Inspiring Positivity Quotes 

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Isidor Isaac Rabi 1898-1988
American physicist
My mother made me a scientist without ever intending to. Every other Jewish mother in Brooklyn would ask her child after school: “So, did you learn anything today?” But not my mother. “Izzy,” she would say, “Did you ask a good question today.”

Josh Radnor 1974
American actor, filmmaker & musician
It really shocks me when I encounter people who think kindness doesn’t matter. Because I think it’s pretty much the only thing that matters.

It’s not our job to play judge and jury, to determine who is worthy of our kindness and who is not. We just need to be kind, unconditionally and without ulterior motive, even - or rather, especially - when we’d prefer not to be.

Osho Rajneesh 1931-1990
Indian philosopher & guru
If you clean the floor with love, you have given the world an invisible painting.

See that the whole existence is celebrating. These trees are not serious, these birds are not serious. The rivers and the oceans are wild and everywhere there is fun, everywhere there is joy and delight. Watch existence, listen to the existence and become part of it.

Ravensbruck Camp
Lord, remember not only the men and women of goodwill, but also those of ill-will. But do not remember all the suffering they have inflicted on us. Remember the fruits we have bought, thanks to this suffering - our comradeship, our loyalty, our humility, our courage, our generosity, the greatness of heart which has grown out of all this - and when they come to the judgement, let all the fruits that we have borne be their forgiveness.

Amit Ray 1960
Indian spiritual teacher & author
Looking at the beauty in the world is the first step of purifying the mind.

Ronald Reagan 1911-2004
American actor & 40th president of United States
There is no such thing as limits to growth, because there are no limits to the human capacity for intelligence, imagination and wonder.

Christopher Reeve 1952-2004
American actor, activist, director & author
Once you choose hope.. Anything’s possible.

Sandra Reeves 1960
English artist
When it’s raining in your life, an umbrella of appreciation will ease all worry and strife.

Ernest Renan 1823-1892
French Orientalist & writer
Good humour is a philosophic state of mind; it seems to say to nature that we take her no more seriously than she takes us.

Mary Lou Retton 1968
American gymnast
Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It’s our goal in life to find it and keep it lit.

Grantland Rice 1880-1954
American sportswriter
When the One Great Scorer comes to write against your name, He marks not that you won or lost, but how you played the game.

Helen Steiner Rice 1900-1981
American Christian & inspirational poet
How nice it would be if we stopped to say, the things we feel in our hearts each day.

There is always the hope of tomorrow to brighten the clouds of today, there is always a corner for turning no matter how weary the way.

Cheryl Richardson 1964
American author
Be true to what matters most in your heart.

Cheryl Richardson 1964
American author
Breathe.. Everything is happening exactly as is should be.

Cheryl Richardson 1964
American author
Forgiveness releases you from a past that no longer defines you. Allow yourself to move on.

I bring a loving presence to everyone I meet and everything I do.

Learn to turn stumbling blocks into stepping stones that lead you to a better life.

Words are an invitation to life, a request to bring energy into form. Choose your words carefully.

You don’t need to get anywhere or be anything more than the beautiful Soul that you already are.

Sonia Ricotti 1965
Author
Surrender to what is. Let go of what was. Have faith in what will be.

Anthony Robbins 1960
American author & life coach
Begin to live as though your prayers are already answered.

Every problem is a gift.. Without problems we would not grow.

Anthony Robbins 1960
American author & life coach
Focus on where you want to go.

Anthony Robbins 1960
American author & life coach
Identify your problems, but give your power and energy to solutions.

If you can’t, you must. If you must, you can.

Live with passion.

Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life’s deepest joy.. True fulfilment.

To make profound changes in your life, you need either inspiration or desperation.

Ultimately, the only way to experience the richness of life is to live in an attitude of gratitude: to appreciate what you have and what you can give. The best way to ensure your happiness is to assist others in experiencing their own.

We can change our lives. We can do, have and be exactly what we wish.

We can’t always control the events of our lives, but we can control what we decide to think, believe, feel, and do about those events.

Anthony Robbins 1960
American author & life coach
When you are grateful fear disappears and abundance appears.

Auguste Rodin 1840-1917
French sculptor
Nothing is a waste of time, if you use the experience wisely.

Theodore Roethke 1908-1963
American poet & author
What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.

John Roger
Above all, practice being loyal to your Soul.

John Roger
Thanksgiving is every day because in this physical body you can spring into eternal paradise.

When you’re attuned to Spirit, there is nothing in the outer world that matters.

Fred Rogers 1928-2003
American television host, producer & Presbyterian minister
When I was a boy I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers, you will always find people who are helping.”

To this day, especially in times of disaster, I remember my mother’s words and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers, so many caring people in the world.

Jim Rohn 1930-2009
American motivational speaker & author
Learn how to be happy with what you have.. While you pursue all that you want.

Jim Rohn 1930-2009
American motivational speaker & author
If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn’t need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.

Eleanor Roosevelt 1884-1962
American First lady of United States
You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.

Franklin D. Roosevelt 1882-1945
American 32nd president of United States
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

Theodore Roosevelt 1858-1919
American 26th president of United States
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Theodore Roosevelt 1858-1919
American 26th president of United States
Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground.

Christina Rossetti 1830-1894
English poet
Better by far you should forget and smile, than that you should remember and be sad.

Leo Rosten 1908-1997
American writer & humorist
It is not that which is beautiful that pleases us, but that which pleases us is called beautiful.

J. K. Rowling 1965
British author & philanthropist
And so, rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

Don Miguel Ruiz 1952
Mexican author & spiritual guide
Be immune to others opinions.. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality.

Rumi 1207-1273
Afghan Sufi mystic & poet
A heart filled with love is like a phoenix that no cage can imprison.

Be grateful for whoever comes because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.

Go my friend.. Bestow your love, even on your enemies.
If you touch their hearts, what do you think will happen?

Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes, because for those who love with heart and Soul, there is no such thing as separation.

Rumi 1207-1273
Afghan Sufi mystic & poet
I belong to no religion. My religion is love. Every heart is my temple.

Rumi 1207-1273
Afghan Sufi mystic & poet
If the house of the world is dark, love will find a way to create windows.

Let go of your mind and then be mindful. Close your ears and listen.

Let the beauty we love, be what we do.

Listen with ears of tolerance.
See through eyes of compassion.
Speak with the language of love.

Rumi 1207-1273
Afghan Sufi mystic & poet
Love is the bridge between you and everything.

Respond to every call that excites your Spirit.

Rumi 1207-1273
Afghan Sufi mystic & poet
Trade your cleverness for bewilderment.

Whatever happens.. Just keep smiling and lose yourself in love.

Wherever you stand.. Be the Soul of that place.

Rumi 1207-1273
Afghan Sufi mystic & poet
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world.
Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

Margaret Lee Runbeck 1905-1956
Author
Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of travelling.

John Ruskin 1819-1900
English writer, philosopher & polymath
The distinctive character of a child is to always live in the tangible present.

When love and skill work together.. Expect a masterpiece.

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery 1900-1944
French writer, poet & journalist
I know but one freedom and that is freedom of the mind.

People where they live, grow five thousand roses in one garden.. Yet they don’t find what they’re looking for.. And yet, what they’re looking for could be found in a single rose.

The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.

Bohdi Sanders
Philosopher of martial arts & author
Don’t doubt your value. Don’t run from who you truly are.

George Santayana 1863-1952
Spanish-American philosopher, novelist & poet
The Earth has music for those who listen.

G. Saunders
A grandmother always has time for you, even if the rest of the world is busy.

Patricia Saxton
There is great peace in the realization that much of what people say is a projection of their own concerns, their own perspectives, their own beliefs, it’s rarely a reflection of you. So, when you hear negative or dismissive commentary, recognize that, then smile and toss it to the wind and waves.

Rita Schiano 1955
American personal coach, speaker & author
Talking about our problems is our greatest addiction. Break the habit, talk about your joys.

Brendan Schmidt
Writer, men’s group facilitator & podcaster
Hard times have shown me more than ever before, how infinitely beautiful and rich life is, in every imaginable way.

Charles Schultz 1922-2000
American cartoonist
If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself.

Albert Schweitzer 1875-1965
French theologian, philosopher & humanitarian
Eventually all things fall into place, until then.. Laugh at the confusion, live for the moments and know everything happens for a reason.

Albert Schweitzer 1875-1965
French theologian, philosopher & humanitarian
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

Seneca 4BC-65AD
Roman philosopher & statesman
It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.

We are more often frightened than hurt; our troubles spring more often from fancy than reality.

Dr Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) 1904-1991
American children’s author & cartoonist
Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.

Dr Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) 1904-1991
American children’s author & cartoonist
Think left and think right, and think low and think high, oh, the things you can think up, if only you try.

Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.

Dr Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) 1904-1991
American children’s author & cartoonist
Why fit in when you were born to stand out.

William Shakespeare 1564-1616
English playwright, poet & actor
This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow. as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.

Robin Sharma 1964
Canadian author & humanitarian
The strength and clarity of your vision will lift you out of the depth of any hardship.

George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
Irish playwright & critic
If you can’t get rid of the family skeleton.. You may as well make it dance.

In this world there is always danger.. For those who are afraid of it.

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.

Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792-1822
English writer & poet
If winter comes, can Spring be far behind?

Betty Shine 1929-2002
English spiritualist, author & healer

Having opened
The door of hope
I know my spirit
Will soar and
Untold wonders will
Be revealed

I am convinced that recognizing the importance of mind energy could change people’s attitudes to negativity and positivity the world over. I have seen so clearly the effects of thought on people’s physical energy and health: how positive thinking stimulates it, causing the energy to expand outwards, while negativity draws that same energy downwards, eventually causing congestion throughout the body.

In a healthy positive person the energy pulsating around the head is quite amazing. It surrounds the head as far as just below the ear, and is separate from the aura around the body. It can extend outwards ad infinitum, unlimited by space. The ability to see this has brought new meaning to the concepts of ‘open’ and ‘closed’ mindedness. In an open-minded person the expansion of the energy can be tremendous, whereas closed-minded people literally draw their minds in so that not only are they unreceptive to new ideas but they have also cut themselves off from the ability to attune to other people and even to nature.

Many conditions which have baffled medical science are caused by negative energy pressing on a vital spot which undermines the efficient working of a major organ.

Positive thought expands the halo of mind energy.

Betty Shine 1929-2002
English spiritualist, author & healer
The replacement of negative thought with positive thought brings about a spiritual and physical change that can heal.

Philip Sidney 1554-1586
English poet, courtier & soldier
Either I find a way.. Or I will make one.

Bernie Siegel 1932
American pediatric surgeon & author
Be grateful simply for being alive. When you are grateful for life, pure and simple, your life becomes one you can be grateful for. That may strike you as circular or even backward logic, but your attitude really does have an effect on how things work out.

When you can’t change your life any other way, you can still change your attitude. When you do, your life changes. you find more chances to love, and you will be surprised to see how much more love is returned to you.

Michael Singer 1947
American author, speaker & journalist
Everything will be okay as soon as you are okay with everything. And that’s the only time everything will be okay.

Sitting Bull 1831-1890
Native American chief of Dakota Sioux tribe
In my early days I was eager to learn and to do things, and therefore I learned quickly.

Swami Sivananda 1887-1963
Indian Hindu spiritual teacher
The world is your best teacher. There is a lesson in everything. There is a lesson in each experience. Learn it and become wise. Every failure is a stepping stone to success. Every difficulty or disappointment is a trial of your faith. Every unpleasant incident or temptation is a test of your inner strength.

Beau Casper Smart 1987
American dancer, actor & choreographer
Ages are mere reminders of the hours logged on this Earth and the precious time remaining.

Betty Smith 1896-1972
American playwright & novelist
Look on everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on Earth will be filled with glory.

Sydney Smith 1771-1845
English Anglican cleric & writer
When you rise in the morning make a resolution to make the day a happy one for a fellow creature.

Will Smith 1968
American actor, singer & film producer
Being realistic is the most common path to mediocrity.

Will Smith 1968
American actor, singer & film producer
Greatness exists in all of us.

Will Smith 1968
American actor, singer & film producer
I wake up every morning believing today is going to be better than yesterday.

If you’re not making someone else’s life better, then you are wasting time. Your life will become better by making other people’s lives better.

The first step is you have to say that you can.

There’s no reason to have a plan B, because it distracts from plan A.

Socrates 470BC-399BC
Greek philosopher
He is richest who is content with the least, for contentment is the wealth of nature.

Sophocles 496BC- 406BC
Ancient Greek tragedian
There are many wonderful things, and nothing is more wonderful than man.

Horatio Spafford 1828-1888
American Presbyterian church elder & hymn writer

When peace, like a river, attendeth my way
When sorrows like sea billows roll
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say
It is well, it is well with my soul.

Nicholas Sparks 1965
American novelist & screenwriter
My wife, my family, my friends.. They’ve all taught me things about love and what that emotion really means. In a nutshell, loving someone is about giving, not receiving.

Steven Speilberg 1946
American filmmaker & director
Even though I get older, what I do never gets old, and that’s what I think keeps me hungry.

Rupert Spira 1960
English philosopher & author
Many of our ideas and beliefs about ourselves and the world are so deeply ingrained that we are unaware that they are beliefs and take them, without question, for the absolute truth.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1834-1892
English Baptist preacher
Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, only today of its strength.

He who climbs above the cares of this world, and turns his face to his God, has found the sunny side of life.

Gertrude Stein 1874-1946
American novelist, poet, playwright & art collector
We are always the same age inside.

James Stephens 1882-1950
Irish novelist & poet
Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.

Ray Stevens 1939
American singer-songwriter & comedian

Everything is beautiful in its own way.
Like the starry summer night, or a snow-covered winters day.
And everybody’s beautiful in their own way.
Under God’s heaven, the world’s gonna find the way.

There is none so blind as he who will not see.
We must not close our minds, we must let our thoughts be free.
For every hour that passes by, we know the world gets a little bit older,
It’s time to realize that beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.

Robert Louis Stevenson 1850-1894
Scottish novelist & essayist
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.

Robert Louis Stevenson 1850-1894
Scottish novelist & essayist
To love playthings as well as a child, to lead an adventurous and honourable youth, and to settle, when the time arrives, into a green and smiling age, is to be a good artist in life and deserve well of yourself and your neighbour.

W. Clement Stone 1902-2002
American businessman, author & philanthropist
All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual. Your personal achievement starts in your mind. The first step is to know exactly what your problem, goal or desire is.

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.

Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman, not the attitude of the prospect.

Tom Stoppard 1937
Czech-British playwright & screenwriter
Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

Meryl Streep 1949
American actress
Put blinders on to those things that conspire to hold you back, especially the ones in your own head.

Mark Sullivan
To find a career to which you are adapted by nature, and then to work hard at it, is about as near to a formula for success and happiness as the world provides. One of the fortunate aspects of this formula is that, granted the right career has been found, the hard work takes care of itself. Then hard work is not hard at all.

Annamalai Swami 1906-1995
Disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi
If you see good in people, you radiate a harmonious loving energy which uplifts those around you. If you can maintain this habit, this energy will turn into a steady flow of love.

Just remain like the sky and let thought-clouds come and go.

Emmanuel Swedenborg 1688-1772
Swedish scientist, writer & theologian
Love means setting aside walls, fences, and unlocking doors and saying ‘Yes.’ One can be in paradise by simply saying ‘Yes’ to this moment.

Taylor Swift 1989
American singer-songwriter
Be yourself, chase your dreams and just never say never. That’s the best advice I could give to someone.

If somebody hurts you, it’s okay to cry a river, but remember to build a bridge and get over it.

I’ve always been a hugger. If we all hugged more, the world would be a better place.

No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.

The trials and tribulation in your life make you stronger.

There are two ways you can go with pain.. You can let it destroy you, or you can use it as fuel to drive you.

We don’t need to share the same opinions, but we need to be respectful.

You can’t have a better tomorrow if you keep thinking about yesterday.

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Rabindranath Tagore 1861-1941
Indian poet, writer, composer & philosopher
Clouds come into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add colour to my sunset sky.

Talmud
Jewish scriptures book
It matters not whether you do much or little, so long as your heart is directed to Heaven.

Anna Taylor
Adjust your attitude. Allow your artistry. Accept your body. Awaken your Spirit.

All pain is the same. There may be a distance between slight discomfort and agony, yet there is no way to truly measure our individual feelings because we cannot walk in each other’s shoes. So instead we must decide to let go of comparison and have compassion. We must remember that while our experience of pain and what we choose to do with it may differ, our pain is pain. And as we allow ourselves and others to be present with whatever form it takes, without the need to fix or judge, we are always present to more love.

Do not shrink your beautiful Light to make someone else feel comfortable. Be who you are without hesitation and you will inspire others to shine too.

Everything I hope to be.. I already am. Everything I hope to do.. I already can. Everything I hope to have.. I already do. Everything you see in me.. Is a reflection of you.

Anna Taylor
I now give myself permission to be true to myself. I am a powerful, creative Soul and it is safe for me to shine my Light brightly in the world.

Some people do not recognize gold, however it is packaged. Be gold anyway. Be you anyway.

Anna Taylor
The moment your desire is greater than your fear, is the moment when what you want can begin to fly into your life, as if it has grown wings.

Micheal Teal
Poet, psychic & writer
Life is a tapestry we weave each day and I seek to live by imagination while exploring new possibilities.

John Templeton 1912-2008
American-British investor, banker & philanthropist
An attitude of gratitude creates Blessings.

Terence 195BC-159BC
Tunisian playwright
Where there is life.. There is hope.

Mother Teresa 1910-1997
Albanian-Indian Catholic nun
Be happy in the moment.. That’s enough.

Do not allow yourselves to be disheartened by any failure, as long as you have done your best.

Each of them is Jesus in disguise.

Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.

Mother Teresa 1910-1997
Albanian-Indian Catholic nun
Give of your hands to serve and your hearts to love.

Give people not only your care, but also your heart.

I alone can’t change the world.. But I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

If you can’t feed a hundred people, then just feed one.

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

In this life we cannot always do great things.. But we can do small things with great love.

Mother Teresa 1910-1997
Albanian-Indian Catholic nun
It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving.

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Mother Teresa 1910-1997
Albanian-Indian Catholic nun
Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.

Never worry about numbers, help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest to you.

Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great love.

Peace begins with a smile.

Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own home. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbour.. Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting.

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

Mother Teresa 1910-1997
Albanian-Indian Catholic nun
We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We only have today.. Let us begin.

Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862
American naturalist, essayist & poet
All men are children, and of one family.

Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862
American naturalist, essayist & poet
All things in this world must be seen with youthful, hopeful eyes.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

I cannot make my days longer, so I strive to make them better.

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away.

Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862
American naturalist, essayist & poet
If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.

It’s not what you look at that matters.. It’s what you see.

Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862
American naturalist, essayist & poet
Live by your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

The fault finder will find faults even in paradise.

Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862
American naturalist, essayist & poet
The greatest compliment that was ever paid to me was when one asked me what I thought.. And attended to my answer.

We were born to succeed, not to fail.

Howard Thurman 1899-1981
American author & philosopher
Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.

Paul Tillich 1886-1965
German-American existentialist philosopher & author
The first duty of love is to listen.

Tilopa 988-1069
Indian Buddhist tantric master
Have a mind that is open to everything and attached to nothing.

Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come. Let go of what is happening now. Don’t try to figure anything out. Don’t try to make anything happen. Relax, right now, and rest.

J. R. R. Tolkien 1892-1973
English author & philologist
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.

Eckhart Tolle 1948
German teacher & author
Accept the present moment without judgement.

Eckhart Tolle 1948
German teacher & author
Things and conditions can give you pleasure but they cannot give you joy. Joy arises from within.

Eckhart Tolle 1948
German teacher & author
To meet everything and everyone through stillness instead of mental noise, is the greatest gift you can offer the Universe.

When you make friends with the present moment, you feel at home no matter where you are.

Leo Tolstoy 1828-1910
Russian writer
Each person’s task in life is to become an increasingly better person.

Leo Tolstoy 1828-1910
Russian writer
It is within my power either to serve God or not to serve Him. Serving Him, I add to my own good and the good of the whole world. Not serving Him, I forfeit my own good and deprive the world of that good, which was in my power to create.

Brian Tracy 1944
Canadian-American author & speaker
Develop an attitude of gratitude. Say thank you to everyone you meet, for everything they do for you.

Desmond Tutu 1931-2021
South African Anglican bishop & human rights activist
My father used to say, ‘Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.’

Mark Twain 1835-1910
American writer, humorist & essayist
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.

My mother had a great deal of trouble with me.. But, I think she enjoyed it.

They did not know it was impossible.. So they did it.

Mark Twain 1835-1910
American writer, humorist & essayist
To get the full value from joy, you must have somebody to divide it with.

Lao Tzu 600BC
Ancient Chinese philosopher
Be content with what you have. Rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

Be really whole.. And all things will come to you.

He who is contented is rich.

Health is the greatest possession.
Contentment is the greatest treasure.
Confidence is the greatest friend.
Non-Being is the greatest joy.

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.

In dwelling.. Live close to the ground. In thinking.. Keep to the simple. In conflict.. Be fair and generous. In governing.. Don’t try to control. In work.. Do what you enjoy. In family life.. Be completely present.

Let it be still.. And it will gradually become clear.

Nature does not hurry.. Yet everything is accomplished.

Lao Tzu 600BC
Ancient Chinese philosopher
The Master sees things as they are, without trying to control them.

When you accept yourself.. The whole world accepts you.

Lao Tzu 600BC
Ancient Chinese philosopher
When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete.. Everybody will respect you.

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Gary Vaynerchuk 1975
American author, speaker & internet personality
Love your family. Work super hard. Live your passion.

Skills are cheap. Passion is priceless.

You have to understand your own personal DNA. Don’t do things because I do them of Steve Jobs or Mark Cuban tried it. You need to know your personal brand and stay true to it.

Virgil 70BC-19BC
Roman poet
Love conquers all things… let us too give in to love.

They can because they think they can.

Doreen Virtue 1958
American author
If someone says or does something hurtful, call upon heaven for protection and healing.

Voltaire 1694-1778
French writer, philosopher & historian
Appreciation is an excellent thing. It makes what is excellent in others, belong to us as well.

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

Think for yourselves.. And let others enjoy the privilege to do so too.

Wherever my travels may lead.. Paradise is where I am.

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Mark Wahlberg 1971
American actor
If I can start my day out by saying my prayers and getting myself focused, then I know I’m doing the right thing. That ten minutes helps me in every way throughout the day.

I’m always friendly and encouraging on set. I want people to be at their best creatively.

Denis Waitley 1933
American motivational speaker, writer & consultant
Happiness cannot be travelled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.

Mary H. Waldrip
A laugh is a smile that bursts.

Alice Walker 1944
American novelist, writer & social activist
‘Thank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.

We should learn to accept that change is truly the only thing that’s going on always, and learn to ride with it and enjoy it.

Neale Donald Walsch 1943
American author & channeller
See the world with the innocence of children. Approach the world with the daring of children. Love the world with the readiness of children. Heal the world with the purity of children. Change the world with the wisdom of children.

Neale Donald Walsch 1943
American author & channeller
The question ‘Who am I?’ is not an idle one. How you answer the question will determine how you live the rest of your life. It will determine the quality of your life.

There is enough.

Words may help you understand something, but experience allows you to know. Never ever trade your own experience for someone else’s words about anything that is really important.. Like God, for instance, or Love, or what is true about another.

Becky Walsh
Author & speaker
The more we love in a day, the more our intuition works.

J. Donald Walters 1926-2013
American Hindu religious leader & author
The secret of happiness is the determination to be happy always, rather than wait for outer circumstances to make one happy.

William Arthur Ward 1921-1994
American motivational writer & poet
A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.

A warm smile is the Universal language of kindness.

A well-developed sense of humour is the pole that adds balance to your steps, as you walk the tightrope of life.

Adversity causes some men to break, others to break records.

Before you speak.. Listen.
Before you write.. Think.
Before you spend.. Earn.
Before you criticize.. Wait.
Before you pray.. Forgive.
Before you quit.. Try.
Before you retire.. Save.
Before you die.. Give.

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.

William Arthur Ward 1921-1994
American motivational writer & poet
Faith sees a beautiful blossom in a bulb, a lovely garden in a seed, and a giant oak in an acorn.

Forgiveness is a funny thing.. It warms the heart and cools the sting.

Gratitude can transform common days into Thanksgiving, turn routine jobs into joy and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.

Learn and grow all you can. Serve and befriend all you can. Enrich and inspire all you can.

William Arthur Ward 1921-1994
American motivational writer & poet
Nothing limits achievement like small thinking.
Nothing expands possibilities like unleashed imagination.

Optimists.. enrich the present, enhance the future, challenge the improbable and attain the impossible.

The more generous we are the more joyous we become.
The more cooperative we are, the more valuable we become.
The more enthusiastic we are, the more productive we become.
The more serving we are, the more prosperous we become.

The pessimist complains about the wind.
The optimist expects it to change.
The realist adjusts the sails.

To make mistakes is human, to stumble is commonplace. To be able to laugh at yourself is maturity

Vow to be valiant. Resolve to be radiant. Determine to be dynamic. Strive to be sincere. Aspire to be attuned.

We can.. Throw stones, complain about them, stumble on them, climb over them or build with them.

We must be silent before we can listen.
We must listen before we can learn.
We must learn before we can prepare.
We must prepare before we can serve.
We must serve before we can lead.

When we seek to discover the best in ourselves, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.

Booker T. Washington 1856-1915
American educator, author & orator
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which has overcome.

Alan Watts 1915-1973
English writer, philosopher & lecturer
I have realised that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

Things are as they are. Looking out into the Universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.

Isaac Watts 1674-1748
English minister & prolific hymnwriter
In matters of equity between man and man, our Saviour has taught us to put my neighbour in place of myself, and myself in place of my neighbour.

H. G. Wells 1866-1946
English author
The crisis of yesterday is the joke of tomorrow.

Paul Wellstone 1944-2002
American politician & author
Never separate the life you live from the words you speak.

The kind of goal we ought to be thinking about is way beyond national product - it is how do we as a nation help our children be the best kinds of people they could possibly be?

We all do better, when we all do better.

We can remake the world daily.

John Wesley 1703-1791
English cleric, theologian & evangelist

Do all the good you can.
In all the ways you can.
In all the places you can.
At all the times you can.
To all the people you can.
As long as ever you can.

Do you know why that cow looks over that wall? She looks over the wall because she cannot see through it, and that is what you must do with your troubles..
Look over and above them.

I look upon all the world as my parish.

Cornel West 1953
American philosopher, theologian & politician
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.

Walt Whitman 1819-1892
American poet, essayist & journalist
All things in the Universe are perfect miracles, each as profound as any.

Walt Whitman 1819-1892
American poet, essayist & journalist
Peace is always beautiful.

Macrina Wiederkehr 1939-2020
Spiritual guide, retreat facilitator & author
O God, help me to believe the truth about myself, no matter how beautiful it is.

David Wilcock 1973
American author
Finding the core of truth within yourself.. That truth that knows and trusts that All Is Well, and that chooses Love.. Is the greatest spiritual attainment you can ever make.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1850-1919
American author & poet
Give of thy love, nor wait to know the worth of what thou lovest; and ask no returning. And wheresoe’er thy pathway leads on Earth, there thou shalt find the lamp of love-light burning.

I’m no reformer, for I see more light
Than darkness in the world; mine eyes are quick
To catch the first dim radiance of the dawn
And slow to note the cloud that threatens the storm

The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.

With every rising of the sun, think of your life as just begun.

Thornton Wilder 1897-1975
American playwright & novelist
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.

Anthony Douglas Williams 1953
Canadian spiritualist, writer & author
Creating new paths requires moving old obstacles.

Don’t let age control your life.. Let your life control your age.1

Anthony Douglas Williams 1953
Canadian spiritualist, writer & author
I see God every day.. For God is in everything I see.

Anthony Douglas Williams 1953
Canadian spiritualist, writer & author
If we seek a positive outcome, we must begin with a positive attitude.

Anthony Douglas Williams 1953
Canadian spiritualist, writer & author
If you live with love.. You will love living.

If you want to be happy.. You will be.

Like the sun, we are attracted to people who shine with warmth and brightness.

Anthony Douglas Williams 1953
Canadian spiritualist, writer & author
Not a single creature on Earth has more of less right to be here.

Anthony Douglas Williams 1953
Canadian spiritualist, writer & author
Our purpose is simple..
To Love. To Love each other, to Love all life and to Love the Earth.

Our words reveal our heart. Our actions reveal our Soul.

Shine your Light on Love and truth and your Soul will glow.

Show your love wherever you go, and enjoy love’s blossoms whenever you return.

Anthony Douglas Williams 1953
Canadian spiritualist, writer & author
Spirituality is not a religion.. It is a way of life.

The miracle of life is enough for me to believe in miracles.

Anthony Douglas Williams 1953
Canadian spiritualist, writer & author
Travel the road of love and you will never be lost.

What would you think if all your thoughts reached Heaven?

Anthony Douglas Williams 1953
Canadian spiritualist, writer & author
When our actions are based on good intentions, our Soul has no regrets.

With each person our heart loves, our Soul becomes stronger.

Marianne Williamson 1952
American author, speaker & political activist
If I choose to bless another person, I will always end up feeling more blessed.

Joy is what happens when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

Only love can bring us peace. And the experience of love is a choice we make, a mental decision to see love as the only real purpose and value in any situation.

People hear you on the level you speak to them from. Speak from your heart and they will hear with theirs.

The one good thing about failure is that it makes you consider doing things in a different way.

Try to see the good in others. When you’re tempted to judge someone, make an effort to see their goodness. Your willingness to look for the best in people will subconsciously bring it forth.

Anne Wilson-Schaef 1934
American clinical psychologist & author
We don’t make mistakes..
We just have learnings.

Joseph B. Wirthlin 1917-2008
American business man & LDS Elder
Come what may.. And love it.

No matter our age, our circumstances, or abilities.. Each one of us can create something remarkable with our lives.

Rachel Wolchin
Author
I step outside each day with the intention of being blown away by something ordinary.

Rachel Wolchin
Author
In life, you’ll meet two kinds of people: the ones who build you up and the ones who tear you down. In the end, you’ll thank them both.

Learn to love yourself like no one else will ever do it better.. Because no one will.

We can’t control the filters that others choose when they look at us.

John Wooden 1910-2010
American basketball player & coach
Make each day your masterpiece.

John Wooden 1910-2010
American basketball player & coach
Never try to be better than somebody else. But most importantly, never cease trying to be the best you can be.

Talent is God given… Be humble.
Fame is man-given… Be grateful.
Conceit is self-given… Be careful.

Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out.

We should never let ambition cause us to sacrifice our integrity or diminish our efforts in other areas. However, we need to remember that we never reach a serious goal unless we have the intention of doing so.

Your greatest joy definitely comes from doing something for another, especially when it was done with no thought of something in return.

Henry Wotton 1568-1639
English author, diplomat & politician
How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another’s will Whose armour is his honest thought And simple truth his utmost skill

Wovoka (Jack Wilson) 1856-1932
Native American of Paiute tribe
Do right always. It will give you satisfaction in life.

Lois Wyse 1926-2007
American advertising executive, author & columnist
If you can’t add to the discussion, don’t subtract by talking.

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Shelley Yates
Spiritual speaker & life coach
Once you remember who you are - a Divine Being of the Universal Light of Grace - then you can no longer see others the same, for they too are a Divine piece of the same Source.

Adam Yauch 1964-2012
American member of The Beastie Boys
Everybody has a responsibility for what they put out into the world. Rather than trying to figure out what other people should be doing, work on your own interactions in the world, and whatever influence you have. All of it has an effect.

Adam Yauch 1964-2012
American member of The Beastie Boys
Everything we do affects other people.

If I feel like I’ve done the best that I can or conducted myself in the most constructive way that I can in a situation, then I feel at peace.

William Butler Yeats 1865-1939
Irish poet, dramatist & writer
I have believed the best of every man. And to find that to believe is enough to make a bad man show him at his best, or even a good man swings his lantern higher.

There are no strangers here.. Only friends you haven’t met yet.

Paramahansa Yogananda 1893-1952
Indian-American Hindu monk & guru
If you possess happiness, you possess everything.. To be happy is to be in tune with God.

Paramahansa Yogananda 1893-1952
Indian-American Hindu monk & guru
Kindness is the Light that dissolves all walls between Souls, families and nations.

Paramahansa Yogananda 1893-1952
Indian-American Hindu monk & guru
Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them.

Margaret Young
Often people attempt to live their lives backwards, they try to have more things or more money in order to do more of what they want so that they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are then do what you need to do in order to have what you want.

Malala Yousafzai 1997
Pakistani education activist
One child, one teacher, one pen and one book.. Can change the world.

This is what my Soul is telling me.. Be peaceful and love everyone.

Lin Yutang 1895-1976
Chinese inventor, novelist & philosopher
I have done my best.. That is about all the philosophy of living one needs.

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Doe Zantanata
Author
Choose to see the world through grateful eyes. It will never look the same way again.

Zig Ziglar 1926-2012
American author & motivational speaker
Be helpful when you see a person without a smile.. Give them yours.

I opened two gifts this morning. They were my eyes.

Of all the attitudes we can acquire, surely the attitude of gratitude is the most important, and by far the most life changing.

You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.

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