I have to send out a quote each day to my entire company this week. I'm trying to do inspirational stuff, but I'm bored with everything I'm finding today.
What's your favorite inspirational, preferably non-cliche quote?
Post by MixedBerryJam on Jul 29, 2015 9:05:18 GMT -5
May be considered corny by some, but one of my favorites, from Helen Keller: I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.
I'm drawing a blank on the essay it's from and google isn't helping, but now I want to read it again.
I am on a daily quote email and here are some that I saved in a folder.
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." ― Viktor E. Frankl
“How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.” — George Washington Carver
“The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.” ― James Oppenheim
“Self –compassion is simply giving the same kindness to ourselves that we would give to others.” ― Christopher Germer
“What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people and loving things.” ― Zelda Fitzgerald
“Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.” ― Malcolm S. Forbes
“What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.” — Anthony Robbins
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.
“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
“Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.” — Andy Rooney
Post by snipsnsnails on Jul 29, 2015 9:14:54 GMT -5
"A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor." "Sometimes your only available transportation is a leap of faith." "We do not see things as they are, we see things as we are." "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self." "You can't save people, you can only love them." "We are cups constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out." "You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people if you don't serve the people."
Post by Monica Geller on Jul 29, 2015 9:27:56 GMT -5
I do a "thought for the day" every day for my classes. I use Pinterest and have board where I collect them so I don't have to search each day. Of course I gear mine toward middle schoolers but there's a lot of stuff out there.
ETA: just a thought to get you started! It was really overwhelming at first but I've been doing it for about 5 years now and it's not a big deal.
"And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it." - Roald Dahl
I've always been a fan of this T.S Eliot quote, (which is obvious if you can see my sig. LOL) "Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."
I also like this one by George Elliot. (Apparently I am a fan of the Elliots.) "It's never too late to be who you might have been."
"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny