Speak truth, even if uncomfortable—it frees you and fosters genuine connections. Practice it daily for peace of mind, respect from others, and a life true to yourself.
Remember, what you give your time to becomes your life. Choose carefully—put family, health, and growth first, and let go of the rest. Align your days with what matters most, and you’ll build a life without regrets.
When you feel lost or unhappy, remember this: your life gains meaning the moment you help ease someone else’s suffering. As long as you can help others—even inin small ways—you are never without purpose. Don’t wait to discover some grand destiny; start with the little things you can do today.
I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.” ~ Charles Dickens
Loyalty is not always a good thing. For example, being loyal to Hitler is a bad thing. Therfore, we should be loyal to good ideas, not to people. People can change, but being good stays the same, even if our understanding of it changes with time.
“If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.”
~ Epictetus
Source: Enchiridion
Epictetus taught this to students distracted by reputation, arguing that clarity requires ignoring noise, judgment, and social pressure.
One thing well done is worth a hundred things done badly.” ~ Plutarch
Source: Moralia
Plutarch wrote this as a warning against scattered effort, arguing that focus magnifies the value of action.
“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul—and sings the tune without the words—and never stops at all.”
~ Emily Dickinson, poem, c. 1861
Dickinson wrote this while living in isolation and illness, capturing how hope survives quietly even when life contracts.
If you can’t fly, then run; if you can’t run, then walk; if you can’t walk, then crawl—but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.”
~ Martin Luther King Jr., speech, 1965
King said this while facing constant threats and exhaustion, insisting that persistence adapts but never stops.
Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.”
~ James A. Michener, The World Is My Home (1991)
Michener wrote this after recalling decades of rejection early in his writing career, realizing that persistence only reveals itself after initial failure.
You don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.”
~ Jim Rohn, seminar lecture, 1980s
Rohn used this line to push people beyond busyness, arguing that execution — not time spent — is what creates results.
The individual who knows how to work to their strengths will always outperform the one who tries to be good at everything.”
~ William James, lecture notes, 1890s
James argued this while developing modern psychology, observing that attention and aptitude compound when aligned correctly.
We do not learn from experience… we learn from reflecting on experience.”
~ John Dewey, Experience and Education (1938)
Dewey believed strengths are revealed only when you pay attention to what consistently works for you and what drains you.
if you don’t know, ask seneca
A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.”
~ Christopher Reeve, speech at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics
Reeve said this after being paralyzed from the neck down, turning his tragedy into a global call for resilience.
“There is no greater disability in society than the inability to see a person as more.”
~ Nick Vujicic, Life Without Limits (2010)
Born without arms or legs, Vujicic said this to remind the world that what holds most people back is not their bodies but their assumptions.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.” ~ Seneca
Letters to Lucilius, Letter 104
Seneca wrote this to a friend overwhelmed by his goals, reminding him that hesitation often creates more difficulty than the task itself.
Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.” ~ Albert Einstein
Out of My Later Years, 1950
Einstein, reflecting on fleeing totalitarianism in Europe, argued that creativity and discovery flourish only in environments where people are allowed to think without fear.
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.” ~ George Bernard Shaw
Man and Superman, 1903
Shaw wrote this to challenge people who demanded freedom but resisted the accountability that true liberty requires.
Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.” ~ Herbert Hoover
Radio address, 1929
Hoover said this at the dawn of the Great Depression, trying to remind a struggling nation that freedom itself could keep morale alive even as hardship closed in.
Anything that requires change can be difficult. Yet in order to learn and grow and make progress, you must change. When facing a change, ask yourself: Am I being openminded? Or am I being resistant? Confront your difficulties head-on, force yourself to explore where they come from, and you’ll find that you’ll learn a lot. #principleoftheday
For me, I’m driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.” ~ Neil deGrasse Tyson
Interview, 2012
“I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.” ~ Dorothy Day
The Long Loneliness, 1952
Day wrote this after decades of activism, reminding readers that sincerity is proven through behavior, not rhetoric — a principle she lived daily in her work for the poor.
“If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.” ~ Maya Angelou
in an interview in 1982 Angelou encouraged young people to embrance what makes them unique, arguing that brilliance only emerges when you dare to stand apart from expectations.
Everyone you meet always asks if you have a career, are married, or own a house as if life was some kind of grocery list. But no one ever asks you if you are happy.” ~ Heath Ledger
Interview, 2000
Ledger reflected on fame’s pressures, pointing out how society prioritizes status over well-being — a contrast he felt deeply in his own life.
“There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.”
~ Martin Luther King Jr.
Sermon, Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, 1959
King used this to dismantle simplistic moral judgments, urging compassion rooted in the understanding that human nature is universally mixed.
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.” ~ Mark Twain
Quoted in various speeches
Twain used this humorous line to describe the shift from adolescent arrogance to adult humility — the realization that wisdom grows as ego shrinks.
“The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all others, charity.”
~ Benjamin Franklin
Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1756
Franklin wrote this as a moral blueprint for civic life, listing virtues designed to strengthen both communities and character.
“I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.”
~ Groucho Marx
Interview, 1930s. Marx delivered this unexpectedly philosophical reflection to highlight how agency — not circumstance — determines daily happiness.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” ~ Margaret MeadSpeech, 1978. Mead emphasized that meaningful change has always begun with a handful of determined people who refuse to remain passive.
One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to go fast. I think that applies to everything in life. We live as though there aren’t enough hours in the day but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get it done quicker and with much less stress. ~ Viggo Mortensen
Interview, 2004
Mortensen shared this wisdom while discussing filmmaking, explaining that patience and precision ultimately produce faster, stronger results.
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.” ~ Voltaire
Letter, mid-1700s. Voltaire used this metaphor to remind us that life is never perfect and we must remember to be grateful that we have survived this far and sing while we’re still here. It could almost always be far worse.
“The most important thing in life is to stop saying ‘I wish’ and start saying ‘I will.’ Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.”
~ Charles Dickens
Speech, 1860s
Dickens offered this challenge to encourage active determination, shaped by his own rise from poverty through relentless work.
Recognizing and respecting differences in others, and treating everyone like you want them to treat you, will help make our world a better place for everyone.” ~ Kim Peek
Interview, early 2000s. Peek — the real inspiration for Rain Man — said this to express how empathy and equality shape a kinder world.
A single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
Journal, 1851
Thoreau used this analogy to explain habit formation: repetition carves identity, just as footsteps carve a trail.
“Humility, I have learned, must never be confused with meekness. Humility is being open to the ideas of others.”
~ Simon Sinek
Interview, 2016
Sinek clarified that humility is strength — the willingness to learn rather than defend ego.
“Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.”
~ Dale Carnegie
How to Win Friends and Influence People, 1936
Carnegie wrote this to demonstrate the enduring emotional value of generosity in speech.
“If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well… worth fighting for… worth putting aside time for.”
~ Oscar Wilde
Essay notes, late 1800s
Wilde used this progression to show that important things deserve not casual effort but deep, sustained commitment.
“Somebody should tell us… that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit… Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.”
~ Michael Landon Jr.
Interview reflecting on his father’s illness
He expressed this urgency after witnessing how quickly opportunities vanish when time reveals its limits.
“My wish for you is that you continue… to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.”
~ Maya Angelou
Letter, 1990s
Angelou offered this blessing as encouragement to resist cynicism through gentleness.
“My father always used to say, ‘Don’t raise your voice. Improve your argument.’”
~ Desmond Tutu
Speech, 2000s
Tutu shared this as a lesson in moral persuasion — strength expressed through calm reasoning, not volume.
“You can judge a man’s true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.”
~ Paul McCartney
Interview, 2005
McCartney used this measure to argue that compassion extends beyond humans and reveals deeper morality.
“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”
~ Mark Twain
Notebook entry, 1894
Twain noted that honesty simplifies life — lies require maintenance, truth requires none.
“Freedom is not given; it is earned by those who refuse to bow before oppression.”
~ Skanderbeg
Statement from 15th-century Albanian chronicles
A national hero, Skanderbeg used this to rally resistance against overwhelming adversaries.
“It’s so easy to laugh, it’s so easy to hate; it takes guts to be gentle and kind.”
~ Morrissey
Lyrics, “I Know It’s Over,” 1986
Morrissey wrote this to highlight that kindness is not softness, but courage.
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.”
~ Alphonse Karr
Letters from My Garden, 1850s
Karr used this to show how perspective shapes emotion — reality stays the same; interpretation changes everything.
“When you choose to be pleasant and positive… you have also chosen how you are going to be treated by others.”
~ Zig Ziglar
Seminar teaching, 1970s
Ziglar taught that attitude acts as a social magnet — shaping the responses you receive.
“To know what people really think, pay attention to what they do, rather than what they say.” ~ René Descartes
Philosophical writings, mid-1600s
Descartes emphasized action as the true expression of belief — spoken words are too easily manipulated.
“Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world… so long as you can sweeten another’s pain.” ~ Helen Keller
Essay, 1903
Keller argued that purpose restores hope — service transforms suffering into meaning.
I am going your way, so let us go hand in hand… We shall not be here very long, so let us help one another while we may.” ~ William Morris
Lecture, 1880s. Morris delivered this as a reminder that shared humanity makes cooperation not optional but essential.
“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.”
~ Robin Williams
Spoken during filming of Dead Poets Society, 1989
Williams emphasized the transformative force of expression — a theme central to the film.
“Nothing else so inspires and heartens people as words of appreciation…”
~ Dale Carnegie
How to Win Friends and Influence People, 1936
Carnegie observed that praise has lifelong effects — remembered long after the giver forgets.
“I don’t know what your destiny will be, but I know the only ones who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.”
~ Albert Schweitzer
Speech, 1932
Schweitzer said this to students, urging them to ground their lives in service, not ambition.
“Don’t be ashamed to need help. Like a soldier storming a wall, you have a mission to accomplish. And if you’ve been wounded and you need a comrade to pull you up? So what?”
~ Marcus Aurelius
Meditations, Book 7
Aurelius reminded himself — and us — that accepting help is not weakness but a practical necessity for completing one’s mission.
Never make a decision from a state of fatigue, panic, or external pressure. Step away, find silence, and allow clarity to surface before you commit to something” ~ Katharine Hepburn
Treat every commitment, no matter how small, as a sacred contract. Your word defines your character. Follow through on what you promise, both to others and to yourself. Consistency builds unshakeable self-trust.
Protect your energy fiercely from those who drain it. Negative people act as heavy anchors on your potential and progress. Limit your exposure to pessimism. Your time is too valuable to spend it validating the endless complaints of others.
Never avoid the difficult, necessary conversations. Honest communication clears the air and instantly builds lasting trust in relationships. A painful truth delivered today prevents damaging confusion tomorrow.
Don’t fear the pain of hard, accurate truth. It is the most vital signal for required change and evolution. Seek critical feedback above all comfort. This practice will exponentially accelerate your growth.
You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” ~ Zig Ziglar
From his 1970s motivational lectures. Ziglar repeated this endlessly because audiences were paralyzed by perfectionism — he wanted them to understand that greatness is the result of beginning, not the prerequisite.
Resentment is a debt you willingly pay for someone else’s mistake. Forgiveness is an act of self-liberation, not a gift to the offender.
Don’t get comfortable with what you think you know. True wisdom is accepting that learning has no end. Stay open to new facts and different views. You must always remain a student to truly grow.
Treat every mistake as a lesson. A setback is data given to you free of charge. Accept the lesson immediately and move on. You only become stronger when you are willing to admit error.
Never change who you are to fit in or be accepted. Your power lies in your unedited truth. And that’s what the world needs more of, not more conformity.
True wisdom requires you to stay small and hungry for knowledge. Remain a perpetual, disciplined student of the world.
Regret is the ultimate thief of joy. The past cannot be changed;. Honor the gift of the present moment by using it fully. Live today with such intensity that you leave no room for future sorrow.
“If not now, when?” ~ Hillel the Elder
Recorded in Pirkei Avot, 1st century BCE
Hillel used this simple, piercing question to awaken people from hesitation, reminding them that delay is the quiet enemy of every meaningful beginning.
Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.” ~ William James
Lecture on habit, 1892
James observed this in students who postponed their work; he argued that beginning immediately frees the mind and strengthens willpower.
Don’t cling to the illusion of permanent safety. Calculated risk is the essential fuel for significant achievement. Analyze the downside, prepare fully, and then leap without hesitation. Stagnation is always a greater threat than failure.
The fool waits for opportunity; the wise create it.” ~ Francis Bacon
From “Essays,” 1625
Bacon used this line to warn that waiting for readiness is a form of self-sabotage — action breeds opportunity far more reliably than chance.
Take the first step. No one ever knows the second until the first is taken.” ~ Pauline Kael
From her film criticism essays, 1960s
Kael wrote this to explain creativity itself — the pathway only appears after you begin, never before.
You’ll never find the time. You must make it.” ~ Charles Buxton
Published in “Notes of Thought,” 1883
Buxton learned this running both a public career and a brewery; he wrote it to expose the myth that life ever offers spare time for important beginnings.
Commit to deep listening in every conversation you enter. Do not simply wait for your turn to speak. Give your entire, present attention to the other person. Genuine human connection begins in silence and active presence.
every person you encounter is fighting an intricate, unseen battle. You have no way of knowing the weight they carry, so relinquish the urge to judge their journey or their pace. A gentle heart, unbound by quick and facile judgments, is the most powerful weapon against the world’s harshness.
The universe holds an astonishing capacity for mystery, and humility is the only reasonable response to its scale. The moment you believe you have mastered something, the world shows you how much more there is to learn.
The antidote to cynicism is simply noticing the small, perfect miracles unfolding around us. Gratitude is not passive; it is an active discipline of choosing to see the treasure in the mundane. Carry a deep appreciation for your gifts, and a positive attitude becomes the natural flow.
if you want your kids to be kind, be kind. If you want them to work hard, show them how it’s done ~ Tom hanks
Everyone has weaknesses. They are generally revealed in the patterns of mistakes they make. Knowing what your weaknesses are and staring hard at them is the first step on the path to success. #principleoftheday
Most people give up after they’ve failed once or twice. That’s why most people aren’t successful. Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.” ~ James A. Michener
Quoted in his memoir, The World Is My Home (1991)
Michener said this looking back on years of rejection before literary success, using his own story to show that talent matters far less than persistence.
If there’s something you’ve always wanted to do, write down the steps you need to take to make it happen. A goal without a plan is just a wish.” ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
From his 1942 memoir, Flight to Arras
A battle-tested pilot, he wrote this after seeing how survival in war depended not on hope but on meticulous preparation.
Action leads to learning, which makes you better. Don’t spend all your time thinking. Spend it doing. If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.” ~ Bruce Lee
From Lee’s personal notebooks, published posthumously
Lee wrote this while refining his Jeet Kune Do philosophy, frustrated by students who overexplained instead of practicing.
The only people who deserve to be in your life are the ones who treat you with love, kindness and respect. ~ Kristen Butler
Don’t expect to get what you give. Not everyone has a heart like you ~ Kristen Butler
“Do the things that make you feel alive. You will be dead soon enough.” ~ Ernest Hemingway
In a letter to his friend F. Scott Fitzgerald, in 1929, Hemingway reminded him that time is brief, and bitterness is a poor use of the little we have.
Don’t be overwhelmed by the length of the road that leads you to your dreams. Take a step closer every day, no matter how small. The key is consistency. Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” ~ Vincent Van Gogh
You’re not here to simply pass the time. You’re here to use it. To carve meaning out of the hours like they matter — because they do.
Everyone at some point wishes the world was a better place. You forget, the opportunity has always been here–it’s right here in front of you. It’s today. Every day is an opportunity to do something good.” ~ Paul Newman
From the Discourses, where Epictetus teaches accepting what fate brings and focusing on inner mastery.
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” ~ Epictetus
“A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.” — Confucius
There are two types of pain you will go through in life, the pain of discipline and the pain of regret. Discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tonnes.” — Jim Rohn
In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves… self-discipline with all of them came first.” — Harry S. Truman
If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek the truth, which never harmed anyone: the harm is to persist in one’s own self-deception and ignorance. Marcus Aurelius
The greatest gift you can give someone is the power to be successful. Giving people the opportunity to struggle rather than giving them the things they are struggling for will make them stronger. ~ Ray Dalio
Build a good name. Keep your name clean. Don’t make compromises. Don’t worry about making a bunch of money or being successful. Be concerned with doing good work.” ~ Patti Smith
—from her 2010 interview at The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Try to give the quiet people a chance. There’s zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.” ~ Susan Cain, from Quiet (2012)
What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe.” ~ Bell Hooks —from Teaching to Transgress (1994)
Don’t wait to do the things that matter. Everytime you hesitate, or delay, you’re delaying life. Think about that. Whatever you’re meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible.” ~ Doris Lessing (Nobel Prize Winner, 2007)
“You must never behave as if your life belongs to a man. Your life belongs to yourself and you alone.” ~ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Build your life around what matters to you at the deepest level. Not around money, not status, not comparison. Around the principles and pursuits that make your life feel honest. When you do this, discipline becomes effortless because you’re living in alignment with your values and so, success and all those things will foillow. You don’t have to fight yourself every morning, because you’re no longer pushing against your own nature. You’re moving with it.
People often mistake motivation for inspiration. Motivation needs constant effort. Inspiration happens when your actions reflect your values. It fuels itself. You feel alive, engaged, capable. And that’s when real achievement becomes possible—not the forced kind, but the kind that grows naturally out of conviction.
Do what you feel in your heart to be right—for you’ll be criticized anyway.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
In You Learn by Living (1960), Roosevelt stressed courage, integrity, and moral clarity as the foundation of personal values.
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From Nobody Knows My Name (1961), Baldwin speaks about truth, identity, and moral awakening.
“People can cry much easier than they can change. But you must understand that your pain is not meant to define you; it is meant to move you. It is the turning toward truth, not away from it, that begins the real journey.” ~ James Baldwin
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From The Conquest of Happiness (1930), where Russell describes how a full life comes from outward purpose rather than self-absorption.
The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.” ~ Bertrand Russell
Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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In his Maxims and Reflections, Goethe describes how character, not circumstance, drives success.
“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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In Pensées (1670), Pascal reflected on distraction, meaning, and the difficulty of self-awareness.
“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” ~ Blaise Pascal
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In The Pleasure of Finding Things Out, Feynman described the joy of scientific inquiry.
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool.” ~ Richard Feynman
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In a 1925 speech to newspaper editors, Coolidge described the virtue of persistence and work ethic — an often-cited conservative principle.
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘Press On!’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”” ~ Calvin Coolidge
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In his 1981 inaugural address, Reagan spoke about national responsibility and the importance of citizen-driven action.
“We are a nation that has a government—not the other way around. And this makes us special among the nations of the Earth.” ~ Ronald Reagan
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Twain wrote about habit formation and productivity in various essays and letters, emphasizing the value of taking the first small step.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one.” ~ Mark Twain
In an 1882 letter to his brother Theo, Van Gogh described his artistic process and how large creative achievements come from accumulated small efforts.
“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” ~ Vincent Van Gogh
remember that in large part you create the happiness or unhappiness around you. Choose to be uplifting, kind and pleasant to the people around you. Choose to create the world you want.
When you’re humble, you don’t need to dominate a room to prove your worth. You don’t need to win every argument. You don’t need to be the smartest voice in the circle. You let truth lead instead of pride.
One day you’ll look back and see that the turning points were simple: the days you stopped delaying, stopped doubting, and finally acted on what you knew was right.
Most people underestimate the power of decisions. When you commit to what matters, life stops feeling like something happening to you and starts feeling like something you’re shaping. ~ Anthony Hopkins
Every day gives you a chance to steer your life one degree toward meaning or one degree toward distraction. One degree seems small — until the years pass.
If something is important, give it your attention while you still can. Don’t wait. What you do now becomes the story you live with for the rest of your life.
People talk about purpose as if it hides in distant places. It doesn’t. It shows itself when you choose to be present, honest, and responsible for the next hour of your life. That’s just about all you really need to do.
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances.”
~ Viktor E. Frankl
If something scares you, that’s a sign it’s going to help you grow. Embrace challenges. In the end, you’re the sum of the challenges you accept. Fear is a great teacher. It tells you where you need to go.” ~ Natalie Portman
Just because you fail once, doesn’t mean you’re gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself… …So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life’s a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.” ~ Marilyn Monroe
Try to approach everything with a positive attitude. Give everything and everyone that respect. The right attitude can turn a challenge into a gift.” ~ Gregory Peck
Pay attention to the moment. The present is the only thing you have any control over. Slow down and take your time. When you rush you make mistakes. Life becomes clearer when you stop focusing on what’s missing and start noticing what’s already here. ~ Natalie Portman
Honesty is not harshness. It’s decency. It is the willingness to say what is needed with care, to speak truth in a way that preserves respect. Courage and kindness are not opposites; they are partners. ~ Ingrid Bergman
You only get so many breaths. Only so many chances to be happy. Life is short. Don’t waste it being angry or holding grudges.” ~ Katherine Mansfield
A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead.” ~ Albert Einstein
“Being honest may not get you a lot of friends, but it’ll always get you the right ones. ~ John Lennon
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.” ~ Epictetus
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. ~ Charles Dickens
Life is short. The sooner you realize that, the more gentle, more forgiving, and more focused you become.”~ Ray Bradbury
You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.” ~ Charles Buxton
Life is short. Be swift to love, make haste to be kind.”
~ Henri-Frédéric Amiel
By trying lots of things you think you might enjoy, you will learn more about yourself, and what you are actually good at, what might be your core competencies, and which of the big things are worth going for.” ~ Laura Vanderkam
Life is too short to nurse grudges.”
~ Carnegie
Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
The shortness of life is the reason why you should not waste it in doing anything you know to be wrong.” ~ Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Life simplifies itself the moment you stop feeding distractions. The world will try to pull you in every direction at once. Let most of it pass. Give your energy only to what strengthens your spirit.
There is great moral clarity in telling yourself the truth. It demands humility, but it also grants freedom. When you stop hiding from your own reflection, you step into a life that is far simpler, and far more honorable.
When you speak the truth, you clear the fog between you and the world. It takes courage, yes — but it leaves your conscience unburdened, and that is worth more than comfort.
There is wisdom in slowing down. The world will push you to rush, to react, to chase. But clarity arrives in stillness. If you wish to understand your path, pause long enough to see it.
Life teaches you, slowly and sometimes painfully, that you can’t carry everything. Some burdens must be put down. Some people must be released. And some chapters must be closed gently, without bitterness, so the next one can begin.
Kindness is not a transaction — it’s a reflection of who you are. And who you are is shaped by the choices you make when no one is watching.
Realise what you can control and release everything else. You can’t change other people. You can’t change the past. But you can change your attitude, your habits, your next step.
There’s great strength in admitting you don’t have all the answers. Certainty is overrated. Curiosity, humility, and presence will take you much farther than pride ever did ~ Anthony Hopkins
Every time your choices match your principles, you build a life that feels coherent — a life your future self can stand behind without apology.
Most regrets come from silence — the apology you didn’t give, the courage you didn’t use, the person you didn’t appreciate while they were still here. Living without regret means acting while the moment is alive, not after it’s gone.
When you give your attention to the moment in front of you, life stops feeling like something you’re chasing and starts feeling like something you’re living.
I’ve always felt there’s a quiet confidence in humility — the kind that doesn’t need validation. When you’re grounded in who you are, praise doesn’t inflate you and criticism doesn’t shatter you. I would recommend trying to stay level headed.
be open about what you don’t know, and be at peace with the fact that you’re a work in progress — just like everyone else.
Living honestly means choosing long-term peace over short-term comfort. It means saying the thing that needs to be said, even if it’s hard. It’s better to suffer a little with the truth now than a lot for the sake of a lie.” ~ Johnny Cash
You don’t have to be impressive to be real. You just have to be sincere. People can feel when your character is genuine — it’s the kind of truth that doesn’t need decoration. If I could give you one piece of advice it would be to be entirely yourself. ~ Tom hiddleston
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“Let go of the people who are not prepared to love you. Life is too short to chase affection.” Anthony Hopkins
“The best way to guarantee a good future is to put something good into the present.” Morgan Freeman
“Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back.” Jack Nicholson
The only thing you truly control is the effort you put in.” ~ Frances McDormand
“You keep going. That’s the secret. You take a deep breath, and you keep going.” ~ Harrison Ford
You have to be able to look in the mirror and know you did your best.” ~ Charlize Theron
“Confidence is overrated; hard work is what gets things done.” ~ Frances McDormand
Jim Carrey
“You can fail at what you don’t want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.”
“Nothing ever gets done by dwelling on the past. You have to keep working.” ~ Paul Newman
Anthony Hopkins
“Today is the tomorrow you were so worried about yesterday.”
Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.” ~ Simone de Beauvoir
Whatever you’re meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible.” ~ Doris Lessing
Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.” ~ Rachel Carson
If you want to protest, do it respectfully. You don’t need to trash stores or block roads. That doesn’t make people want to listen.
Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg
There is a responsibility that comes with being alive. You must decide what kind of difference you intend to make — because whether you act or refuse to act, you shape the world either way.” ~ James Baldwin
If you want to know your purpose, pay attention to what stays with you — the ideas you can’t forget, the things you return to even when they’re difficult, the work that refuses to let you go. That’s your soul speaking.” ~ Joseph Campbell
I have discovered that the real tragedy is not failure, but living without direction. A person with a clear purpose can endure almost anything. A person without one is defeated by almost everything.”
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
The older I get, the more I understand that meaning is built through attention — paying attention to the people around you, to the day in front of you, to the responsibilities life hands you. Purpose begins where distraction ends.” ~ Helen Mirren
I don’t think purpose is found in some grand moment of revelation. It’s found in small acts done with great sincerity — the way you choose kindness, the way you keep your word, the way you decide to care about the world.”
~ Maya Angelou
“I have found that the people who are most alive are those who have something to give — not something to prove. Purpose grows naturally from contribution, not ambition.”
~ Albert Einstein
I learned that the only thing you can really control in life is what you’re working toward. If you pour yourself into that work — honestly, fully — life begins to take shape around it in ways you couldn’t have scripted.”
~ Morgan Freeman
Your purpose is not something you discover in a moment. It’s something you build, slowly, by choosing what you will stand for and what you will no longer accept. Meaning reveals itself in the work of becoming who you were meant to be.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
be careful what you spend your time on. The character of your mind is shaped by your habitual thoughts. Think good thoughts, for you will become them.
The soul is dyed with the color of its thoughts.” ~ Marcus Aurelius
people take great care not to allow their possessions to become marked and broken. While they pay little attention to the damage being done to something more important — their minds.
The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.” ~ Marcus Aurelius
many people seem to become obsessed with themselves. Don’t fall into that trap. Dedicate yourself to something bigger. Only then will you live deeply.
Only a life lived for others is worthwhile.” ~ Albert Einstein
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all” ~ Oscar Wilde
you must find your life’s quest. Your reason for being. Without a deeper purpose people become shadows. They disappear. They make no mark on the world. It’s as if they never were. Never become a shadow. Find your reason for being.
The key is not doing more, it’s doing the right things. You have to be ruthless about what you choose to do, because you only have so much time in a day.
Never confuse movement with action.” ~ Ernest Hemingway
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” ~ Ernest Hemingway
the biggest risk you can take in life is to risk nothing at all. That’s the only way to guarantee you’ll never live fully. If you risk nothing, you risk everything.” ~ Morgan Freeman
Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway ~ Earl Nightingale
The thing that no one tells you is that no one is ready. We’re all trying to figure things out as we go along. If you’re waiting for someone to tell you you’re good enough, you’ll wait forever.” ~ Michael Caine
Reflect upon your present blessings—of which every man has many—not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” — Charles Dickens
look for the lessons. Pay attention to what life teaches you.
You can be anyone you want to be. You don’t have to be the way anyone else wants you to be. Be yourself, because ultimately that is who you subconsiously want to be.
if you want to live the life of your dreams, do one thing: from this day forth make a vow that you’ll never break your word. Not to anyone, including yourself. That means whenever you say you’ll do something, you do it, no matter how hard. Now watch your life transform.
Sometimes you need to stand by and let someone make a mistake (provided it’s not too serious) so they can learn. It’s a bad sign if you are constantly telling people what they should do; micromanagement typically reflects inability on the part of the person being managed. It’s also not a good thing for you as a manager. Instead of micromanaging, you should be training and testing. Give people your thoughts on how they might approach their decisions, but don’t dictate to them. The most useful thing you can do is to get in sync with them, exploring how they are doing things and why. #principleoftheday
Every time you say yes to something unimportant, you’re saying no to something that could change your life.”
~ James Altucher
What you focus on, you create more of. Make sure you’re focusing on what you want, not what you fear.”
~ Jen Sincero
You are the only one who can create the life you want, and you’re doing it right now—whether you realize it or not.”
~ Jen Sincero
Don’t postpone joy. One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted.” ~ Paulo Coelho
You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.” ~ Marcus Aurelius
The only way to deal with this life meaningfully is to find something worth dying for.” ~ Albert Camus
Whatever you do in life, make sure you’re in it with all your heart. If you’re not, get out. Once you decide to go all in on something that matters, life rearranges itself around that decision.” ~ Keanu Reeves
don’t let laziness decide your life. Don’t let distractions make your choices for you.
Every decision you make is a step toward the future you’re creating.” ~ Chris Hadfield
Be absolutely clear about what you believe in. When you know what you believe everything you do becomes simpler.
It’s not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.” ~ Roy E. Disney
to really live, you have to choose a path. Don’t let life choose it for you by chance.
In any given moment, we have two options: to step forward into growth or step back into safety.” ~ Abraham Maslow
Decide who you are. Decide what you believe is right and wrong. And have the courage to stand by your decisions. We are not
We are our choices.” ~ Jean-Paul Sartre
life is found in successes but also in mistakes. It’s in the chances we take, not the chances we avoided.
In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take.” ~ Lewis Carroll
you’re going to have to decide whether you want what you want now, or what you want most.
Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you.” ~ John C. Maxwell
The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.” ~ Flora Whittemore
you don’t become wise from living an easy life. Stop seeing your struggles as bad things and start seeing them as opportunities to overcome challenges that make you stronger
when we realise every conversation is a chance to learn and not an opportunity to prove we’re right every day becomes filled with lesson.
Every time you say yes to something unimportant, you’re saying no to something that could change your life.”
~ James Altucher
It’s in the moments when you’re not sure what to do that your future is being determined. Don’t ignore those moments. Don’t fear them. Remember your values. Remember your dreams. It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt
Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt
Ego might try to convince you that you’re better than someone else. Some of you will believe it. Some of you might be lucky enough to figure out:
There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet ~ William Halsey Jr
When you’re humble, life keeps teaching you. When you’re proud, it stops bothering.” ~ Epictetus
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.” ~ Langston Hughes
A strong vision pulls you like gravity toward the life you’re meant to live.” ~ Ralph Marston
The only way to really live is to be yourself. Completely. In all you say. In all you are.
Nothing is better than the truth. It keeps life simple and relationships real.” ~ Anthony Hopkins
The secret of life is getting today right. Everyone can get today right, and if you can do it once you can do it repeatedly ~ Stuart McRobert
Be the person who raises others with your presence, not just your words. Be the one who notices the silent struggle and whispers, ‘You’re doing better than you think.’”
~ Lori Deschene
Be humble, for you are made of earth. Be noble, for you are made of stars.” ~ Serbian Proverb
I wish I could express how much you matter. The world desperately needs the ones who feel deeply. Who care deeply. Who know the hurt of the world and give back only peace.
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of another.” ~ Charles Dickens
Sometimes you forget, people are just trying to live their lives as best they can. Maybe we need to judge less and understand more. Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.”Robin Williams
When you judge others, you do not define them, you define yourself.” ~ Earl Nightingale
Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway ~ Earl Nightingale
My hope for you is to live fully. To know the length and depth of life. So please, don’t delay your dreams.
The most important thing in life is to stop saying, ‘I wish’ and start saying, ‘I will’ ~ Charles Dickens
We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.” ~ Carlos Castaneda
You can do more than you know. I know this because you try. Never stop trying.
Don’t be discouraged by your mistakes. Wisdom is nothing more than healed pain.” ~ Robert Gary Lee
An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.” ~ Niels Bohr
Your dreams matter. Don’t ignore them. Don’t let circumstances dictate who you become. You can start late, look different, be uncertain, and still succeed.” ~ Misty Copeland
If you feel there is a better world hidden somewhere behind our courage to make the right choices, then don’t delay, make them. Remember, it is in your power in every moment, to begin creating that better world.
Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.” ~ William Makepeace Thackeray
The longer I live, the more I realize the importance of choosing kindness over being right.” ~ Glenn Close
You’re always a just a few months of dedicated hard work, or just a few carefully made decisions away from everything you’ve ever wanted. People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.” ~ Paulo Coelho
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” ~ Oscar Wilde
It took me years to learn that nothing external will ever make you feel complete inside.” ~ Anthony Hopkins
Try not to waste your energy on negative thoughts. Focus on what you want to create and what you want to become. Always remember, your focus determines your reality – George Lucas
Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage but simply because they have never organized their energies around a goal.” — Elbert Hubbard
Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.” — Elbert Hubbard
Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim ~ John D. Rockefeller
the thing that no one tells you is that no one is ready. We’re trying to figure things out as we go along.
If you’re waiting for someone to tell you you’re good enough, you’ll wait forever.” ~ Michael Caine
If you trust in yourself… and believe in your dreams… and follow your star… you’ll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren’t so lazy ~ Terry Pratchett
Always be completely honest with yourself about what you want. That’s incredibly important. Don’t live entirely according to what you think other people want of you. Do what moves you. Even if it makes no sense to anyone else.” ~ Anthony Hopkins
ultimately you have to take responsibility for your life. You have toy fight for the life you want. Don’t sit back and just let things happen.
“I think the saddest thing in the world is people getting old and saying, ‘What was that all about?’” ~ Christopher Walken
if you don’t plan where you want to be you’ll wake up one day wonder why you didn’t get anything you wanted in life. You have to be proactive. And you have to be clear about what you want. You can’t just let the years drift by.
What keeps me going is goals.” ~ Harvey Keitel
people say time changes things, but you actually have to make the changes you want.
You can’t sit around waiting for things to happen. You’ve got to make them happen.” ~ Michael Caine
the key to life is work really hard until you can get into a position where you’re enjoying work.
If you’re gonna make something, make it because you want to, not because you have to.” ~ Gary Oldman
Take your work seriously, but don’t take yourself too seriously.” ~ Clint Eastwood
Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.” ~ Marie Curie
You have to remind yourself, this is your life and it’s up to you to make the most of it, no one else. Don’t waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window — or break down a door.” ~ Brooke Shields
No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” ~ Robin Williams
Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of who do the things no one can imagine.” ~ Alan Turing
Youre going to find out life flies by. So you have to know what’s important.
Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it, take yourself out of it.” ~ Hardy D. Jackson
The way we spend our time defines who we are.” ~ Jonathan Estrin
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” ~ Andy Warhol
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is.” ~ Albert Einstein
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. He is considered successful in our day who gets more out of life than he puts in. But a man of value will give more than he receives.” ~ Albert Einstein
In the pursuit of material success as our culture measures it, we have given up everything. We have lost the capacity to produce people who are joyful. The pursuit of the material has become our reason for living, not enjoyment of living itself. ~ Marlon Brando
We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.” ~ Alphonse Karr
Reflect upon your present blessings—of which every man has many—not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” — Charles Dickens
The more grateful I am, the more beauty I see.” ~ Mary Davis
When you really take some time to remember how lucky you are just to be alive it changes how you see and experience everything. Even the smallest things become something to smile about. We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” ~ Cynthia Ozick
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” ~ Robert Brault
Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies.” ~ John Milton
If you can find the willpower to do what you need to do, day after day, year after year, in time things will change more than you can imagine. Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
if you really want something, fight for it. Don’t let excuses Rob you of your dreams.
Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the never.” ~ Ayn Rand
Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.” ~ Joyce Meyer
a lot of the outcomes in life are determined by the way you interact with others. Don’t let a bad attitude quietly sabotage y the things you care about.
You can’t control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward it.” ~ Brian Tracy
Perseverance is the secret. We all fall. Only those who get back up and keep going find out how far they can go. The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” ~ Ernest Hemingway
The only real difference between a successful person and everyone else, is the successful person kept going when they failed. They never gave up on what they wanted.
“I think you learn more from losing than winning. You learn how to keep going.” ~ Morgan Freeman
To gain courage in anything, take small steps. Don’t think too much because that will just make you more scared. Doing is how to conquer fear, not thinkinh. So do lots. But take small, safe steps. Because each step build courage. We learn by doing. Falling down is part of growing up.” ~ Kevin Costner
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” ~ Ernest Hemingway
I’ve been making mistakes my whole life and that’s why I’m better than I was yesterday.” ~ Anthony Hopkins
don’t worry that you don’t always know what to do. No one does.
“We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.” ~ Ernest Hemingway
life will test you.
You mustn’t confuse a single failure with a final defeat.” ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
Don’t get mad at life. You can’t control the cards you’re dealt, but you can control how you play them.” ~ Kevin Costner
Try to focus your time and energy on the things that make a difference, and let go of the things you can’t control. I would tell my younger self to worry less about what others think, and more about what feels true.” ~ Helen Mirren
The older I get, the more I realize that kindness is synonymous with happiness.” ~ Lionel Barrymore
Don’t chase people chase purpose. The right people will find you there
If I had my life to live over again, I’d be less afraid of being wrong.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” ~ Maya Angelou
If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” ~ Mark Twain
Happiness depends upon ourselves.” ~ Aristotle
“Don’t compromise yourself. You’re all you’ve got.” ~ Janis Joplin
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” ~ Leo Tolstoy
The key is not doing more, it’s doing the right things. You have to be ruthless about what you choose to do, because you only have so much time in a day.
Never confuse movement with action.” ~ Ernest Hemingway
We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” ~ Martin Luther King J
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” ~ Carl Jung
The older you get, the more you realize it’s not about the things you own — it’s about the moments you remember.” ~ Michael Caine
Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.” ~ Nelson Mandela
Make sure you study your craft… ask questions and listen.” ~ Paul Newman.
Sometimes you can get so busy, so focused on work. You look up and months have flown by without you realizing. You have to remember to look up more. Appreciate the good around you. Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” ~ Maya Angelou
You have to dream, have a vision, set a goal that might even scare you a little… and develop a resistance to the disappointments sure to come your way.” ~ Gregory Peck
The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.” ~ William Wordsworth
In the end, if I could give you one bit of advice, it would be to find what you love and do it as well as you can. Pursue your dream… and even if you never catch it, you’ll enjoy the chase.” ~ Michael Caine
life is short—and if you’re not careful you’ll spend so much time doing everything you “have” to do that you’ll run out of time for things that bring you joy. make space. it’s never convenient. it’s always worth it.
Michael clarke
One day, you’ll wish you could come back to this moment — even with its flaws, even with its mess. You’ll realize it was beautiful because it was temporary. So slow down. Look around. You’re living the thing you’ll one day miss.” ~ Gregory Peck
Don’t wait for clarity to act. You build it by moving forward. The path reveals itself through motion, not hesitation. Even small steps create momentum — and momentum, sustained by purpose, becomes a life of meaning.
Most people think life is about more — more things, more goals. But the truth is, happiness hides in less. Less noise. Less pretending. Less comparison. When you let go of everything that isn’t essential, what’s left isn’t emptiness — it’s freedom.
You only get so many days — don’t spend them building someone else’s dream while yours waits quietly to be lived.
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.” ~ John Holmes
nothing can change for the better until you embrace the truth.
What you resist, persists. What you accept, transforms.” ~ Carl Jung
an easy life may seem appealing but it’s the fastest to a difficult life.
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.” ~ Seneca
Focus your energy in the things you can control and let go of everything else.
Slow down and remember this: most things make no difference.” ~ Ryan Holiday
Happiness is not having what you want. It is wanting what you have.” ~ Rabbi Hyman Schachtel
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.” ~ Stephen Covey
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.” ~ William James
distractions lead us quietly and unthinkingly to the grave, taking us from the things we really care about.
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” ~ Hans Hofmann
take away everything that distracts you from what really matters. Simplify until all that’s left is what you care about deeply. And then, all your energy is concentrated on the things that matter.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” ~ Andy Warhol
Life passes by in a flash while we’re busy thinking about the future. Being present slows time down. Become aware of what’s happening right now, in this moment. This is the only place and time in which you’re truly alive. Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.” ~ Eckhart Tolle
put good things in your way. You will frequently be distracted from what matters most. So put the things you care about most into your distractions.
The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
Marcus Aurelius
remember this before you sit down on your sofa.
When you kill time, remember that it has no resurrection.” ~ A.W. Tozer
Nothing is guaranteed. Every day is a gift. When you arise in the morning, think of what a privilege it is to be alive — to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” ~ Marcus Aurelius
in every conscious moment of life you decide what you care about and what you want to do with your life.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” ~ J.R.R. Tolkien
whatever it is you dream of doing, begin now. Grab ahold of today with both hands and don’t let it slip away. Your life is happening now, not tomorrow. Today is where you can make things happen.
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.” ~ Marcus Aurelius
The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.” ~ G.K. Chesterton
The most precious resource we all have is time.” ~ Steve Jobs
We do not remember days; we remember moments.” ~ Cesare Pavese
Never waste a second on jealousy, revenge, hatred or bitterness. These things achieve only one thing: they take away your happiness. If you realized how brief life is, you wouldn’t waste a single breath holding a grudge.” ~ Steve Maraboli
Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that — because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ~ Howard Thurman
until you’ve found your mission in life, you’ll drift through years and the decades will fly by.
The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” ~ Mark Twain
the best way to make decisions simpler and your life better is to clearly define your values and your goals.
The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end.” ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti
The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude.” ~ William James
when you you have a mission, everything has meaning, every day is important.
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
We create the future with the decisions we make today. When we choose kindness we choose to create a kinder world.
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” ~ Anne Frank
don’t leave your dreams to chance.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.” ~ Peter Drucker
The world we share is a result of the things we do, not the ideals we believe. And we can choose change the world by changing how we treat eachother today. The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.” ~ Oscar Wilde
decide what kind of life you want and then say no to anything that isn’t that.
the difference between the life you have and the life you want is how you choose to spend 30 minutes per day
if you do something kind because you want something in return, it’s not kindness, it’s an exchange.
If you do good because you want people to think you’re a good person it’s not integrity, it’s an exchange. Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.” ~ C.S. Lewis
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
When we encourage and uplift the people around us we make the world a little brighter. When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.” ~ William Arthur Ward
it’s tempting to judge when you see a angry stranger. It’s tempting to react. But perhaps that’s the reason for all the anger and violence we see—people reacting to things they don’t understand, in a chain of anger. To be wise you must consider also what you can’t see.
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” ~ Plato
Grace means that all of your mistakes now serve a purpose instead of serving shame.” ~ Brené Brown
Sometimes we can forget how lucky we are. We can focus on the negatives instead of the positives. Don’t ignore problems; really try hard to solve them; but don’t ignore the good in the world while you’re working to fix the bad. We can choose to be grateful no matter what. This is one of the most powerful lessons I have learned.” ~ Diana, Princess of Wales
If you want the rainbow, you’ve got to put up with the rain.” ~ Dolly Parton
The only way to deal with this life meaningfully is to find one’s passion and put everything into it.” ~ Anna Pavlova
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” ~ Maya Angelou
We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.” ~ Aristotle Onassis
the way to create a better future is to do your very best now. The way to create a better world is to be the person you would want to meet.
Light tomorrow with today.” ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning
if you always focus on the negative things, that’s what you’ll see and that’s how you’ll feel. It’s you who is harmed. Either fix the problems you see or focus on good.
I don’t think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.” ~ Anne Frank
One cannot accomplish anything without fanaticism.” ~ Eva Perón
Every man I meet is in some way my superior, and in that I learn from him.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
if you fill every last gap in your time with ever more meaningless distractions you create a lifetime of procrastinations, each keeping you from your calling.
Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.” ~ Francis Bacon
don’t listen to reply, listen to understand.
One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.” ~ Bryant H. McGill
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.” ~ C.S. Lewis
humility is the route to wisdom. You cannot learn if you think you already know everything.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” ~ Socrates
if your respect for others is relative to their status, that is not respect, it’s manipulation.
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
You don’t need to tell people what you believe in. You don’t need to explain who you are.
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
if you believe something is right, stand by your convictions.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
Right is right, even if everyone is against it; and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.” ~ William Penn
Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.” ~ Albert Einstein
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.” ~ Bernard M. Baruch
He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away.” ~ Raymond Hull
When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.” ~ Lao Tzu
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” ~ Carl Rogers
Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we’re supposed to be and embracing who we are.” ~ Brené Brown
the irony of life is that the easy road takes you straight to a hard life and the hard road takes you to an easy life. You have to face troubles, otherwise they only get worse.
You cannot find peace by avoiding life.” ~ Virginia Woolf
Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.” ~ Albert Camus
You’ll only get want you want in your life when you realize it matters more than what you want to do right now.
Don’t be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of.” ~ Charles Richards
You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.” ~ Charles Buxton
You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.” ~ Marcus Aurelius
Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life.” ~ John Milton
If you don’t begin to create your dreams, you’ll never know what might have been. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
If you don’t make the time to work on creating the life that you want, you’re going to spend a lot of time dealing with a life you don’t want ~ Kevin Ngo
If you don’t build your dream, you’ll spend your life building someone else’s.” ~ Tony Gaskins
it is absolutely true
We rise by lifting others.” ~ Robert Ingersoll
The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.” ~ William Wordsworth
Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.” ~ J.M. Barrie
The only way to deal with this life meaningfully is to find one’s passion and put everything into it.” ~ Stephen Fry
When you arise in the morning, think of what a privilege it is to be alive — to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” ~ Marcus Aurelius
The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.” ~ John Ruskin
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” ~ Albert Einstein
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” ~ Oscar Wilde
The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” ~ Ida B. Wells
Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now.” ~ The Talmud
Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” ~ Albert Einstein
Don’t chase happiness. It will always be a step away. Instead be good to all those around you and create a world worth living in. Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product of a life well-lived.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” ~ Marcus Aurelius
Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.” ~ David Starr Jordan
The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.” ~ John Milton
The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself.” ~ Jordan Belfort
most men die at 25
To encourage people to bring their mistakes into the open and analyze them objectively, managers need to foster a culture that makes this normal and that penalizes suppressing or covering up mistakes. We do this by making it clear that one of the worst mistakes anyone can make is not facing up to their mistakes. #principleoftheday
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
8. “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” ~ Booker T. Washington
People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.” ~ Epictetus
The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude.” ~ William James
It’s a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you’re ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now.” ~ Hugh Laurie
Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don’t just give up.” ~ Stephen Hawking
The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.” ~ Horace Walpole
We do not learn from experience… we learn from reflecting on experience.” ~ John Dewey
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” ~ Aristotle Onassis
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” ~ Annie Dillard
Work hard to build your dreams but don’t miss the days while you’re working for the future. Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain.” ~ Vivian Greene
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” ~ Mark Twain
Nothing can make our life, or the lives of other people, more beautiful than perpetual kindness.” Leo Tolstoy
there was a man who was a borderline alcoholic. At first he got into a habit of having one drink before dinner every day. After a while he wanted more. He started having two drinks. He realised, once he’d had one, he always wanted more. But his wife noticed that when he’d finished dinner he would always stop drinking. So she began making dinner earlier and earlier. Eventually she was making it so early he didn’t have time for a drink. And he had his first day without a drink. One day became two, then a week. She saved him. She had tried telling him not to drink many times before but it never worked. The things you care about are about aren’t reflected through words. They’re reflected through the things you do. Only your actions change anything.
you only get one chance to make a good first impression
Pinch yourself. Wake up from the day dream. This is your life. Live it consciously. Don’t let it drift by. If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, rejoice, for your soul is alive.” ~ Eleanora Duse
Don’t watch TV. Don’t fall asleep. What if today is all we have? Open your eyes. Look outside. Take a deep breath of the cool night air. Look up at the moon. Don’t let life slip by unnoticed. Wherever you are, be all there.” ~ Jim Elliot
Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, savor you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it will not always be so. Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are.” ~ Mary Jean Irion
Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.” ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware — joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.” ~ Henry Miller
When you arise in the morning, think of what a privilege it is to be alive — to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” ~ Marcus Aurelius
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.” ~ Jim Rohn
Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” ~ Tim Notke
If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” ~ Jim Rohn
You cannot change what you refuse to confront.” ~ James Baldwin
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
Patience and fortitude conquer all things.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
life will test you. It may push you to the edge. But if you can find the strength to keep giving it your best, it will get better.
There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.” ~ Roger Staubach
the best lessons are not spoken, they’re lived.
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt
The time is always right to do what is right.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.” ~ Roy L. Smith
youth shouts with so much energy it has little left with which to listen.
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice.” ~ Peggy O’Mara
Always be yourself. Those who don’t like it aren’t the right people for you anyway.
Do what you feel in your heart to be right — for you’ll be criticized anyway.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
the whole secret to changing the world is for each of us to take personal responsibility changing it. One person can change little, but millions of people living with the integrity they wish of others will.
The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day.” ~ Gloria Steinem
you never need to entertain thoughts of superiority or infiriority.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
it’s up to each of us to choose a better world. Don’t leave it to chance.
In every moment of every day you make a choice.
A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.” ~ Amelia Earhart
Choose your dreams. Choose to live without regret. Fill your days. Go to sleep knowing you gave today everything. Life is too precious to waste. Procrastination is the thief of time.” ~ Edward Young
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of another.” ~ Charles Dickens
Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent.” ~ Carl Sandburg
give yourself ambitious goals. But to achieve them, break them into the smallest steps.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.” ~ Lao Tzu
you are a living example for everyone around you. Choose to be a good one.
Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.” ~ Plato
don’t leave your future to chance. Decide what you want. Live each day with clear intention.
The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” ~ Stephen R. Covey
is easy to say you believe in living a noble life. But words alone do not change anything.
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.” ~ Socrates
Make the most of every minute
Do not squander time, for it is the stuff life is made of.” ~ Benjamin Franklin
don’t be overwhelmed by the enormity of the worlds problems. Be the person you would want to meet. Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.” ~ Edmund Burke
You may believe in noble ideals. But if you don’t live them, they’re not really who you are, they’re who you aspire to be, or worse, who you pretend to be.
The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.” ~ Oscar Wilde
fear can be a sign you’re in the right track.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” ~ Ambrose Redmoon
the time will never be right to begin living the life you want to live. Begin, despite the obstacles or you will never begin.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.” ~ William Butler Yeats
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” ~ E.E. Cummings
try to focus your energy and your thoughts on the things you can control. Having negative thoughts without solutions achieves nothing, except to make you unhappy.
What we think, we become.” ~ Buddha
the answer to life is to live with total honesty. Honesty in your words and deeds. But more than that: to have your deeds reflect your most principled beliefs.
You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.” ~ Albert Camus
The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” ~ Pablo Neruda
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.” ~ Samuel Johnson
if you truly want something, you’ll find the time.
To say ‘I don’t have time’ is to say ‘I don’t want to.’” ~ Lao Tzu
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.” ~ Kurt Vonnegut
if you do good because you want something in return it’s not good, it’s just an exchange.
Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.” ~ C.S. Lewis
A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.” ~ Charles Dickens (A Tale of Two Cities, 1859)
7. “The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.” ~ Socrates
Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.” ~ Peter Marshall
People claim they believe in many good things. But belief alone is not enough. At some point you will have to sacrifice your comfort in favor of what you say you believe in—in what you think you want for the world.
Discipline is remembering what you want.” ~ David Campbell
not be wise in words, be wise in deeds.” ~ Jewish Proverb
You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.” ~ Charles Darwin
The price of discipline is always less than the pain of regret.” ~ Nido Qubein
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” ~ Oscar Wilde
Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day.” ~ Sally Koch
First we make our habits, then our habits make us.” ~ John Dryden
Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most.” ~ Abraham
The trouble is, you think you have time.” ~ Jack Kornfield
don’t underestimate the power of habit.
You will never change your life until you change something you do daily.” ~ Mike Murdock
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” ~ Aesop (Fables, c. 600 BC)
“I think the measure of your life is how much of it you give away.” ~ Paul Newman
being honest
My mother taught me to be true to myself, and I learned that honesty is the most important thing in the world.” ~ Grace Kelly
the best way to be successful is to do what you love. Because if you love your work you’ll be driven to excel. And if you’re not a huge success, at least you’re doing what you love.
If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.” ~ Katharine Hepburn (interview, 1973)
When it comes to important life decisions, in the end you have to be the one who decides what you want. Let others guide you, but don’t let anyone else decide for you. You cannot live your life to please others. The choice must be yours.” ~ Anne Hathaway
you only have a few hours a day. If you want to live your dreams you’re going to have to give up the ordinary for the extra
If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.” ~ Toni Collette (interview, 2010)
When the world is silent about things that matter, your voice matters more than ever. Don’t stay quiet. What you say matters.
I raise up my voice—not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard.” ~ Malala Yousafzai (Nobel Prize Speech, 2014)
The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.” ~ Samuel Johnson (The Rambler, 1751)
Always be yourself because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.
In the end, it’s not what you believe, or what you plan, or what you intend that matters, it’s what you’re able to achieve for you, your family and for the world. You’re only as good as the chances you take.” ~ Kevin Costner
My philosophy is: If you worry, you suffer twice.” ~ Eddie Redmayne
It is not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.” ~ Francis Bacon (Meditationes Sacrae, 1597)
In the pursuit of material success as our culture measures it, we have given up everything. We have lost the capacity to produce people who are joyful. The pursuit of the material has become our reason for living, not enjoyment of living itself.
Marlon Brando
Don’t think of today as trivial. What you do today will be repeated a thousand times. And what you choose to repeat is what you become. Choose wisely. Character is destiny.” ~ Heraclitus (Fragments, c. 500 BC)
Do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.” ~ Benjamin Franklin (Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1746)
If something is worth doing, it’s worth doing well. Take your time. Focus on the details. This is how excellence is differentiated from the common. Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.” ~ William Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet, 1597)
The time will never be just right to start something new. You must begin to build your dreams today. You will fail. But you’ll learn. You’ll try again. You’ll be better. Experience is the teacher of all things.” ~ Julius Caesar
Don’t begrudge a difficult life. An easy life will make you weak and lazy. A hard life will ma
Do not pray for an easy life; pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.” ~ Bruce Lee
We do not remember days, we remember moments.” ~ Cesare Pavese
We create the world we share. And we can choose to make it a kinder world. Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.” ~ Blaise Pascal
Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.” ~ Theophrastus (Fragments, 3rd century BC)
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson (Essays, 1841)
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” ~ James Baldwin (As Much Truth As One Can Bear, 1962)
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” ~ William James (Talks to Teachers, 1899)
I hope you have great ideas for the world. But remember: Nothing will work unless you do.” ~ Maya Angelou (Conversations with Maya Angelou, 1989)
When you feel overwhelmed, don’t think about everything you have to do. Just pick one small win and focus your energy on that. Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche (Twilight of the Idols, 1888)
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” ~ Plato
Do not fear mistakes. Stay open, stay honest, stay willing to risk looking foolish, because each error is only another step toward understanding.” ~ Miles Davis (DownBeat interview, 1969)
Maybe it’s just getting older. You become so palpably aware this is not a dress rehearsal. There’s a big sign in blazing neon that says You Haven’t Got Long. But I think it takes a loss to learn that. Life has to knock you down in order for you to realise it, because when you’re a kid you think you’re immortal.” ~ Tom Hiddleston
Stay hungry, stay young, stay foolish, stay curious, and above all, stay humble because just when you think you got all the answers, is the moment when some bitter twist of fate in the universe will remind you that you very much don’t.” ~ Tom Hiddleston
Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute. ~ George Bernard Shaw
Always be yourself. Whereever you are. Whomever you’re talking to. Always be the same person.
Think of those you have loved who have died. Today honor them by living in a way that would make them happy and proud of you.
No place so sacred from such fops is barr’d,
Nor is Paul’s church more safe than Paul’s churchyard:
Nay, fly to altars; there they’ll talk you dead:
For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Having an idea that can make the world a better place is great but being able to aplpy the idea in the real world is mor important.
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. ~ Bertrand Russell
Be very strict about what you accept as your own work. Every piece of work you deliver becomes a part of your reputation.
Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life. Regret less, risk more, and know that stumbles are proof you dared.” ~ Sophia Loren
I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something. It is far more important to understand than to memorize.” ~ Richard Feynman
Find strength in remembering you always speak the truth, you always keep your word, you always try your best and you always treat everyone with the respect.
Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to error that counts. If you learn quickly, mistakes turn into lessons, and lessons turn into wisdom.” ~ Nikki Giovanni
Don’t let destractions rob you of the life you really want.
A generation that cannot endure boredom will be a generation of little men.” ~ Bertrand Russell
Your word is your reputation walking ahead of you.
Your actions are who you truly are.
Humility is the doorway through which wisdom enters.
Gratitude is the lens that makes little things shine brighter.
Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century:
Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others;
Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected;
Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it;
Refusing to set aside trivial preferences;
Neglecting development and refinement of the mind;
Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero
I think that the measure of your life is how much of it is given away. The more you give — of your time, your love, your attention — the richer your life becomes
The truth is, life is hard, but it’s also beautiful. You don’t get one without the other, and the lesson is to hold them both — to let the beauty soften the struggle, and let the struggle deepen your appreciation of the beauty.” ~ Gregory Peck
never try to sound clever. Just be honest. That’s all you ever need to be.
The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself.” ~ Rita Mae Brown
The most dangerous phrase in the language is, ‘We’ve always done it this way.’” ~ Grace Hopper (computer scientist, U.S. Navy rear admiral)
The truth is, most of us don’t change until we have to. The lesson is to make changes before life forces your hand.” ~ Anthony Hopkins
never believe you’re better than anyone else. There’s name we a reason to think you’re above anyone. Always be humble. The greatest people are those who give the greatest help. And to do that you must stand with the people, not above them.
Always remember that in business there is nothing more important than getting things done. Ideas are great, but if you can’t execute them, they’re worthless. Only those who finish can win.
whatever happens in your life, always be honest about what you want. Don’t let anyone else decide your life for you. Decide what you want, with complete honesty, choose it for yourself and make it yours.
you must understand in life that all those rockstars and movie stars and leaders you see on TV are not geniuses. They’re probably no cleverer than you. Many of them just happened to be in the right place at the right time and they did one thing that no one else does: they persavered. The rockstars first song and the, the actors first audition were terrible. But they kept trying until they figured it out. And that’s just about all that separates successful people from everyone else: luck and perseverance.
you might thing winning isn’t important. But what if winning means helping people? Or saving lives? Winning is incredibly important, providing you’re winning at good things, not destructive things.
Your life is happening now. If you’re not present, you’re missing it. Mindfulness keeps you awake to the moments that matter most.”
You will fail many times, but failure is not what decides your future. The people who win are not the smartest or the luckiest—they are the ones who keep trying when others quit
your future is yours to decide. No one else. Blaming others keeps you down. Excuses keep you stuck. Taking responsibility is the first step to taking in control of your future.
When you’re unsure of what to do, start small. You’ll learn more by trying than you will by thinking about it.
don’t waste your days chasing approval. The world will always have opinions, but what matters or living true to yourself—because in the end, you are the person who will love with your decisions.
Don’t hide from struggle. embrace it. It’s tough but it shapes you. Every challenge makes you wiser, stronger, more compassionate.
give yourself a mission in life to somehow make the world a better place. Focus your mind on this goal. Don’t focus on yourself. This will bring you peace.
a good person doesn’t judge someone because of the clothes they wear or their messy hair. We place too much emphasis on appearance and not enough on what’s hidden behind it.
when you’re thinking about how you’re going to behave today, think about this: if your children were watching, how would you want them to see you?
people who are born rich are incredibly lucky. They have resources and very valuable advice from successful parents. But people who are born poor also have an incredible gift, if they are wise enough to use it. The wisdom that is taught from suffering, from overcoming addiction, from living in a shoe string, from working two jobs can teach incredible lessons — if you’re strong enough to listen without giving in, without just saying “I’m unlucky”. Use your pain. Use your struggle.
always be honest. Not just in what you say. In what you choose. In how you behave. You must do this. Because if you don’t you’re not living your own life. You’re living a pretend life that you don’t want. Being completely honest is the only way to be truly happy.
no matter what anyone else says always remember that you matter. Your voice is important. Stay grounded. Stay humble. But always remember that what you believe matters.
keep being yourself. The world will try to change you, but your honesty, your courage, your kindness—that’s what makes you extraordinary. Don’t ever let it go
make time to enjoy the little things. A walk under the falling leaves. The sound of the birds in the trees. A call with an old friend. Those moments are life itself. Don’t let them slip by unnoticed.”
when you do something you regret, don’t worry. Everyone makes mistakes. Just keep focusing on doing your best and doing the right thing. Learn from your mistakes and then forget. No one else will remember them. They’re too busy worrying about their own mistakes!
I hope you never forget how strong you are. Even on the days you feel small, even when doubt creeps in—you’ve already overcome more than you give yourself credit for. Keep going. The world needs your light.
peace of mind is only possible when we let go of the things we can’t control and focus all our energy in the things we can.
Every person you meet knows something you don’t. Learn from them.” ~ H. Jackson Brown Jr.
it’s possible that within your mind you hold the potential for a solution to the worlds biggest problem. Something that could save millions of lives, or make millions of people happier.
you’ll find peace when you let go of the things you can’t control and focus your energy in the things you can
be an encourager. The world needs encouragers. The more we encourage each other the brighter our world becomes
when you’re confused and you don’t know what to do, get outside and walk around for five minutes. The change of environment, fresh air and movement will help clear your mind.
try to think of all the things you’re grateful when you’re falling asleep
Each morning, choose one small win to aim for. It could be finishing a task, calling someone you care about, or simply walking outside. One win builds momentum, and momentum changes the whole day.”
Protect your mornings. Don’t begin with noise or distraction. Begin with something that lifts you—a walk, a page of reading, a quiet plan. The first hour shapes the rest of the day.”
Make it a rule to finish one thing before starting the next. Scattered effort drains energy, but finishing builds confidence. Completion is fuel.”
Set aside ten minutes each day to reflect. Write down what went well and what you learned. Small reflections build clarity, and clarity builds a better tomorrow.”
Write down what matters most to you. Keep it close. When distractions come, look at that list and remember your time is best spent on what you value.
Start your day by naming one thing you’re grateful for. It doesn’t have to be big—just real. That simple habit shifts your mind toward hope, and hope changes everything.”
if you want to achieve anything worthwhile, the first thing you need is to know exactly what you want. If you haven’t got a clear goal to aim for you’ll just keep going around in circles
Success isn’t about doing everything at once. It’s about small wins, stacked day by day. Keep going—you’ll be amazed at how far those steps take you.”
Each day is a fresh chance. Yesterday’s mistakes don’t define you. What matters is the choice you make now. Choose to move forward. Choose to grow
your life is an example for everyone around you. And the way to make the world a better place is to be the example you want them to see
“Notice the good around you. A smile, a kind word, a quiet moment of peace. These are not small things. They are the pieces that make life whole.”
every time you go out of your way to help someone when they’re desperate you show that the world cares about more than just tile and money and you make the world a better place.
every time you choose to do a job well and charge a fair price you show there are still decent, trustworthy people and you make the world a better place.
every time you choose to drive slowly in an area where whilst en play on the streets, even though the driver behind is tailgating you might prevent a senseless tragedy and make the world a better place.
every time you stop and talk to a elderly neighbor who lives alone you brighten their day and remind them they’re are people who care and you make the world a better place.
every time you choose to smile and say hello to a neighbour you begin the renew the connections our world has lost and you make the world a better place.
every time you remember the hard anniversary—of a death, a breakup, a miscarriage—and say their name with gentleness, you keep love from being lonely, you make the world a better place
every time you report the violent shouting next door and check on the frightened afterward, choosing courage over silence, you make the world a better place
every time you report the violent shouting next door and check on the frightened afterward, choosing courage over silence, you make the world a better place
every time you notice the quiet person no one invites and bring them in—seat, plan, conversation—you soften loneliness on the spot, you make the world a better place
every time you do the job properly when no one checks, you choose craft over shortcuts, and you make the world a better place.
every time you admit a mistake and repair the harm instead of hiding it, you choose responsibility over denial, you make the world a better place.
every time you apologise first instead of defending your pride, you trade ego for repair, and you make the world a better place.
every time you choose encouragement—naming someone’s strengths, sharing your platform, and staying beside them until their courage takes root—you turn individual hope into collective momentum, and you make the world a better place.
stop postponing life. Don’t wait for the perfect time, the perfect plan, or the perfect future. Live now — because the present moment is the only life you ever truly hold.
I’ve found that the best way to fight despair is to take action. Waiting around only feeds fear — doing something gives you back your strength.” ~ Anthony Hopkins
Anger is a like fire. Comforting at first. But if it’s
One of the greatest lessons I’ve learned is that you don’t need to win every battle. Sometimes peace is more valuable than proving a point.” ~ Katharine Hepburn
What matters is honesty. If you can be honest in your work and your life, people will recognize truth when they see it.” ~ Adam Driver
Failure isn’t your enemy. Comfort is. Failure hurts, but it shapes you. Comfort feels good, but it rots you from the inside. Choose the pain that builds.”
You won’t remember most of the days in your life. But you’ll remember the moments you were truly present. A laugh. A touch. A sunset. Those are the jewels hidden in time — don’t miss them
You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do. It’s built on what you’ve already done, and how consistently you’ve done it.” ~ Henry Ford
Acting taught me about empathy, but life taught me that empathy without action is hollow. To truly care means to do something with that feeling.” ~ Gregory Peck
I always say to young people, don’t ever let anyone tell you that you can’t. The minute you accept someone else’s limits, you place them on yourself.” ~ Sidney Poitier
Don’t mistake activity for achievement. You can run all day and get nowhere if you’re not focused on what truly matters.” ~ John Wooden
“I don’t think of life as a road to happiness, I think of it as a road to meaning. If you have meaning, happiness finds you without you chasing it.” ~ Paul Newman
“I believe every day is a chance to change your life. You can’t rewrite the past, but you can start over each morning with a new choice, and that choice becomes your future.” ~ Michael Caine
I believe that a man is the product of his thoughts. If you think you’re beaten, you are. If you think you can win, you will. The mind is the soil where all victories grow.” ~ Clint Eastwood
You cannot change what you refuse to confront. Life will keep teaching you the same lesson until you decide to face it with honesty and courage.” ~ Robert Downey Jr.
I’ve been accused of being difficult, and I’ll tell you what that means: I don’t do anything unless I believe in it. Integrity is the line I never cross.” ~ Anthony Hopkins
“I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun. Life isn’t about achievement alone — it’s about finding joy in simply being alive.” ~ Katharine Hepburn
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them 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, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming. But who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt
Break your word once and people remember. Break it twice and they stop listening. Trust is built slowly, but it dies fast.
One day you’ll do something for the last time and not know it. Gratitude is realizing life doesn’t come with warnings.
When you face a problem you can either choose to complain and give up or adapt, learn and rise above it. The choices you make determine the outcome of your life.
Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.” ~ Francesca Reigler
Don’t let anyone else decide your future. And don’t leave it to chance. Decide what you want and prioritise your days around it.
A hundred scattered arrows miss the target. One steady, careful aim hits. To achieve anything worthwhile you must focus your attention. Don’t spread it. Focus your effort on completing one worthwhile goal.
One hour per day of study in your chosen field is all it takes. One hour per day of study will put you at the top of your field pwithin three years. Within five years you’ll be a national authority. In seven years, you can be one of the best people in the world at what you do.
Earl Nightingale
Greatness rarely arrives suddenly. It’s built in the hidden hours of doing the same thing well, again and again.
A broken promise is remembered longer than a kept one. Your word is your bond — protect it.
Kindness isn’t weakness. To be kind in a world that mocks it requires a courage that makes most men look like cowards
guard your time as if it was gold. Feed your attention with positivity and wisdom, don’t poison it with negativity.
I used to complain that I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet.
The world doesn’t get better by chance. It gets better by choice. Every kind act
Your word is your reputation walking ahead of you.
Sometimes the right choice leaves you standing alone. Sometimes it costs you more than compromise. But it gives you something comfort never will. A clear conscience.
Freedom is just chaos, with better lighting. What keeps chaos from devouring us is the choice to live with integrity.” ~ Alan Rickman
I’ve wrestled with self-doubt all my life. The only thing that helped was work. Hard work drowns out the noise in your head.” ~ Philip Seymour Hoffman
When a leader gives a team instructions they create mindless robots and the team’s talents is wasted. But when a leader gives a team clear, calculated objectives and asks them to use their minds to figure out how to achieve their objectives, they empower the team to achieve greatness and they make their jobs challenging and fulfilling.
the people have made pop stars and movie stars their new kings and queens. They’re worshipped and glorified. But pop stars don’t cure cancer or stop wars. The people have chosen to worship entertainment while others die needlessly. It you can change this. Instead of idolising entertainers, start paying attention to the world’s problems. Celebrate and fund the people who are trying to save us.
Take work deadlines and requests very seriously. You are your word. The less you keep it the less people trust you. Keeping your word is more than just a selfish act, it’s the right, decent thing to do
imagine if social media algorithms were designed to show content that makes people happier and makes the world a better place instead of making profit. They could change the world. But profit is more important than the world and this is why we suffer.
Consistency is invisible at first. Then suddenly, it compounds. Small steps become giant leaps. If you can find the strength to keep doing what you need to do for years without any reward, one day those thousands of tiny acts of consistent effort will compound into something big. Keep going. Keep believing.
Scatter your effort and little happens. Aim it, and even small actions cut deep. Focus is force multiplied.
Critics will always critisize. Let them. Their words can sting, but they can also teach—if we listen without ego.
The loudest person in the room isn’t necessarily the one with the best answers. Make room for quiet people. The People who talk less, think more. Our businesses and government departments need thoughtful, intelligent solutions.
Dreams sound nice. Words sound nicer. But only deeds last. You are what you keep doing, not what you keep saying.
A team doesn’t fail from lack of talent; it fails from lack of spirit. Negativity spreads like fire. So does belief. Your attitude shifts the room more than your skills ever will.
A single push-up won’t change you. But a hundred days of them will. Greatness is small effort multiplied. Your daily habits are your destiny.
What looks like failure is often growth in disguise. Perseverance is what turns time into triumph.
It’s easy to say “they” cause the problems. It’s the system. It’s harder to admit we’re all part of the system too. Together, we are the system. But until you do, nothing changes. Personal Responsibility is the beginning of every solution.
Details are what separate the amateur from the professional. I’ve learned the hard way: people always notice the details.” ~ Edward Norton
Helping each other is the glue. Every good movie, every good life, is built on people showing up for each other when it matters.” ~ Jason Priestley
A good attitude doesn’t change the world, but it changes how you walk through it. The attitude you bring to a team shapes the way you work together and that can be the difference between success and failure for everyone.” ~ Florence Pugh
Hard work shapes character. If you give your best and keep your word in the small things, people begin to trust you with bigger things. But trust isn’t given, its earned and proven with consistent hard work and promises kept.”” ~ Paul Newman
When I was younger, I thought success meant never failing. The lesson is that failure is not the opposite of success, it is the path to it.” ~ Edward Norton
“When I was young I thought love was possession. That mistake broke hearts. Age taught me love is freedom, not ownership.” ~ Johnny Depp
“My mistake was chasing what I thought people wanted me to be. That arrogance made me forget myself. Now I know the only way forward is authenticity.” ~ Zendaya
“I thought speed was everything — faster fame, faster money, faster work. That mistake burned me out. The truth is depth beats speed every time.” ~ Jason Priestley
“My mistake was trying too hard to be liked. I wasted years saying yes to things I didn’t want. Now I know no is a full sentence, and it can save your life.” ~ Jennifer Aniston
When I was younger, I ran away from pain by drinking and using. The mistake was thinking I could numb it. I learned you can’t run from yourself — you either face the pain or it follows you.” ~ Samuel L. Jackson
Real freedom is the ability to live without needing to perform for anyone. The bravest thing you can be is ordinary and unafraid.” ~ Florence Pugh
When you’re young, you think the world owes you something. When you get older, you realize the world owes you nothing, and you owe it everything.” ~ Jason Priestley
“I think vulnerability is the most powerful thing we have. It’s the opposite of weakness — it’s how people see the real you.” ~ Florence Pugh
I think perfection is the enemy of humanity. We get so busy trying to appear flawless, we forget that human connection is in our flaws. When we’re honest to eachother and we’re not pretending to be more than we are, we can actually laugh at each other and not take ourselves so seriously.” ~ Shannen Doherty
“Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself. The years are not wasted; they strip away everything that is not you.” ~ Miles Davis
The way to live a rich, full life is to keep pushing yourself past your comfort zone.
The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it — for time rubs the illusions off the glass and leaves only truth behind.” ~ Jean-Paul Sartre
Stubbornness may feel like strength, but it locks the door to growth; while being humble expands your world by keeping you mind open.
You’ve got to learn to live with the mistakes you’ve made, and not let them keep you down. Regret is a prison — forgiveness is freedom.” ~ Johnny Cash
Resilience is the gift you earn from hardship.
Every time life knocks you down and you rise, you’re stronger than before.
Kindness plants seeds you may never see grow.
But the world is better for every one you scatter.
Gratitude reminds you that nothing is small when it’s not guaranteed.
A better world isn’t imagined, it’s lived into existence.
Every honest act, every kind gesture, every goodness creates a better world.
“Be original. Don’t be scared of being different — that’s what makes you interesting. ~ Christopher Walken
Be curious about those who see the world differently from you. Wisdom grows when we listen to people we disagree with — not just the ones we already understand.
Wise people don’t need to be the loudest — they listen, they learn, and they lift others up.
Ask for help when you need it. Wisdom isn’t pretending to know everything — it’s knowing when you don’t.
Learn to enjoy being wrong — it means you just got closer to the truth. Every correction is a gift if you’re wise enough to receive it.
Gratitude is a lens. Look through it, and the ordinary shines. Ignore it, and even blessings feel empty
Every master was once unsteady. Every champion began as a beginner. The secret isn’t talent. It’s refusing to quit when you’re stuck. It’s adapting. Failure is the secret to success.
You are what you do.
Not what you intend.
Not what you promise.
Not what you believe.
Only what you do.
Every breath is a gift.
Every sunrise.
The risk of chasing your dream is real.
But the cost of standing still? That’s guaranteed.
Every excuse you make pushes you further from who you are and who you could be.
Comfort feels safe, until you realize it’s keeping you stuck.
Growth has a price.
So does regret.
When you encourage someone, you remind them they’re not alone. And sometimes, that reminder is all they need to keep going.
I’ll always remember when I first started boxing we had to fight against two in training. The one person would end up just guarding after a while but I didn’t know that because I was new so I tried to win. I fought, trying to outpunch one and then the other until I collapsed. I looked up, gasping for air and saw the trainer point down at me and shout “YOU… have got the heart of a lion”. That has always stayed with me.
in life you have to make sacrifices. You might have to sacrifice sleep to work on your dreams. You might have to sacrifice your own well being for the well being of your family. You may have to sacrifice more. That’s life. You have to choose. Do you want what you have. Or do you want more. How much are you prepared to sacrifice?
Sometimes the hardest part of life is slowing down enough to notice the beauty in it. The world teaches you to hurry, but happiness only comes along when you take the time to enjoy whatever you have now ~ Grace Kelly
Johnny Cash
“You’ve got to learn to live with the mistakes you’ve made, and not let them keep you down. Regret is a prison — forgiveness is freedom.”
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Complaining doesn’t solve anything — action does.” ~ Maya Angelou
Democracy flourishes when we talk, when we encourage ideas to come out into the open to be discussed and debated. Democracy falters when we supress free speech using fear, violence and humiliation.
A free and democratic society, which is what America is supposed to be about, depends upon the basic premise that people can speak out, organize and take part in public life without fear — without worrying that they might be killed, injured or humiliated for expressing their political views. In fact, that is the essence of what freedom is about and what democracy is about. You have a point of view, that’s great. I have a point of view that is different than yours, that’s great. Let’s argue it out. We make our case to the American people at the local, state and federal level, and we hold free elections in which the people decide what they want. That’s called freedom and democracy. And I want as many people as possible to participate in that process without fear.
Freedom and democracy is not about political violence. It is not about assassinating public officials. It is not about trying to intimidate people who speak out on an issue. Political violence, in fact, is political cowardice. It means that you cannot convince people of the correctness of your ideas, and you have to impose them through force. Every American, no matter what one’s political point of view may be, must condemn all forms of political violence and all forms of intimidation. We must welcome and respect dissenting points of view. That’s what our Constitution is about. That’s what our Bill of Rights is about. That, in fact, is what freedom is about.
The murder of Charlie Kirk is part of a disturbing rise in political violence that threatens to hollow out public life and make people afraid of participating. From the January 6, 2021, attack on the United States Capitol, to the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, to the attack on Paul Pelosi, to the attempted kidnapping of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, to the murder of Minnesota Speaker of the House Melissa Hortman and her husband, to the arson attack on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, to the shooting of UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson and the shooting several years ago of Rep. Steve Scalise, this chilling rise in violence has targeted public figures across the political spectrum.
Sadly, this is not a new phenomenon. We all remember the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Senator Robert F. Kennedy, John Lennon, Medgar Evers and the attempted assassinations of President Ronald Reagan and Alabama Governor George Wallace.
This is a difficult and contentious moment in American history. Democracy in our country and throughout the world is under attack. And there are a lot of reasons for that, which need serious discussion. But, bottom line: If we honestly believe in democracy, if we believe in freedom, all of us must be loud and clear. Political violence, regardless of ideology, is not the answer and must be condemned.”
if you believe assassinating someone who has intellectual discussions in campuses is not only justice but something to be celebrated, somewhere along the line your moral compass has been skewed by extreme hatred that will manifest in more horrifying ways.
A kind, encouraging word might be the one thing that lifts someone’s whole day. And when you give kindness, you carry it too and it makes the world lighter for you and everyone around you.
“You’ve got to know when to hold on and when to let go. Some things aren’t meant to stay, and the sooner you accept that, the freer you become.” ~ Johnny Cash
You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think. Don’t waste time on trivialities when everything you value could vanish in a moment.” ~ Marcus Aurelius
Remember to look around sometimes. Not everything is a struggle or a race. There’s beauty in the ordinary. Let yourself notice it. Life won’t ever be perfect. But it doesn’t need to be. Don’t miss today waiting for tomorrow. ~ Luke Perry
Failure isn’t the end. It’s feedback. It shows you what doesn’t work, so you can find what does.
what if every time you resisted the urge to critisize you shifted the earths trajectory a little. James red field
“You’ve got to know your limitations. I don’t think you get anywhere by trying to be like somebody else. Be yourself, and if people don’t like you for it, that’s their problem, not yours.” ~ Johnny Cash
“Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them. Admitting fault frees you to keep growing without the weight of self-deception holding you back.” ~ Bruce Lee
“You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. Don’t try to forget the mistakes, but don’t dwell on them either. Learn from them and move on.” ~ Johnny Cash
When I was five, 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 said, ‘happy.’ They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.” ~ John Lennon
Dorothy Day
“The greatest challenge of our time is to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution that starts with kindness, humility, and love, because true change is born in the soul before it reaches the street.”
Even when life is hard there are still so many reason to be grateful. The song of a bird outside the window. A funny cat. Your favorite TV show. A tasty biscuit. Even the smallest good things are worth celebrating.
You don’t need to do everything today. Just one small win. One tiny step toward your goal. Consistent small steps
You are not your failures. You are not your doubts. You are what you choose to do next.
You are not defined by mistakes. Not by setbacks. Not by what people doubted. You’re defined by the fact that you keep getting back up. You’re defined by what you choose to do today.
Being positive doesn’t mean denying the bad in the world — it means you choose to be someone who makes the day better for the people around you, to make things a bit easier. Because that makes a big difference to your life. We know it’s not a perfect world. Being miserable isn’t going to change that. Make the best of what you’ve got ~ Monica Bellucci
Don’t settle for average. Bring your best to the moment. Then, whether it fails or succeeds, at least you know you gave all you had.” — Angela Bassett
If you believe something needs to exist, if it’s something you want to use yourself, don’t let anyone ever stop you from doing it.” ~ Tobias Lütke
Even when the path seems unclear, doing what you love becomes the compass that guides you forward.
There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don’t allow yourself to become one of them.” — Ralph Marston
Mistakes aren’t failures—they’re proof you’re trying. Every misstep teaches something. If you’re failing a lot, don’t let it get you down. Failing is a good sign, it means you’re pushing yourself, which means you’re getting better.
- Don’t aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. The best lives are built not on chasing rewards, but on giving your all to what lights you up inside.”
~ David Frost - Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man’s nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. Violence masquerades as justice when discipline fails.”
~ Francis Bacon
Violence is never the answer, but it is often the question. And when it is asked, civilizations reveal whether they are ruled by fear or by wisdom.”
~ Ursula K. Le Guin
mistakes are proof that you’re trying to~ power of positivity
You can’t control what others think you. Instead, focus your energy on doing your best and doing what is right — because there you can make a difference and there you can find peace.
Love your life. Take pictures of everything. Tell people you love them. Talk to random strangers. Do things you’re scared to do. Because so many of us die and no one remembers a thing we did. Take your life and make it the best story in the world. Mel robbins
Sometimes tidying isn’t about cleaning it’s about calming the chaos inside your head by rearranging the chaos outside — Coby watts
Reminding yourself that all you can do is your best—and being at peace with that—is the most effective strategy I’ve encountered for avoiding unnecessary fear, worry and overthinking. ~ Steve Bartlett
A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.” – John Burroughs
Every time you confront something painful, you are at a potentially important juncture in your life—you have the opportunity to choose healthy and painful truth or unhealthy but comfortable delusion. The irony is that if you choose the healthy route, the pain will soon turn into pleasure. The pain is the signal!
Until we start treating our fellow citizens with respect—even if they have different political views—we can’t talk together like mature adults and try to find a compromise between our values so we can move forward united. We’re only hurting ourselves.
the greatest threat to our existence is emerging: artificial general superiority intelligence. Either the US or China will likely develop this technology and Whichever country holds it will have unimaginable economic and military advantage. They will make the other side look like they’re in the Stone Age. We need to stop squabbling amongst ourselves and unite as one team, before it’s too late. Encourage and help your fellow people, don’t put them down. We have to start to work together, before it’s too late.
The curious paradox of life is that we resist change, yet it is the only thing that allows us to grow. Those who embrace it discover that endings are also beginnings in disguise.” ~ Carl Jung
- The older I grow, the clearer it becomes that humility is the gateway to wisdom. The more certain a man is of his own knowledge, the less he is truly capable of learning; the humble remain teachable until their final day.” ~ Michael Caine
- The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. Guard your inner life, for what you dwell upon each day is what you become.”
~ Marcus Aurelius
The longer I live, the more I see that wisdom is not in certainty but in openness. Those who claim to have all the answers have stopped listening; those who keep questioning remain alive in spirit.” ~ Bertrand Russell
- We are not meant to stay safe. We are meant to take risks, to leap into the unknown. Every comfort zone eventually becomes a prison if we refuse to walk beyond its walls.” ~ Michael Caine
Life is not a story tied up in neat ribbons — it is a series of moments, messy, beautiful, tragic, and astonishing, and the only way to honor it is to live each moment as if it were complete in itself.” ~ Ingrid Bergman
The best thing you can do is to be true to yourself. If you can do that, you’ll never be lost, no matter where life takes you.” ~ Gregory Peck
One of the biggest reasons why most young people won’t ever live their “dream” is because they’re too focused on convincing total strangers that they already are. ~ Steve Bartlet
it’s the mark of an educated mind
There are too many people in this world who want to be right. And too few who just want to know.” ~ Brian Cox
- If you want to know what matters most, look at what you spend your time on. That is the truest reflection of your values.” ~ Paul Newman
I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself—that is the best combination. The minute you think you’re special, you’ve lost touch.” ~ Johnny Depp
Every time you keep a promise to yourself or someone else it boosts your confidence. So give yourself small goals that you know you can achieve and don’t over promise to others. Be honest about what you’re going to do and take your time to think about it before you promise anything. The more you keep your word, the more confident you’ll become because you trust yourself to do what you say you’ll do.
- Every day is a chance to change your story. Don’t wait for permission, don’t wait for tomorrow — today is all you truly have.” ~ Spencer Tracy
- You’ll never really be happy if you keep comparing yourself to others. Contentment is choosing to love your own journey, even when it looks different.” ~ Katharine Hepburn
- Time and tide wait for no man. If you waste the hours, little by little, you are wasting your life. Guard each one as your most precious treasure.”
~ Geoffrey Chaucer - If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things. Meaning is born from purpose, not possessions.”
~ Albert Einstein
Don’t let anyone else decide on your future. It’s your life and you should be the one to decide how it’s going to be.
When you slow down and focus on one thing at a time, you get more done and you feel better about what you’re doing. Single-task attention turns into real completion.
If you know that what you do each day is making the world a better place—even just a little—you should feel satisfied. You’re doing a great thing. Don’t worry about comparing yourself to anyone else. Just keep doing what you’re doing.
Every time you choose to be calm in the middle of chaos, you become an anchor for those who are drifting—and you make the world a better place.
In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves… self-discipline with all of them came first ~ Harry S Truman
If you can wake up each morning with gratitude for simply being alive, everything else becomes a bonus. Gratitude changes the quality of every moment.” ~ Morgan Freeman
Happiness is found in the simple act of paying attention. If you really see what’s around you, if you stop rushing, life reveals its beauty everywhere.”
~ Morgan Freeman
Fear doesn’t go away — you just learn to live above it. Courage is not the absence of fear but the decision that something else is more important.”
~ Tom Hardy
- It’s never too late to start over. Every day you wake up is a fresh page, and you hold the pen. The story is not finished unless you decide to stop writing it.”
~ Anthony Hopkins - Do not pray for an easy life; pray for the strength to endure a difficult one. It is the trials that make us strong enough to live fully.” ~ Bruce Lee
- Wisdom begins in wonder. If you can hold onto the habit of asking questions, of seeing the world as mysterious and full of meaning, you will never stop growing.”
~ Socrates - The best way to deal with fear is to walk straight into it. Fear shrinks when you face it; it grows when you avoid it.”
~ Anthony Hopkins - If you risk nothing, you risk everything. Playing safe might keep you from failing, but it will also keep you from truly living.” ~ Geena Davis
- I’ve learned that failure is the best teacher. Every time you fall, you learn something no success could teach you. And if you can get back up, you’re stronger than before.”
~ Denzel Washington
- The hardest thing in the world is to simplify your life. It’s so easy to make it complex, but if you can strip it back to what matters most, you’ll find freedom.” ~ Tom Hardy
- If you want to understand what really matters, spend time with children and old people. They remind you of where you came from and where you’re going — and that everything in between is borrowed time.”
~ Anthony Hopkins - The best lesson I’ve learned is to never waste time. You don’t get it back. Spend it on people you love, on things that matter, because one day you’ll wish you had more and it will be too late.”
~ Gregory Peck - You learn more from the hard times than the easy ones. Comfort teaches you nothing. It’s the trials, the stumbles, the heartbreaks that shape who you really are.” ~ Jack Nicholson
- I’ve found that the best way to be happy is to stop comparing yourself to others. If you can learn to find joy in your own journey, you’ll never run out of reasons to smile.”
~ Paul Newman - The best lesson I’ve learned is to get out of the way of myself. Stop worrying, stop overthinking, and let life happen — because it has a way of working itself out.”
~ Anthony Hopkins - I never wanted to be rich or famous, I just wanted to be good. Because if you’re good at what you do and good at who you are, the rest will come and it will mean something.”
~ Paul Newman
Before you argue with someone, ask yourself, is that person even mentally mature enough to grasp the concept of a different perspective. Because if not, there’s absolutely no point.
Not every argument is worth your energy. Sometimes, no matter how clearly you express yourself, the other person isn’t listening to understand—they’re listening to react.
They’re stuck in their own perspective, unwilling to consider another viewpoint, and engaging with them only drains you.
There’s a difference between a healthy discussion and a pointless debate.
A conversation with someone who is open-minded, who values growth and understanding, can be enlightening—even if you don’t agree. But trying to reason with someone who refuses to see beyond their own beliefs? That’s like talking to a wall. No matter how much logic or truth you present, they will twist, deflect, or dismiss your words, not because you’re wrong, but because they’re unwilling to see another side.
Maturity isn’t about who wins an argument—it’s about knowing when an argument isn’t worth having. It’s realizing that your peace is more valuable than proving a point to someone who has already decided they won’t change their mind. Not every battle needs to be fought. Not every person deserves your explanation.
Sometimes, the strongest thing you can do is walk away—not because you have nothing to say, but because you recognize that some people aren’t ready to listen. And that’s not your burden to carry…✍️❤️
- Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often we call a man cold when he is only sad. Remember this before you judge or dismiss the pain of another soul.”
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Walking boosts creative thinking by up to 60 percent compared to sitting, as it engages different neural pathways.” ~ Dr. Marily Oppezzo, PhD in Educational Psychology
A short nap of about 20 minutes stabilizes newly learned information and improves later recall.” ~ Dr. Sara Mednick, PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience
I don’t measure my life in terms of success or failure, but in terms of whether I used my time well. Did I spend it on things that mattered? Did I grow, did I give, did I love? If I can answer yes, then I know I didn’t waste the day.”
~ Sidney Poitier
You don’t have to blow out someone else’s candle to make yours shine brighter. The world is full of light if we focus on cooperation, respect, and the courage to stay decent.” ~ Michael Caine
Ambition alone can eat away at the soul. Balance it with kindness, humility, and gratitude. That’s the real success: when you can look back and know you didn’t sacrifice goodness for gain.” ~ Faye Dunaway
The measure of success isn’t applause, it’s peace of mind. If you can end each day knowing you treated people with respect and gave your best effort, then you’ve lived a good life.” ~ Gene Hackman
Life will test you, break you, and burn you, but how you move forward through the flames defines whether you live with dignity or despair.” ~ Charles Bukowski
When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience still sleeps.” ~ John Lennon
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do. A good life is lived in action.”~ Bruce Lee
“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Character is what you truly are, reputation is only what others think.” ~ John Wooden
If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” ~ Albert Einstein
I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.” ~ Dorothy Day
the problem with western culture is that most children and young adults look up to pop stars instead of intellectuals. They base their behaviour on entertainers. They become
imagine everyone in our country was put in one huge team and given a goal to make their country as great as possible for everyone. How would you treat your team mates to encourage them to do their best? Well, we are in that team.
think of how happy a child is when they first eat an icecream. It’s such a simple thing to us but it should remind us how lucky we are.
Learning new skills in adulthood improves memory, increases confidence, and enhances life satisfaction.” ~ Dr. Denise Park, PhD in Psychology
Helping others is one of the most reliable ways to improve your own mental and physical health.” ~ Dr. Stephen Post, PhD in Ethics and Medical Humanities
The fastest way to learn is to teach—sharing knowledge forces you to clarify and deepen your understanding.” ~ Dr. Richard Feynman, PhD in Physics
Purpose-driven people experience better health, live longer, and recover faster from illness.” ~ Dr. Patricia Boyle, PhD in Behavioral Sciences
Gratitude rewires your brain to focus on what’s going right, building resilience against stress and anxiety.” ~ Dr. Robert Emmons, PhD in Psychology
The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties — but right through every human heart.” ~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. It may even be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are and what you can rise from.” ~ Maya Angelou
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear for the sake of something greater.” ~ Nelson Mandela
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances.” ~ Viktor Frankl
Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: some things are within your control, and some are not.” ~ Epictetus
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing you will be successful.” ~ Albert Schweitzer
You’ve got to live each day as if it’s your last. Not in a reckless way, but in a way that makes you proud of how you spent it, should it really be the last.” ~ Frank Sinatra
If you follow the crowd, you’ll never be ahead of it. The real magic happens when you trust yourself enough to walk your own road and stay true to it.” ~ Tony Bennett
The trick is not to worry about what you can’t control, but to pour everything into what you can.” ~ Anthony Hopkins
Don’t waste time on things that don’t matter. Don’t hold grudges, don’t keep score. Life is short, and you should spend it on the people and moments that make you glad to be here.” ~ Helen Mirren
You can’t be everything to everyone, but you can be something good to the people around you. That’s enough to call it a life worth having.” ~ Paul Newman
I never lose. I either win or learn. And when you understand that, you realize that perseverance isn’t about avoiding failure — it’s about refusing to let failure be the end of the story.” ~ Nelson Mandela
Finishing what you start is a habit. If you walk away from commitments every time they get hard, you’ll teach yourself to give up. If you stay until the job is done, you’ll teach yourself to win.” ~ Samuel L. Jackson
“If you don’t slow down enough to notice the details, you’ll miss the entire truth of your life. Doing things well takes time, and if you can’t give that, you’ll never see how good you could be.” ~ Anthony Hopkins
I couldn’t sleep so I tried to remember all the things I’m grateful for — my family, that I have a job, that I’m safe, that I’m not starving, the sound of birds, the summer breeze, the sound of the sea, chocolate cake… — by the time I was half way through remembering I was already half asleep.
Deep breathing for just a few minutes can lower blood pressure, calm the mind, and reset the body’s stress response.” ~ Dr. Patricia Gerbarg, MD, PhD in Psychiatry
Laughter reduces stress, strengthens social bonds, and releases chemicals that promote healing.” ~ Dr. Lee Berk, DrPH in Public Health
The key to confidence is keeping the promises you make to yourself.” ~ Dr. Stephen Covey
remember, what you say and how you say it affects the people around you. Choose to phrase things positively to make your world happier for you and the people you care about
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little. It is plain than an ignorant person thinks everything he does know important, and he tells it to everybody. But a well-educated man is not so ready to display his learning; he would have too much to say, and he sees that there is much more to be said, so he holds his peace.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
The best way to inspire others is to quietly live out the values you hope to see in the world.” ~ Dr. Albert Bandura, PhD in Psychology
If you want your brain to stay sharp, keep learning. Intellectual engagement protects against cognitive decline.” ~ Dr. Denise Park, PhD in Psychology
People who express gratitude daily sleep better, have more energy, and report higher life satisfaction.” ~ Dr. Robert Emmons, PhD in Psychology
Regular physical activity reduces the risk of depression by up to 30%. Movement is medicine for your mind.” ~ Dr. Michael Otto, PhD in Psychology
Clarity about your values makes decisions easier, relationships healthier, and regrets fewer.” ~ Dr. Stephen Covey
Acts of kindness don’t just help others—they reduce your own stress and boost your immune system.” ~ Dr. David Hamilton, PhD in Organic Chemistry
Purpose is not discovered in thought—it’s built in action. Live, try, learn, and the meaning will emerge.” ~ Dr. Angela Duckworth, PhD in Psychology
Breathing slowly and deeply is not just relaxation—it’s a physiological switch for calming the nervous system.” ~ Dr. Richard Brown, MD, PhD in Psychiatry
I’ve met kings and presidents, but the measure of a man isn’t in who he dines with—it’s in how he treats the waiter.” ~ Gregory Peck
Success never came from chasing it. It came from doing the work I believed in and letting the rest take care of itself. If you’re honest with your work, you’ll never have to chase validation.” ~ Katharine Hepburn
Each morning, I think of one thing I am grateful for. It might be the sound of rain or the smell of coffee. Gratitude is not about the grand events—it’s about noticing the small mercies that keep you alive inside.” ~ Maya Angelou
Life moves faster than you think. Stop for the small victories, the quiet mornings, the shared meals. They’re the gold you’ll remember when everything else fades.” ~ Sean Connery
I’ve learned to savour the smallest things—a good cup of tea, a long walk, a friend’s laughter. The grand moments are rare; the little ones are the fabric of life, and if you don’t notice them, you’ve missed the whole show.” ~ Judi Dench
Self-deception is the longest detour in life. Honesty shortens the road, even if it’s steeper.” ~ George Harrison
Everyone is rushing. I learned to pause. The moment you slow down, the noise loses power. That’s when you start living.” ~ Alan Rickman
The spotlight doesn’t mean you’re better—it just means you’re visible. The janitor and the star both go home tired. The difference is the star gets cheered on. The janitor does not” ~ Keanu Reeves
Every time I touch a guitar, I say thank you. I remember the days I couldn’t afford one. Sometimes you forget how lucky you are and you get complacent or even angry at the world. But you gotta remember we’ve got it better than anyone else who has ever lived. Any other generation, any other country. We’re very lucky. But we still forget sometimes ~ B.B. King
Regret comes from pretending. You lie to fit in, to impress, to keep peace. But one day you wake up and realize you lost yourself somewhere in all that silence.” ~ Marlon Brando
When someone dies, it’s not just their past that ends—it’s your future with them. That’s why we should love people now, while we still have the gift of today.” ~ Alan Rickman
Don’t waste time on people who don’t value you. Don’t wait to live. Life isn’t a rehearsal. You’re on stage now. Say your lines while you still can.” ~ Anthony Hopkins
I’ve learned to stop rushing. You miss your own life that way. What matters is not how fast you move, but what you pay attention to while you’re here.” ~ Helen Mirren
I don’t think purpose is found. I think it’s made, through what you give your energy to. It’s built in quiet acts of loyalty—to people, to work, to yourself.” ~ Keanu Reeves
You’re here. That’s already a miracle. So let yourself feel the wind. Let yourself laugh badly. Let yourself be unready and still show up. This is it, man. This is life.” ~ Jeff Bridges
Nobody tells you this, but the days slip by quietly while you’re waiting for something big. And then one day you realize this was the big thing—your actual life.” ~ Steve Martin
I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself—that is the best combination. The minute you think you’re special, you’ve lost touch.” ~ Johnny Depp
Don’t chase money. Create something that makes the world a better place. Everyone wants that. If you create something that everyone wants the money doesn’t really matter because everyone already has what they want
sip your coffee slowly.
I choose to be kind, not because of what I get in return, but because I believe there’s a better world hidden behind our decisions and all we have to do is choose it.
Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced. Meaning begins when we stop running—and start reckoning.” ~ James Baldwin
When you’re unsure, ask yourself: What would make me proud tomorrow? That’s how you choose what matters—not what’s easy, not what’s popular, but what’s meaningful.” ~ Cheryl Strayed
“I stopped caring about being the most liked man in the room. I cared about being someone my children could be proud of. In the end, that’s what counts: who you are to the people who know you best.” ~ Paul Newman
I’ve learned not to waste time on what doesn’t matter. Time is ruthless. You must be just as relentless with how you spend it.” ~ Anthony Hopkins
None of us are getting out of this alive, so stop treating yourself like an afterthought. Eat the delicious food. Walk in the sun. Say what you feel. Be weird. Be kind. Be alive.” ~ Anthony Hopkins
The hardest thing in life is to forgive. But hate is self-destructive. If you hate somebody, you’re not hurting the person you hate, you’re hurting yourself. Forgiveness is healing.” ~ Louis Zamperini, Olympic runner, WWII POW, torture survivor
“I forgive the Nazis, not because they deserve it, but because I deserve peace. No one can heal while holding onto hate. Forgiveness is the ultimate act of self-liberation.”
~ Eva Mozes Kor
When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude.”
~ Viktor Frankl, Holocaust survivor
When I was released after 27 years in prison, I knew that if I didn’t leave my bitterness behind, I’d still be a prisoner. Forgiveness isn’t forgetting—it’s choosing freedom over fury.” ~ Nelson Mandela
Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice—and most of all, love of what you are doing. Talent is just the spark. Discipline is the fuel.” ~ Pelé
I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots. Lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times, I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot—and missed. I’ve failed over and over. And that’s why I succeed.” ~ Michael Jordan
I’ve been in this business for decades, and every time I think I’ve arrived, life reminds me I’m still a student. Humility is knowing you’ll never fully master the craft—or yourself.” ~ Ian McKellen
Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies—those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.” ~ John Milton
It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful. The more you count your blessings instead of your burdens, the lighter your burdens feel and the more your blessings multiply.” ~ David Steindl-Rast
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly—because this is the only moment you can truly shape.” ~ B.K.S. Iyengar
One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now” ~ Paulo Coelho
The world moves fast, but you don’t have to. Slowing down helps you see more, feel more, and live more.
We rush to finish, then redo it. Or regret it. Doing things properly the first time saves time, energy, and trust. A calm approach leads to fewer mistakes and a stronger foundation in everything you build.
when we slow down, we gain precision, peace, and presence. Rushing through life leads to mistakes. Doing things properly means respecting what you’re doing—and who it’s for.
In every room, you can learn something. In every person, there’s something they’ve seen that you haven’t. Staying humble means staying receptive. You don’t miss the lesson because your ego gets in the way.
if you can get to the end of one day and say you did everything you could—you finished all your work and more, you’ve won. Because if you can do it once, you can do it again. And if you do it enough days in a row you’ll change your life.
I know I look artificial, but I’m real where it counts. I try to love everybody. I don’t judge people. I figure we’re all doing the best we can.” ~ Dolly Parton
I’ve been broke and I’ve been adored, and the only constant that gave me peace in both was gratitude. Not for the fame or the pain—but for the people who held me together through it all.” ~ Eddie Vedder
You can be brilliant, rich, famous—and still be cruel. I’ve met those people. I never wanted to be like them. Kindness has always mattered more to me than applause.” ~ Keanu Reeves
There’s a stranger out there who still thinks of you because you were kind to them when they really needed it ~ The Simplicity Habit
Everything you look at online (and offline) influences your mind. It affects how you behave. Understanding this is a revelation because it means you can positively change your life by changing what you choose to look at. If you want to be happier stop watching and reading negative things. If you want more time to think, stop scrolling through videos. You can literally change your life by making sure what you consume is positive and constructive.
To tell the truth is to walk a hard road. But it is the only road that leads somewhere real. Lies may comfort us, but they will never carry us where we need to go.” ~ Helen Keller
We think forgiveness is weakness, but it’s not; it takes a very strong person to forgive. To forgive is not to say the pain was okay—it is to say that the pain will not own you anymore.” ~ Harriet Tubman
go your own way. Don’t let anyone else decide how you’re going to live your life. If you let other people make decisions for you you lose a little bit of the life you could have chosen for yourself.
I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear. Knowing what must be done does away with fear. Courage is clarity in the face of injustice.” ~ Rosa Parks
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance. The wise do not boast—they wonder. They ask. They admit. Humility is the first step toward any truth worth finding.” ~ Confucius
The moment I understood that every person you pass is fighting a battle you can’t see, I stopped judging and started listening.” ~ Fred Rogers
Every morning I wake up, I remind myself that no promise was made for today. That’s where gratitude begins—in knowing this moment is a gift I didn’t earn, but still get to live.” ~ Johnny Cash
Every word we say, every post we write, every silence we choose—it’s all part of the world we’re shaping. If you’ve been given a voice, use it like someone’s life depends on it. Because sometimes, it does.” ~ Lin-Manuel Miranda
When you lose someone you love, you start seeing everyone else’s pain more clearly. And you realize—everyone is carrying something. Empathy is what holds us together when everything else falls apart.” ~ Keanu Reeves
If people listen to you, you have a responsibility to say something that matters. Fame doesn’t make you important. What you do with it might.” ~ Keanu Reeves
“I spent years angry at people who hurt me. But at some point, you realize holding onto pain is like dragging chains you no longer need. Forgiveness isn’t about them—it’s how you free yourself.” ~ Michael B. Jordan
Success has a funny way of making you believe you’re invincible. But the truth is, we’re all just people. And if you forget that, life will find a way to remind you—usually when no one is watching.” ~ Anthony Hopkins
Every time you finish something—no matter how small the task—you build the habit of determination, and that habit shapes who you become.
You have the power to create something amazing.
Be the light in someone’s life. It may be the only light they can see. Together we will go out into the world and create a million lights to guide the lost back onto their paths. And together we will choose a brighter world for everyone
I had forgotten who I was. And your light reminded me.
Your words can change the world.Everyone on this planet is going to go through difficult times. There will be times when we don’t know what to do. Encouragement helps us get back up and keep going. In turn, the person you encourage may help others. Each simple act of kindness transforms the world, in a small way. But it has the power to spread. If each of us allows it spread far enough, together our light may encircle the world.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up” ~ Mark Twain
“If you light a lamp for someone else, it will also brighten your path” ~ Buddha
Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are” ~ Malcolm S. Forbes
Nobody Will Warn You. These small moments matter. The last time a voice is heard… the last meal shared… the last walk home—it won’t come with a warning. That’s why each one matters more than I than you can ever know until it’s too late. I’m not telling you this to scare you, I just don’t want you to waste today. Because in the end, the way you choose to spend the days is the way you choose to spend your life. Are you living the life you want?
Every time you speak the truth when it would be easier to tell a small lie, help create a world that values honesty more than convenience—and you make the world a better place.
don’t let a day end without being able to say “I did everything I could”
The Graveyard Is Filled With Plans
Ideas never started. Things left unsaid. Work that might have changed something. It’s all buried with people who waited. Don’t wait. There is no “right time.” Only now.
open your eyes. Most people drift through life as though it were a day dream. Only those who wake up and choose to live every day with intention and integrity ever really live.
Every time you take responsibility for your actions instead of making excuses, you help build a stronger more independent country and a better world.
Every time you extend kindness to someone who has nothing to offer you in return, you prove that compassion is not a transaction—it’s a choice—and you make the world a better place.
Every time you listen to understand rather than to respond, you turn conversation into connection—and you make the world a better place.
It’s up to each of us to make our country and the world a better place by choosing to take personal responsibility for building a better future for all.
Want to feel better today? Walk briskly for 10 minutes outside. The combination of light, movement, and novelty lifts your mood quickly.” ~ Dr. Kelly McGonigal, PhD in Health Psychology
The most successful people aren’t the smartest—they’re the ones most willing to keep improving after failure.” ~ Dr. Carol Dweck, PhD in Psychology
Telling your story—especially the painful parts—reduces stress, improves immunity, and deepens your relationships.”
~ Dr. James Pennebaker, PhD in Psychology
When we speak kindly to others, we make the world feel safer. And in that safety, people often find their strength again.
be brave enough to say what you believe is true and do what you believe is right even if you think
Self-respect grows from disciplined action—when your values and your behavior are aligned over time.” ~ Dr. William Damon, PhD in Psychology
Walking in nature has measurable effects on mood, blood pressure, and memory. It’s a therapy available to almost anyone.”
~ Dr. Marc Berman, PhD in Psychology and Neuroscience
everyone should watch a fake marshal arts master try to fight a pro fighter. Why? Because it teaches you that anyone can become delusional about what they can do and we should all stay humble. It doesn’t matter what you believe, all that matters is what you can do in the real world. Stay humble. Until you prove yourself in the real world with real results, you’re nobody.
Slow down. Everything you do will be done better if you slow down, take your time and do things carefully and correctly. Don’t waste your time rushing.
some people understand things quickly and some people take a long time to understand things. Don’t judge them straight away. Even Einstein said he was slow to understand but once he did he understood deeply. Some people take longer because their minds try to more deeply understand
One of the greatest predictors of well-being is whether you believe your life has purpose beyond yourself.”
~ Dr. Viktor Frankl, PhD in Neurology and Psychiatry
The pursuit of status is exhausting. The pursuit of meaning is energizing.”
~ Dr. Emily Esfahani Smith, PhD in Psychology
If your goal is long-term happiness, prioritize kindness. The most satisfied people aren’t those who get the most—but who give the most.” ~ Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky, PhD in Psychology
Helping others gives your brain a surge of oxytocin and dopamine, lowers blood pressure, and boosts your immune system.” ~ Dr. David Hamilton, PhD in Organic Chemistry
The simplest way to improve your mood today: go outside, move your body, connect with someone, and do one thing that matters.”
~ Dr. Laurie Santos, PhD in Psychology
Small, meaningful actions beat big, del
Every time you protect someone’s reputation when they’re not around to defend it, you become a guardian of integrity—and you make the world a better place.
Every time you see someone’s potential and choose to believe in it before they do, you become a mirror of what they could become—and you make the world a better place.
We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers – but never blame yourself. It’s never your fault. But it’s always your fault, because if you wanted to change you’re the one who has got to change.” ~ Katharine Hepburn
What you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. Don’t complain.” ~ Maya Angelou
The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.” ~ Maya Angelou
You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.” ~ Maya Angelou
The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for. Without a purpose, even freedom becomes a burden too heavy to bear.”
~ Dostoevsky
The beginning is always today. Do not let the greatness of the task discourage you. Even the smallest effort in pursuit of justice contributes to the transformation of the world.”
~ Wollstonecraft (widely attributed)
don’t just see things as they are, see things as they could be and then fight to make it so
Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people. That which is true stands firm in silence, awaiting the day minds are ready to receive it.”
~ Bruno, during his inquisition
The highest form of wisdom is to act with reason and kindness in a world that urges cruelty and impulse. He who lives thus will be mocked by fools and remembered by the wise.”
~ Erasmus, The Praise of Folly
Teach thy tongue to say ‘I do not know,’ and thou shalt progress. For in the confession of ignorance lies the beginning of knowledge, and wisdom grows from humility.”
~ Maimonides, Commentary on the Mishnah
If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will gladly change, for I seek the truth, by which no one was ever truly harmed.” ~ Marcus Aurelius
The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way. We are not made to shrink before hardship, but to transform it into purpose.”
~ Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 5.20
The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living. Virtue and wisdom leave a legacy not of wealth, but of example, and that is the highest immortality we can hope to earn.” ~ Cicero, Philippics
No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth. Most people do not want truth; they want comfort, flattery, or entertainment. Thus, the philosopher is often condemned.” ~ Plato
Human character is fate. Each man’s choices shape what he becomes, and that inner character—not fortune or divine will—is what determines how his life will unfold.” ~ Heraclitus
A leader is best when people barely know he exists. When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. That is the highest form of leadership.” ~ Laozi, Tao Te Ching
Let a man take care never to be unmindful of his own worth, even when the Fates lay hardship upon him, for the noble man is known by how he bears his burden when the gods have turned away.” ~ Homer
I realized recently that excluding someone for bad behaviour is the wrong thing to do because you don’t get a chance to help them see why their behavior was bad or even have a chance to explain themselves, so neither of you learn. The people who behave badly are the very people we need to include more because they’re the ones that need the most help
when someone’s struggling, telling them what they’re doing wrong is never helpful
our lives are defined by the challenges we either choose avoid or to overcome. The choices we make determine the people we become and the world we create.
There’s no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there’s no excuse for boredom, ever.” ~ Viggo Mortensen
it’s ok if you make a mistake as long as your heart’s in the right place. And if people judge you for it, it’s their problem not yours
My father could have been a great comedian but he didn’t believe that was possible for him, and so he made a conservative choice. Instead, he got a safe jog as an accountant and when I was 12 years old he was let go from that safe job, and our family had to do whatever we could to survive. I learned many great lessons from my father. Not the least of which was that: You can fail at what you don’t want. So you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.” ~ Jim Carrey
think about this for a minute. If a stock trader calls you to sell you stock advice that he says will make rich you have to ask yourself: why doesn’t he just buy that stock and get rich? Then he wouldn’t have to work as a salesman cold calling people. I actually said this to one of them who called me. He couldn’t answer. He knew his entire business was a scam. The truth is, if something sounds too good to be true, it is.
if someone calls you and says they’re from your phone provider and they ask for your details, give them a fake name to test them. If they confirm it’s correct it means it’s a scam. I did this recently. I told the guy my name was Albert Einstein. He bought it (I guess he’s not big on physics) until I told him my date of birth was 1879. Then he had the nerve to call me some extremely rude names! Imagine the nerve, he was angry AT ME because I wasted HIS time as a low life scammer who preys on the innocent robbing them of everything they have while laughing about it.
Persaverance is the secret to success. Whatever you dream of doing, you can do it, if you just keep going. It doesn’t matter if you fail. It doesn’t matter if you’re terrible at what you do. Everyone is terrible when they first start. But id you can just keep going, you’ll keep learning. And here’s the secret. At some point you’re going to learn something that changes everything. Something that propels you to massive success. But you’ll never discover that thing unless you keep failing thousands and thousands of times.
I choose to be kind with absolutely no expectation of reciprocation. In fact the thought of reciprocation rarely occurs to me unless someone mentions it. So why do I do it? What do I get out of it? I live in hope that perhaps one day others will see that paradise is a choice. We must choose paradise over ourselves.
with live in a strange time. Millions of people worship entertainers. They scream and cry for them. Tattoo their bodies with their images. Only later to discover those very same entertainers turn out to be criminals. We blindly worship status. We have forgotten our principles. But the good news is, we chose to be like this, and we can choose to change.
the rich pay for advanced cancer screenings that predict cancer early and treatments that prolong their lives. The masses pay for Netflix and junk food — the very things that give them cancer. Society has developed a madness when you see that it is choosing to kill people for their ignorance instead of teaching them how to live
We all have things we say we care about. But look at what we give our time to, what we chase, what we refuse to quit—that’s where the truth is. Your real values are not spoken. They’re scheduled.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” ~ Ernest Hemingway
Never be araid to admit you don’t know something. There’s nothing to be embarassed about. Its far more admirable to be the person who humbly asks to learn what they don’t know than to be the person who mocks someone for not knowing.
If someone you met on the internet asks you for money, never never never never never never never never never never ever give it to them, no matter how genuine they seem. If someone is asking you for money, or a favor, or any personal information, or anything else, they are trying to steal from you. And they might not stop until they’ve stolen everything. If you’re ever not sure, please ask someone. If you have no one to ask, message me and I will gladly help you. Millions of dollars are stolen every year innocent (largely elderly) people. We need to protect eachother.
Stillness is what aims the archer’s arrow. It’s the key to excellence in every domain—because calm minds make the best decisions.
~ Ryan Holiday
there’s something about illegal immigration that people are afraid to talk about. So I’m going to say it. In Europe they say there’s a migrant crisis. Why is it a crisis? Millions of illegal immigrants are travelling into Europe from the Near East and Northern Africa every year. They’re unregistered. They could be violent criminals, there’s no way to know. They believe (according to the laws of their homelands) that homosexuality should be illegal and marrying children should be legal. This is a problem because based on the current rate of immigration it’s only a matter of time before they’re the majority in several European countries. And because we live in a democracy it will be within their right to start political parties and influence laws. People don’t like to hear this because it sounds politically incorrect, it sounds racist. But this is not racism. I have very liberal values. But if you look at the numbers of people entering Europe illegally there is only one way to describe it. This is an invasion by a hostile force. It’s an intentional takeover, albeit a slow and sly one. Europeans are trying to do the right thing—to help innocent people—and their kindness is exactly what the illegal immigrants are preying on. They don’t want to assimilate. They want to take over. Europe is a wonderful place, but it’s going downhill fast. We need to stop the rapid transformation of Europe before its too late. This is the logical protection of good values and cultures that are at risk of being eliminated from history, very soon, if things continue the way they are. Good people need to have the courage to see what’s happening and talk about it openly. Don’t be afraid to share this. Don’t be scared to talk about it.
I’m more than happy to admit that everything I’ve just written is I’m wrong if people are able to prove that it is, for I seek the truth, by which no one was ever harmed. It is those who continue in their self deception and ignorance who are harmed.
Encouragement reminds us that we’re all learning. When we feel safe to learn, we grow—and growing people build better communities.
Encouragement is a way to notice the good in someone—and when we do that more often, people feel more connected. This simplest of acts shows that just one person can make the world a better place.
The habit of supporting others creates a culture of care. In that kind of culture, more people succeed—and fewer people give up. We begin to create the world we all want instead of being ashamed of the sadness we see.
Lifting up the people around you doesn’t make you weaker, it makes you a leader. Because everyone wants a leader that elevates everyone around them.
Encouragement shows people they matter. And when people feel like they matter, they’re more likely to treat others with fairness and care.
When we notice what someone is doing well, we help them notice it too. That simple awareness often leads to more good choices.
stand by what you say. Stand by what you believe in. But remember, sometimes you’ll realize you were wrong—and that’s ok. It’s ok to change your mind. No one should be crucified for saying the wrong thing from time to time because it shuts down the conversation and that’s the last thing we want. We need to keep talking so we can learn from eachother and progress together to a better world.
Find strength within you. Don’t look for it outside of yourself, in approval from others. To be strong, look for what you believe is just, fair and true and become it. Not in what you think you believe and not in what you tell people you believe — become it and embody it in everythung you do in every single day. This is where you will find real strength.
when Philip II sent a message to Sparta saying “If I invade Laconia, I shall turn you out.”, the Spartans responded with a letter containing a single word: “if”.
When we encourage someone, we help them believe that their actions make a difference. We give belief a chance to spread, and with it, more good is done.
I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.” ~ Albert Einstein
Don’t be different just for different’s sake. If you see it differently, function that way. Follow your own muse, always.” ~ Morgan Freeman
If you dream you’ve got to dream that it’s going to happen. Remember that. If you dream you have to imagine that it will actually happen.” ~ Morgan Freeman
when you see a full moon bright in the sky, remember this: as bright as it is the light is it not hers. So too remembering,
When you walk, walk with your head held high because you know you always treat people with respect and kindness. When you talk, talk with confidence because you know you always speak the truth. When you go to sleep, sleep deeply because you know you gave today everything you had. Instead of becoming harder, life becomes easier when you give everything you’ve got to doing the right thing.
Your gifts lie in the place where your values, passions and strengths meet. Discovering that place is the first step toward sculpting your masterpiece, Your Life.” Michelangelo
My philosophy is: It’s none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier.” ~ Anthony Hopkins
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
People who express gratitude regularly show greater optimism, stronger immune systems, and deeper social connection.” ~ Dr. Robert Emmons, PhD in Psychology
Laughter reduces stress hormones, boosts immunity, improves circulation, and strengthens human connection. It’s health in disguise.” ~ Dr. Lee Berk, DrPH (Doctor of Public Health)
If you want to feel good, do good. Altruism is the most scientifically supported path to lasting well-being.” ~ Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky, PhD in Psychology
Every time you admit you don’t know and choose to learn instead of pretend, you help create a world where humility is valued more than pride—and you make the world a better place.
if we want to transform our lives we have to stop thinking about what we can gain and start focusing all our effort on how we can become better, be better and make our world better
our lives are not a reflection of our beliefs. Our beliefs are a reflection of our lives
Every time you step back so someone else can shine, not out of obligation but genuine joy, you prove that real confidence lifts others up—and you make the world a better place.
Remember, there was a man who was so deeply hated and misunderstood that he was tortured and executed in the most terrible way. Today we know it as the story of Jesus. This should remind us that hating is never the way and that to be good people we must try to understand each other. And that being good isn’t always easy or instinctual. We must rise above
Every time you choose to be honest when a lie would be easier, you help build a a new world in which people are trustworthy. The creation of a better world–a world we all want–is our choice and our responsibility, always.
when you resist the urge to rush through the day you choose to live each moment with intention and presence you give yourself the chance to enjoy the incredible gift of life
When you choose not to react to someone who only wants to argue, you make your world more peaceful and you create space to focus your energy on what really matters
Every time you act in alignment with your values, even when it costs you something, you show that integrity is not for sale—and you make the world a better place.
Every time you choose to believe that people can change, even when it’s easier to give up on them, you help show the door to redemption is open for all—and you make the world a better place.
Every time you notice someone’s effort, no matter how small, and take a moment to acknowledge it, you help build a world where people feel seen, a world in which we are together as one team working together to create a better world
When you let go of resentment before it turns to poison, you choose freedom over bitterness—and this makes all the difference in life.
Every time you choose to take the harder path because it’s the right one, even when no one is watching, you preserve the kind of courage that holds a good civilization together—and you make the world a better place.
Every time you choose to be kind in a world that sometimes seems only to reward greed, you become a living example for good—and you make the world a better place.
Replace the habit of complaining about things you know you’ll do nothing about with one of changing the things you have the power to change, even in the smallest way. The smallest positive progress is better than any negativity.
some have the courage to go on stage and talk in front of millions fearlessly. Others have different types of courage: such as the courage of their convictions or the courage to risk their lives to help others, or the courage to choose their own path through life. There are lots different forms of courage and each are important in their own ways for their own purposes.
choose not to be the coward who sits on the sidelines whining about the way the world is. Choose to have the courage to do something about it
There are those who spend their time complaining about how hard life is and there are those who do whatever it takes, no matter how hard it is to make the lives of their dreams. It’s up to you to decide which of these people you want to be.
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.” ~ Malcolm S. Forbes
People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do.”
~ Lewis Cass
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they are capable of being” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Every time you speak kindly about someone behind their back, you build a culture where respect lives even in absence—and you make the world a better place.
Every time you make room for someone else’s perspective without needing to defend your own, you create a world where dialogue matters more than division—and you make the world a better place.
Every time you act with principle when compromise would be more convenient, you strengthen the invisible backbone of integrity—and you make the world a better place.
you must make time for what really matters. You wake up exhausted. You rush to get the kids ready. You rush to work. You rush to get your work done. You rush to get the kids, feed them, get them ready for bed. You fall asleep. You repeat. This pattern gives you no time for your dreams or your passions. You become a robot. You must slow down. You must make a space within each day for moments of happiness. And you must make time for your own dreams.
What’s inside does not matter. As children we’re sometimes told that it’s what’s inside that counts. But this is not true. It’s what you do that matters. Because to everyone you’ll ever meet, you are what you do, not what you believe. And many people believe many good things, but their behaviors don’t reflect those beliefs. Just look in any prison to find hundreds of people who say they believe in Jesus’ teachings yet they repeatedly offend. What you believe in your mind is inconsequential. The only true expression of your beliefs are your deeds. Disregard the beliefs in your mind because they are not real. What you do is real.
the lure of hyper pro active music videos and Instagram posts that sell everything a teenager wants is destroying us. Money and fame are our new gods—the ‘stars’ their deities—and we the braindead masses worship them above all else. There is an answer though: turn it off. Stop watching. Go back to your values.
We do not allow lying in the house. You cannot say the words ‘I can’t,’ and you can’t use the word ‘hate.’ Those three words will get you in big trouble in our house.”
My number one thing? Don’t overleverage yourself. Don’t say you can do something when you really can’t.” ~ Matthew McConaughey
Time is the coin of your Life.
It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent.
Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you. And when you spend it, spend it wisely so that you get the most for your expenditure.” ~ Carl Sandburg
You must rise above negativity. Everywhere you go, people will pull you down into their negativity. You must rise above it. Because the reason a person behaves negatively is because someone was unkind to them. To break the pattern of negativity we have to choose to rise above it.
“My father could have been a great comedian but he didn’t believe that that was possible for him, and so he made a conservative choice. Instead, he got a safe jog as an accountant and when I was 12 years old he was let go from that safe job, and our family had to do whatever we could to survive. I learned many great lessons from my father. Not the least of which was that: You can fail at what you don’t want. So you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.”
― Jim Carrey
You shouldn’t speak until you know what you’re talking about. That’s why I get uncomfortable with interviews. Reporters ask me what I feel China should do about Tibet. Who cares what I think China should do? I’m a fucking actor! They hand me a script. I act. I’m here for entertainment. Basically, when you whittle everything away, I’m a grown man who puts on makeup.” ~ Brad Pitt
I dream of a day where I walk down the street & hear people talk about morality, sustainability & philosophy instead of the Kardashians ~ Keanu Reeves
Life presents us with a series of challenges. We can choose to ignore them or we can choose to overcome them. The greater the challenges we overcome the greater our worlds become. The most important thing is to face every challenge
Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always. That might be the only good thing in their day. ~ Robin Williams
There was this kid called Kevin. One day he was walking to class when a stranger handed him a folded piece of paper. It said, “You matter. Whatever you’re going through, don’t give up.” Kevin had been planning to end his life that evening. The note gave him enough hope to reach out for help. He later founded a nonprofit that has prevented hundreds of suicides—because someone he didn’t know chose to be the light in a world that to Kevin was only darkness. We all have this power, every single day. We can all choose to be a light in someone else’s darkness.
Encouragement helps people remember they’re not defined by what went wrong—but by what they still choose to do.
encouragement brings us together, it creates connections that might one day be vital.
when we encourage each other we become a team instead of opponents or worse, enemies. And that’s something the world desperately needs
Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates: Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind?” ~ Rumi
Gossip dies when it hits a wise person’s ears”
One encouraging word can quiet a thousand doubts.
Be an encourager. The world has plenty of critics already” ~ Dave Willis
When you waste someone’s time, you take a part of their life you can’t give back. Respecting time is respecting life.
We’re all imperfect. Choosing not to judge helps us grow together.
Asking for advice doesn’t make you small. It shows you’re wise enough to value perspective.” ~ Adam Grant
Your time is what your life is made of. When you respect others’ time, you’re acknowledging their life is just as valuable as your own.” ~ Cal Newport
Encouraging others builds the kind of world you want to live in—one where effort is honored and progress is noticed.
Encouraging others isn’t just good for them—it reminds you of your own power to uplift, connect, and lead by example.
Encouragement often does what criticism can’t—it pulls people toward their potential instead of pushing them away from their mistakes.
The smallest amount of encouragement can shift the way someone sees their entire situation.
just because everyone does something doesn’t make it right
try to see the world for all the solutions we can make to make the world a better place rather than seeing it for all the problems that make it bad
some people focus on what they think the world owes them
I’m trying my best not to criticise others and to remember we’re all just trying to live our lives
be brave enough to be honest about what you believe is right. Not in your words, in your actions. If you believe a country should have open borders, open your home and let immigrants stay with you.
you can’t judge someone and help them at the same time. Likewise you can’t judge half the country and help them at the same time. To change anything first we have to try to understand
Slow down and take a minute to remember what really matters to you. Let your answer guide your actions
When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you’re making a commitment and difference in that person’s life. Encouragement really does make a difference.” ~ Zig Ziglar
immigration is a difficult thing to talk about. You hear people who say it’s racism to control immigration and yet if you ask those same people to let an immigrant stay at their home, not a single one says yes. And if you talk to immigrants living here they’ll tell you our laws are too relaxed. After all they don’t want this country to turn out like the one they left—they left for a reason. People don’t want to talk about these things. They want to virtue signal but they’re not prepared to suffer any personal consequences. The truth is, a country is like a house you inherited. Our ancestors built a country that millions of people are desperate to migrate to. Their ancestors did not. Our ancestors paid taxes that built roads and police forces. Their ancestors did not.
Sometimes we forget how lucky we are. We live in one of the fairest, freest countries in the world. It’s legal to practice any religion; your children won’t face a hellish existence if they happen to be born gay; you don’t have to bribe police if you get stopped on a freeway; girls aren’t forced to marry total strangers who are twice their age and face life as slaves, locked in their homes, or worse. Yes there are problems, but we should remember there are people who have it far far worse. And the reason our country doesn’t have such enexplainable cruelties as these is because we and our ancestors chose not to be like that. That is worth fighting for.
look for people who think positively. People who are humble, who know they don’t have all the answers. Kind, honest people. These are the people you want to spend your time with. Because your time is your life. Choose the life you know is right for you.
You can have a positive attitude while understanding it’s not a perfect world. You do that by looking for solutions instead of focusing on problems and remembering how incredibly lucky we are compared to people living in our country only a few hundred years ago. Our ancestors made our country safer, healthier, egalitarian through their choices.
Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity. The greatest problem with communication is we don’t listen to understand. We listen to reply. When we listen with curiosity, we don’t listen with the intent to reply. We listen for what’s behind the words.” ~ Roy T. Bennett
You will become wise when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself ~ Diogenes
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.
Shannon L. Alder
cleaning your shoes can give you an almost new pair of shoes for free
in life you must find someone who understands you. If you’re a difficult person to understand that might be hard! Look for people who look at the world in the same was as you
if you’re going through a hard time, or your life is stuck, or just not what you dreamed it would be like, think of the Shawshank Redemption. You can either stay where you are and spend the rest of your life complaining, or you can dig your way out and crawl through a tunnel of shit to get where you want to be. Most people are happy enough to keep complaining. They choose their prisons. A few are made of more. Which are you? Our choices become our lives.
excuses become our lives.
this day keeps repeating. Wake up. Work. TV. Sleep. Repeat.
When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’ ~ Fred Rogers
The world doesn’t need more critics. It needs more kindness.
Living with integrity means that we are not hiding parts of ourselves to fit in, nor betraying our values for approval. It’s how we become whole.”
~ Dr. Brené Brown, PhD in Social Work
Helping others creates a feedback loop of positivity: you feel better, they feel better, and society strengthens from that exchange.” ~ Dr. David Hamilton, PhD in Organic Chemistry
You don’t need to be extraordinary to make a difference. Ordinary people, doing good consistently, change the world.”
~ Dr. Barry Schwartz, PhD in Psychology
Sometimes people don’t need advice. They just need to know they’re not invisible.”
~Charles Finch
Your ego wants to be told you’re right. But growth comes from hearing that you’re wrong—and being strong enough to listen anyway.
~ Ryan Holiday
Sometimes, slowing down is the most productive thing you can do. It’s where the right ideas begin.
Being thoughtful with others doesn’t take energy—it gives it back. It lifts the weight from both sides.
You’ve heard it said, many times, what can I do to make the world a better place, I am only one person. You’ve heard it said, ‘you can’t change the system’ and ‘it’s just the way it is’. But we forget: we are the system. And it is the way it is because each one of us by the billions chooses it to be this way. To change the the world we have to start by changing your own behaviour, by taking personal responsibility for everything we complain about.
Kindess has the power to transform the world. Every act of kindess makes the recipient kinder too. it brightens the world, just a bit. Likewise, when we choose to be unkind we make the world a litter darker. Each of us has the power to choose kindness, no matter how others behave, even when its not instinctive. We can choose to make the world darker, or we can choose to make it brighter. You will make this choice hundreds of times each day. Choose the world you want to live in.
I see the simple truth in a baby, in simple things. They’re finding a universe in something that’s very small, very simple, that we all take for granted. That’s much more important than what some idiot is wearing on a red carpet ~ Chris Cornell
‘most of the time’ becomes most of your life. If there are things you feel most of the time, like unhappy, stressed, tired or over worked, remember those things will become a description of your life unless you decide to change. Be careful what you allow to become ‘most of the time’.
To know what people really think, pay attention to what they do, rather than what they say.” ~ Descartes
Everyone struggles. Everyone makes mistakes. We’re all trying our just best. When we remember this
You are what you do today. Not what you say. Not what you plan. Not what you believe. What you do.
Your life Is Someone Else’s Dream. Your ordinary life might be everything someone else is praying for. A healthy body. A warm home. A second chance. Treat your life as the treasure it really is.
life is made of moments. If you’re not careful, you’ll miss all of them waiting for one big one.
~ Brianna Wiest
What you are aware of you are in control of; what you are not aware of is in control of you. And you are asleep.
~ Anthony de Mello
the problem with the youth of today is there parent always told them they were special. Which is fine when you’re a kid. The problem is, when they grow up and get a job they have to learn they’re not special or better, and they’re going to have to work hard to prove themselves because they can’t go into a job interview and say “my dad told me I’m special”. Instead of telling kids they’re special we need to tell them there are 8 billion other people just like you, competing for the same things. You have to work harder if you want to stand out.
time is the most precious thing of all. Every time you say “I’ll do it tomorrow” you don’t just lose a bit of time, you lose a little bit of life — you die a little bit. Because each day is a fraction of your life.
Imagine if business leaders put tremendous effort into helping their employees become the greatest they can be. They would fill their organisations with great people
There are those whose lives affect all others around them. Quietly touching one heart who in turn touches another. Reaching out to ends further than they would ever know. ~ William Bradford
Death Is a mirror. Imagine this day as your last—not with fear, but with clarity. Would you still scroll, complain, postpone? Or would you speak the truth, love, and laugh deeply? Would you set aside all your fears and live only with honesty? Let your answer be your guide.
the secret to life is to find something that makes you wake up excited to start every day. If you haven’t found it yet, keep searching
You can’t change the whole world today. But you can brighten one moment, for one person, and that’s how real change begins.”
~ Dr. Adam Grant, PhD in Organizational Psychology
Your brain is shaped by what you repeatedly do. If you want calm, practice calm. If you want joy, practice joy. Mental health is trainable.”
~ Dr. Rick Hanson, PhD in Neuropsychology
One normal day is a miracle denied to millions.
Don’t let people pull you into their storm. Pull them into your peace.” ― Kimberly Jones
We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals ~ Immanuel Kant
Children learn integrity not by lectures, but by watching the adults around them live it. The most powerful lessons are unspoken.” ~ Dr. Dan Siegel, PhD in Psychiatry
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” ~ Mark Twain
You don’t have to change the whole world to make a difference. Help one person. Be kind in one moment. That’s how the world starts to shift.”
~ Dr. Elizabeth Dunn, PhD in Psychology
Qualities such as ‘nice, honest, kind, happy, relaxed, sincere, innocent’ are frowned upon as weaknesses. Yet these values are the essence of a good person ~ Fennel Hudson
There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things ~ Edmund Hilary
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. ~ Marcus Aurelius
If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
Above all, stay humble because just when you think you got all the answers, is the moment when some bitter twist of fate in the universe will remind you that you very much don’t ~ Tom Hiddleston
Don’t stay in and watch TV tonight. Take a walk and see the world. Look up at the moon and the stars. Sniff the cool breeze. Listen for the soft noises of the background. The goings-on of other lives. The birds in the trees. The wind in the leaves. Breathe it in deeply. And hold it in your lungs. Know this incredible chance. This is your life. The universe will go on for trillions of years after you die. The entirety of our lives is but a solitary note sung from a lost songbird fleeting in an endless forest. Yet every single moment is a miracle.
Every day you’re given an incredible opportunity. In fact it’s the greatest opportunity of all time. And it is within your power to have it. You don’t have to move mountains or start a revolution. It’s very simple. You just have to behave in a way that makes the world a tiny bit better than it was yesterday. Just the smallest fraction. And do it in a way that compels others to join you. That’s it. That’s all you have to do. Because if everyone in the world committed to this simple habit, the world would transform rapidly. Together we’d be creating paradise. People often forget: paradise is a choice. All we have to do is choose it today.
The best way to find purpose is to stop asking what the world can give you and start asking what you can give the world. Purpose lives in contribution.”
~ Dr. Angela Duckworth, PhD in Psychology
The choices we make daily—what we buy, how we eat, how we speak—shape the kind of world we live in. Ethics isn’t abstract; it’s habitual.”
~ Dr. Peter Singer, PhD in Philosophy
Even a five-minute walk in nature can lower stress hormones, reduce anger, and improve your immune system. When we care for the earth, it cares for us.”
~ Dr. Qing Li, PhD in Forest Medicin
smile at strangers when you walk by. It makes the world a better place
Happiness is like a butterfly, the more you chase it, the more it will evade you, but if you notice the other things around you, it will gently come and sit on your shoulder.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
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if you have dreams there’s one thing I can tell you: if you’re not doing something today to make your dreams come true they never will. You have to start today. If you say ‘I’ll start tomorrow, or someday’ it’ll never happen. Because someday is just another word for never. This might mean you have to miss sleep. You’ll miss socialising. You might go without food some days. But at some point you have to make a decision. Do you want to postpone your dreams for the rest of your life until they slowly die, or will you make a decision today to do whatever it takes to truly make the most of the greatest gift this universe has to give: life. This is the choice you make each day that determines the rest of your life.
To feel fulfilled, give your attention to what matters most. Attention is how we assign meaning. What you water, grows.” ~ Dr. Amishi Jha, PhD in Neuroscience
The question isn’t just ‘What do I want to do?’—it’s also ‘What kind of person do I want to be?’ One brings achievement. The other brings peace.” ~ Stephen Covey
Let go of the myth that everyone else has it together. The most fulfilled people are not those without problems—but those who grow honestly through them.” ~ Dr. Susan David, PhD in Psychology
happiness is like a butterfly
- Masih Alinejad (Journalist and Women’s Rights Activist)
“Compulsory hijab is the main pillar of a gender apartheid system, aiming to control women’s bodies and minds. Removing it is not about cloth but dignity, freedom, and personal choice.”
- Marjane Satrapi (Graphic Novelist, Author of Persepolis)
“The regime had understood that one person leaving her house while asking herself, ‘Are my trousers long enough? Is my veil in place? Can my makeup be seen?’ no longer asks herself, ‘Where is my freedom of thought? Where is my freedom of speech? My life, is it livable? What’s going on in political prisons?’
The world needs you.
If you punish a child for being naughty, and reward him for being good, he will do right merely for the sake of the reward; and when he goes out into the world and finds that goodness is not always rewarded, nor wickedness always punished, he will grow into a man who only thinks about how he may get on in the world, and does right or wrong according as he finds advantage to himself ~ Immanuel Kant
every time you turn on your TV you push a dagger a little bit deeper into your dreams
Imagine if young people replaced just 20 minutes of scrolling through social media or binging Netflix with reading or studying a course every day. Imagine how it would begin to transform our country. There is a great power in cumulative learning. Change doesn’t happen overnight. But just 20 minutes of studying repeated for a thousand days is transformative. There’s no use in complaining about the direction of our country. There is use in using your time to become a better person just a little every day. A country is built on the intelligence and habits of it’s people. It’s our responsibility to make our country great. And this is the choice we make each day. Will you choose laziness, or will you take responsibility for the future of your country?
What you believe doesn’t change anything. It’s what you do that matters. And it’s only what you do that determines whether you’re good person.
You might not realize how good for you cleaning every day is. It’s a great habit. If you clean every day, it’s easy. If you leave it for a week it’s much harder. It’s a great way to get 30 minutes exercise every day, it makes you happier having a clean home and best of all, that 30 minutes you spend doing something easy on your mind, gives you time to think. It’s like medidation, exercise, planning and organisation all rolled into one daily habit.
the problem with unkindness is it’s contagious. If you see too many people being unpleasant it can make you stop caring. You think to yourself, ‘they’re only going to be unpleasant anyway, why should I even try?’ But there’s a solution to that problem. It starts with taking personal responsibility for making the world a happier place. After all that’s what everyone wants. To get there each of us has to choose kindness regardless of how anyone else behaves
Success matters more than you realize. You might think being successful is not important in order to be a good person. In fact you might look at successful people and even think that it can make you a bad person. But here’s the reality: if you want to be a truly good person, you have to fight for what’s right. And the best way to change anything in the world is to work hard to become a leader. A better leader than the ones you complain about. Things don’t change when good people decide to live in isolation, never harming anyone. Because if all good people did that the world would be organised entirely by the bad people. So if you genuinely care about the world you need to do one thing: work harder than the bad people. This is the the reality of how change happens. All else is just virtue signalling: pretending to be a good person without taking any responsibility.
It’s the little things citizens do. That’s what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees.”
~ Wangari Maathai
You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you
Every time you choose to encourage someone instead of putting them down you make that person a little more confident and little more happy and you make the world a little bit brighter
Success, like happiness, cannot be pursued. It must ensue as the unintended side effect of one’s dedication to a cause greater than oneself.
~ Viktor E. Frankl
A better future isn’t made by wishes. It’s made by people who care enough to do the hard work
Don’t wait to feel ready. Wait too long and life will decide for you.
everyone has within them the intelligence, the abilities and the values to make the world a better place. All we have to do is make the decision to act
You were made for more than a normal life. Everyone in this world has the potential to be extraordinary. You just have to choose to make it happen
slow down, take a minute to remember what you’re thankful for and what matters most to you. Scrolling through videos
life flys by, but there’s an answer to this problem. The answer is to slow down and appreciate this moment. What’s the alternative? To rush through life or worse not appreciate this incredible gift you’ve been given? This miraculous chance to experience the universe. To see the stars above. It’s up to you to make every moment count.
You will know your vocation by the joy that it brings you. You will know. You will know when it’s right.” ~ Dorothy Day
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people are so full of doubts ~ Bertrand Russell
There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet ~ William Halsey Jr
The most important thing in life is to stop saying, ‘I wish’ and start saying, ‘I will’ ~ Charles Dickens
Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway ~ Earl Nightingale
Just imagine how different the world could be if we all spoke to everyone with respect and kindness ~ Holly Branson
Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely ~ Roy T. Bennett
Small acts, when multiplied by millions, can transform the world ~ Howard Zinn
If I cannot do great things then I can do small things in a great way ~ Martin Luther King Jr
No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world ~ Robin Williams
The key question to keep asking is, are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have ~ Randy Pausch
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon — instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today ~ Dale Carnegie
Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain ~ Vivian Greene
Let go of the things you cannot control. Focus on the things you can change ~ Amy Morin
You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you ~ James Allen
There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him ~ Booker T. Washington
Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self ~ Ernest Hemingway
Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful of your life ~ Mark Twain
The soul that gives thanks can find comfort in everything; the soul that complains can find comfort in nothing ~ Hannah Whitall Smith
People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things ~ Edmund Hilary
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