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24 Empowering Quotes

“I’m the one that has to die when it’s time for me to die, so let me live my life, the way I want to.” ~ Jimi Hendrix

“Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.” ~ Tecumseh

“You have to do stuff that average people don’t understand because those are the only good things.” ~ Andy Warhol

“When I’m trusting and being myself… everything in my life reflects this by falling into place easily, often miraculously.” ~ Shakti Gawain

“One of the secrets of life is to be honestly who you are. Who others want you to be, who you used to be, and who you may some day become … these are fantasies. To be honestly who you are is to give up your illusions and face today with courage.” ~ Bill Purdin

“Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else.” ~ Judy Garland

“The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning to work on becoming yourself.” ~ Anna Quindlen

“I was brought up to believe that how I saw myself was more important than how others saw me.” ~ Anwar el-Sadat

“The most important thing is to be whatever you are without shame.” ~ Rod Steiger

“Never think you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning.” ~ Anthony Trollope

empowering quotes“Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.” ~ Hasidic Saying

“The most common sort of lie is the one uttered to one’s self.” ~ Nietzsche

“But the lightning which explodes and fashions planets, maker of planets and suns, is in him. On one side elemental order, sandstone and granite, rock-ledges, peat-bog, forest, sea and shore; and on the other part, thought, the spirit which composes and decomposes nature,—here they are, side by side, god and devil, mind and matter, king and conspirator, belt and spasm, riding peacefully together in the eye and brain of every man.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not.” ~ Unknown

“If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price.” ~ Unknown

“You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
You’re on your own.
And you know what you know.
You are the guy who’ll decide where to go.” ~ Dr. Seuss

“It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.” ~ Epicurus

“When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.” ~ African Proverb

“The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others.” ~ Sonya Friedman

“You don’t need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!” ~ John Lennon

“If you have someone hating on you right now, you better think of how to get 5 more people hating by Christmas. You need haters to make you stronger. Without haters, most people wouldn’t try to become better. Just tell them ‘bitch you just hate me because you can’t be me…’” ~ Katt Williams

“Don’t try so hard to fit it when you were born to stand out.” – Unknown

“Pay no mind to those who talk behind your back, it simply means that you are two steps ahead.” ~ Unknown

“People who lack the strength to be themselves are always trying to tear down those who do.” ~ Unknown

15 Productivity Quotes

1. The more reasons you have for achieving your goal, the more determined you will become. — Brian Tracy

2. Pursue meaningful adventures. — Chris Guillebeau

3. It’s not whether you get knocked down. It’s whether you get up again. — Vince Lombardi

4. Fortune favours the brave. — Terence

5. Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. — Neal Donald Walsch

6. The best way out is always through. — Unknown

7. Live well. It is the greatest revenge. — The Talmud

8. If you never fall you won’t know how to pick yourself up. — Unknown

9. You need to write down an unrealistic goal and start to live and breathe it every single day. This can be simple, or more complex. Make it crazy though! The sky is the limit, and trust me, people have been up there too. — Everett Bogue

10. Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

11. Just get started. There are some days when you don’t feel like heading out the door for a run, or figuring out your budget, or whatever it is you’re supposed to do that day for your goal. Well, instead of thinking about how hard it is, and how long it will take, tell yourself that you just have to start. — Leo Babauta

12. One thing at a time. Most important thing first. Start now. — Skellie

13. No hour of life is lost that is spent in the saddle. — Winston Churchill

14. The best time to start was last year. Failing that, today will do. — Chris Guillebeau

15. Start from wherever you are and with whatever you’ve got. — Jim Rohn

Stupidity Quotes

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the the universe.” – Albert Einstein

“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and
conscientious stupidity.” –Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward.” – Bill Davidsen

“Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.” –Bertrand Russell

“In politics stupidity is not a handicap.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

stupidity quotes“Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.” – Frank Leah

“There are only two ways by which to rise in this world, either by one’s own industry or by the stupidity of others.” – Jean de la Bruyere

“The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.” –Thomas Szasz

“The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.” – Unknown

“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.” –Bertrand Russell

“Stupidity has a certain charm – ignorance does not” – Frank Zappa

“It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.” – George Bernard Shaw

Wisdom Quotes

The future is like a baboons ass, colorful and full of shit. – Arne Anka

It is annoying to be honest to no purpose. – Unknown

It is better to have men ask why you have no statue, than why you have one. – Unknown

Money will not buy happiness, but it will let you be unhappy in nice places. – Unknown

For a human there are but three great events: to be born, to live and to die. She doesn’t know she is born, he suffers of dying and she forgets to live. – Jean de la Bryère

Wisdom QuotesTell me what you’re laughing at and I shall tell you who you are. – Goethe

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it – and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again — and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. – Mark Twain

You can cheat an honest man but not make a fool out of him. – Confucius

Ageing isn’t that bad if you consider the alternatives. – Maurice Chevalier

A home without books is a body without soul. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

Life QuotesSurround 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

Inspiring Quotes on Life

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself” – George Bernard Shaw

“You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take” – Wayne Gretzky

“If you don’t get everything you want, think of the things you don’t get that you don’t want” – Unknown

“Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you area vegetarian” – Dennis Wholey

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow” – Mary Anne Radmacher

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be” – Marcel Pagnol

“Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was” – Richard L. Evans

“It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not”- Unknown

Inspiring Quotes on Experience

“In times like these, it is helpful to remember that there have always been times like these” – Paul Harvey

“No one can go back and make a brand new start, my friend, but anyone can start from here and make a brand new end” –Dan Zadra

“The difficulties of life are intended to make us better, not bitter”- Unknown

“Happiness is beneficial for the body but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind” – Marcel Proust

“Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him”- Aldous Huxley

“Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable”- Sydney J. Harris

“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better” — Samuel Beckett

“It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere”- Agnes Repplier

“There is nothing noble about being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self” – Hindu proverb

Advice Quotes

“Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got” – Janis Joplin

“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret” – Ambrose Bierce

“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

“Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.” – John R. Wooden

“You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated”– Maya Angelou

Never tell your problems to anyone…20% don’t care and the other 80% are glad you have them. –Lou Holtz

When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the fire department generally uses water. –Unknown

Never regret. If it’s good, it’s wonderful. If it’s bad, it’s experience –Victoria Holt

Inspiring Quotes on Friendship

“A true friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out” – Walter Winchell

“I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar”- Unknown

“It’s sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew” – Henry Rollins

“Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer”-Ed Cunningham

“Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher” – Oprah Winfrey

“A friend is a person before whom I may think aloud” – Ralph Waldo Emerson