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Mentoring Quotes

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“How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment, we can start now, start slowly changing the world. How lovely that everyone, great and small, can make their contribution…how we can always, always give something, even if it is only kindness” – Anne Frank

The more you loose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have. – Norman Vincent Peale

The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves. – Helen Keller

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. – Winston Churchill

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. – Mother Teresa

Do all the good you can
By all the means you can
In all the ways you can
In all the places you can
To all the people you can
As long as ever you can
– John Wesley

One thing I know; the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. – Albert Schweitzer

One of things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people. – Dick Gregory

Be the change you want to see in the world. – Gandhi

Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them. – Lady Bird Johnson

“True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.” – Arthur Ashe

A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could. – Unknown

“One’s mind, once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

To the world, you may just be somebody. But to somebody, you may just might be the world. – Unknown

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

You really can change the world if you care enough. – Marion Wright Edelman

Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the greatest sources of happiness. – Ray Lyman Wilbur

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us. What we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal. – Albert Pine

Cool Quotes

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“The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.” –Alfred Adler

“The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.” –Thomas Jefferson

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities.” –Dr. Seuss

“Life is just a bowl of cherries.” –Anonymous

“Life becomes useless and insipid when we have no longer either friends or enemies.” -Queen Christina of Sweden

“The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle.” –Anais Nin

“Life is a warfare and a stranger’s sojourn, and after fame is oblivion.” –Marcus Aurelius

“Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.” –Soren Kierkegaard

“A lawful kiss is never worth a stolen one.” –Guy De Maupassant

“To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.” –Anonymous

Quotes about Perspective

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A flower is a weed seen through joyful eyes. – Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. – Marcus Aurelius

It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are in themselves. – Carl Jung

We don’t see things as they are, we see things as we are. – Anaïs Nin

People only see what they are prepared to see. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Most people’s historical perspective begins with the day of their birth. – Rush Limbaugh

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. – Anonymous

If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. – Abraham Maslow

Do you prefer that you be right or happy? – A Course In Miracles

Bad is called good when worse happens. – Norwegian Proverb

We can train ourselves to view life from more joyful perspectives. – Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Try a new perspective on diversity. Across the country and around the world, we are all one. – Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Life is all in the perspective you take on it. – Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The beauty does not live out there; the beauty’s in my eyes. – Jonathan Lockwood Huie

We see Life through the fun-house mirrors of our point-of-view. – Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Everyone believes that their beliefs are the right ones – that is why they are called beliefs. – Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Be a passionate Observer of Life. See the events, feel the emotions, and recognize the difference. – Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Recognizing my blindness is the first step toward regaining my sight. – Jonathan Lockwood Huie

When you keep getting the wrong answers, try asking better questions. – Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The world just IS, and we all have our stories about it. – Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Having a personal opinion is great. Believing that one’s personal opinion is absolute truth leads to most of the world’s troubles.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

We never see what we are not ready to see. – Jonathan Lockwood Huie

We would never have a word for Joy if there were no suffering. – Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Take wing and soar to gain the broad view. – Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Quotes to make your day better

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Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity. ~Christopher Morley

You don’t get harmony when everybody sings the same note. ~Doug Floyd

Don’t think you’re on the right road just because it’s a well-beaten path. ~Author Unknown

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind. ~Dr. Seuss

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life. ~Winston Churchill

Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of confusion and bamboozle requires intelligence, vigilance, dedication and courage. But if we don’t practice these tough habits of thought, we cannot hope to solve the truly serious problems that face us – and we risk becoming a nation of suckers, up for grabs by the next charlatan who comes along. ~Carl Sagan, The Fine Art of Baloney Detection

Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it. ~Albert Einstein

Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence. ~Juvenal

Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb

When leaders act contrary to conscience, we must act contrary to leaders. ~Veterans Fast for Life

If… the machine of government… is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. ~Henry David Thoreau, On the Duty of Civil Disobediance, 1849

You’re not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it. ~Malcolm X

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. ~Bishop Desmond Tutu

Being Afraid Quotes

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I’m not afraid of storms for I’m learning how to sail my ship. – Louisa May Alcott

Courage is doing what you’re afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you’re scared. – Eddie Rickenbacker

You must do the things you think you cannot do. – Eleanor Roosevelt

The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek. – Joseph Campbell

The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do. – Anonymous

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. – Mark Twain

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain. – Mark Twain

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be. – Anne Frank

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. – Lao Tzu

Always do what you are afraid to do. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. – Plato

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid. – William Faulkner

The first step to believing something is true is wanting to believe it is true… or being afraid it is. – Terry Goodkind

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. – John D. Rockefeller

Wise Quotes

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We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers, cells, constellations. – Anais Nin

You always admire what you really don’t understand. – Blaise Pascal

One who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; one who does not ask a question remains a fool forever. – Chinese proverb

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. – Hans Hofmann

Our Age of Anxiety is, in great part, the result of trying to do today’s jobs with yesterday’s tools. – Marshall McLuhan

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. – Arthur Schopenhauer

Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped. – Elbert Hubbard

We can stay young by focusing on a dream instead of on a regret. – Unknown

The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind. – Wayne Dyer

The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from the old ones. – John Maynard Kynes

Funny Women T-Shirt Sayings

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Don’t piss me off! I’m running out of places to hide the bodies.

Guys have feelings too. But like… who cares?

I don’t believe in miracles. I rely on them.

Next mood swing: 6 minutes.

I hate everybody, and you’re next.

Please don’t make me kill you.

And your point is…?

I used to be schizophrenic, but we’re ok now.

I’m busy. You’re ugly. Have a nice day.

Warning: I have an attitude and I know how to use it.

Remember my name – you’ll be screaming it later.

You KNOW you want me.

Don’t worry. It’ll only seem kinky the first time…

Of course I don’t look busy… I did it right the first time.

Why do people with closed minds always open their mouths?

I’m multi-talented: I can talk and piss you off at the same time.

You, me, whipped cream, handcuffs. Any questions?

Do NOT start with me. You will NOT win.

You have the right to remain silent, so please SHUT UP.

All stressed out and no one to choke.

I’m one of those bad things that happen to good people.

How can I miss you if you won’t go away?

Sorry if I looked interested. I’m not.

If we are what we eat, I’m fast, cheap and easy.

Nobody knows I’m not wearing underwear.

I’m out of estrogen and I have a gun.