INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES
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“The same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you're made of, not the circumstances.”
Unknown
GRIT
“What we accomplish in the marathon of life depends tremendously on our grit—our passion and perseverance for long-term goals.”
Dr. Angela Lee Duckworth
GRIT
“Believe in your infinite potential. Your only limitations are those you set upon yourself.”
Roy T. Bennett
BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
“The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been kindness, beauty and truth.”
Albert Einstein
KINDNESS
“No act of kindness is too small. The gift of kindness may start as a small ripple that over time can turn into a tidal wave affecting the lives of many.”
Kevin Heath
KINDNESS
“Education is a social process. Education is growth. Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.”
John Dewey
EDUCATION
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. ”
Rachel Carson
APPRECIATING NATURE
“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
“Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.”
Marie Curie
COURAGE
“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
“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins- not through strength but by perseverance.”
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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