INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES
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“To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night—these are some of the rewards of the simple life.”
John Burroughs
APPRECIATING NATURE
“We do not inherit the land from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ”
Native American Proverb
APPRECIATING NATURE
“Those who find beauty in all of nature will find themselves at one with the secrets of life itself.”
L.Wolfe Gilbert
APPRECIATING NATURE
“Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.”
W. Clement Stone
INTEGRITY
“If you don't stick to your values when they are being tested, they're not values: they're hobbies.”
Jon Stewart
INTEGRITY
“Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?”
Marcus Aurelius
EMPATHY
“We think we listen, but very rarely do we listen with real understanding, true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind, is one of the most potent forces for change that I know.”
Carl Rogers
EMPATHY
“How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and the strong, because someday in your life, you will have been all of these.”
George Washington Carver
EMPATHY
“The people closest to me determine my level of success or failure. The better they are, the better I am. And if I want to go to the highest level, I can do it only with the help of other people. We have to take each other higher.”
John C. Maxwell
TEAMWORK
“Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.”
Vince Lombardi
TEAMWORK
“It is easier to reach our potential when we learn the value of including others in our quest.”
John R. Wooden
INCLUDING OTHERS
“To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow—this is a human offering that can border on miraculous.”
Elizabeth Gilbert
INCLUDING OTHERS
“Have a big enough heart to love unconditionally, and a broad enough mind to embrace the differences that make each of us unique.”
D.B. Harrop
INCLUDING OTHERS
“The happiness of one's own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one's own happiness, the happiness of others.”
Paramahansa Yogananda
INCLUDING OTHERS
“Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.”
Steve Jobs
COURAGE
“In one of its earliest forms, the word courage meant ‘To speak one’s mind by telling all one’s heart.'”
Brené Brown
COURAGE
“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.”
Michael Jordan
PERSEVERANCE
“There's only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.”
Vince Lombardi
PERSEVERANCE
“Laughter lets me relax. It’s the equivalent of taking a deep breath, letting it out and saying, ‘This, too, will pass.’”
Odette Pollar
LAUGHTER
“I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful. ”
Bob Hope
LAUGHTER
“The mind is like a flower. It does not bloom without the lights of appreciation, encouragement, and love.”
Dr. Debasish Mridha
APPRECIATION
“We should cultivate the ability to say no to activities for which we have no interest or real concern. If we learn to say no to many things, then we will be able to say yes to the things that matter most. ”
Roy Blauss
MOTIVATION
“The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.”
Vance Havner
MOTIVATION
“Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best.”
Tim Duncan
MOTIVATION
“When you look for things in life like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people in life recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation.”
Neil deGrasse Tyson
MOTIVATION
“It’s your reaction to adversity, not adversity itself that determines how your life’s story will develop.”
Dieter F. Uchtdorf
RESILIENCE
“Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance to work though difficult problems.”
Gever Tulley
