Destroy the idea that you have to be constantly working or grinding in order to be successful. Embrace the concept that rest, recovery, and reflection are essential parts of the progress towards a successful and ultimately happy life.
Author: Unknown | Subjects: Life & Society, Personal Improvement
In matters of style, swim with the current. In matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Author: Unknown | Subjects: Concepts, Ethics | Integrity | Morality, Life & Society, Personal Improvement
There are people in the world less qualified than you doing the things that you’ve always wanted to do simply because they found a way to ignore the voices in their own heads that told them they couldn’t or just weren’t good enough.
Author: Unknown | Subject: Personal Improvement
Most people don’t do great things because they don’t usually feel great when you’re doing them.
Author: Unknown | Subject: Personal Improvement
A negative thinker sees a difficulty in every opportunity. A positive thinker sees and opportunity in every difficulty.
Author: Unknown | Subjects: Personal Improvement, Psychology | Behavior
There are really only two questions in life: Who are you? and What do you want?
Author: Unknown | Subjects: Concepts, Life & Society, Meaning, Personal Improvement
Innovation springs from many sources…
Necessity: the mother of invention.
Experience: the wisdom to recognize what must be changed.
Inexperience: the fearlessness to follow instincts.
Intelligence: the wits to make things happen.
Drive: the need to do it first and to do it best.
Persistence: the strength to see it through.
Author: Unknown | Subjects: Concepts, Creativity and Innovation, Personal Improvement
Men come to college with a good deal of self-confidence, but to measure ourselves with others shows very soon our mediocrity. We come, by training, to know that we know nothing.
Author: Unknown | Subject: Education | Scholarship
Life is Short, Live it.
Love is Rare, Grab it.
Anger is Bad, Dump it.
Fear is Awful, Face it.
Memories are Sweet, Cherish them.
Author: Unknown | Subject: Personal Improvement
When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.
Author: Unknown | Subjects: Life & Society, Politics & Public Policy
Family isn’t always blood. It’s the people in your life who want you in theirs; the ones who accept you for who you are. The ones who would do anything to see you smile and who love you no matter what.
Author: Unknown | Subjects: Family & Friends, Life & Society
Judging a person does not define who they are. It defines who you are.
Author: Unknown | Subjects: Life & Society, Personal Improvement
It is not happy people who are thankful. It is thankful people who are happy.
Author: Unknown | Subjects: Gratitude, Happiness, Personal Improvement, Psychology | Behavior
When someone tells you they’re bored, it’s usually because they are boring.
Author: Unknown | Subjects: Insight, Psychology | Behavior
Most of the problems in life have two causes: we act without thinking or we think without acting.
Author: Unknown | Subjects: Insight, Life & Society
Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits. Watch your habits, for they become character. Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.
Author: Unknown | Subject: Personal Improvement
Fill your life with experiences, not things. Have stories to tell, not stuff to show.
Author: Unknown | Subjects: Consumerism, Life & Society, Material Possessions, Personal Improvement
An old Cherokee told his grandson:
“My son, there’s a battle between two wolves inside us all. One is Evil. It’s anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, inferiority, lies and ego. The other is Good. It’s joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness & truth.”
The boy thought about it, and asked: “Grandfather, which wolf wins?”
The old man quietly replied: “The one you feed.”
Author: Unknown | Subjects: Personal Improvement, Psychology | Behavior
Money changes circumstances but relationships change lives.
Author: Unknown | Subjects: Life & Society, Relationships
Tarde o temprano aprenderemos que los amores más grandes pueden terminar en una sola noche. Que los mejores amigos pueden transformarse en grandes desconocidos y que éstos pueden convertirse en grandes amigos.
Tarde o temprano, aprenderemos que nunca terminamos de conocer a alguien, ni siquiera a nosotros mismos. Que el ”nunca más” nunca se cumple, y que el ”para siempre” siempre se termina.
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Author: Unknown | Subjects: Education | Scholarship, Insight, Personal Improvement, Wisdom