Explore the wonderful quotes under this tag
If nobody ever worried about what was in other people's heads, we’d all be 33 percent more effective in our lives and our jobs.
Sep 19, 2025
When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody's bothering to tell you anymore, that's a very bad place to be. Your critics are the ones telling you they still love you and care.
Experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer.
Too many people go through life complaining about their problems. I've always believed that if you took one tenth the enrgy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you'd be surprised by how well things can work out.
If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy?
Luck is indeed where preparation meets opportunity.
You just have to decide if you're a Tigger or an Eeyore.
Look, I'm going to find a way to be happy, and I'd really love to be happy with you, but if I can't be happy with you, then I'll find a way to be happy without you.
Its important to have specific dreams. Dream Big. Dream without fear.
The questions are always more important than the answers.
Be good at something. It makes you valuable. Have something to bring to the table, because that will make you more welcome.
Time is all you have and you may find one day that you have less than you think.
Find the best in everybody. Just keep waiting no matter how long it takes. No one is all evil. Everybody has a good side, just keep waiting, it will come out.
People are more important than things.
A lot of people want a shortcut. I find the best shortcut is the long way, which is basically two words: work hard.
When we're connected to others, we become better people.
It's not how hard you hit. It's how hard you get hit... and keep moving forward.
Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other.
When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they've given up on you.
Find the best in everybody. Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you. It might even take years, but people will show you their good side. Just keep waiting.
We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn't matter. Life is to be lived.
The person who failed often knows how to avoid future failures. The person who knows only success can be more oblivious to all the pitfalls.
Just because you're in the driver's seat, doesn't mean you have to run people over.
You may not want to hear it, but your critics are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you, and want to make you better.
My colleague told me: "It took a long time, but I finally figured it out. When it comes to men who are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself.
Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress you.
Never underestimate the importance of having fun. I'm dying and I'm having fun. And I'm going to keep having fun every day because there's no other way to play it.
You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.
When you do the right thing, good stuff has a way of happening.
I'll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short-term, earnest is long term.
We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand. If I don’t seem as depressed or morose as I should be, sorry to disappoint you.
Fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals. You’ve got to get the fundamentals down because otherwise the fancy stuff isn’t going to work.
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.
It's very important to know when you're in a pissing match. And it's very important to get out of it as quickly as possible.
I'm dying and I'm having fun. And I'm going to keep having fun every day I have left.
Never lose the child-like wonder. It’s just too important. It’s what drives us. Help others.
Don’t complain; just work harder.
Remember brick walls let us show our dedication. They are there to separate us from the people who don't really want to achieve their childhood dreams.
One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose.
Be good at something. It makes you valuable.
The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!
Brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want
Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things.
The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.
We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.
The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have.
A good apology is like antibiotic, a bad apology is like rubbing salt in the wound.
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse.
It's not about how to achieve your dreams, it's about how to lead your life, ... If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself, the dreams will come to you.