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“There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.”
Being fast and doing the most in the least time is something we’ve come to praise and idolize as a society. Games, sports, and competitions of mental aptitude are often won by whoever is fastest. There is no reward for the slowest person to win a race, the last person…
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“The same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It’s what you’re made of. Not the circumstances.”
“Procrastination makes easy things hard and hard things harder.”
“If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you off… no matter what they say.”
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“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.”
Finding happiness doesn’t always come automatically. Some days are harder than others. Sometimes without any known reason. As this quote by Dalai Lama XIV reminds us, happiness is not “ready-made.” But even though it’s not ready-made, this quote also reminds us we do have some level of autonomy over it.…
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“Half the trouble in the world comes from people asking ‘What have I achieved?’ rather than ‘What have I enjoyed?’”
This quote is from Walter Farley, the writer of The Black Stallion books. Farley went on to say that it wasn’t so much the popularity of his books among young readers that brought him joy. Instead, it was that he enjoyed writing them. Often we focus on the outcome, or…
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“The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself—the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us—that’s where it’s at.”
“Happy people build their inner world; unhappy people blame their outer world.”
“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
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“Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart.”
Sometimes we’re blinded by the things that capture our eye, and we forget to ask ourselves whether they actually capture our heart. Moreover, we confuse the two. But they’re very different. There’s a different feeling you get with the things that capture the heart. It’s the connection you feel with…
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“When we try to juggle everything, we can’t enjoy anything.”
Every minimalism sales pitch has a common theme: Less means more. With less stuff, we can enjoy more space and time for what really matters. But minimalism almost always refers to cutting back on physical items that we can see and touch. However, the minimalist concept of less means more…
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“The heart that gives thanks is a happy one, for we cannot feel thankful and unhappy at the same time.”
This quote is from the children’s book, The Secret of Saying Thanks, by Douglas Wood. In reading this book and quote, we are reminded that it’s impossible to be thankful and unhappy at the same time. That’s because gratitude has a way of bending our attitude toward happiness. And this…
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“The future is always beginning now.”
“It’s only in our darkest hours that we may discover the true strength of the brilliant light within ourselves that can never, ever, be dimmed.”
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
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“When you finally learn your self–worth, you stop giving others discounts.”
This quote, by Karen Salmansohn, reminds us to know our self-worth. With that knowledge, we’re less likely to give others discounts, i.e. be taken advantage of or be taken for granted. Knowing your self-worth means knowing your value goes beyond any accomplishment. That it’s not what you do. Being worthy is…
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“Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.”
“Whenever you find yourself doubting how far you can go, just remember how far you have come. Remember everything you have faced, all the battles you have won, and all the fears you have overcome.”
“Make a pledge to yourself right now, to declare that you are worth your time and energy.”
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“Make each day your masterpiece.”
This quote, by John Wooden, is about focusing on each day to make it the best we can. There’s nothing we can do about yesterday. That’s gone and done. And the best we can do for tomorrow before it arrives is based on what we do today. So instead of…
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The difference between treating a physical vs. an emotional wound is that one heals faster when it’s covered and the other doesn’t
“If you don’t have time for the small things, you won’t have time for the big things”
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.”
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“You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot – it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that, I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.”
In math, adding positive numbers results in an even bigger number. However, the moment we begin to introduce negative numbers, the sum total decreases. This is a basic mathematical concept. And this quote, by Maya Angelou, reminds us that a similar principle applies to life. Who we are is the…
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“Just when you feel you have no time to relax, know that this is the moment you most need to make time to relax.”
Sometimes, we have so much going on that it feels like we have no time at all to relax. This quote, from the book Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig, is about what we should do in those moments we don’t seem to have time to relax. It’s at…
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“So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.”
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
“Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.”
