Food for Thought
Hallo, guys.
A fresh delivery of quotes right to your doorsteps! (Or monitors, in this case.) They are, of course, accompanied by some of my photographs. I hope you enjoy the quotes and the pictures alike. The first five quotes especially inspired me and helped me realize some truths. Get motivated as well. See you next time!
Enjoy!
~ Vera
1. “You can, you should, and if you are brave enough to start, you will” ~ Stephen King
2. “Never regret. If it’s good, it’s wonderful. If it’s bad, it’s experience.” ~ Victoria Holt
3. “It always seems impossible until it is done.” ~ Nelson Mandela
4. “There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day.” ~ Alexander Woollcott
5. “One person's success doesn't take away from your own.” ~ Jeremy Piven
2. “Never regret. If it’s good, it’s wonderful. If it’s bad, it’s experience.” ~ Victoria Holt
3. “It always seems impossible until it is done.” ~ Nelson Mandela
4. “There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day.” ~ Alexander Woollcott
5. “One person's success doesn't take away from your own.” ~ Jeremy Piven
6. "The camera is an instrument that helps people see without a camera." ~ Dorothea Lange
7. “There is little success where there is little laughter.” ~ Andrew Carnegie
8. “Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire, which transcends everything.” ~ Napoleon Hill
9. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” ~ Mark Twain
10. “No man is a failure who is enjoying life.” ~ William Feather
7. “There is little success where there is little laughter.” ~ Andrew Carnegie
8. “Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire, which transcends everything.” ~ Napoleon Hill
9. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” ~ Mark Twain
10. “No man is a failure who is enjoying life.” ~ William Feather
11. “Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.” ~ Napoleon Hill
12. “Our ideas are our better selves.” ~ Amos Bronson Alcott
13. “Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about.”
~ Author Unknown
14. "Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it, you can never get it back." ~ Harvey MacKay
15. “Victory belongs to the most persevering.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
12. “Our ideas are our better selves.” ~ Amos Bronson Alcott
13. “Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about.”
~ Author Unknown
14. "Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it, you can never get it back." ~ Harvey MacKay
15. “Victory belongs to the most persevering.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
16. “Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” ~ Scott Adams
17. “I shall pass through this life but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness I can show, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it. For I shall never pass this way again.” ~ Etienne de Grellet
18. “If you work really hard, and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.” ~ Conan O’Brien
19. “Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends a little better.” ~ Ed Howe
20. “The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.” ~ Mark Twain
17. “I shall pass through this life but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness I can show, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it. For I shall never pass this way again.” ~ Etienne de Grellet
18. “If you work really hard, and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.” ~ Conan O’Brien
19. “Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends a little better.” ~ Ed Howe
20. “The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.” ~ Mark Twain
21. “Simplicity is the key to brilliance.” ~ Bruce Lee
22. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
~ Aristotle
23. “A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it, is committing another mistake.” ~ Confucius
24. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” ~ Mark Twain
25. “Fortune favours the brave.” ~ Publius Terence
22. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
~ Aristotle
23. “A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it, is committing another mistake.” ~ Confucius
24. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” ~ Mark Twain
25. “Fortune favours the brave.” ~ Publius Terence
26. “Your life is in your hands, to make of it what you choose.” ~ John Kehoe
27. “At least three times every day take a moment and ask yourself what is really important. Have the wisdom and the courage to build your life around your answer.”
~ Lee Jampolsky
28. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
29. “Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.” ~ Jim Rohn
30. “One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints.” ~ Proverb
27. “At least three times every day take a moment and ask yourself what is really important. Have the wisdom and the courage to build your life around your answer.”
~ Lee Jampolsky
28. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
29. “Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.” ~ Jim Rohn
30. “One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints.” ~ Proverb
31. "It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit."
~ Harry S. Truman
32. “Men are born to succeed, not fail.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
33. "Change will never happen when people lack the ability and courage to see themselves for who they are." ~ Bryant McGill
34. “Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive - the risk to be alive and express what we really are.” ~ Don Miguel Ruiz
35. “The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” ~ Michelangelo
~ Harry S. Truman
32. “Men are born to succeed, not fail.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
33. "Change will never happen when people lack the ability and courage to see themselves for who they are." ~ Bryant McGill
34. “Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive - the risk to be alive and express what we really are.” ~ Don Miguel Ruiz
35. “The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” ~ Michelangelo
36. “I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.” ~ Anthony Robbins
37. “People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.” ~ Norman Vincent Peale
38. “If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities.”
~ Dale Carnegie
39. “The world has the habit of making room for the man whose words and actions show that he knows where he is going.” ~ Napoleon Hill
40. “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
37. “People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.” ~ Norman Vincent Peale
38. “If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities.”
~ Dale Carnegie
39. “The world has the habit of making room for the man whose words and actions show that he knows where he is going.” ~ Napoleon Hill
40. “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
41. “Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.” ~ Wayne Dyer
42. “Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think.” ~ Dale Carnegie
43. "Some of the greater things in life are unseen; that's why you close your eyes when you kiss, cry, or dream." ~ Author unknown
44. “I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
45. What you are is God's gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God.
~ Jewish Proverb
42. “Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think.” ~ Dale Carnegie
43. "Some of the greater things in life are unseen; that's why you close your eyes when you kiss, cry, or dream." ~ Author unknown
44. “I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
45. What you are is God's gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God.
~ Jewish Proverb
46. “It isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the grain of sand in your shoe.”
~ Author Unknown
47. “Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world - making the most of one's best.” ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick
48. “All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.” ~ Brian Tracy
49. “All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth.” ~ Napoleon Hill
50. “There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life.” ~ Federico Fellini
~ Author Unknown
47. “Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world - making the most of one's best.” ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick
48. “All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.” ~ Brian Tracy
49. “All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth.” ~ Napoleon Hill
50. “There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life.” ~ Federico Fellini