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Motivational Life Quote
If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. ~ Dale Carnegie
Fate Quotes
Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart. – Marcus Aurelius
Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her. But once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game. – Voltaire
Men are not prisoners of Fate, but only prisoners of their own minds. – Franklin Roosevelt
How a person masters his fate is more important than what his fate is. – Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt
When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate. – Carl Jung
As we move through life, the force of fate creates events that we only appreciate when we reflect on our existence. – Ronald Harmon
When fate hands us a lemon, let’s try to make lemonade. – Dale Carnegie
I have found power in the mysteries of thought, exaltation in the changing of the Muses … I have been versed in the reasonings of men but Fate is stronger than anything I have known. – Euripides
Inspiring Life Quotes to Live By
1. “It’s better to be an authentic loser than a false success, and to die alive than to live dead.” –William Markiewicz
2. “Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life… Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated. Thus, everyone’s task is as unique as is his specific opportunity to implement it.” – Viktor Frankl
3. “Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.” –Kahlil Gibran
4. “One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon-instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.” – Dale Carnegie
5. “Challenges come so we can grow and be prepared for things we are not equipped to handle now. When we face our challenges with faith, prepared to learn, willing to make changes, and if necessary, to let go, we are demanding our power be turned on.” –Iyanla Vanzant
6. Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live. –Nicolas de Chamfort
7. “Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead; that is where your future lies.” –Ann Landers
8. “Circumstances and situations do color life but you have been given the mind to choose what the color shall be.” –John Homer Miller
9. “You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems, and suffer, and understand, for all that is life.” –Jiddu Krishnamurti
10. “Whatever you want in life, start today. Not tomorrow – today. Let it be a small beginning – a tiny beginning. Your happiness depends on starting today – every day.” –Jonathan Lockwood Huie
11. “The only difference between an extraordinary life and an ordinary one is the extraordinary pleasures you find in ordinary things.” –Veronique Vienne
12. “For most of life, nothing wonderful happens. If you don’t enjoy getting up and working and finishing your work and sitting down to a meal with family or friends, then the chances are you’re not going to be very happy. If someone bases his or her happiness on major events like a great job, huge amounts of money, a flawlessly happy marriage or a trip to Paris, that person isn’t going to be happy much of the time. If, on the other hand, happiness depends on a good breakfast, flowers in the yard, a drink or a nap, then we are more likely to live with quite a bit of happiness.” –Andy Rooney
13. “The three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love and something to hope for.” –Addison
14. “Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson
15. “Life is not a journey to the grave with intentions of arriving safely in a pretty well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming … WOW! What a ride!” –Unknown
16. “To live with the conscious knowledge of the shadow of uncertainty, with the knowledge that disaster or tragedy could strike at any time; to be afraid and to know and acknowledge your fear, and still to live creatively and with unstinting love: that is to live with grace.” –Peter Abrahams
17. “People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life… I think that what we’re really seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonance within our innermost being and reality, so that we can actually feel the rapture of being alive.” –Joseph Campbell
18. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover” –Mark Twain
19. “Don’t be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of.” –Charles Richards
20. “Live life fully while you’re here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up! You’re going to anyway, so you might as well enjoy the process.” –Anthony Robbins
21. “It is quite true what Philosophy says: that Life must be understood backwards. But that makes one forget the other saying: that it must be lived –forwards. The more one ponders this, the more it comes to mean that life in the temporal existence never becomes quite intelligible, precisely because at no moment can I find complete quiet to take the backward-looking position.” –Soren Kierkegaard
22. “For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin – real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way. Something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.” –Fr. Alfred D’Souza
23. “I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.” –Jack London
24. “Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.” –Mary Anne Radmacher
25. “When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live life.” –Greg Anderson
Dale Carnegie Short Quotes
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Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. –Dale Carnegie Quotes
Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still. –Dale Carnegie Quotes
You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing. –Dale Carnegie Quotes
You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. –Dale Carnegie Quotes
If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. –Dale Carnegie Quotes
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain – and most fools do. –Dale Carnegie Quotes
The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore. –Dale Carnegie Quotes
If you want to gather honey, don’t kick over the beehive. –Dale Carnegie Quotes
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. –Dale Carnegie Quotes
We all have possibilities we don’t know about. We can do things we don’t even dream we can do. –Dale Carnegie Quotes
Fear Quotes
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. ~ Marcus Aurelius
A chicken doesn’t stop scratching just because worms are scarce. ~ Grandma Axiom
Terror is as much a part of the concept of truth as runniness is of the concept of jam. We wouldn’t like jam if it didn’t, by its very nature, ooze. We wouldn’t like truth if it wasn’t sticky, if, from time to time, it didn’t ooze blood. ~ Jean Baudrillard
Fear secretes acids; but love and trust are sweet juices. ~ Henry Ward Beecher
Fear is met and destroyed with courage. ~ James F. Bell
Anything I’ve ever done that ultimately was worthwhile… initially scared me to death. ~ Betty Bender
Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination. ~ Christian Nevell Bovee
When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat after all. We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful motivation — it empowers us to overcome obstacles so we can live our dreams. ~ Les Brown
The fear of being wrong is the prime inhibitor of the creative process. ~ Jean Bryant
When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear. ~ Buddha
Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it… that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear. ~ Dale Carnegie
Fear has many eyes and can see things underground. ~ Miguel De Cervantes
We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear. ~ Charles Caleb Colton
Fear can be conquered. I became a better person and a better football player when I learned that lesson. ~ Roger Craig
A fighter has to know fear. ~ Cus D’Amato
It all changed when I realized I’m not the only one on the planet who’s scared. Everyone else is, too. I started asking people, “Are you scared, too?” “You bet your sweet life I am.” “Aha, so that’s the way it is for you, too.” We were all in the same boat. That’s probably what is so effective at our workshops. When I ask, “Who else feels like this?” the whole room of hands goes up. People realize they are not the only one who feels that way. ~ Stan Dale
The first and great commandment is, “Don’t let them scare you.” ~ Elmer Davis
Fear is the biggest motivator. ~ Bill Dixon
Fear can be headier than whiskey, once man has acquired a taste for it. ~ Donald Downes
My worst fear is that I’ll end up living in some run-down duplex on Wilshire wearing pants hiked up to my nipples and muttering under my breath. ~ Richard Dreyfuss
He without fear is king of the world. ~ E. E. Eddison
Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Winners are those people who make a habit of doing the things losers are uncomfortable doing. ~ Ed Foreman
Fear may come true that which one is afraid of. ~ Viktor E. Frankl
Most fear stems from sin; to limit one’s sins, one must assuredly limit one’s fear, thereby bringing more peace to one’s spirit. ~ Marvin Gaye
Quotes about Being Happy
Happiness is a choice. – Anonymous
Whoever is happy will make others happy, too. – Anne Frank
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. – Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. –Thich Nhat Hanh
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. – Dale Carnegie
Happiness doesn’t depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude. – Dale Carnegie
Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness. – Zhuangzi
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves. – Helen Keller
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. – Albert Schweitzer
The word “happiness” would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. – Carl Jung
True happiness… is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. – Helen Keller
Happiness is a direction, not a place. – Sydney J. Harris
Ideas Quotes
You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I’ve only ever had one. – Albert Einstein
Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. – Albert Einstein
Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone. – Albert Einstein
Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation. – Mark Twain
You do things when the opportunities come along. I’ve had periods in my life when I’ve had a bundle of ideas come along, and I’ve had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, I’ll do something. If not, I won’t do a damn thing. – Warren Buffett
To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical. – Thomas Jefferson
It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong. – Thomas Jefferson
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. – John F. Kennedy
Khrushchev reminds me of the tiger hunter who has picked a place on the wall to hang the tiger’s skin long before he has caught the tiger. This tiger has other ideas. – John F. Kennedy
“I don’t know exactly where ideas come from. It’s just a matter of us figuring out how to receive the ideas waiting to be heard.” – Jim Henson
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. – Eleanor Roosevelt
Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening. – Coco Chanel
It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. – Aristotle
College isn’t the place to go for ideas. – Helen Keller
Or heritage and ideals, our code and standards – the things we live by and teach our children – are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings. – Walt Disney
At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top – I’m afraid that’s not quite right. – Bill Gates
Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas. – Henry Ford
Great ideas originate in the muscles. – Thomas A. Edison
God screens us evermore from premature ideas. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around – the music and the ideas. – Bob Dylan
The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don’t like their rules, whose would you use? – Dale Carnegie
Life Quotes
It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded – Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed- Dale Carnegie
To retaliate in kind would do nothing but intensify the existence of hate in the universe. Along the way of life, someone must have sense enough, and morality enough, to cut off the chain of hate. –Martin Luther King Jr
One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love. ~ Sophocles
People need love even when they don’t deserve it. ~ Nikki Ledbetter
I wonder how many people never get the one they want, but end up with the one they’re supposed to have- Fried Green Tomatoes
I don’t know. It’s like, there’s this person that you want to be for other people. To make them proud of you. And then there’s you. And sometimes it’s hard to tell where one ends and the other begins. – Dawson’s Creek
Everyone can be okay, but it takes a real person to smile through the pain. – Michaela Marie
Courage is not defined by those who fought and did not fall … but those who fought, fell, and rose again. – Unknown
When you spend your life worrying about how others feel, you lose track of how you feel. – Unknown
I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision. – Eleanor Roosevelt
It’s impossible to please everyone so I suggest we all stop trying. – Jennifer Aniston
The world is so much better when you’re dreaming… – The Youth Ahead
When things are perfect, that’s when you need to worry most. – Drew Barrymore
If you tell the truth, you don’t have o remember anything- Mark Twain
Surround yourself with people you love being yourself with. – Unknown
You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. – Buddha
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter –MLK Jr.
Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth- Benjamin Disraeli
Sometimes paper is the only thing that will listen to you. – Unknown
Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself. – Robert F. Bennett
Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.- Bob Newhart
Forgiving is not forgetting, it’s letting go of the hurt. – Unknown
If you want to hear the truth, listen to the heart, because it doesn’t know how to lie- Gingerale
No matter the consequence those who are honest with themselves get further in life. – Unknown
Life is like fresh fallen snow, be careful where you walk, for every step will show. – Unknown
You never find yourself until you face the truth.- Pearl Bailey
Don’t put too much in any one person…they have a habit of taking more than you may be prepared to give. – Unknown
The most wasted day of all is that which we have not laughed. – Unknown
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility. – Eleanor Roosevelt
What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life. – Leo Buscaglia
Once in a while it really hits people that they don’t have to experience the world in the way they have been told to.- Alan Keightley
If youre going to get in trouble for hitting someone, you might as well do it hard. – Unknown
Funny, sometimes it’s the smallest decistions that change your life forever. – Unknown
When I do something great, no one ever seems to remember, but when I do something wrong, no one can ever seem to forget. – Unknown
Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% of how you respond to it. – Unknown
To be persuasive, we must be believable. To be believable, we must be credible. To be credible, we must be truthful.- Hellmut Walters
Truth isn’t always beauty, but the hunger for it is.- Nadine Gordimer
Learn to see things as they really are, not as we imagine they are. – Vernon Howard
There is no shame in finding someone else to be attractive, or good company. Even if they don’t like you, there is still no shame. If you happen to be fond of someone, and they’re not fond of you, it’s OK…You don’t have to wait and see if they’ll love you back. You can announce it…Joy in life comes from expressing ourselves, in taking risks and jumping in. Everyone is not going to like you. But you can like who you like.- Andrew Matthews
Famous Quotes
“If everybody loves you, something is wrong. Find at least one enemy to keep you alert.” – Paulo Coelho
“Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.” – Robert Schuller
“Success doesn’t make you and failure doesn’t break you” – Zig Ziglar
“The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.” – Albert Einstein
“The smallest bookstore still contains more ideas of worth than have been presented in the entire history of television” – Andrew Ross
“Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.” – Washington Irving
“People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.” – Dale Carnegie
“If you understand life, you must be misinformed.” – Paulo Coelho
“Two great talkers will not travel far together.” – Spanish Proverb
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde
“If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Goodbye without reasons is the most painful one. Love without reasons is the most beautiful one.” – Dhanti Praspani
“Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it’s addressed to someone else.” – Ivern Ball
“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“We do not remember days, we remember moments” – Cesare Pavese
“Superior men are modest in speech but exceed in actions” – Confucius