INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES
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“There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do. ”
Derek Jeter
HARD WORK
“When you live for a strong purpose, hard work isn’t an option. It’s a necessity.”
Steve Pavlina
HARD WORK
“Successful people are not gifted; they just work hard, then succeed on purpose.”
G. K. Nielson
HARD WORK
“I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen. ”
Frank Lloyd Wright
HARD WORK
“My mission in life is to be kind, compassionate, caring, and loving in order to find and feel the deepest joy of life.”
Dr. Debasish Mridha
CARING
“Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have.”
Margaret Mead
CARING
“Don’t be afraid to expand yourself, to step out of your comfort zone. That’s where the joy and the adventure lie.”
Herbie Hancock
SPREAD YOUR WINGS
“At times you have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself.”
Alan Alda
SPREAD YOUR WINGS
“For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be.”
Eric Roth
SPREAD YOUR WINGS
“The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.”
Peter F. Drucker
LISTENING
“Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.”
Dr. Karl Augustus Menninger
LISTENING
“If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather than dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.”
Barbara Bush
ENCOURAGEMENT
“I have yet to find a man or woman, however exalted their station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism. ”
Charles Schwab
ENCOURAGEMENT
“Be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins.”
Jim Stovall
ENCOURAGEMENT
“Be happy in the moment, that’s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.”
Mother Teresa
MINDFULNESS
“The basic root of happiness lies in our minds; outer circumstances are nothing more than adverse or favorable.”
Matthieu Ricard
MINDFULNESS
“The mind is just like a muscle—the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets and the more it can expand.”
Idowu Koyenikan
MINDFULNESS
“In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived. How well we have loved. How well we have learned to let go.”
Jack Kornfield
MINDFULNESS
“The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
MINDFULNESS
“For a seed to achieve its greatest expression, it must come completely undone. The shell cracks, its insides come out and everything changes. To someone who doesn't understand growth, it would look like complete destruction.”
Cynthia Occelli
OVERCOMING
“Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.”
James Buckham
OVERCOMING
“I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.”
Lauren Bacall
TRUE BEAUTY
“A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.”
Roald Dahl
TRUE BEAUTY
“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
TRUE BEAUTY
“True beauty is born through our actions and aspirations and in the kindness we offer to others.”
Alek Wek
