Tag: Various

Quotes September 01, 2022

You can’t change and be somebody else in the future unless you start becoming a little better at being that future person today.
Richie Norton – Author-Entrepreneur
 
 
 
 
Belief creates behaviors.
Neale Donald Walsch – Author
 
 
 
 
The meaning of everything is the meaning I give it.
Neale Donald Walsch – Author
 
 
 
 
“Never try to be someone else’s definition of beautiful. You have to define beautiful for yourself.”
Zendaya
 
 
 
 
“Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful.”
Warren Buffett
 
 
 
 
“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”
Oscar Wilde
 
 
 
 
“Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward.”
Princess Diana
 
 
 
 
“We are not makers of history. We are made by history.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
 
 
 
 
“Maybe this world is another planet’s hell.”
Aldous Huxley
 
 
 
 

Quotes August 29, 2022

The way to move out of judgement is to move into gratitude.
Neale Donald Walsch – Author
 
 
 
 
Real change lies within all of us. It is in the choices we make every day.
Megan Rapinoe,
professional soccer player, gender equity advocate
 
 
 
 
The stars we are given. The constellations we make.
Rebecca Solnit,
writer, activist
 
 
 
 
It is failure that guides evolution; perfection provides no incentive for improvement, and nothing is perfect.
Colson Whitehead
 
 
 
 
Follow your inner moonlight, don’t hide the madness.
Allen Ginsberg,
poet, writer
 
 
 
 
“You can tell a lot about a fellow’s character by his way of eating jellybeans.” –
Ronald Reagan
 
 
 
 
“If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.”
Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu
 
 
 
 
“Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.”
Thomas Edison
 
 
 
 
“In the end, it matters less that you can fight. What you fight for is the real test.”
John McCain
 
 
 
 
“Believe in life! Always human beings will progress to greater, broader, and fuller life.”
W.E.B. Du Bois

 
 
 
 

Quotes August 27, 2022

I am open and receptive to all the good and abundance in the Universe.
Louise Hay – 1926-2017- Motivational Author-Founder of Hay House
 
 
 
 
If you want the best the world has to offer, offer the world your best.
Neale Donald Walsch – Author
 
 
 
 
True masters are those who’ve chosen to make a life rather than a living.
Neale Donald Walsch – Author
 
 
 
 
What you feed your mind, will lead your life.
Kemi Sogunle – Author-Certified Life Coach and Relationship Expert
 
 
 
 
Be stronger than your strongest excuse.
Inky Johnson – Author-Motivational Speaker-Former Athlete
 
 
 
 
“It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.”
Marlene Dietrich
 
 
 
 
“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.”
Alan Watts
 
 
 
 
“Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on popularity, Donald Duck and The Muppets would take seats in senate.”
Orson Welles

Quotes August 23, 2022

If you want anything done right you will have to see to it yourself every time.
Charles Portis,
writer
 
 
 
 
We receive exactly what we expect to receive.
John Holland – Medium-Author-Spiritual Teacher
 
 
 
 
The most valuable skill or talent that you could ever develop is that of directing your thoughts toward what you want.
Neale Donald Walsch – Author
 
 
 
 
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
George Bernard Shaw
 
 
 
 
“The lack of money is the root of all evil.”
Mark Twain
 
 
 
 
“The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.”
Dorothy Parker
 
 
 
 
“Without goals, training has no direction.”
Natalie Coughlin
 
 
 
 
Live every minute as if you are late for the last train.
Colson Whitehead,
writer

 
 
 
 

Quotes August 11, 2022

The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.
Joseph Joubert – 1754-1824 – Essayist
 
 
 
 
If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
Colin Powell – 1937-2021 – Former United States National Security Advisor
 
 
 
 
“Keep good company—that is, go to the Louvre.”
Artist Paul Cézanne
 
 
 
 
“There’s no shame in failing. The only shame is not giving things your best shot.”
Robin Williams
 
 
 
 
“A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.”
Charles Darwin
 
 
 
 
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”
Frederick Douglass
 
 
 
 
I am most interested in people and the human form. Clothing is the closest thing to all humans.
Issey Miyake,
fashion designer
1938-2022
 
 
 
 
If you think positive thoughts, you’ll create a positive world around yourself and attract positive people to you.
Olivia Newton-John,
singer, actor
1948-2022

Quotes August 06, 07, 08 & 09, 222

A year from now you will wish you had started today.
Karen Lamb – Author-Illustrator
 
 
 
 
“The purpose of life is to live it, to reach out eagerly without fear for newer and richer experiences.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
 
 
 
 
Learn to be thankful for what you already have, while you pursue all that you want.
Jim Rohn – Entrepreneur-Author-Motivational Speaker
 
 
 
 
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
Epictetus – 50 AD-135 AD – Greek Stoic Philosopher
 
 
 
 
The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.
William Blake – 1757-1827 – Poet-Painter-Printmaker
 
 
 
 
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
John Adams
 
 
 
 
“Being good is easy, what is difficult is being just.”
Victor Hugo
 
 
 
 
It is the destiny of mint to be crushed.
Waverley Root,
journalist, writer
 
 
 
 
One can only pour out of a jug that which is in it.
Anthony Trollope,
writer
 
 
 
 
“It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love, is well done.”
Vincent van Gogh
 
 
 
 
“Help others and give something back. I guarantee you will discover that while public service improves the lives and the world around you, its greatest reward is the enrichment and new meaning it will bring your own life.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger
 
 
 
 
“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”
Herman Melville
 
 
 
 
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
James Baldwin
 
 
 
 
“When the uncreative tell the creative what to do, it stops being art.”
Tony Bennett
 
 
 
 
“I’ve learned one thing: you only really get to know a person after a fight. Only then can you judge their true character.”
Anne Frank
 
 
 
 
“Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.”
Neil Armstrong
 
 
 
 
“You have to believe in the long term plan you have but you need the short term goals to motivate and inspire you.”
Roger Federer
 
 
 
 
“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.”
Lucille Ball
 
 
 
 
“Success doesn’t change you. Fame does.”
Whitney Houston

Quotes August 04, 2022

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
George Bernard Shaw – 1856-1950 – Playwright-Critic
 
 
 
 
I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear.
Rosa Parks – 1913-2005 – Activist in the Civil Rights Movement
 
 
 
 
“The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.”
John Maynard Keynes
 
 
 
 
“It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.”
Nelson Mandela
 
 
 
 
“We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.”
Helen Keller
 
 
 
 
There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear.
John Cage,
composer, music theorist
 
 
 
 
Omissions are not accidents.
Superior people never make long visits.
Marianne Moore,
poet, critic, editor
 
 
 
 
Each person is in the best seat.
John Cage,
composer, music theorist

Quotes July 30, 2022

Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
 
 
 
 
Be selective in your battles, don’t make every problem a war.
Sayings
 
 
 
 
It’s hard to sleep when your heart is at war with your mind.
HealtyPlace.com
 
 
 
 
The most dangerous person is the one who listens, thinks and observes.
Bruce Lee

Quotes July 28, 2022

Don’t bite till you know if it’s bread or stone.
Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard.
Anne Sexton,
poet, winner of Pulitzer Prize for poetry
 
 
 
 
“I feel like I’m nothing without wildlife. They are the stars. I feel awkward without them.”
Bindi Irwin
 
 
 
 
“I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.”
Albert Einstein
 
 
 
 
Go somewhere you know nothing about and see what happens.
Karl Ove Knausgaard,
writer
 
 
 
 
“If you haven’t got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.”
Bob Hope
 
 
 
 
“One man can make a difference and every man should try.”
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
 
 
 
 
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 – 1931-2013 – Professional Golfer
 
 
 
 
The ordinary focus on what they’re getting. The extraordinary think about who they’re becoming.
Unknown

Quotes July 26, 2022

For a thorough use of ice cream cones, buy two; eat one and drop the other.
Claes Oldenburg,
sculptor, artist
1929-2022
 
 
 
 
We’re all one beat away from becoming elevator music.
Don DeLillo,
writer, playwright, screenwriter
 
 
 
 
“Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.”
Hippocrates
 
 
 
 
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
James Oppenheim – 1882-1932 – Poet-Novelist-Editor
 
 
 
 
“The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries.”
James Madison
 
 
 
 
When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
Elon Musk – CEO of Tesla Motors-Co-Founder of PayPal-Entrepreneur
 
 
 
 
“When you’re good at something, you’ll tell everyone. When you’re great at something, they’ll tell you.”
Walter Payton
 
 
 
 

“The trick in life is learning how to deal with it.”
Dame Helen Mirren
 
 
 
 
Some of the biggest achievements of your life will come from helping others achieve.
Unknown