A few weeks ago I read an article in a prominent online business magazine touting 13 quotes for the New Year. A great concept but it missed the mark for me.
For one, all of the quotes were “well worn” and it seemed like I’d heard them a thousand times. Not that they aren’t relevant, but nothing new.
Secondly, I realized they were all quotes by men (not that there’s anything wrong with that) many of whom were long gone.
So I thought I’d do my own take on favorite quotes as we continue our journey in 2013. Maybe you will find a thought in here that helps you make a Positive Shift!
Courage
You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
-Eleanor Roosevelt
Motivation
I don’t wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.
-Pearl S. Buck
Self-Awareness
It is as hard to see one’s self as to look backward without turning around.
-Henry David Thoreau
Struggle before success
People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved.
-Anne Sullivan
Getting along
I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.
-Abraham Lincoln
Overcoming
However confused the scene of our life appears, however torn we may be who now do face that scene, it can be faced, and we can go on to be whole.
-Muriel Rukeyser
Overcoming Self-Judgment
The highest form of human intelligence is to observe yourself without judgment.
-Jiddu Krishnamurti
Difficult People
Difficult People are your key to self-empowerment. You need to learn how to cope with them, not let them dominate and affect you.
-Janice Davies
Organizations
The things we fear most in organizations — fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances — are the primary sources of creativity.
-Margaret Wheatley
The opinion of others
You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.
–Eleanor Roosevelt
Self-compassion
The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others.
-Sonya Friedman
It’s not always about you.
Nothing others do is because of you. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.
-don Miguel Ruiz
Stay open to opportunity.
The door into life generally opens behind us, and a hand is put forth which draws us in backwards.
-George MacDonald
Excellence
Anyone who has achieved excellence in any form knows that it comes as a result of ceaseless concentration.
-Louise Brooks