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Category Archives: attitude
If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.
If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine. – Morris West What does that mean? To me, this quote is saying that if you spend your whole life hunkered in the bunker, you’re … Continue reading
Posted in attitude, fear, optimism, preparation, time, work
Tagged @_inspirational_, life, Morris West, storm, sunshine
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Understanding the advantages and drawbacks of particular emotions and applying our intelligence, we can transform our minds.
Understanding the advantages and drawbacks of particular emotions and applying our intelligence, we can transform our minds. – Dalai Lama What does that mean? This is about the balance of each emotion. No one emotion is perfect, nor are there any emotions … Continue reading
Posted in attitude, emotion, love, perspective, self knowledge, understanding
Tagged @DalaiLama, advantages, Dalai Lama, drawbacks, understanding
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There ain’t nothing from the outside that can lick any of us.
There ain’t nothing from the outside that can lick any of us. – Margaret Mitchell What does that mean? The line, from her novel ‘Gone with the Wind,’ is spoken as part of the eulogy for Scarlett’s father, Gerald O’Hara. … Continue reading
Posted in attitude, discipline, imagination, optimism, plan, time
Tagged @dkrennie, lick, Margaret Mitchell, nothing, outside
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Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.
Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. – Oscar Wilde What does that mean? A garden with all the flowers dead. That sounds bleak. Then add a lack of … Continue reading
Posted in attitude, focus, hope, improve, love, motivation
Tagged @myvintagevogue, heart, life, love, Oscar Wilde
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Most people fail in life because they major in minor things.
Most people fail in life because they major in minor things. – Tony Robbins and here What does that mean? This is so true. I know so many people that fit in this category in at least one portion of their life. Sometimes, although … Continue reading
Posted in attitude, decision, focus, perspective, value, vision
Tagged @tonyrobbins, life, major, minor, Tony Robbins
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He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must fall with the greatest loss.
He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must fall with the greatest loss. – Niccolò Machiavelli What does that mean? This is an interesting quote, if only for the number of requirements needed to … Continue reading
Posted in attitude, failure, goals, judgement, motivation, reflection
Tagged @MarkBorkowski, ambition, blinded, Niccolò Machiavelli, position
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Once you have a genuine sense of concern for others, there’s no room for cheating, bullying or exploitation.
Once you have a genuine sense of concern for others, there’s no room for cheating, bullying or exploitation. – Dalai Lama What does that mean? In the last two weeks, we discussed how concern for others helped quell anger inside ourselves, and … Continue reading
Posted in attitude, compassion, honest, ideals, kindness, virtue
Tagged @DalaiLama, concern, Dalai Lama, genuine, others
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A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself.
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. – Alexandre Dumas (and also Ambrose Bierce) What does that mean? As is often the case with … Continue reading
Posted in attitude, courage, improve, obstacles, personal growth, self-esteem
Tagged @tonyrobbins, Alexandre Dumas, doubts, enlist, person
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Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men.
Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men. – Jane Addams What does that mean? This is a neat quote. It talks about the definition of civilization being tied to how we live. It says … Continue reading
Posted in attitude, character, inspire, kindness, personal growth, sympathy
Tagged @TheToddReport, Civilization, equal, Jane Addams, living
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Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow. – Plato What does that mean? There are plenty of stories told of people, now known to be great, who had some difficulty in their youth. Many of these … Continue reading
Posted in attitude, confidence, focus, intelligence, motivation, persistence
Tagged @GreatestQuotes, discourage, never, Plato, progress
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The more rules you have about how people have to be, how life has to be for you to be happy, the less happy you’re going to be!
The more rules you have about how people have to be, how life has to be for you to be happy, the less happy you’re going to be! – Tony Robbins and here What does that mean? Think about this for a moment. Compare … Continue reading
Posted in attitude, discovery, habits, happiness, question, self knowledge
Tagged @tonyrobbins, life, people, rules, Tony Robbins
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Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet. – Aimee Mullins What does that mean? Adversity is defined at TheFreeDictionary as “A state of hardship or affliction; misfortune.” In the case of the author of today’s quote, it … Continue reading
Posted in adaptation, attitude, obstacles, persistence, setting an example, victory
Tagged @goOFFSITE, adapted, adversity, Aimee Mullins, change
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The quality of everything we do: our physical actions, our verbal actions, and even our mental actions, depends on our motivation.
The quality of everything we do: our physical actions, our verbal actions, and even our mental actions, depends on our motivation. – Dalai Lama What does that mean? This quote is very close to a principal I have found very useful. This … Continue reading
Posted in action, attitude, contemplation, focus, motivation, value
Tagged @DalaiLama, Dalai Lama, physical, quality, verbal
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One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes.
One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes. – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry What does that mean? This is an interesting part of the book “The Little Prince,” where the Prince was crying about his rose, … Continue reading
Posted in attitude, compassion, empathy, observation, personal growth, vision
Tagged @TheRealNimoy, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, essential, heart, see
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To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. – Oscar Wilde What does that mean? To live, so many of us believe we do it, yet if we examine what we are doing, it … Continue reading
Posted in attitude, chocolate, concentration, happiness, improve, motivation
Tagged @_inspirational_, exist, live, Oscar Wilde, world
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