INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES
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“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”
Ernest Hemingway
HUMILITY
“Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others.”
Gordon B. Hinckley
HUMILITY
“If there is any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not deter or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.”
William Penn
COMPASSION
“Compassion is the sometimes fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It's the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too.”
Frederick Buechner
COMPASSION
“Treat people the way you want to be treated. Talk to people the way you want to be talked to. Respect is earned, not given.”
King Hussein Nishah
RESPECT
“Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.”
U Thant
RESPECT
“The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.”
Ralph Nichols
LISTENING
“When you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it. ”
Jiddu Krishnamurti
LISTENING
“Listening is an art that requires attention over talent, spirit over ego, others over self. ”
Dean Jackson
LISTENING
“Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in mind.”
David G. Allen
PATIENCE
“Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.”
Napoleon Hill
PATIENCE
“It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever – the one who recognizes the challenges and does something about it. ”
Vince Lombardi
ENCOURAGEMENT
“Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.”
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
ENCOURAGEMENT
“If we magnified blessings as much as we magnify disappointments, we would all be much happier.”
John R. Wooden
GRATITUDE
“Being thankful is not always experienced as a natural state of existence, we must work at it, akin to a type of strength training for the heart.”
Larissa Gomez
GRATITUDE
“Today I choose to live with gratitude for the love that fills my heart, the peace that rests within my spirit, and the voice of hope that says all things are possible.”
Unknown
GRATITUDE
“If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul.”
Harold Kushner
GRATITUDE
“It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.”
Napoleon Hill
PULL TOGETHER
“The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.”
Babe Ruth
PULL TOGETHER
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
Margaret Mead
PULL TOGETHER
“One person seeking glory doesn't accomplish much. Success is the result of people pulling together to meet common goals.”
John C. Maxwell
PULL TOGETHER
“Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.”
Barbara DeAngelis
KINDNESS
“Your attitude towards problems, difficulties, and adversities is the most important factor in overcoming them.”
Napoleon Hill
OVERCOMING
“When you get in a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”
Harriet Beecher Stowe
OVERCOMING
“Strength doesn't come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn't.”
Rikki Rogers
OVERCOMING
“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
