Tag: Various

Quotes December 26, 2022

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
Herman Melville – 1819-1891 – American Novelist
 
 
 
 
Gratitude and attitude are not challenges, they are choices.
Robert Braathe – Speaker-Educator-Mentor
 
 
 
 
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.
Booker T. Washington – 1856-1915 – Educator-Reformer
 
 
 
 
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Thomas Jefferson – 1743-1826 – Former President of the United States
 
 
 
 
“Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.”
Madam CJ Walker

Quotes December 22, 2022

Difficult and meaningful will always bring more satisfaction than easy and meaningless.
Maxime Legace – Professional Ice Hockey Player
 
 
 
 
Kindness is the beginning and the end of the law.
Hebrew Proverb
 
 
 
 
“We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.”
Carl Sagan
 
 
 
 
“All life is just a progression toward, and then a recession from, one phrase— ‘I love you.'”
F. Scott Fitzgerald, from “The Offshore Pilot”
 
 
 
 
“The bounty of nature is also one of the deep needs of man.”
Lady Bird Johnson
 
 
 
 
The easiest kind of writer to be is an absurdist. All you’ve got to do is start jokes and not finish them.
Bruce Jay Friedman,
writer, screenwriter, playwright, actor
 
 
 
 
Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come Whispering ‘It will be happier’…
Alfred, Lord Tennyson,
poet, playwright
 
 
 
 
A new year can begin only because the old year ends.
Madeleine L’Engle,
writer
 
 
 
 

It isn’t important what you do, it is the attitude with which you proceed through the world that matters.
Jenny Diski,
writer

Quotes December 17, 18 & 19, 2022

Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down.
Roy T. Bennett – 1939-2014 – Author
 
 
 
 
Kindness begins with the understanding that we all struggle.
Charles Glassman – Author-Founder of Open To Hope
 
 
 
 
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
John Maxwell – Author-Speaker-Pastor
 
 
 
 
Living in a state of gratitude is the gateway to grace.
Arianna Huffington – Author of The Huffington Post
 
 
 
 
“He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter.”
John Burroughs
 
 
 
 
“You’ve got to dream a little bit if you’re going to get somewhere.”
George Shultz
 
 
 
 
“Curiosity is the essence of human existence.”
Eugene Cernan
 
 
 
 
“A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there.”
Walt Disney
 
 
 
 
“The traveler who has once been from home is wiser than he who has never left his own doorstep.”
Margaret Mead
 
 
 
 
“Where there is no work, there is no dignity.”
Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Pope Francis)
 
 
 
 
“Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower
 
 
 
 

Quotes December 16, 2022

“I believe in everything until it’s disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it’s in your mind. Who’s to say that dreams and nightmares aren’t as real as the here and now?”
John Lennon
 
 
 
 
The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.
William Hazlitt – 1778-1830 – Writer
 
 
 
 
Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.
Samuel Pepys,
diarist, naval administrator
 
 
 
 
Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.
Leo Burnett- 1891-1971 – Advertising Executive
 
 
 
 
“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.”
Vince Lombardi
 
 
 
 
Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.
Brian Tracy – Public Speaker
 
 
 
 
I challenge that if we know how to serve personally, we are obligated to bring others along with us.
Dorothy Pitman Hughes,
activist, child welfare advocate, public speaker, writer, entrepreneur
1938-2022
 
 
 
 
“Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don’t give up.”
Anne Lamott
 
 
 
 
Obstacles are challenges for winners, and excuses for losers.
Marijane Meaker,
as M.E. Kerr, writer
1927-2022

Quotes December 08, 2022

I’ve always felt like if someone asks me something, they want the real answer.
Kirstie Alley,
actor
1951-2022
 
 
 
 
Reach for your dreams not because they are your dreams, but because you want them to become a reality. Remember, if you can dream it, you can achieve it.
Tyler Eddy
 
 
 
 
“Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune.”
Carl Jung
 
 
 
 
Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
Dale Carnegie – 1888-1955 – Writer-Lecturer
 
 
 
 
“If you can walk away from a landing, it’s a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it’s an outstanding landing.”
Chuck Yeager
 
 
 
 
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
 
 
 
 
“I always tell young people to hold on to their dreams. And sometimes you have to stand up for what you think is right even if you have to stand alone.”
Claudette Colvin
 
 
 
 
“Fear of life closes off more opportunities for us than fear of death ever does.”
Agnes Moorehead
 
 
 
 
“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.”
Kofi Annan
 
 
 
 
“We are more fulfilled when we are involved in something bigger than ourselves.”
John Glenn
 
 
 
 
I often make the mistake of thinking that something that is obvious to me is just as obvious to everyone else.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,
writer
 
 
 
 
When you’re in a dark place, you sometimes tend to think you’ve been buried. Perhaps you’ve been planted.
Christine Caine – Australian Activist

Quotes 26 & 27, 2022

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.
Napoleon Hill – 1883-1970 -Author
 
 
 
 
Goal setting is the secret to a compelling future.
Tony Robbins – Author-Speaker
 
 
 
 
Giving to others never depletes me; it enriches my life in countless ways.
Bob Proctor – 1934-2022 – Author-Speaker-Legend
 
 
 
 
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
Henry David Thoreau – 1817-1862 – Essayist
 
 
 
 
If a train doesn’t stop at your station, then it’s not your train.
Marrianne Williamson – Author
 
 
 
 
“Truth is the only safe ground to stand upon.”
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
 
 
 
 
“Your struggles develop your strengths.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger
 
 
 
 
“Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.”
Booker T. Washington
 
 
 
 
“I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.”
Margaret Mead
 
 
 
 
“Life is like a trumpet. If you don’t put anything into it, you don’t get anything out.”
W.C. Handy

Quotes November 17, 2022

Everyone is different, and beautifully unique. If we value our uniqueness, we value everything about us.
You can never be happy until you understand why you’re doing what you’re doing.
Janet Jackson,
singer, songwriter, performer, actor
 
 
 
 
Any story could be a comedy or a tragedy, depending on where you ended it.
Emma Straub,
writer
 
 
 
 
The only possible effect one can have on the world is through unpopular ideas.
Vivienne Westwood,
fashion designer
 
 
 
 
Very often, a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.
A.C. Benson – 1862-1925 – Essayist-Poet
 
 
 
 
Ask the next person with blue hair why they chose that color. They want to be different. And they want you to notice.
Build a world where its inhabitants love you. Your happiness is dependent on people who believe in you.
Sandy Gallagher – President, CEO and Co-Founder, Proctor Gallagher Institute
 
 
 
 
Impossible is just an opinion.
Paulo Coelho – Author
 
 
 
 
“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”
George Orwell
 
 
One day or day one. You decide.
Happiness is not about getting all you want, it’s about enjoying all you have.
Unknown

Quotes November 06, 07 & 08, 2022

Our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change.
Martin Luther King, Jr. – 1928-1968 – Minister and Civil Rights Activist
 
 
 
 
Stay strong, no matter how many ups and downs you go through.
R.J. Newton – Basketball Coach
 
 
 
 
When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.
Jimi Hendrix – 1942-1970 – Guitarist-Singer-Songwriter
 
 
 
 
If you are on the right path, it will always be uphill.
Henry B. Eyring – Author-Educational Administrator-Religious Leader
 
 
 
 
“There’s winning and there’s losing, and in life you have to know they both will happen.”
Earvin “Magic” Johnson
 
 
 
 
“Take your job seriously, but don’t take yourself too seriously.”
Alex Trebek
 
 
 
 
“Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters; it deals with the very processes of life, which must be understood before they may be guided.”
Paracelsus
 
 
 
 
“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it, we go nowhere.”
Carl Sagan
 
 
 
 
“Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.”
Gloria Steinem
 
 
 
 
There’s two kinds of people in the world, the ones who need to be told and the ones who figure it out all by themselves.
The good old days are now.
Tom Clancy,
writer
 
 
 
 
Some people will always fear change. But we can’t indulge them.
Veronica Roth,
writer
 
 
 
 
Quoth the raven, ‘Nevermore.’
Edgar Allan Poe,
writer, poet
 
 
 
 
My qualifications were such there’s no way I would’ve hired myself.
Vince Dooley,
American college football coach, athletic director
1932-2022
 
 
 
 
Maybe I needed to make like a potato, winnow myself down, be a part of something that was not easy, just simple.
Julie Powell,
writer
1973-2022
 
 
 
 
I like fat pigs, salty oysters, and crisp sweet apples — the good stuff.
I like ingredients at their peak. A peach should taste and smell like a peach.
Vivian Howard,
chef, restaurateur, writer, television host
 
 
 
 
‘Bring on the dessert. I think I’m about to die.’
Gael Greene,
restaurant critic, journalist, co-founder of Citymeals on Wheels
1933-2022
 
 
 
 
“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.”
John Adams

Quotes October 29 & 30, 2022

If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you.
Fred DeVito – Author-Fitness Expert
 
 
 
 
Become so confident in who you are that no one’s behavior, opinion, or rejection can affect you.
Brad Turnbull – Author
 
 
 
 
Wildness recenters me. It humbles. It inspires.
J. Drew Lanham
 
 
 
 
“The best protection any woman can have is courage.”
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
 
 
 
 
“The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.”
President Teddy Roosevelt
 
 
 
 
“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”
Bill Gates
 
 
 
 
At 69, I’m eventually going to run out of time, so I’m lobbying to work on rainbows when I get to the other side.
Zoo Cain
 
 
 
 
“Don’t forget to tell these special people in your life just how special they are to you.”
Bob Ross
 
 
 
 
There’s no question dolphins are smarter than humans as they play more.
Albert Einstein
 
 
 
 
Play is an activity enjoyed for its own sake. It is our brain’s favorite way of learning and maneuvering.
Diane Ackerman
 
 
 
 
Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.
Khalil Gibran

Quotes October 18, 2022

No man will ever carry out of the presidency the reputation which carried him into it.”
Thomas Jefferson, third U.S. president
 
 
 
 
Americans are not a perfect people, but we are called to a perfect mission.”
Andrew Jackson, seventh U.S. president
 
 
 
 
All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they’ll do practically anything you want them to.
J.D. Salinger,
author
 
 
 
 
Imagination is the highest kite that can fly.
Lauren Bacall,
actress
 
 
 
 
We are, each of us, a little universe.
Neil deGrasse Tyson,
astrophysicist, science communicator, writer
 
 
 
 
“As long as you keep one foot in the real world while the other foot’s in a fairy tale, that fairy tale is going to seem kind of attainable.”
Aaron Sorkin
 
 
 
 
“Have no fear of perfection; you’ll never reach it.”
Salvador Dalí
 
 
 
 
Come forth Lazarus! And he came fifth and lost the job.
James Joyce,
writer, poet, literary critic
 
 
 
 
We all have to meet our match some time or other!
Richard Adams,
writer
 
 
 
 
“Always do your very best. Even when no one else is looking, you always are. Don’t disappoint yourself.”
Colin Powell
 
 
 
 
Give each new day the chance to be the best day of your life.
Sandy Gallagher – President, CEO and Co-Founder, Proctor Gallagher Institute
 
 
 
 
“Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.”
Mae Jemison
 
 
 
 
You’re never too important to be nice to people.
Jon Batiste – Singer-Songwriter
 
 
 
 
A bad attitude can block love, blessings and destiny from finding you. Don’t be the reason you don’t succeed.
Unknown