Think Positive. A great attitude is like turning on the lights in a room. It enables us to see things and opportunities we didn’t even know were there (Joe Sweeney)
There comes a time in life when you walk away from all the drama and the people who create it.
Time is life’s most precious commodity. Treat it accordingly.
Only those who care enough will care enough to tell you the truth.
“Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.” –T.S. Eliot
“No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being and to risk his life, in a great cause.” Theodore Roosevelt
“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It will make or break a company, a church, a home….” Charles Swindoll
“The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.” Benjamin Disraeli
“Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune or temporary defeat.” Napoleon Hill
“Stop saving the good China for a special occasion. Everyday you are alive is a special occasion. Every minute, every breath” Mary Morrissey
“Life is like a combination lock; your job is to find the right numbers in the right order, so you can have anything you want.” Brian Tracy
“When I was five years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment and I told them they didn’t understand life.” –John Lennon
“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” -Maya Angelou
“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” John Wooden
“No matter how hard it is and how bad it gets, I’m going to make it!” Ruben Gonzalez
“If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hope.” Andrew Carnegie
“And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same” – Nelson Mandela
“It’s better to be prepared for an opportunity that never comes, than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.” Les Brown
“Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous – not just to some people in some circumstances – but to everyone all the time” – Thomas J Watson
“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important that any one thing” Abraham Lincoln
“It’s so important to know where you are. I know where I am right now. How do you go from where you are to where you want to be? I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal. You have to be willing to work for it.” Jimmy V
Never Give Up
“It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotion, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows achievement and who at the worst if he fails at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.” Theodore Roosevelt
“It’s what you learn after you already know everything that counts.” John Wooden
“Everyday in every way, I’m getting better and better” Emile Coue
“If you think you can, or think you can’t, you’re right.” Henry Ford
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glad you like it Danielle – I LOVE it! What is your all-time favorite quote?
“people universally tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will maybe descend upon your like fine weather if youre fortunate enough. but that’s not how happiness works. happiness is the consequence of personal effort. you fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. you have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. and once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it, you must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever to stay afloat on top of it. ”
THAT is my all-time favorite quote. check the other two i added below, as well. hope the mint tea gave you a head start to a great day!
These are AWESOME & the last one is my FAVORITE of the three!!! The comments & delicious mint tea are much appreciated – you are making my day today! YES!!
Here is one of many motivational quotes I like,
“If you think you are too small to make an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room.” Anita Roddick
Best,
Taso
Thanks – that’s a good one. Taso, I know you are a curator of good quotes so feel free to add a couple more if you’d like. You’re AWESOME!
Here is another favorite,
“Be a student to those above you, a fellow traveler to those at the same level, and a teacher to those below you.” Breakthrough To Success
Best,
Taso
Awesome Joe! Thanks for sharing!!! My favorites are the Maya Angelou and Henry Ford ones that you posted. A couple of others I love are: “Kindness is a language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see” -Mark Twain; “Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events and small minds discuss people” – Eleanor Roosevelt; “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain” – Vivian Greene
Jen – LOVE all three of those quotes!!! If I had to pick just one I’d have to say I like the Twain quote the best but all three are AMAZING – as are you!
~LET MY PRESENCE~ override everything you experience. Like a luminous veil of Light, I hover over you and everything around you. I am training you to stay conscious of Me in each situation you encounter. When the patriarch Jacob ran away from his enraged brother, he went to sleep on a stone pillow in a land that seemed desolate. But after dreaming about heaven and angels and promises of My Presence, he awoke and exclaimed: “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.” His discovery was not only for him but for all who seek Me. Whenever you feel distant from Me, say: “Surely the Lord is in this place!” Then, ask Me to give you awareness of My Presence. This is a prayer that I delight to answer. ~PSALM 31:20~ ~GENESIS 28:11-16~ May Your Day Be A Blessed One Much Love!!!!~
JDB:
First comment on this blog – much appreciated!! Feel free to comment and add your insights to any of the posts as I hear you set an example of how to live, be a good father and inspire those around you on a daily basis!!
This quote by Marianne Williamson has inspired me for some time:
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
POWERFUL stuff – thanks Sam you rock!!
Walt Whitman’s poem, “This Is What You Shall Do” is another one that helps me burn brighter…
This is what you shall do
by Walt Whitman
“This is what you shall do; Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons and with the young and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life, re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency not only in its words but in the silent lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and joint of your body.”
First time hearing this one – LOVE it – thanks for the contributions Sam, miss your mug – you are a CHAMPION my friend!
If you want to succeed in the world must make your own opportunities as you go on. The man who waits for some seventh wave to toss him on dry land will find that the seventh wave is a long time a coming. You can commit no greater folly than to sit by the roadside until some one comes along and invites you to ride with him to wealth or influence.
-John B. Gough
Love this – absolutely agree!
“This is your one opportunity to do something that no one has ever done before and that no one will copy throughout human existence. And if nothing else, you will be remembered as the one guy who ever did this. This one thing.”
-Sam, from Garden State
Brilliant! YES!
One you posted not to long ago…”Take good care of your body, it’s the only one you have to live in.”. I immedately wrote it down and put it on my bulletin board by my computer. I read it everyday! Thanks for always being so inspiring!
That is one of my favorite quotes Jody! Glad you remembered it and thank you for sharing it! Wishing you all the best! -Joe
I love Danielle’s third quote!! Good one Danielle! #Plautus! Here are three of my favorites:
“Pain is temporary, quitting is forever” -Lance Armstrong (this has been a favorite of mine since MIDDLE SCHOOL!)
“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if i have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense” -Buddha
“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind” -Gandhi
“Forget regret or life is yours to miss” -RENT
okay so i gave you 4 not 3….can you blame me?! haha enjoy! LOVE what you’re doing here! Quotes are my favorite form of inspiration and motivation. I’ve been keeping quote books since middle school!
Best,
D
This life is a game,If people tease you, make fun of you, irritate you then do not do anything and calm down because in every game only audience make noise not the “PLAYERS” .
Hi Joe. Thanks for the quotes. The quote you have at your site, “And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same” was actually written by Marianne Williamson. It is often attributed to Nelson Mandela as he used it in a speech. Simply wanting to give credit where credit is due. Here’s her entire quote: “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate; our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?
Actually who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.
We were born to magnify the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us, it’s in everyone. And as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
~ Marianne Williamson (and used by Nelson Mandela during a speech).
Godspeed…
Gregg
This is a really good stuff.. I’ll be linking to this on my blog. Thanks !