Have you ever read a quote and it’s meaning and wisdom was so powerful to you, that you had an immediate epiphany? So often we read words of wisdom, but too often, we do just that…we read them. To really have all the benefits, we need to actually absorb them.
It happens to me quite often — I read a quote or a positive affirmation and those words make perfect sense to me and I think “wow, that is so true” and then, a day later and I’ve let those words and their positive meaning escape me. I’m making more of an effort to really absorb words of wisdom to let them really sink in and more importantly, to actually incorporate them into life.
This collection of quotes is ideal for reminding us to to be more resilient and that happiness is something we choose:
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world” — Harriet Tubman
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ — Eleanor Roosevelt
“When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.” — Tecumseh
“If you feel lost, disappointed, hesitant, or weak, return to yourself, to who you are, here and now and when you get there, you will discover yourself, like a lotus flower in full bloom, even in a muddy pond, beautiful and strong.“ — Masaru Emoto
“Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.” — Mahatma Gandhi
“Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.“ — August Wilson
“You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go and see what happens.” — Mandy Hale
“We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
“Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.” — Vincent van Gogh
“Whenever you find yourself doubting how far you can go, just remember how far you have come. Remember everything you have faced, all the battles you have won, and all the fears you have overcome.” — Anonymous
“Negative people need drama like it’s oxygen. Stay positive and take their breath away.” — Anonymous
“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.“ — Helen Keller
“Anyone can give up; it is the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone would expect you to fall apart, now that is true strength.“ — Chris Bradford
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” — Mahatma Gandhi
“We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.” — J.K. Rowling
“Make up your mind that no matter what comes your way, no matter how difficult, no matter how unfair, you will do more than simply survive. You will thrive in spite of it.“ — Joel Osteen
“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
“He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.” — Louisa May Alcott
“I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become.” — Unknown
“The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.” –James Oppenheim
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.” — Helen Keller
“The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.” — Joseph Campbell
“Everyone has inside them a piece of good news. The good news is you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is.” — Anne Frank
“Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.” — Andrew Carnegie
“Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.” — Daphne du Maurier
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” — Mahatma Gandhi
“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
“The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.” — J.M. Barrie
“Happiness doesn’t come from achievements, or money, or any sort of treasure. Happiness is a frame of mind, not a destination. It’s appreciating what you’ve got and building relationships with those around you.” — Janette Rallison
“For just one second, look at your life and see how perfect it is. Stop looking for the next secret door that is going to lead you to your real life. Stop waiting. This is it: there’s nothing else. It’s here, and you’d better decide to enjoy it or you’re going to be miserable wherever you go, for the rest of your life, forever.” — Lev Grossman
“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” — Anatole France
“It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.” — Oprah Winfrey
“If only we’d stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.” — Edith Wharton
“Wherever there are wild animals in the world, there is always an opportunity for caring, compassion and kindness.” — Paul Oxton
And finally, I like this one especially, because it reminds us to do good…to spread happiness when ever and where ever we can…
“And the seed that fell on good soil represents those who hear and accept God’s word and produce a harvest of thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times as much as had been planted.” — Mark 4:20
There is such wisdom and positivity in these words. Whichever ones you most connect with, commit them to memory and call upon those uplifting pearls of wisdom for a boost of positivity whenever you need them.
