INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES
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“Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses.”
Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr
GRATITUDE
“Give yourself entirely to those around you. Be generous with your blessings. A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.”
Steve Maraboli
GENEROSITY
“That's what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.”
Simone de Beauvoir
GENEROSITY
“Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down.”
Wilson Mizner
APPRECIATION
“The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.”
HH The Dalai Lama
APPRECIATION
“Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you - not because they are nice, but because you are.”
Unknown
GOOD MANNERS
“Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners. ”
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
GOOD MANNERS
“Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.”
Emily Post
GOOD MANNERS
“Listening is an attitude of the heart, a genuine desire to be with another which both attracts and heals.”
L. J. Isham
LISTENING
“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.”
Stephen R. Covey
LISTENING
“We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.”
Diogenes of Sinope
LISTENING
“Now, feel. I am thee and thou art me and all of one is the other. And feel now. Thou hast no heart but mine.”
Ernest Hemingway
CONNECTION
“It is man's social nature which distinguishes him from the brute creation. If it is his privilege to be independent, it is equally his duty to be inter-dependent. Only an arrogant man will claim to be independent of everybody else and be self-contained.”
Mahatma Gandhi
CONNECTION
“People can't be just tied together. They have to connect. Otherwise, they'll find themselves bound hand and foot.”
Ai Yazawa
CONNECTION
“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
Albert Einstein
CONNECTION
“We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends and living our lives.”
Maya Angelou
CONNECTION
“You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this.”
Henry David Thoreau
MINDFULNESS
“Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Almost everything--all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure--these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. ”
Steve Jobs
MINDFULNESS
“As soon as you honor the present moment, all unhappiness and struggle dissolve, and life begins to flow with joy and ease. When you act out the present-moment awareness, whatever you do becomes imbued with a sense of quality, care, and love - even the most simple action. ”
Eckhart Tolle
MINDFULNESS
“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.”
Anatole France
LIVE YOUR DREAMS
“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
Henry David Thoreau
LIVE YOUR DREAMS
“Your vision becomes clear when you look inside your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.”
Carl Gustav Jung
LIVE YOUR DREAMS
“There’s something very freeing about losing the anchors that have always defined you. Frightening, sad, but exhilarating in a poignant way, as well. You’re free to float to the moon and evaporate or sink to the bottom of the deepest ocean. But you’re free to explore. Some people confuse that with drifting, I suppose. I like to think of it as growing.”
Deborah Smith
SPREAD YOUR WINGS
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go... ”
Theodor Seuss Geisel
SPREAD YOUR WINGS
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ”
Mark Twain
SPREAD YOUR WINGS
“You have to know what you want to get. But when you know that, let it take you. And if it seems to take you off the track, don't hold back because perhaps that is instinctively where you want to be.”
Gertrude Stein
SPREAD YOUR WINGS
“Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.”
Og Mandino
DETERMINATION
“The one thing all famous authors, world class athletes, business tycoons, singers, actors, and celebrated achievers in any field have in common is that they all began their journeys when they were none of these things.”
Mike Dooley
DETERMINATION
“Instead of thinking about where you are, think about where you want to be. It takes twenty years of hard work to become an overnight success.”
Diana Rankin