Inspirational quotes (Part 9)

“Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”- Will Rogers

“Lying means you are not happy with yourself, means you are ashamed of something or living in regret.”-  Eileen Gonzalez,

“A career is dreams of your youth realized at a more mature age.”

“A mad man and his blue box make me feel more loved and accepted than my family ever has.  Thank you Doctor Who.” –Post Secret

“Joss Whedon is an atheist but his TV shows and characters reaffirm my faith in God.” –Post Secret

“The most important factor in determining whether you will succeed is not your gender, it is you. Nothing will drive you to that end more than your own resolve. Be open to opportunity and take risks. In fact, take the worst, the messiest, the most challenging assignment you can find and then take control.” –Angela Braly (CEO of WellPoint)

“Leadership is about making others believe,” –Gary Burnison

“As an athlete you push your body and your mind far beyond where you think it could go, and as an entrepreneur it’s the same thing,” –Marc Barros

“If someone is self-aware, then they can always continue to grow. If they’re not self-aware, I think it’s harder for them to evolve or adapt beyond who they already are." –Tony Hsieh 

Nicole Galloway Miller • I agree I love learning and trying new things. I think it is important for creative people to experience a wide variety of things. I celebrate my curiosity, since it encourages me to expand those horizons. Then when I sit down and write, I feel like I have so much more to say.

"Skip college and Google your education." “When these incredible tools of knowledge and learning are available to the whole world, formal education becomes less and less important,” he said. “We should expect to see the emergence of a new kind of entrepreneur who has acquired most of their knowledge through self- exploration.”- Sean Parker

“You certainly can’t guarantee [success] just by following someone else’s formula,” he says. “You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing…”- Richard Branson

And finally, Believe. There’s so much more to the world than any of us will ever know. -Chelsea Lemire

"That you cannot start at the top and you should forget any idea of what you think you 'should' have achieved by a certain age. It is important to recognise that all your previous career experiences will help to strengthen and diversify your skills, and you will eventually end up where you will be your best."- Sian-Estelle Petty

"The first step toward change is awareness; the second step is acceptance." -N. Brandon

“The perfect human being is uninteresting.” - Joseph Campbell

“What I most wanted even at that early age, was to capture and hold the truth, with the certainty and love that it brings.” –Neil Turok (about wanting a Bible, though he was a little kid who couldn’t read.)

“Happiness has little to do with what is going on around you, and a lot to do with what is going on inside you.” –Alan Cohen 

“Love starts with a gut feeling, but that gut feeling better be nourished.” –Vanessa Paradis 

“The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prison.” –Feodor Dostoyevsky

“After doing that (Wedding Crashers), I had 12 months where I was auditioning three times a day and I didn’t get a single job.  That was a real low point.  But with hindsight, those movies turned out to be awful, so I dodged a bullet.  If I’d got any of them, I wouldn’t be where I am today.” –Isla Fisher 

"Key to success is to always do what you say, admit when you're wrong, know your weaknesses and surround yourself with people that offset them." - Dan Brazinha

 

"....'anyone can write' mentality. And while this is true on a certain level, it leaves the field wide open for people with stories to tell but lacking the craft for the telling. A writer is first a craftsman—a wordsmith. Hone your craft if you want your work to soar. To that end, read great books and write, write, write. " -Karen S. Elliot

 

“Business cannot succeed in a world that is failing.” –Don Tapscott

 

“What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.”-Aristotle

 

“Like all of us, his real strengths may only emerge when tested.” –Matthew Stern

 

“As long as a scoundrel is illustrious he can count on the support of most men.”-Frederick II, King of Prussia (1712-86) 

 

“Many people trace the origins of Zen Buddhism to the ‘flower sermon,’ in which the Buddha presented a white lotus to gathered students, admired it and said nothing.  Only the disciple Mahakasyapa, who smiled at the purity of this action, understood the lesson: Creeds and laws are valuable, but direct experience, quiet contemplation and an appreciation for mystery and the unspoken also offer keys to enlightment.” –Mark Braude  

 

“Avarice is the only passion that never ages.” –Saying

“Faith goes up the stairs that love has built and looks out the window which hope has opened.” –C. Spurgeon

“A stumble may prevent a fall.” –Thomas Fuller (British physician and religious leader. 1654-1734)

“It is not enough to do good; one must do it in a good way.” –Marquiz de Conorcet, (French philosopher.  1734-94) 

“Until the lion tells his story, the story of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.” –African proverb

“I personally am inclined to approach (housework) the way governments treat dissent: Ignore it until it revolts.”-Barbara Kingsolver, American novelist

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be."-Kurt Vonnegut

"It's better to light a candle than curse the darkness."-Chinese proverb

“One of the most adventurous things left is to go to bed, for no one can lay a hand on our dreams.” –E.V. Lucas, English writer (1853-1938)

“There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.”  -J. Bilings

“(The trip) changed his perspective and his own responsibility for learning, and made him want to achieve that. –Lisa Anderson about her son (Edmonton Journal article)

“The worst bankrupt in the world is the person who has lost his enthusiasm.” –H.W. Arnold

“Albeit life-affirming in the way they show a toughened, self-reliant young woman overcome seemingly impossible odds, emotional and physical, to become a fully formed person and find her way in the world.” –Alex Strachan about The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

“It’s a new stage and a new moment in my life.  I’m moving forward.  It feels quite inspiring, fun, and positive.  As I get older, I find a greater sense of self-confidence.  I’ve learned that it’s fine to not try to be anything else but myself.” –Jessica Biel

“I liked that this was about real life and how messy, complicated, embarrassing and joyful it can be if you look for the crazy, wonderful surprises.” –Jessica Biel about her movie Playing for Keeps

“Jazz washes away the dust of everyday life.”- Art Blakey

“Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“Let the beauty we love be what we do.  There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.”-Rumi

“Every good painter paints what he is.” –Jason Pollock

“Be in love with your life.  Every detail of it.  Live, travel, adventure, bless and don’t be sorry.” –Jason Kerouac

“Think positive and use your energy to do good things for others.” –Elpie Marinakis Jackson

“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” –Marcus Aurelius

“I don’t think I can leave the documentary realm.  Docs keep us on our toes.  It’s more than improvisation.  It’s all about capturing and interpreting reality which is how I define filmmaking.”- Yung Chang

“I don’t believe in being guilty about my pleasures.  Life’s too short.” –Marcella Munro

“In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man.  If you want anything done, ask a woman.” –Margaret Thatcher

“Getting mad at how expensive life is will not make life less expensive. Getting mad at not having lot's of money will not make you less broke.

Things can only get better when you let go of resentments and release yourself from your negative attitudes. LIfe is too short to hold on to the negative.

“ Happiness starts when we change from within.” –Eileen Gonzalez

“Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.” ― Malachy McCourt

“Get out there, do good, but be great.” –Christy Clark

“Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will, to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.” –Tennyson

“We are what we repeatedly do.  Excellence therefore is not an act, but a habit.” –Aristotle

“The prodigy who fades is an old story.  But the prodigy who sets a high mark when young and then hits that mark, or exceeds it, over and over again, for a full lifespan, is truly remarkable, and worth celebrating.” –John Baird talking about Alice Munro

“Old enough to know better, but young enough to do it again.”

“Kindness yields the highest rate of return and laughter is the shortest distance between friends.  Always reach higher.” –Effie Genovese

“Start as you mean to go on.”

“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” –Thomas Merton

“All wrong doing is done in the sincere belief that is the best thing to do.”- 444.A. Bennett

“If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.”-Robert Capa

“Be so good, they can’t ignore you.”-Steve Martin

“It’s all personal work.  When you live in a place, you feel kind of like an activist or campaigner because you’re trying to get the stories out to the rest of the world you think are important, so you really do immerse yourself in the stories.  You put your heart and soul into it.  There’s nothing really that I keep for myself.  I put it all out there.” –Finbaar O’Reilly, photojournalist

“Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.”-Theodore Isaac Rubin

“Do what you love and the money will follow.”-Marsha Sinetar

“What would you do if you knew that you could not fail? … Your dreams really will come true- if you have the courage to reach for them.” –Sally Brompton, horoscopes

“Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”- Dr. Seuss

“There is no substitution for experience.” –proverb

“Every conversation counts.”