Lately whenever I come across a quote I really like, I add it to a Google Doc I titled “Inspiration”. This is so ridiculously simple and I wish I’d done it sooner, since I have tons of inspirational stuff I’ve read or heard that is scribbled in notebooks or on index cards and not as easy to find.
Anyway, here are a few quotes from my recent “Inspiration” doc you might like:
“The art of growing wise is knowing what to overlook.” ~Jane Fonda
“To the extent that we choose love, the puniness of our material power is replaced by a power that comes not from us but through us.” ~Martha Beck
“Believe it or not, you really can’t feel other people’s love. You only feel your own. Then you project your own onto other people.” ~Meadow DeVor
“You wouldn’t tell a baby to never expect to walk. Why would you tell yourself that you could achieve only what you’ve already experienced? You are still developing, aren’t you? It’s never “realistic” to deny your miraculous creative impulses. It’s self-annihilating.” ~Tama Kieves
“Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact: Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use. Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again.” ~Steve Jobs
“Always the aim for me is making people feel like they are not alone. That’s just the greatest feeling.” ~Zooey Deschanel
(Okay, I have to dorkily point out that we can never “make” anyone feel anything–each person’s emotions can only come from their own thoughts. But I still really love this quote)“What you think creates you. Think beautiful.”. ~Michael Taylor
“Your brain needs supervision or it just thinks what’s easy. What’s easiest is what it has thought the most. Make sure that’s a good thing.” ~Brooke Castillo
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