 
That’s the thing about December: it goes by you in a flash. If you just close your eyes, it’s gone.
Donal Ryan,
writer
 
 
 
 
Reminder:
Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.
Eckhart Tolle – Spiritual Teacher-Author
 
 
 
 

Quotes December 17, 2024

New forms of evil raise new moral questions. Who is to blame for them?
The worst times, as we see, separate the civilized of the world from the uncivilized.
Lance Morrow,
journalist, essayist, writer
1939-2024
 
 
 
 
The only thing more challenging than pursuing the highest version of yourself is not pursuing the highest version of yourself.
Dan Koe – Freelance Creator
 
 
 
 
Prioritize the uniqueness that make you you, / and the invisible magnet that draws in other like-minded souls / to dance in your orbit.
Donna Ashworth,
poet, writer
 
 
 
 
I think with everything you do, you can take something from it. You can take some more understanding. You learn something.
I can’t remember what’s happening tomorrow, and I can’t remember what happened last week. Sonnets and Shakespeare I can remember.
Judi Dench,
actor
 
 
 
 
The problem is not making up the steps but deciding which ones to keep.
Mikhail Baryshnikov,
dancer, choreographer, actor
 
 
 
 
I probably have genius. But no talent.
Francis Ford Coppola,
filmmaker
 
 
 
 
“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.”
Desmond Tutu
 
 
 
 
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
Marcel Proust
 
 
 
 

Quotes December 02-03, 2024

You can do an awful lot of teaching — not just basketball — when things don’t go well.
I never scored a basket. The players did everything. Without players, you can’t have a game.
Lou Carnesecca,
college basketball coach
1925-2024
 
 
 
 
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.
William Shakespeare – 1564-1616 – Poet-Playwright-Actor
 
 
 
 
I have a real sort of ownership of who I am and what I want.
Cynthia Erivo,
actor, singer
 
 
 
 
“If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.”
Henry Ford
 
 
 
 
“Leadership requires action: daring to take steps that are necessary but unpopular, challenging the status quo in order to reach a brighter future.”
Benazir Bhutto
 
 
 
 
“Like snowflakes, the human pattern is never cast twice. We are uncommonly and marvelously intricate in thought and action, our problems are most complex and, too often, silently borne.”
Alice Childress
 
 
 
 
A good education can change anyone. A good teacher can change everything!
Unknown
 
 
 
 

Quotes November 30, 2024

What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Ralph Marston – 1907-1967 – American Soccer Player
 
 
 
 
“Rock isn’t art; it’s the way ordinary people talk.”
Billy Idol
 
 
 
 
“Life is like a 10-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.”
Charles M. Schulz
 
 
 
 
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
From Oscar Wilde’s “Lady Windermere’s Fan”
 
 
 
 
“In my experience, each failure contains the seeds of your next success—if you are willing to learn from it.”
Paul Allen
 
 
 
 
Reminder:
“It takes no money to respect the individual.”
Harvey Milk
 
 
 
 

Quotes November 21, 2024

When you choose to collect experiences rather than things, you never ever run out of storage space.
Joshua Becker – Author-Writer-Philanthropist-Pastor
 
 
 
 
We are observers — we need to observe behaviors, actions, ways of speaking, personality traits, but none of that is possible when you’re the one being observed.
Javier Bardem,
actor
 
 
 
 
Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
 
 
 
 
“Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.”
Gloria Steinem
 
 
 
 
“Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.”
Nathaniel Hawthorne
 
 
 
 
“I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life but that great consciousness of life.”
Jack Kerouac
 
 
 
 

Quotes November 18, 2024

The time is now. Stop hitting the snooze button on your life.
Mel Robbins – Motivational Speaker-Best-Selling Author
 
 
 
 
You’re only as good as the best thing you’ve ever done.
Billy Wilder,
filmmaker, screenwriter
 
 
 
 
Soak in the kindness in your life, from wherever it comes.
AmyAnn Cadwell
 
 
 
 
At that first, three-day Thanksgiving meal, there was probably not a table.
1440
 
 
 
 
“Human nature is almost unbelievably malleable, responding accurately and contrastingly to contrasting cultural conditions.”
Margaret Mead
 
 
 
 
“The world cares very little what you or I know, but it does care a great deal about what you or I do.”
Booker T. Washington
 
 
 
 
“Truth is the only safe ground to stand upon.”
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
 
 
 
 
“They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”
From Edgar Allan Poe’s “Eleonora”
 
 
 
 
Reminders:

Be respectful of words. They mean something.
Katherine Anne Porter
 
 
 
 
“The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful.”
Kurt Vonnegut
 
 
 
 

Quotes November 09, 2024

“When I was little, my mother taught me how to use a fork and knife. The trouble is that mother forget to teach me how to stop using them!”
Hattie McDaniel
 
 
 
 
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”
Carl Sagan
 
 
 
 
“Don’t forget to tell these special people in your life just how special they are to you.”
Bob Ross
 
 
 
 
“Memories of our lives, of our works, and our deeds will continue in others.”
Rosa Parks
 
 
 
 
“You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.”
Indira Gandhi
 
 
 
 
“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.”
Bill Gates
 
 
 
 
“Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others.”
Pablo Picasso
 
 
 
 
“The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.”
Pelé
 
 
 
 
“Once we realize we are all members of humanity, we will want to compete in the spirit of love.”
Muhammad Ali
 
 
 
 

Quotes October 19-22, 2024

I choose to make the rest of my life the best of my life.
Louise Hay – 1926-2017 – Motivational Speaker-Author
 
 
 
 
In this life, everything has a beginning and end, and I think it’s the appropriate time to put an end to a career that has been long and much more successful than I could have ever imagined.
Rafael Nadal,
professional tennis player
Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
 
 
 
 
Some roles are easier to choose, some roles are more difficult because they are more daring. Sometimes you have to dare.
I was not looking for anything, I was just ready to be surprised.
Isabelle Huppert,
actor
 
 
 
 
Whatever you do, always give 100%. Unless you’re donating blood.
I try to be available for life to happen to me.
Bill Murray,
actor
 
 
 
 
You’re on the right track. Don’t let anyone stop you and do it as long as you want to. You have this gift — just keep going.
Kelly Bishop
 
 
 
 
Allow yourself to be a beginner. No one starts off being excellent.
Wendy Flynn – Consultant
 
 
 
 
We’re strongest when we cheer each other on.
Serena Williams – Professional Tennis Player
 
 
 
 
Don’t be afraid to give up the good and go for the great.
Steve Prefontaine – 1951-1975 – American Long-Distance Runner
 
 
 
 
Grit is living life like it’s a marathon, not a sprint.
Angela Lee Duckworth – Psychologist-American Academic-Science Author
 
 
 
 
Always believe something wonderful is about to happen.
Unknown
 
 
 
 
You can either experience the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The choice is yours.
Unknown
 
 
 
 

Quotes October 14-15, 2024

I came at language standing on my head, turning words inside out in search of meaning, making a mess of it sometimes, but seeing truth from a very different viewpoint.
James Earl Jones,
actor
1931-2024
 
 
 
 
I don’t like mysteries, which is why I want to solve them. It bothers me that there are things I don’t know.
Nelson DeMille,
writer
1943-2024
 
 
 
 
I’ve been relentless and I’ve been lucky, but that’s never been enough.
Carmen Gimenez,
poet, editor, publisher, educator
Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
 
 
 
 
I leave with the absolute peace of mind of having given my best, of having made an effort in every way.
Rafael Nadal,
professional tennis player
Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
 
 
 
 
Don’t plan it all. Let life surprise you a little.
Julia Alvarez
 
 
 
 
The need for connection and community is primal, as fundamental as the need for air, water, and food.
Dean Ornish
 
 
 
 

Quotes September 28, 2024

Technique and ability alone do not get you to the top; it is the willpower that is most important.
Junko Tabei – 1939-2016 – Mountaineer-Author-Teacher
 
 
 
 
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
Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
 
 
 
 
If you must wish … wish for something sensible.
W. W. Jacobs,
writer
 
 
 
 
I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you’re prepared for it.
Denzel Washington – Actor, Director, and Producer
 
 
 
 
When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It’s to enjoy each step along the way.
Wayne Dyer – 1940-2015, Author and Speaker
 
 
 
 
Accept the presence of thorns, but let the rose inspire you.
Steve Pavlina – Self-Help Author – Speaker
 
 
 
 
Be so good, they can’t ignore you.
Steve Martin, Actor
 
 
 
 
I have a flood of ideas in my mind. I just follow my vision.
Yayoi Kusama – Contemporary Artist-Works in Film and Fashion Art
 
 
 
 
To forgive freely, is what we owe to our enemy; to forget not, is what we owe to ourselves.
Amelia E. Barr,
writer, educator