A few years ago, I assembled hundreds of passages and quotes that inspired me, lifted me or spoke to me in some way….I consider these words to live by. So enjoy these books and what’s in them any time you need a boost…they sure helped me through some tough times. Know that this comes to you with the sincerest intent of making some kind of change in the world, one thought at a time. God bless, hang in there and never give up!
If you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room
Anonymous
Perfection leaves so little room for improvement.
Anonymous
Do not pray for an easy life; pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.
Bruce Lee
Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you’re a good person is like expecting the bull not to charge you because you’re a vegetarian.
Dennis Wholey
Let’s work. Be proud. Stand tall. Touch the clouds.
Mick Jagger
Working hard is important. But there is something that matters more: believing in yourself.
"He calms the storm, So that its waves are still."
Psalm 107:29 (NKJV)
"My soul melts from heaviness; Strengthen me according to Your word."
Psalm 119:28 (NKJV)
"Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand."
Isaiah 41:10 (NKJV)
"And he said: 'I cried out to the Lord because of my affliction, And He answered me. 'Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, And You heard my voice. For You cast me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, And the floods surrounded me; All Your billows and Your waves passed over me.'"
Jonah 2:2-3 (NKJV)
“Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?
Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?
So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
“Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble."
Matthew 6:25-34 (NKJV)
"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."
Hebrews 11:1 (NKJV)
"You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only."
James 2:24 (NKJV)
"Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead."
James 2:17 (NKJV)
"Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?"
Matthew 7:1-3 (NKJV)
"For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body."
James 3:2 (NKJV)
Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. Who are you to judge another?
James 4:11-12 (NKJV)
Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,
1 Peter 2:1-2 (NKJV)
"Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator."
1 Peter 4:19 (NKJV)
Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,
1 Peter 2:1-2 (NKJV)
"Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus."
Philippians 3:13-14 (NKJV)
Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,
1 Peter 2:1-2 (NKJV)
"Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus."
Philippians 3:13-14 (NKJV)
"Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!"
Philippians 4:4 (NKJV)
"Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others."
Philippians 2:3-4 (NKJV)
"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God."
Philippians 4:6 (NKJV)
"I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content."
Philippians 4:11b (NKJV)
"Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things."
Philippians 4:8 (NKJV)
You never make progress until you quit asking why
TONY ROBBINS
You can’t win ‘em all unless you win the first one
Sergio Garcia
What you don’t see with your eye,
don’t invent with your mouth.
Jewish Proverb
The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and
the storm terrible,
but they’ve never found these dangers sufficient
reason for remaining ashore.
Vincent Van Gogh
If you can’t find happiness along the way,
you will not find it at the end of the road.
Bob Moawad
Don’t stop believin’. Hold onto that feelin’.
Journey
I get knocked down, but I get up again.
You’re never going keep me down.
Chumbawumba
It's not the load that breaks you down,
it's the way you carry it.
Lena Horne
One day the courage of man will fail —
but not this day.
J.R.R. Tolkien
The world is what you make of it.
If it doesn’t fit, make alterations.
Silverado
Maybe you are listless because you have no list.
Robert Schuller
It doesn’t matter how slow you go as long as you
don’t stop.
COnfucius
Let's work, be proud
Stand tall, touch the clouds
Mick Jagger
Winners are not those who never fail,
but those who never quit.
UNKNOWN
So, if you're lost and on your own
You can never surrender
And if your path won't lead you home
You can never surrender
And when the night is cold and dark
You can see, you can see light
‘Cause no one can take away your right
To fight and to never surrender.
Corey Hart
Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo,
but what you want is someone who will take the bus
with you
when the limo breaks down.
Oprah Winfrey
A lesson for all of us is that for every loss, there is
victory, for every sadness, there is joy, and when you think
you’ve lost everything, there is hope.
Geraldine Solon
Our greatest glory is not in never falling,
but in rising every time we fall.
Confucius
Winners are not those who never fail,
but those who never quit
Banksy
If you’re the smartest person in the room,
you’re in the wrong room
Lorne Michaels
You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks or even
months over-analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces
together, justifying what could have or
would have happened…
or you can just leave the pieces on the floor
and move the f*** on.
Tupac Shakur
All you can do is change how you react to it.
Mohandas Gandhi
The moment you accept responsibility for everything
in your life is the moment you gain the
power to change anything in your life.
Hal Elrod
Don’t start today with yesterday.
UNKNOWN
Life is like a camera:
Focus on what’s important
Capture the good times
Develop from the negatives
And if things don’t work out, take another shot.
UNKNOWN
You can tell the size of a person by the size of the
thing that bothers them.
Jordan Peterson
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win
it.
Margaret Thatcher
Don't stop, no, never give up
And never look back, just hold your head up
And if it gets rough, it's time to get rough.
HAIM
When life gets you down,
do you wanna know what you've gotta do?
Just keep swimming!
Dory
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your
neighbors,
and let every new year find you a better person.
Benjamin Franklin
Don't believe everything you think.
UNKNOWN
Defeat doesn’t finish a man, quit does.
A man is not finished when he’s defeated. He’s
finished when he quits.
Richard Nixon
Seeing the bad in the world and in people isn’t
difficult or wise or insightful - it’s lazy.
Chip Gaines
When I stand before God at the end of my life,
I would hope that I would not have a single bit of
talent left, and could say,
“I used everything you gave me.”
Erma Bombeck
Success is not just the crowning moment, the spiking
of the ball in the end zone or the raising of the flag on the
summit. It is the whole process of reaching for a goal and,
sometimes, it begins with failure.
Erik Weihenmayer
I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career.
I have lost almost 300 games.
On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the
game winning shot…
….and I missed.
I have failed over and over and over again in my life.
And that's precisely why I succeed.
Michael Jordan
Working hard is important. But there is something
that matters even more: believing in yourself.
Harry Potter
To thrive in life, you need three bones.
A wishbone. A backbone.
And a funny bone.
Reba McEntire
Never stop never stopping.
Conner4Real (Andy Samberg)
Keep on don’t stopping.
The Motet
Ya gotta do what ya gotta do when ya gotta do it.
Denny McLain
If I couldn’t handle not being good at something,
then how could I consider myself
a successful person?
Gerald Hodges
If you cave once, you may as well live in a cave.
Gary Lico
Advice is a form of nostalgia:
dispensing it is a way of fishing the past out of the
disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and
selling it for more than it’s worth.
Baz Luhrman
Once a task is just begun, never leave until it's done.
Be the labor great or small, do it well or not at all.
Quincy Jones
Don't you know things can change
Things will go your way
If you hold on for one more day
Wilson Phillips
So don't yield to the fortunes
You sometimes see as fate
You may have a new perspective
On a different day
And if you don't give up, and don't give in
You may just be okay.
Mike and the Mechanics
You are braver than you believe,
smarter than you seem,
and stronger than you think.
Winnie-the-Pooh
I don’t like to gamble, but if there’s one thing
I’m willing to bet on, it’s myself.
Beyonce
Enthusiasm is common.
Endurance is rare.
Angela Duckworth
How far you go in life depends on your being tender
with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic
with the striving and
tolerant of the weak and strong.
Because someday in your life you will have been all
of these.
George Washington Carver
Mindfulness gives you time.
Time gives you choices.
Choices, skillfully made, lead to freedom.
Henepola Gunaratana
Well, I won't back down
No, I won't back down
You can stand me up at the gates of hell
But I won't back down
No, I'll stand my ground
Won't be turned around
And I'll keep this world from draggin' me down
Gonna stand my ground
And I won't back down
Hey, baby, there ain't no easy way out
Well I know what's right
I got just one life
In a world that keeps on pushin' me around
But I'll stand my ground
