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Mind with full of creative ideas and new thoughts, doesn't care what other will say or think.
— Dipti Goyal
Information can compel us to want to take action, but information, by itself, is often not enough to motivate action or change.
— Sharon Weil, ChangeAbility: How Artists, Activists, and Awakeners Navigate Change
You are constantly becoming what you have been deserving to be, and if you do not like the scripting, you have all the means to change it for better.
— Sandeep Sahajpal
You may not appreciate the value of a key until you encounter the door it locks or unlocks.
— Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
Let your home be a heavenly paradise.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Learn to accept and bend like the willow. For if you resist, you will break like the oak.
— RVM
Make your heart your heaven.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
People tend to accept information that confirms their existing beliefs and feelings, and reject information that contradicts them. This is called “motivated reasoning,” and it means that providing people with corrective information often does not work and may even strengthen their original beliefs. This also means that when people receive new information, their existing beliefs and feelings may have more influence over whether they believe or reject this information than rational reasoning.
— Rachel Hilary Brown, Defusing Hate: A Strategic Communication Guide to Counteract Dangerous Speech
Network marketing is not for everyone because, NOT EVERYONE has goals. Stop trying to make everyone around you goal-oriented.
— Olawale Daniel
Anybody can Earn and Die, leaving a will and legacy. Only the courageous ones can give away all they have while they are Alive.
— RVM
Compassion, not castigation is the way to help a person become better.
— Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
It’s been you all along, and it’ll be you all the way. Learn to play up your strengths, embrace your flaws, and pursue your passions. Be gentle when your mind, body, or soul are tired. Value your time and surround yourself with those who do too. Above all, give your dreams the same respect you grant to others’. This is the starting point of all great brand builders: self-empathy.
— Laura Busche
My strength is in the Lord.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
In the journey of life, we pass pleasures & pain. There will be sunshine and rain; there will be loss and gain. But we must learn to smile again and again.
— RVM
Inspiration moves one from Pessimism to Optimism, from Doubt to Faith, from Despair to Hope, and from Darkness to Light!
— RVM
The song in my heart makes me glad.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
As we trust in God, we shall triumph in any trouble.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
I do not feel any obligations toward my lineage, or environment,but an inclination to what feels right.
— Natasha Tsakos
So... are you also chasing butterflies?
— Natasha Tsakos
People don’t have Guts to leave their Ruts because of their ''Buts''.
— RVM
Every thought you cultivate is a brushstroke on the canvas of your life. Your life then, is an outer picture of your inner thoughts.
— Toni Sorenson, The Great Brain Cleanse
To discover the original plan of God is to manifest the work of creation
— Sunday Adelaja
The flow of the movement of change will be impeded wherever healing has not occurred.
— Sharon Weil, ChangeAbility: How Artists, Activists, and Awakeners Navigate Change
We have never been outnumbered, we have only been out organized.
— Linda Sarsour
She is that maze,the one you would love to chase.She is the faith,quite missing nowadays.And her heart is a rave,with hopeless barricades.She is the one,whose tears flow,just as lavishly,as her laughter roars!
— Jasleen Kaur Gumber
Don't ask God to show you the way if you're not willing to get moving.
— Kellen Roggenbuck
If we read, we shall renew our mind.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Don't be distracted by the noise going on. Pause & reflect. You'll realize how much time you've wasted on all that nonsense around you.
— Mufti Ismail Menk, Motivational Moments by Mufti Menk
I’d rather live one year with Love, Peace & Joy, than live 10 years with Worry, Anxiety & Hatred. It is not how long I live but how well I live.
— RVM
Let your Creed be to do a Good Deed. When your Focus is on your Need instead of your Greed, you will succeed.
— RVM
Those who have the FREEDOM to Row can get to where they want to Go!
— RVM
If you are not Happier than someone, you can’t be Wealthier than him. True Wealth is the Joy that comes from being Content with what you have.
— RVM
Purpose is that Power that will propel you to get out of bed each morning and push you to make your Dreams come true.
— RVM
Life is a Treasure Hunt and we all have the key to it. Unfortunately, many of us don’t unlock it, but take the key to our grave.
— RVM
Enjoy life to the fullness.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Time is a valuable treasure.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
If you have life, strength and time, it is enough to perform your sacred task.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
We have time to accomplish the task.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
In the world we live, we don’t create or destroy- we just convert entities from one form to another. Loss and Sorrow too. If these are growing in your life- remember you are feeding them.
— Jasleen Kaur Gumber
Money can only used to buy man-made goods.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
achieving me is like turning your black money into white :')
— Pratyush Singh
The point of living in the world is just to stay interested.
— Kathleen Rooney, Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
Poetry empowers the simplest of lives to confront the most extreme sorrows with courage, and motivates the mightiest of offices to humbly heed lessons in compassion.
— Aberjhani, Splendid Literarium: A Treasury of Stories, Aphorisms, Poems, and Essays
I might be broke but I am not Broken
— Onkar K Khullar (Digital Gandhi)
Add your splash of color to the world.
— Connor Franta, A Work in Progress
I am LIMITLESS not bent by the foundations of my own mind.I can create endless possibilities with the world as my canvas
— Onkar K Khullar (Digital Gandhi)
You may have Limitations, but don't let the Limitations Limit you!
— RVM
When you know what you're doing, you can do what you want." -Moshe Feldenkrais
— Cheryl L. Ilov
My life is circus
— Onkar K Khullar (Digital Gandhi)
Those who Discover the High Sea are the ones who are FREE to Be what they Want to Be.
— RVM
The way in which the world is imagined determines at any particular moment what men will do.
— Walter Lippmann, Public Opinion
Do you earn for others to burn? Why not GIVE as you LIVE, so that when you die, the world will cry.
— RVM
The more I change my old habits of thinking as that little boy with the shell, the easier it is for me to truly be the person I’ve chosen to be.
— Genereux Philip
you are not the storythey keep telling about youover and over again.you are not even the storyyou keep telling yourself.there are no linesthat can hold you.there are not enough wordsfor all the more that you are.
— AVA., you are safe here.
You needed a vision of the future in order to get anywhere
—  you couldn't live life thinking you were always about to fall off a cliff.
When we start a new task, or confront an unpleasant chore, we should take a moment to ask ourselves "why.
— Charles Duhigg, Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
Our differences are the real treasures.
— TemitOpe Ibrahim
Nobody can steal your Peace of mind, but you can surely throw it away by letting negativity into your Life.
— RVM
Today is a tomorrow that we thought about yesterday. Don't worry about tomorrow. Take care of today because if you take care of today tomorrow will take care of itself.
— RVM
It is easy to accept a deal, but hard to refuse it.
— WoodCutters
A fortress doesn’t fall unless its towers are weakened.
— S.R. Crawford, Bloodstained Betrayal
I have seen what hard work can do, and I know what more it can and will do.
— RealTalkWithNthabi
It's not about the words that come out of your mouth. It's about the words that come out of your heart.
— Lotus Love
What if one thing resonates with everybody, but it's not the same for anybody?
— Mark Allen O'Connor
the more pretty the face is " , "the more dirty past it has
— Pratyush Singh
Ô, the wine of a womanfrom heaven is sent, more perfect than allthat a man can invent.When she came to my bed and begged me with sighsnot to tempt her towards passion nor actions unwise, 	I told her I’d spare her and kissed her closed eyes, then unbraided her body of its clothing disguise.While our bodies were nude bathed in candlelight fineI devoured her mouth, tender lips divine;and I drank through her thighs her feminine wine.Ô, the wine of a woman from heaven is sent,more perfect than all that a man can invent.
— Roman Payne
One day, all your worries will set like the sun does and deserved happiness will come gushing like waves at the beach do. All you need to make sure id that your trips to beach never end.
— Jasleen Kaur Gumber
Your message is only as loud as the actions that accompany it. Live your message and it will be heard loud and clear.
— Rev. Kellen Roggenbuck
Speak positivity to yourself daily and repeatedly. You can manifest positivity into your life simply by speaking it and believing it. When you're able to speak and see what you want for yourself, you will be able to make the things you seek a reality!
— Gabriella Marigold Lindsay, Living F.I.T.: A 40-Day Guide to  Living Faithfully, Intentionally, and Tenaciously
Dare to share for to Give is to truly Live.
— RVM
Positive Power can inspire
—  Negative Power can perspire. Which power are you on?
No one will come and save you. No one will come riding on a white horse and take all your worries away. You have to save yourself, little by little, day by day. Build yourself a home. Take care of your body. Find something to work on. Something that makes you excited, something you want to learn. Get yourself some books and learn them by heart. Get to know the author, where he grew up, what books he read himself. Take yourself out for dinner. Dress up for no one but you and simply feel nice. it’s a lovely feeling, to feel pretty. You don’t need anyone to confirm it.
— Charlotte Eriksson
Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness. It’s the spark that lights a fire of joy in your soul.
— Amy Collette, The Gratitude Connection: embrace the positive power of thanks
A lot can be changed in a span of a year. A thousand lives can be moulded, a lot many lessons can be learnt and life can show its unpredictability. Even so, one year is enough to prove to yourself that you are worth the struggle that you undertake just to reap a momentary fruit of that labour. If fighting a new fight keeps us motivated each year, so be it. Here is wishing every fighter, struggling to make a break and succeed in life a memorable New Year. Do what you do best and don't trade your passion for fame but rather earn the fame through your passion. May your fight be fruitful this year and your name engraved in hearts of horde in the form of your work.A Happy New Year to all my well wishers, peers, friends, colleagues, acquaintances and readers. May your year be blessed with good fortune and health with added wealth.My message this New Year is that in a world full of possibilities never limit yourself to the sky for what is sky when there is endless darkness beyond to lighten up. Take care.
— Adhish Mazumder
You will never get the best out of anyone professionally unless you understand what motivates and makes them tick personally - as a human being
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Behind every person there lies a story which makes them what they are. Many a time, the story isn’t known to anybody.
— Toffee, Finding Juliet
The final magnificent spark of a firework is only the last seconds of the fall. Though it’s invisible to most, it’s the way up that creates all the impact. 
— Charlotte Eriksson
Yesterday was just the tip of the iceberg of awesomeness. Things will get better. Keep smiling, don't give up just yet. Perseverance has an amazing gift for you, just wait you see.
— Janna Cachola
Would you prefer to drag through life for 100 years or live with excitement for 50?
— RVM
When the inner Spirit has Liberation, Inspiration is born!
— RVM
It's too late,' she says.And I say 'It's never too late.
— Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall
They say “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step’”Get up and take that step!Take baby steps if you want but go for it,Wait no longer…START IT!
— Akanksha Wadhavkar ....Author of Motivational poems for starlit souls
Dear 2016,If I has any defeats in your term, I am glad they were on my terms!Best,The Defeated Winner
— Jasleen Kaur Gumber
Passion is the fuel for excellence. Rest, vacation or a payrise can't make you create excellence in your work. Findbwhat makes you passionate about what you do
— Janna Cachola
Smile all the While. Don't let miseries Pile! For life is just a Mile.
— RVM
A flower blossoms when there is sunlight,It closes itself in the absence of light..But I am a tree..I keep expanding even at night,I blossom even in the absence of sunlight!Because I trust myself more than anything else,I rely on myself more than anybody else!Self-confidence is indeed my power,Don’t forget..I am a tree..not a flower!
— Akanksha Wadhavkar -Author of Motivational poems for starlit souls
Learn to be Positive always. In pleasure or Pain, in Sun or Rain, in Loss or Gain, always be POSITIVE!
— RVM
I don't want to be a kitten anymore. Give me my honorary claws so I can become a lion.
— Kayla Krantz
Happiness does not come from making money. It comes from spending it. Most people are doing otherwise.
— RVM
Enjoy the Bliss of just Being…Without being dependent on anything!
— RVM
Birds fly in the sky without the fear of fall. We too must have the Courage to take Risks and grow tall.
— RVM
Don't lose today …for today is guaranteed but tomorrow is not.
— RVM
As much as we can fight for material related dreams, we must also fight for intangible progression, in terms of improving our selves. Financial success is important but it doesn't supersede the success of being the best version of your self.. Fight for that, live for that, it will make you powerful, be the best version of your self.....
— Tare Munzara
She is the force, that you end upreading about in thick novels. She is the kind of woman, you adore,for being so content with messy hair.She is the kind, who woulddecline whatever the mankind would exalt-and redesign everything that isinclined to remind herof how strongly, the society wants her confined.To this girl, on a romantic date,he asked the question inaccurate-"Honey, why do you always take the roadthat is so untold, hard and loathed?"She thought of giving him a second chance,and resisting any anger-loaded advance,She replied, "Why do you speculate, that I choose my fate,imagining there are two roads?
— Jasleen Kaur Gumber
If you live in Fear, Success will disappear.
— RVM
Ô, the wine of a woman from heaven is sent,more perfect than all that a man can invent.
— Roman Payne, Europa: Limited Time Edition
If people aren't on board with your dreams, there is still that one man canoe. Sail on and slay on with it.
— Janna Cachola
Don't let people intimidate you into downgrading your goals. They intimidate only because they are intimidated by your goals.
— Janna Cachola
The odds are, you highly underestimate how awesome you are. Stop doing that.
— Rob Liano
Treasure your Ideas, for they are like seeds that germinate in your mind. They Root, Shoot, and Fruit into Concepts & Creativity that are beyond Imagination.
— RVM
The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive
— Albert Einstein
This life belongs to you dear,Don’t live under any fear..You are an independent soul..you can do anything,You are a free soul..you can refuse to do a particular thing..You are different from them..you are a different soul,And you cannot get dominated by any other soul!Don’t be rude..be generous …be kind,But THIS IS YOUR LIFE AND NOT THEIRS..keep this in mind!
— Akanksha Wadhavkar -Author of Motivational poems for starlit souls
I'd rather be the jester who adds value to those around me than a King with no vision or intention of making a difference.
— Janna Cachola, Short journey
People stop trying when there’s no benefit for being exceptional and no consequence for being mediocre.
— Frank Sonnenberg, BookSmart: Hundreds of real-world lessons for success and happiness
Even one day lost in misery is a great loss, for the day will never come back again. You lose 24 hours of happiness, joy & bliss. Live each day in happiness.
— RVM
It is high time that you break the shackles of separatism and with the glorious flames of love, compassion and humanism in heart, you assimilate the goodness from all around you. Let love and compassion reign over the modern human civilization and hatred be a matter of ancient history.
— Abhijit Naskar, Love, God & Neurons: Memoir of a scientist who found himself by getting lost
My dreams couldn't defeat me!
— Kierra C.T. Banks
Some people live such boring lives; it’s Black & White, so dead! I choose to color my life with Fun, some Blue, some Green, some Red.
— RVM
We will be remembered not by how much money we have left in the bank or by how many buildings and cars we owned, but by how many Lives we have touched and Transformed!
— RVM
Anyone can exist. Most fools do. It takes guts to truly Live.
— RVM
Far greater than all the material possessions that I possess, is my Freedom to Choose, my Freedom to Live, and my Freedom to be Happy.
— RVM
A no hurts but a broken promise hurts more, Listening to a no is not easy but a shattered wish stabs more! Don't ever promise anything that you will not be able to give, BECAUSE THE HEART BREAKS INTO A ZILLION PIECES WHEN PEOPLE PROMISE BUT DON'T GIVE .
— Akanksha Wadhavkar( Motivational poems for starlit souls)
The whole world is in constant motion. The earth moves, the clouds move, the waves move and we too must move. Move and reach the destination of your choice.
— RVM
Contentment is the foundation of true Happiness. The Happiness that comes from fulfilling desires can never be permanent.
— RVM
I think I need to become perfect all at once, so I keep getting overwhelmed and putting it off. I can't remember the last time that I didn't have something hanging over my head. There are usually about thirty to eighty things. Is that normal? Don't tell me. If it's not, I'm a jerk. If it is, that's super-depressing, and I know I'll just use 'this is normal' as an excuse to procrastinate even more.
— Anna Kendrick, Scrappy Little Nobody
Do not be obsessed with expensive things.Instead, be obsessed with excellence.Things don't make you excellent.However, excellence will make you expensive.
— Janna Cachola
Don’t try to fit me in a box… My life is not one dimensional. I’m the summer breeze and the hurricane… I’m the serene lake and the raging ocean… I’m the gentle poet and the rough warrior… I can build and I can destroy... I can romance and I can ravage... I can be wise and I can be silly... I can and WILL be everything that the length, depth, and breadth of life will allow... KNOW THIS! Your labels don’t limit me… they limit your experience of me. Don’t confuse the two.
— Steve Maraboli
We weren't born to create excuses, we were born to create excellence.
— Janna Cachola
For me, the most interesting people seem to have the bumpiest pasts. I prefer to connect with someone who has experienced the struggles, battles, and casualties of life’s journey. There is beauty, wisdom, and truth to be found in the scars.
— Steve Maraboli
I will not play it safe! I want to experience the length, depth, and breadth of life. I'm not just here for the victories... I'm here for the scars.
— Steve Maraboli
What is a Miracle? It is something that was once thought Impossible but became Possible with FAITH.
— RVM
Just because you are what you are, where you are, that does not mean you should continue to be there.
— RVM
In a corner you condense yourself and cry- in the same corner you caress and kiss. Life is this, something different each time.
— Jasleen Kaur Gumber
Simple things make us Happy but we pursue the complicated. We get caught in a maze and Happiness remains a Distant Dream.
— RVM
Smile and Slay.You have to slay it in life or life will slay you.
— Janna Cachola
For every can't, there's a can. Cans are worth money, so you'd better start collecting them.
— Bianca McCormick-Johnson, "I'm G.O.O.D.":
It’s a bet – the more you Give, the more you will Get.
— RVM
The meal is hot, but still delicious.Life is hard, but still beautiful.
— Yohann Dafeu
We salute the Brain, that made the Plane and the Train…But who made the Brain?
— RVM
It is not because of setbacks that most entrepreneurs do not reach the finishing line, but because of a lack of willpower and motivation.
— Danny Mekić
Don’t surrender your life to a Face, a Farce, a Fence or a Force. Don’t be a Slave, be Brave.
— RVM
Eyes are the windows to the soul. A smile is the mirror of the heart
— Janna Cachola
I will not play it safe!I want to experience the length, depth, and breadth of life. I'm not just here for the victories... I'm here for the scars.
— Steve Maraboli
You have a right to be you. It is a privilege for others to be around you.
— Janna Cachola, Short journey
Reinvent Yourself.Redesign Yourself.Reform Yourself.Restore Yourself.and if something is left of you till thenAppreciate Yourself.
— Adhish Mazumder
You are way awesome than you think you are. Don't forget about your awesomeness today
— Janna Cachola
For the sun to shine, you gotta have some rain. You need the damn rain.
— Khali Raymond
Everyone has the same amount of hours per day, it’s not that you don’t have enough time, it’s that you don’t have a clear focus
— Bridget English
Decide Your Destination First ,path Will Be Automatically Generated
— Deepak Gupta, Inspiring Life: Motivational Quotes That Can Change Your Life
Every good act is like a seed that we sow. We don’t know what it will bear, but it will bear some fruit some day.
— RVM
Life is like a storm. At its worst, it's full of blinding fury, rage, and destruction. However, at its best, it is full of striking beauty and wonder.
— Tanner Walling
We all know that Hurry is the main cause of Worry. Yet we Hurry and Worry and miss the most beautiful experience called Life.
— RVM
If we can teach children to think beyond the five senses, we can raise a generation of leaders that will be able to sustain the future.
— Dharmisha Cvetkovic, Who Am I?
The story of money is very funny. Others burn what we earn. Why not give as we live, so the world will cry when we die.
— RVM
Be your own Guru.
— Abhijit Naskar
The irony is that we are busy doing many things that don’t matter and we have no time for things that do. Shouldn’t we reverse it?
— RVM
Look at yourself—Are your eyes Twinkling? Is your heart Dancing? Are your lips Smiling? If yes, then you are truly enjoying Life.
— RVM
Stay encouraged and stay motivated! You are greater than you know.
— Kayisha Thomas, Ounce Of Faith And Inspiration
Carrying a grudge in your heart or in your mind is like carrying a bunch of thorns on your body. You are just choosing to prick yourself with it.
— RVM
Stop your dreams from being dreams by turning them into reality.
— Kayisha Thomas, Ounce Of Faith And Inspiration
We always think that we are right and we are best, but look at back and if you can see your past the you will be best in future.
— viral panchal
They always said my books were ass. The next one I wrote told them to kiss it!
— Khali Raymond
There is nothing wrong being different. Being peculiar actually makes you stand out from others.
— Martin M. Stupak
Misery can be easily drown within a good tune.
— Martin M. Stupak
If size really mattered, the whale, not the shark, would rule the waters.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
I built an idea in my head of the hero I wanted to be, a grab bag of traits from heroes, villains, and side characters. I did not have book role models, I had book blueprints.But there remained a huge gap between the person I wanted to be and the person who I was. This was because no matter how many book blueprints I had, as much as I wanted to make myself the hero of my own life, it didn’t matter as long as I kept telling the story wrong.Nowadays, as a storyteller, I know what the problem was. I had all the elements I needed to tell a good story. But I was telling it the wrong way, so I could never get to the ending I wanted.If you tell yourself you’re a winner, you know what kind of story you’re telling, and you will march toward that... Likewise, if you tell yourself you’re a loser, you’ve made that your story, and you will march toward that instead. The same setbacks could happen in the loser’s story as in the winner’s story, but the self-defined loser would let them be proof that they were never going to be anything.Here’s the story I was telling myself back when I was little edible child waiting to be carried away by hawks and making OCD rituals for herself: once upon a time, there was a girl who was afraid of everything. When I was 16, I realized that I knew what this story looked like and how it ended, and it wasn’t the life I wanted for myself. If I wanted my ending to look different, I needed to change the kind of story I was telling about myself. I needed to shape my events into a different genre: once upon a time, there was a woman who was afraid of nothing. At age 16, I legally changed my name from my birthname — Heidi — to one I thought sounded like the hero I wanted to be: Maggie. And I vowed that I would never be afraid of anything ever again.Did it work? No, of course not. Not right away. But it became a mission statement, my hero’s journey.
— Maggie Stiefvater
God is an author, and we are His best story.
— Cier Galla
Recognizing your own progress is a huge part of feeling motivated to do more. Your brain is a great tool for your success. It is hard at work and automating the new things you are doing even when you are taking a break.
— Prince Akwarandu
The Sun, the Moon, the Stars, the Birds, the Animals, the Flowers, are all proof that a Universal Power exists.
— RVM
In life, some laugh, some cry, some live, some die. The choice is ours to crawl or to fly.
— RVM
Hoping is a great Positive emotion and you must HOPE. But remember, you can’t just Hope for Success, you also have to work for it.
— RVM
It is ironic that we are particular about flushing out all the dirt through the Drain, but we continue to retain a lot of it in our Brain.
— RVM
Waves in an ocean remind us that just as they come and go, we too will. What matters is did we make a good splash before leaving?
— RVM
No one ever does anything our of charity," Anna went on. "Every choice we make benefits ourselves directly or indirectly. Even if it looks like a sacrifice, the alternative would be unbearable in some way. If I hadn't helped I wouldn't sleep well , and I need my sleep.
— Sara Donati, The Gilded Hour
Don't expect people to always understand you. Instead, learn to understand them. Then Accept, Forgive & Love unconditionally. This is a sure way to be Happy.
— RVM
Play More, Pray More; Get More, Give More…Live More!
— RVM
Failure and Success are two sides of the same coin. One does not exist without the other.
— Paula Antonia Purpera
if you know your goal and work for it you will reach the peak
— Jounayet Rahman
Optimists anticipate problems, welcome them, and challenge them. Thus, eventually they defeat their problems.
— RVM
Never give up, but learn to surrender as well
— Zain Baloch
Introspect! Is your life moving forward or just moving like a pendulum?
— RVM
Write for a cause,NOT APPLAUSEWrite to express,NOT TO IMPRESS.Writing isn’t just about being noticed…IT'S BEING REMEMBERED.
— T.N. Suarez, The Limbo Tree
Instead of trying to understand Life, we must live it. Create a reason to Live and progress on that path every day.
— RVM
Nothing in this world is Good or Bad. Our thinking makes it so. A knife is good when a surgeon uses it to save a life & bad when a terrorist uses it to kill.
— RVM
It is better to fail at perfection than it is to succeed at mediocrity.
— Eric Robert Morse
I’m happiest when I’m with young people. Their wisdom, grief, and optimism motivates me to work harder – and inspires me to be better, more thoughtful and to move with increased reverence. I find joy in children.
— Lateefah Simon
I’m not going to tear you down… If you’re bad-mouthing me, you’re already down.
— Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
Manuscript rejections might tempt you to quit writing or querying. Don't.
— T.N. Suarez, The Limbo Tree
If you don't like the Fruits you are growing, then change the Seeds you are sowing.
— RVM
What we get when we turn pro is we find our power. We find our will and our voice and we find our self-respect. We become who we always were but had, until then, been afraid to embrace and live out.
— Steven Pressfield, Turning Pro
Self-discovery is life recovery.
— Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
Excerpts from Life, Simplified can be found on my website.
— Jeannie Powell, Life, Simplified: More of What You Really Want And Less of What You Don't
One can be kind,one can be helpful,but it takes a heart and an effort to understand.
— Bikash Chaurasiya
Don't ever forget that life has nothing to do with what you are doing, but has everything to do with what you are being.
— Donald Pillai
You can cage their wings, you can't cage their spirit.
— Sarvesh Jain, The Awakening Wisdom of Life: Probably the best Quotation Book in the world
A mindset that understands order, is a mindset that can understand leadership.
— Wayne Chirisa
Wake up in the morning and get into each day, living it in a way that will make you happy and gay.
— RVM
Sometimes God must confine us in order to free us.
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
There are some writers who sweep us along so strongly in their current of energy--Normal mailer, Tom Wolfe, Toni Morrison, William F. Buckley, Jr., Hunter Thompson, David Foster Wallace, Dave Eggers--that we assume that when they go to work the words just flow. Nobody thinks of the effort they made every morning to turn on the switch. You also have to turn on the switch. Nobody is going to do it for you.
— William Zinsser, On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
SIMPLICIO: ... You have to [learn to] walk before you can run.SALVIATI: No, you have to have something you want to run toward.
— Paul  Lockhart, A Mathematician's Lament: How School Cheats Us Out of Our Most Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form
Far more than the shield is the Pleasure I get on the field . . . the Joy of the chase is greater than the result of the race.
— RVM
When your shoulds finally become musts, that's when you will achieve great change in your life.
— Lorri Faye
Epic fails are just dramatic pauses to build up intensity of epic awesomeness emerging.
— Janna Cachola
With Time, you can create Money, but with Money you cannot create Time. So Time is more valuable than Money.
— RVM
Do it because you WANT to, not just because you HAVE to. When you do what you want, you create an Unstoppable POWER.
— RVM
An idea without sacrifice, regardless of grand it might be, will never be anything more than an idea.
— Craig D. Lounsbrough
Assess your days and reconcile the differences. Repeat steps to success and dispose bad habits.
— Bianca McCormick-Johnson, "I'm G.O.O.D.":
Many people are hurt in Life. But the problem is not the hurt. They Curse, Nurse, and Rehearse their hurt instead of Reversing it, and Live miserably.
— RVM
I'm saddened by the loss of Black Diamonds that we bury by the thousands every year never knowing the brilliance they possess. I call you my brotherand we embrace with such sincerity while our mother's tears saturate the grounds where our diamonds lay at rest. My question to you, is this innate or hate? We are greater than the current narrative. We must allow the diamonds to shine. May they shine from above.
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
There are places and spaces you will never see or know, unless you move NOW!!
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
How do you achieve excellence? 1. Mindset 2. Discipline 3. Commitment 4. Consistency
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
I was sitting here staring at the trees in my parents yard and wondering - season after season the trees continue to grow no matter what the weather. I guess they are just grounded and rooted and don't concern themselves with the seasons. When are we going to truly get rooted and grounded so that we continue to grow regardless?
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
There are problems and conditions of this world that man nor woman can solve
—  it requires His grace and mercy.
The dream is free - to live it requires HUSTLE.
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
My thoughts produce emotions which produces action; thus, the action is the outcome of the thought. Show me a man's actions and I can tell you of his thoughts. What are your thoughts?
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
You can't wait for the race to start to get ready. That's a loss. You must get your mind right before you get to the starting line. Mindset is everything!
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
Imagine if you were performing at your full potential, the lives you would change - including yours. Just imagine...
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
A guy who is equipped mentally and educationally doesn't need a confidence check. He is positioned and prepared to GO. Are you?
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
What are you willing to lay down so you can stand up?
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
Are you able to proclaim that you have been through some things and you survived it? You are a survivor. And if you are a survivor you are not a victim. You have to change the language that you give to yourself and then you have to change the conversation that you give to others.
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
What if I was truly my brother's keeper? And what if I really loved my neighbor? And what if it really wasn't about me but about we - where would we be? The possibilities should blow your mind. But since it's not
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
Years ago this was just a place where I was assigned to work. Today looking at this place represents the opportunity that God allowed me to see the beauty of His works. The difference in then and now - I guess our views are a representative of our growth. Thankful.
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
These are NOT times for dramatization and talking, but meditation and praying.
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
As I travel around the country, I'm finding a common denominator - people are hurting and going through regardless of race and creed. The common denominators are people HURTING people. The cure also has a common denominator - people start HELPING people.
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
The problem is people want help, but when help arrives you want to tell the help how to help you. Learn to RECEIVE help.
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
This storm we are in concerns me greatly. Even in the midst of the storm I know the Son shines from behind the clouds and will eventually break through completely. There is hope. Let's impact this change together.
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
When you make yourself a better you, you inevitably make a better life for your family. That's the thing I'll always embrace and you should too. Better yourself. Enjoy your life.
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
Winners see the victory before the contest begins and before they cross the finish line. Get yourself ready. SEE THE VICTORY.
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
As men and women we need to occupy our space as Kings and Queens
—  move into our new reality. It only requires mindset.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: I was watching an old western and started thinking the Good, the Bad and the Ugly are present in all of us. What determines which one dominates is the one that is fed. Which one are you feeding?
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
From the dream to mainstream...Do whatever is necessary to make your dream a reality. To get others to invest in you and your dreams you must be willing to invest in yourself.
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
While watching the current state of America, I have concluded we should welcome the truth no matter how it arrives and justice no matter who or what it affects. When we don't, we become a vessel of mendacity and hypocrisy.
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
The pressures of life and influence of society have caused many to become something and someone they are not. Remove the layers. Dig through the dust and debris. Find the genuine jewel - YOU.
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
For the last few days I have been stuck on the power of the touch. I would like to ask a favor - that we touch and agree mentally and spiritually. Going forward, let us take on the mindset of Kings and Queens and govern every thing in our space as such. Expect greatness. Anything less is unacceptable.
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
While looking down memory lane, I realized that I have had an unusual and extraordinary life at times. Then it dawned on me, maybe it's because I'm supposed to help unusual and extraordinary lives.
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
While sitting in the darkness in complete silence, I never realized how much there was to see and hear. There is sight and sound in darkness and silence. Learn to look and listen.
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
Whatever a man values, it is there you will find his resources. That which has no value to him, neither he nor his resources nor him will be present. Where can we find you?
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
Price and Cost. Sometimes we pay more. Sometimes we pay less. You've got to determine what you are willing to pay for success.
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
Only a few will LEAD
—  the rest will follow. Who is leading you and what are they leading you to?
A Warrior, A Winner has no fear. His only objective is to change the atmosphere, because he knows that then he controls the outcome.
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
Master your mind and you'll master the world around you.
— Stephan Labossiere
At times, don’t be forced to play nice with others, especially when their version of playing nice favours them, and is focused on them. Playing nice means working together for a shared result. I’m not sorry for not being able to play nice with everyone, sometimes I only play nice with the best.
— Tony Curl, Seriously Simple Stuff to Get You Unstuck
Ineffective leadership, is the plight of followers who anoint power to the autocratic persons who's visions are not founded but are rather arbitrary in their nature.
— Wayne Chirisa
[On doors of opportunity] If that door doesnt open, Dont worry. It was probably best you got locked out than be locked in. Move on the next door.
— Janna Cachola
The nature of your outcome or problem in large part depends upon you. Results are what you get when you follow the rules. Consequences are the results of negative choices. Your thoughts become your actions. Your thoughts should be focused on what you desire.
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
Look around you… There! Yes, there!! There's what you need to succeed.
— Nike Thaddeus
Have you chosen to accept what life has given you, or are you choosing to create your life? There is a powerful difference.
— Tony Curl, Seriously Simple Stuff to Get You Unstuck
Why just celebrate birthdays? Why not celebrate every day? In reality, we are born anew everyday. Everyday is a Birthday!
— RVM
Inspiration is a spark. It is nothing unless we use it to build a fire.
— Vironika Tugaleva
Sometimes just looking and listening speaks so much louder than words.
— Gavin Mills, Seed of Reason
Thought leadership is first and foremost life leadership.
— Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
In order to discover who you are within, you need to attune your visionary world deep in your sub-conscience to the outward world and live it.
— Wayne Chirisa
Whatever's got you down is causing a great deal of stress. Pick yourself up and reflect on the positive things about your life. You'd be surprised at how one slingshot of optimism can overturn the deep dark thoughts affecting your mood and making you vulnerable.
— Bianca McCormick-Johnson, "I'm G.O.O.D.":
If we need to compete with anyone, we need to compete with ourselves. We need to challenge ourselves to be a better version of ourselves. We need to challenge ourselves to do better every single day.
— Akiroq Brost
Life is your biggest Treasure. Enjoy it. If you forget to, it will soon be gone, never to return.
— RVM
Know Thyself. Once you know yourself and realize that you are a byproduct of the King, once you realize that your existence is tied to Him, once you realize that you are nothing without Him, you then understand that in the middle of the day or in the darkest midnight - you can not only survive, you can triumph.
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
Sometimes we miss our blessings in life because they do not arrive the way we think they should. Because our minds are so shallow, so limited, we think our blessings have to come a certain way and sometimes we miss them walking up and down the street. Open your mind: get your blessing.
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
In this life you will have some trials and tribulations. You cannot allow what happens to you to dictate who and what you become. Make a decision to do better and be better.
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
Carpe Diem - Seize the Moment. Every moment must be seized. Every little moment sets you up for the big moments. If you don't seize the small ones you won't be ready for the big ones.
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
All human beings desire to be in a better space and a better place. We all want a peaceful and prosperous life for ourselves and our families. When you don't manage your emotions in high stress, high-pressure situations, you get the opposite of what you want. The domino affect impacts how you live, eat and provide for your family. Is it worth it? Never. Control your emotions. Manage your choices. Your life is depending on it.
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
Put in the work. Reap the rewards
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
Looking toward the future. It's as bright as you make it.
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
Your discipline or lack of discipline will protect you from or expose you to disaster. Practice discipline. Be consistent.
— Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
The true measure of a person is not in what he knows, but what he does with what he knows.
— Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
Your skill, strength, and overall survival are offensive to some people. Those are definitely not your people.
— Sabrina Newby
The seeds we sow today will grow to serve as shades for weary travellers tomorrow
— Nike Thaddeus
Let the spark in you catch fire and burn into the air, so that it may light up the sky.
— Saim .A. Cheeda
Do you really need permission? Still waiting for that invitation to your life? No one is going to give it to you...only you can do that.
— Jennifer Ho-Dougatz
If you really want more, then cross the door and get to the shore.
— RVM
Faith gives Courage to the heart and Energy to the mind to make the Impossible Possible.
— RVM
If your Life is full of Sorrow, then beg, steal, or borrow ENTHUSIASM from a great soul to make your Life whole.
— RVM
Once I get on a puzzle, I can't get off. If my mother's friend had said, "Never mind, it's too much work," I'd have blown my top, because I want to beat this damn thing, as long as I've gone this far. I can't just leave it after I've found out so much about it. I have to keep going to find out ultimately what is the matter with it in the end.
— Ralph Leighton, Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
Progress is like wheels that never stop
—  they have to keep turning in order to remain relevant to a car and all of its mechanical parts. Stopping is not an option in real time but it is to those that envy progress and upward mobility. Progress never ends because it is infinite but it rebuilds and readjust (s) to take increment steps then massive steps if it is hindered.- Terrance Robinson
Wishes don't bring riches
—  work make things work.
Rather than wasting time on yesterday that is gone, it is better to invest your time in Tomorrow that is not yet born.
— RVM
The simplest way to Rejoice is to Count your Blessings and be grateful for them. You will automatically feel Joy in your Heart.
— RVM
The Sun challenges us to Shine, the Clouds remind us to Move, the Birds tell us we too can Fly and the Sky tells us that there is no limit to our Dreams and Goals.
— RVM
Many people become prosperous only to realize the illusion that Success is more Fulfillment than Achievement.
— RVM
be determined with patience that's it.. game is yours..
— kurbhatt
Sometimes to change a situation you are in requires you to take a giant leap. But, you won't be able to fly unless you are willing to transform.
— Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
Do what ought to be done, here and now, to get you somewhere — anywhere.
— Charlotte Eriksson
Whilst some people inspire, others conspire!
— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
Do not allow your happiness to be controlled by the thoughts of others. People are happy for you one minute and then the next they are looking down their noses at you. You have to find within yourself the kind of happiness that withstands the ups and downs of life. No one should have the power to limit or repress your happiness.
— Amaka Imani Nkosazana, Heart Crush
Serendipity is not the product of patience
—  it’s the product of action.
You must be present in the present to make it a present.
— RVM
Don’t be afraid of being Happy. You deserve to be Happy.
— RVM
In some of our life projects we just never sit down to ask ourselves where we need to be going with it and so our 'ship of the project' wanders at the dictates of the waves rather than directed by the motor of our purpose
— Gbenga APAMPA
Time will tell if it was well spent. Time will tell where all your ideas went. Time will allow you to achieve your goals. Time is too precious to put on hold.Don't waste time on meaningless things.Take advantage of its benefits and all life brings.
— Bianca McCormick-Johnson, "I'm G.O.O.D.":
You cannot free someonewho is caged intheir own self.
— Anjum Choudhary, Souled Out
Destruction wasn't when you chose to destroy me.It was when i let you.
— Anjum Choudhary, Souled Out
I was lost for too longbut when i found you,i could feel it in my bones.You were my home.
— Anjum Choudhary, Souled Out
Take me to your darkest cornersand watch your demonssurrender to mine..
— Anjum Choudhary, Souled Out
Master the art of selfloveand you will never have to seekvalidationever again.
— Anjum Choudhary, Souled Out
I am no one's to be claimed,I belong to me.
— Anjum Choudhary, Souled Out
I stopped losing my sleep over you...Now i lie awakein search of me!!
— Anjum Choudhary, Souled Out
It's okay darling,creative people are called crazyall the time.
— Anjum Choudhary, Souled Out
Sometimes even the best of us have to lose ourselves in fantasy to survive reality.
— Maxi Bransdale
Be like a water who creates his own path don't be like a stone who stops everyone's path
— Awais Aman
Success doesn't come to you walking, you should move towards it
— Kamal Khanzada
This day is full of extraordinary things that you are missing. Wonderful sights, like the sun on your counterpane, the hairs on your cat's tail, the cracks in the paint on your radiator, the leaves piling up against the curve. Wonderful smells, wonderful sounds. Wonderful people. Wonderful opportunities. Today is wonderful. But perhaps you have lost your sense of wonder.
— Danny Gregory, The Creative License: Giving Yourself Permission to Be The Artist You Truly Are
An artist is someone who sees and feels realty very intensely. Creativity doesn't mean just making things up out of thin air. It means seeing and feeling the world so vividly that you can put together connections and patterns that help to explain reality. It means you see the beauty in the world rather than trying to hide from it.
— Danny Gregory, The Creative License: Giving Yourself Permission to Be The Artist You Truly Are
Those who always think of their aches can never do what it takes!
— RVM
People will think while you can do, go and do it
— Kamal Khanzada
Celebrate your life now, as it unfolds. Turn away from judgement and negative theories about your worth, your potential, and your destiny. See what you already have.
— Danny Gregory, The Creative License: Giving Yourself Permission to Be The Artist You Truly Are
Life is a maze. Don't just gaze. Change your pace, to win the race.
— RVM
Efforts + Proper Timing = Success
— Rajasaraswathii
The best way to solve a problem is not to think of it as a problem but just as a difficulty or a challenge. Technically, the obstacle is the same, but you'll be able to approach it with a positive attitude that sharpens the mind and beats a path towards more solutions in the future.
— A.G. Roemmers