Why do I procrastinate, especially, when I know better? Why do I feel an urge to do something else whenever I start doing something important? What steps can I take to move forward? If this sounds like you, keep reading! We are asking the wrong question, and I’m as guilty as anyone. It’s not, “Why do I put off the things I really want or need to do?” The real question we have to ask ourselves is, “What’s the pay-off I enjoy by avoiding doing what I say is important?” Our answers may vary but see if any (or all!) of these apply:
Why Do I Procrastinate?Let’s look at the reasons why we procrastinate. I get to stay comfortable…Fear of Failure/Fear of Letting GoAre we ignoring the nudge to take an important step, and instead, holding on to what’s familiar? Pruning is a metaphor I write about often because it’s just that powerful. We are often so afraid of letting go—of something, someone, maybe some job that isn’t working—that we will cling to the dying branches. The thought of the void seems so much worse than the death itself. Invariably though, when we let go of what’s not working and what is draining our energy and resources, we make room for new growth. Usually it’s so much better than we could’ve imagined! Maybe we’re afraid of failing so we never try? Sometimes the only way to know what we are capable of is to push our limits. We will either delight in accomplishing what we set out to do, or we will find out what our best is on any given day. If we fall short of our expectations, we can celebrate that we did our best. As we continue to push our limits, we may fall short of the goal, but we will continue to grow in the process. I would rather overestimate myself and find my limits than underestimate myself and never reach my full potential. Les Brown says, “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” Don Ward says, “If you are going to doubt something, doubt your limits.” If you think you can, you might be right. If you think you can’t and never try, you are definitely right! I get to keep my dream intact…Fear of Lost HopeWhy does an ostrich stick its head in the sand? I don’t know, but why humans do it is a little easier to figure out. We may want something so much, but we don’t go after it because if we fail, we’ll lose our dream. We would rather stay comfortable on our cozy couches, dreaming, hoping, praying, wishing and asking ourselves, “Wonder what it would be like to do that?” Instead, we could be asking ourselves, “How will I actually do that?” Maybe that dream is all we have? Maybe our identity is so tightly wound up in that dream that we can’t afford to lose it? Maybe we keep our heads in the sand about a job or relationship because we know deep down, it’s not right, but we don’t want to admit it, much less do anything about it. We disconnect from the part of us that knows the truth, so we don’t have to get out of our comfort zones and take action. Once we have awareness, it’s very difficult to go back to blissful ignorance. Awareness may lead to fear but the cure for fear is always action! “I’m afraid!” Do it anyway. “I may fail!” Do it anyway, because either way, you will grow. “What if it doesn’t work?” It definitely won’t work if you don’t try, but what if it does? “Who will I be if my dream doesn’t work out?” I don’t know, but who are you now, with an unsung song in your heart?” Personally, I would rather have my head in the clouds trying different things, than buried in sand, trying nothing. I get to stay anxious, which is more familiar than calm…Fear of the UnknownHow many times have you said, “Tomorrow, I’m finally going to start that big project,” but then tomorrow arrives and you act against your best intentions? All these unintentional choices can leave us filled with disappointment in ourselves, short on hope that we will ever act in a way that reflects our true desires. How can we allow the greatness we have inside us to be fully expressed while the dark clouds of anxiety and shame are constantly hovering over a corner of our lives? Ahh, but maybe that’s the point? By avoiding what’s really important, we can regularly sabotage our lives and continue to feel pretty crappy about ourselves. I hope some of you are wondering, “And how is that a pay-off, exactly?” It’s crazy, I know, but sometimes feeling good actually feels bad to some of us. So we do things that feel bad to feel better. Huh? If we came from a background of chaos, calm can seem scary. By keeping anxiousness and unhappiness steadily flowing into our lives, we can have a leg up on anything else that might hurt us. In other words, we may feel we can control sabotage easier than success. And this becomes a means of self-protection against fear of the unknown (good or bad). Nothing and no one can ruin our day if we’re doing a good job of that on our own! If this describes you, maybe it’s time to take a risk and try something different? I’ve ventured out of my chaos-comfort zone a few times now and the sky hasn’t fallen. I’m learning it’s okay to feel good and that vulnerability can actually pay off nicely. Exercise one (below) is critical. I get to avoid making a decision…Fear of Mistakes/a.k.a.PerfectionismPerfectionism. The very word even sounds rigid and binding. Some of us may prolong taking any important action until we have the whole script written and we have everything worked out to the last detail. While it’s possible life could happen the way we plan, more often than not, we will have to take action without knowing how it’s all going to turn out. One way I’m learning that perfectionism is controlling me is by watching my vocabulary when I’m talking to myself. Should’s, and ought-to’s are a good sign that I’m trying to force a particular outcome or make myself do something I don’t really want to do. Sometimes the should voice gets so loud, it drowns out all my authentic wants and needs. I feel paralyzed in overwhelm, wrestling with what I ought to do versus what I might like to do, so I stay frozen and do nothing. Either that or I trick myself into thinking I’m taking action when I’m really just busying myself with other “important” tasks like cleaning out my inbox or getting lost in social media for hours. I’m making progress in learning to trade in the “I should’s” and instead, ask myself, “In this moment, what do I really want to do?” I usually have an answer immediately. When I can mediate a balance between my wants and needs, and discern if there is any validity in the “should” voice, I can tap into my own natural flow and take action, without hesitation. I get to stay small…Fear of SuccessWe’ve all heard the phrase, “We are never given more than we can handle.” I’ve always applied that to difficult situations and tough times, but I recently heard the idea that it’s also true for our talents, our potential, and thus, our destinies. Fear of success is just as real as fear of failure. This may be the reason some of us constantly avoid taking important next steps.
The biggest role we will ever play on the stage of life is ourselves! We must not be afraid to trust and follow the mysterious greatness inside us, no matter how unknown, unpredictable, or scary it may seem. Change will happen at a speed we can handle. Me being all of ME, you being all of YOU, inherently came with the equipping we would each need to be that person in full. Being all that we are meant to become, letting all of ourselves float to the surface for the world to see is never a mistake. It’s who we were born to be and it’s our role in the symphony of life. While this doesn’t happen overnight, we can all take a step in the right direction today by being honest and asking ourselves if we are hiding behind avoidance. SolutionsMoving forward is a choice. However, understanding why we procrastinate leads to greater self-empathy, which helps us discover what we need before real progress can occur. Only then will we give ourselves permission to take action on our goals and dreams. EXERCISE #1 Make a list of everything you’re avoiding or procrastinating about. Congratulations! Awareness and acknowledgment are the first steps. Now draw a line down your paper and for each one, write all the possible fears of taking a step in the direction of what you really want. Then ask yourself, “What is the underlying belief holding me back?” Maybe it’s, “If I act on a dream and it doesn’t work out, I will look foolish.” Or, “If I succeed, I won’t be able to manage the pace of success.” There’s no right or wrong answers, this is just you getting to know the real you—your fears, hopes, dreams and inherent beliefs. In a third column, write down the worst thing that could happen if you move forward in that area, and rate how likely that is to come true on a scale of 1-10. In a fourth column, jot down one tiny step you are willing to take and the name of someone you can use for accountability and support. Strangely enough, one right action can give us just enough of a self-esteem boost to make another right decision. With each small, seemingly insignificant choice, self-trust and self-respect begin to return. We’re motivated to continue. All the while, we remind ourselves what we really want and why we’re doing this in the first place. Our “why” must stay in the forefront, fueling our efforts. TIP Another trick is to focus on the journey rather than just the ultimate outcome. If we look for the gift--the reward solely in today’s small action—we may be more likely to jump in and do it. If we slow down and enjoy the activity, we are more likely to find the willingness to take the next right step. Most of our lives are spent on the way anyway. Let’s have fun getting there! Remember, good things take time. Living in a microwave, fast-food society, our inherent desire to pull up to the drive-thru window and have it our way is so much more appealing than taking small steps toward a meaningful accomplishment. But we have a choice. We can dismiss the urges, desires, dreams, and goals that are going to take longer than one day, or we can do one small thing today (and the next, and the next) to get us closer to the goal. EXERCISE #2 Visualize how nice it will feel to just do it (whatever “it” is). Imagine being free of the mounting pressure hanging over your head. See the goal achieved. Allow yourself to bask in the glow of accomplishment, self-pride, and the fruits of your actions. Doesn’t that feel great? When the payoff for avoidance and staying comfortable BOTTOM LINE No one can tell us when it’s time to move forward. We have to stay stuck until we’re good and ready to get unstuck. When we’re done playing around with a problem, we’ll solve it. We already know what we need to do. In the meantime, we can accept we’re right where we’re supposed to be, getting the lesson and building up the necessary drive to take action. Pretty soon we’ll do it and wonder why we waited so long! Usually, it’s not as big of an issue as we made it out to be in our minds … and in our procrastination. Cheers to your perfect timing! The post Why Do I Procrastinate and How Can I Beat It appeared first on Everyday Power. via Blogger Why Do I Procrastinate and How Can I Beat It
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Why do I procrastinate, especially, when I know better? Why do I feel an urge to do something else whenever I start doing something important? What steps can I take to move forward? If this sounds like you, keep reading! We are asking the wrong question, and I’m as guilty as anyone. It’s not, “Why do I put off the things I really want or need to do?” The real question we have to ask ourselves is, “What’s the pay-off I enjoy by avoiding doing what I say is important?” Our answers may vary but see if any (or all!) of these apply:
Why Do I Procrastinate?Let’s look at the reasons why we procrastinate. I get to stay comfortable…Fear of Failure/Fear of Letting GoAre we ignoring the nudge to take an important step, and instead, holding on to what’s familiar? Pruning is a metaphor I write about often because it’s just that powerful. We are often so afraid of letting go—of something, someone, maybe some job that isn’t working—that we will cling to the dying branches. The thought of the void seems so much worse than the death itself. Invariably though, when we let go of what’s not working and what is draining our energy and resources, we make room for new growth. Usually it’s so much better than we could’ve imagined! Maybe we’re afraid of failing so we never try? Sometimes the only way to know what we are capable of is to push our limits. We will either delight in accomplishing what we set out to do, or we will find out what our best is on any given day. If we fall short of our expectations, we can celebrate that we did our best. As we continue to push our limits, we may fall short of the goal, but we will continue to grow in the process. I would rather overestimate myself and find my limits than underestimate myself and never reach my full potential. Les Brown says, “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” Don Ward says, “If you are going to doubt something, doubt your limits.” If you think you can, you might be right. If you think you can’t and never try, you are definitely right! I get to keep my dream intact…Fear of Lost HopeWhy does an ostrich stick its head in the sand? I don’t know, but why humans do it is a little easier to figure out. We may want something so much, but we don’t go after it because if we fail, we’ll lose our dream. We would rather stay comfortable on our cozy couches, dreaming, hoping, praying, wishing and asking ourselves, “Wonder what it would be like to do that?” Instead, we could be asking ourselves, “How will I actually do that?” Maybe that dream is all we have? Maybe our identity is so tightly wound up in that dream that we can’t afford to lose it? Maybe we keep our heads in the sand about a job or relationship because we know deep down, it’s not right, but we don’t want to admit it, much less do anything about it. We disconnect from the part of us that knows the truth, so we don’t have to get out of our comfort zones and take action. Once we have awareness, it’s very difficult to go back to blissful ignorance. Awareness may lead to fear but the cure for fear is always action! “I’m afraid!” Do it anyway. “I may fail!” Do it anyway, because either way, you will grow. “What if it doesn’t work?” It definitely won’t work if you don’t try, but what if it does? “Who will I be if my dream doesn’t work out?” I don’t know, but who are you now, with an unsung song in your heart?” Personally, I would rather have my head in the clouds trying different things, than buried in sand, trying nothing. I get to stay anxious, which is more familiar than calm…Fear of the UnknownHow many times have you said, “Tomorrow, I’m finally going to start that big project,” but then tomorrow arrives and you act against your best intentions? All these unintentional choices can leave us filled with disappointment in ourselves, short on hope that we will ever act in a way that reflects our true desires. How can we allow the greatness we have inside us to be fully expressed while the dark clouds of anxiety and shame are constantly hovering over a corner of our lives? Ahh, but maybe that’s the point? By avoiding what’s really important, we can regularly sabotage our lives and continue to feel pretty crappy about ourselves. I hope some of you are wondering, “And how is that a pay-off, exactly?” It’s crazy, I know, but sometimes feeling good actually feels bad to some of us. So we do things that feel bad to feel better. Huh? If we came from a background of chaos, calm can seem scary. By keeping anxiousness and unhappiness steadily flowing into our lives, we can have a leg up on anything else that might hurt us. In other words, we may feel we can control sabotage easier than success. And this becomes a means of self-protection against fear of the unknown (good or bad). Nothing and no one can ruin our day if we’re doing a good job of that on our own! If this describes you, maybe it’s time to take a risk and try something different? I’ve ventured out of my chaos-comfort zone a few times now and the sky hasn’t fallen. I’m learning it’s okay to feel good and that vulnerability can actually pay off nicely. Exercise one (below) is critical. I get to avoid making a decision…Fear of Mistakes/a.k.a.PerfectionismPerfectionism. The very word even sounds rigid and binding. Some of us may prolong taking any important action until we have the whole script written and we have everything worked out to the last detail. While it’s possible life could happen the way we plan, more often than not, we will have to take action without knowing how it’s all going to turn out. One way I’m learning that perfectionism is controlling me is by watching my vocabulary when I’m talking to myself. Should’s, and ought-to’s are a good sign that I’m trying to force a particular outcome or make myself do something I don’t really want to do. Sometimes the should voice gets so loud, it drowns out all my authentic wants and needs. I feel paralyzed in overwhelm, wrestling with what I ought to do versus what I might like to do, so I stay frozen and do nothing. Either that or I trick myself into thinking I’m taking action when I’m really just busying myself with other “important” tasks like cleaning out my inbox or getting lost in social media for hours. I’m making progress in learning to trade in the “I should’s” and instead, ask myself, “In this moment, what do I really want to do?” I usually have an answer immediately. When I can mediate a balance between my wants and needs, and discern if there is any validity in the “should” voice, I can tap into my own natural flow and take action, without hesitation. I get to stay small…Fear of SuccessWe’ve all heard the phrase, “We are never given more than we can handle.” I’ve always applied that to difficult situations and tough times, but I recently heard the idea that it’s also true for our talents, our potential, and thus, our destinies. Fear of success is just as real as fear of failure. This may be the reason some of us constantly avoid taking important next steps.
The biggest role we will ever play on the stage of life is ourselves! We must not be afraid to trust and follow the mysterious greatness inside us, no matter how unknown, unpredictable, or scary it may seem. Change will happen at a speed we can handle. Me being all of ME, you being all of YOU, inherently came with the equipping we would each need to be that person in full. Being all that we are meant to become, letting all of ourselves float to the surface for the world to see is never a mistake. It’s who we were born to be and it’s our role in the symphony of life. While this doesn’t happen overnight, we can all take a step in the right direction today by being honest and asking ourselves if we are hiding behind avoidance. SolutionsMoving forward is a choice. However, understanding why we procrastinate leads to greater self-empathy, which helps us discover what we need before real progress can occur. Only then will we give ourselves permission to take action on our goals and dreams. EXERCISE #1 Make a list of everything you’re avoiding or procrastinating about. Congratulations! Awareness and acknowledgment are the first steps. Now draw a line down your paper and for each one, write all the possible fears of taking a step in the direction of what you really want. Then ask yourself, “What is the underlying belief holding me back?” Maybe it’s, “If I act on a dream and it doesn’t work out, I will look foolish.” Or, “If I succeed, I won’t be able to manage the pace of success.” There’s no right or wrong answers, this is just you getting to know the real you—your fears, hopes, dreams and inherent beliefs. In a third column, write down the worst thing that could happen if you move forward in that area, and rate how likely that is to come true on a scale of 1-10. In a fourth column, jot down one tiny step you are willing to take and the name of someone you can use for accountability and support. Strangely enough, one right action can give us just enough of a self-esteem boost to make another right decision. With each small, seemingly insignificant choice, self-trust and self-respect begin to return. We’re motivated to continue. All the while, we remind ourselves what we really want and why we’re doing this in the first place. Our “why” must stay in the forefront, fueling our efforts. TIP Another trick is to focus on the journey rather than just the ultimate outcome. If we look for the gift--the reward solely in today’s small action—we may be more likely to jump in and do it. If we slow down and enjoy the activity, we are more likely to find the willingness to take the next right step. Most of our lives are spent on the way anyway. Let’s have fun getting there! Remember, good things take time. Living in a microwave, fast-food society, our inherent desire to pull up to the drive-thru window and have it our way is so much more appealing than taking small steps toward a meaningful accomplishment. But we have a choice. We can dismiss the urges, desires, dreams, and goals that are going to take longer than one day, or we can do one small thing today (and the next, and the next) to get us closer to the goal. EXERCISE #2 Visualize how nice it will feel to just do it (whatever “it” is). Imagine being free of the mounting pressure hanging over your head. See the goal achieved. Allow yourself to bask in the glow of accomplishment, self-pride, and the fruits of your actions. Doesn’t that feel great? When the payoff for avoidance and staying comfortable BOTTOM LINE No one can tell us when it’s time to move forward. We have to stay stuck until we’re good and ready to get unstuck. When we’re done playing around with a problem, we’ll solve it. We already know what we need to do. In the meantime, we can accept we’re right where we’re supposed to be, getting the lesson and building up the necessary drive to take action. Pretty soon we’ll do it and wonder why we waited so long! Usually, it’s not as big of an issue as we made it out to be in our minds … and in our procrastination. Cheers to your perfect timing! The post Why Do I Procrastinate and How Can I Beat It appeared first on Everyday Power. via Tumblr Why Do I Procrastinate and How Can I Beat It Discover how to ditch the victim mentality and start creating your life. My past involved a lot of chaos and trauma. However, I’ve come to realize that my suffering isn’t that much different than anyone else’s. We all have obstacles to overcome and we all know people who have been hurt more than us. At times I wanted to believe my pain was greater, but I’ve been challenged to embrace the notion that suffering is ordinary. Still, I frequently find myself facing a choice between victim mentality versus empowered thinking. How I choose to see my life carries far greater weight than reality itself.
It might be easier if perspective and reality were the same thing but they’re not. One situation can be viewed multiple ways by multiple people, as well as by the same person. Perception dominates reality every time. I think when the consequences of feeling like a victim are negative enough, we’re forced to adopt a different mindset. What does victim mentality produce in my life?
Do you see the trend? They’re all perceptions. I choose to feel hurt. I allow myself to feel abandoned and neglected. Someone may reject me, but I decide to feel rejected and maybe even unloved and unlovable. I might take on a feeling of shame. If I indulge the bad emotions long enough, I may even progress to feeling hopeless. In victim mentality, I believe the world will never be a safe place to let down my guard. Rarely do I feel happy, because there’s no room for happiness under the umbrella of victim mentality. It’s time for a huge disclaimer. I am not saying don’t feel your feelings. We must feel our feelings or we will have to work very hard to keep them buried and repressed with substance and process addictions, or other means of escape. Feelings are real, but not necessarily indicative of reality.We need to honor our feelings and acknowledge the wounded parts of ourselves. The tricky part is not allowing our feelings to overshadow our reality and dominate all our thoughts. Bad things happen. Horrendous things happen. I understand and have walked through my share of them. Still, I decide what story to replay in my head about the negative things in life. I can choose to stay stuck in a bad story, or I can choose to accept and forgive. I can even explore how to be grateful for what I’ve learned in tough situations and foster appreciation for the person each of those encounters has allowed me to become. With acceptance, forgiveness and gratitude, I can decide to move on so the person, place or situation doesn’t hold me captive any longer.
Ouch that last one hurts, but it’s true. Arrogance doesn’t just mean I think I’m better than other people. It simply suggests inflated self-importance, such as making up in my head that “this” happened and “they” did it to me on purpose. I might embellish the story even further and say it happened because I wasn’t good enough or because I said the wrong thing. To me, these thoughts are the essence of victim mentality. It’s warping everything that happens around me to make it about me. Again and again and again. Victim mentality is an addiction to feeling bad about my life and about myself. The opposite is choosing to walk through my life moment by moment, knowing everyone is doing the best they can—including me. If I choose to stay in victim mentality today, so be it. Maybe that’s the best I can do today. Perhaps I need another day of experiencing what it’s like to live as a victim. It takes what it takes and when I’ve had enough, I’ll gain the willingness to make other choices. Empowering beliefs when we’re ready to move on … For today,
Today I choose to see myself as a competent adult—an equal in the world of adults. I surrender the feeling of being a child who continues to experience terrible things. I must be willing to grow up and step into my adult shoes, while nurturing those wounded, childlike parts of me. I have to acknowledge my pain but I don’t have to relive it every day.Too often we set ourselves up for circumstances in our present lives that resemble how we were hurt in the past. Life has a funny way of showing us reruns. The names and places may be different but the obstacles seem to have the same theme. The same troublesome boss, coworker or neighbor seems to be everywhere we go. Life is handing us a gift! It’s giving us the opportunity to make different choices or to view what’s happening from a different perspective. When we finally get the lesson, that particular rerun stops playing and we progress to the next opportunity for growth. I must become willing to be happy and content.If I want to stop victim mentality, I must gain willingness to end my addiction to feeling bad. Instead, I become willing to love myself and validate my wounds, yet with my adult voice, speak the truth into my life and into my mind. Powerful truthsOur subconscious minds believe whatever we tell them. If you doubt that’s true, try an experiment. Say a few of these declarations out loud. I like to call them powerful truths:
How did that feel? My subconscious likes powerful truths a whole lot better than the other chatter that too often runs on autopilot in my mind—chatter that only beats me down and makes me think I’m constantly swimming upstream. ConclusionNot living like a victim is a choice, one we get to make one day or one moment at a time. Hopefully more days than not, we will surrender our need to feel bad. This only perpetuates how we felt about ourselves and our lives as a result of circumstances in the past. Those situations are long gone. We are the only ones keeping ourselves down, continuing to suffer. When we can embrace that suffering is ordinary, and that no matter what we’ve been through, there are people who have been through that and worse, then we can be free. If we have built our identities around trauma and pain, that’s all we know. Of course it only makes sense we want to hang onto them—until life becomes too miserable. Ask yourself, “Am I ready to move on? Am I ready to embrace a life of wholeness and wellness?” The choice is mine. The choice is yours. For today, let’s choose to be free and let some joy in. Let’s focus on how we can be a blessing to others. When I’m so focused on what people are doing to me, how can I focus on being kind and loving to others? Once again, arrogance is playing the same old tune: it’s all about me. I think we need a new song! Please join me in letting go of victim mentality today. Let’s do a random act of kindness for someone else and enjoy how nice that feels. Let’s feed our subconscious minds several powerful truths, allowing hope and joy to seep into the hurt places. Let’s take one behavior that seems to perpetuate feeling bad and today, try something new. Let’s choose to see ourselves as survivors instead of victims. Survivors are very strong, empowered people. Let’s embrace our true identities today—they’ve been buried long enough. Hopefully, the above suggestions will help you break out from them victim mentality and take charge of your life. The post How to Stop Feeling Like a Victim appeared first on Everyday Power. via Blogger How to Stop Feeling Like a Victim These Leonardo Di Vinci quotes are food for thought. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance (GET READY FOR ALL THIS!) artist, sculptor, inventor, architect, musician, cartographer, mathematician, engineer, anatomist, geologist, author, and botanist. He had such a daunting influence and expertise over a wide range of different subject areas. Best known for his art, Da Vinci has recently received a new wave of popularity for his insightful and inspirational quotes. Below you’ll find our collection of inspirational, wise, and memorable Leornardo Da Vinci quotes and sayings, collected from a variety of sources over the years. These Leornardo Da Vinci quotes cover various aspects of life and will inspire you to follow your passions. Leonardo Di Vinci Quotes about life and art1.) Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen. – Leonardo da Vinci 2.) A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light. – Leonardo da Vinci
3.) Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. – Leonardo da Vinci 4.) Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in. – Leonardo da Vinci
5.) It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things. – Leonardo da Vinci
6.) The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands. – Leonardo da Vinci
7.) I love those who can smile in trouble. – Leonardo da Vinci
8.) Nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first understood. – Leonardo da Vinci More Leonardo Di Vinci Quotes9.) As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death. – Leonardo da Vinci
10.) Art is never finished, only abandoned. – Leonardo da Vinci
11.) Learning never exhausts the mind. – Leonardo da Vinci
12.) The knowledge of all things is possible. – Leonardo da Vinci
13.) As you cannot do what you want, want what you can do. – Leonardo da Vinci
14.) It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end. – Leonardo da Vinci
15.) Life without love, is no life at all. – Leonardo da Vinci
16.) Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity, and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind. – Leonardo da Vinci
17.) All our knowledge has its origin in our perceptions. – Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo Di Vinci Quotes To Inspire You18.) He who thinks little errs much. – Leonardo da Vinci
19.) Realize that everything connects to everything else. – Leonardo da Vinci
20.) Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose. – Leonardo da Vinci
21.) Once you have tasted the taste of sky, you will forever look up. – Leonardo da Vinci
22.) Obstacles cannot crush me; every obstacle yields to stern resolve. – Leonardo da Vinci
23.) Why does the eye see more clearly when asleep than the imagination when awake? – Leonardo da Vinci
24.) Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets. – Leonardo da Vinci
25.) A well-spent day brings happy sleep. – Leonardo da Vinci
26.) Wisdom is the daughter of experience. – Leonardo da Vinci Famous Leonardo Di Vinci Quotes To Help Ignite Your Passion27.) He who truly knows has no occasion to shout. – Leonardo da Vinci
28.) A wave is never found alone, but is mingled with the other waves. – Leonardo da Vinci
29.) Just as a well-filled day brings blessed sleep, so a well-employed life brings a blessed death. – Leonardo da Vinci
30.) In time and with water, everything changes. – Leonardo da Vinci
31.) The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding. – Leonardo da Vinci
32.) Tears come from the heart and not from the brain. – Leonardo da Vinci
33.) Every action needs to be prompted by a motive. – Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo Di Vinci Quotes about Art34.) There is no object so large but that at a great distance from the eye it does not appear smaller than a smaller object near. – Leonardo da Vinci
35.) He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind. – Leonardo da Vinci
36.) I have always felt it is my destiny to build a machine that would allow man to fly. – Leonardo da Vinci
37.) Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master. – Leonardo da Vinci
38.) One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself. – Leonardo da Vinci
39.) You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself. – Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo Di Vinci Quotes on Life40.) Life well spent is long. – Leonardo da Vinci
41.) There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see. – Leonardo da Vinci
42.) It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things. – Leonardo da Vinci Top Quotes by Leonardo Di Vinci43.) You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand. – Leonardo da Vinci
44.) A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not. – Leonardo da Vinci
45.) Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness. – Leonardo da Vinci
46.) Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not in her power. – Leonardo da Vinci More Leonardo Di Vinci Quotes and Sayings
47.) Every action needs to be prompted by a motive. – Leonardo da Vinci
48.) I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death. – Leonardo da Vinci
49.) Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else. – Leonardo da Vinci Great Minds: Leonardo da Vinci
Which of these Leonardo Da Vinci quotesLeornardo Da Vinci was an iconic man of his generation. He left behind a rich legacy spanning multiple disciplines. Although he is best known as an artist, Da Vinci’s work as a scientist and an inventor make him a true genius. We hope his words will inspire you to reach your highest potential. Did you enjoy these Leonardo Da Vinci quotes? Which of the quotes was your favorite? Let us know in the comment section below. The post 49 Leonardo Di Vinci Quotes About Life and Art appeared first on Everyday Power. via Blogger 49 Leonardo Di Vinci Quotes About Life and Art Our latest collection of kindness quotes that will encourage you to care for others. Kindness is one of the most powerful attributes one can have. Being friendly, generous, and considerate can make the world a better place and drastically improve our own well-being as well. We all have enough kindness to go around. It is something that we can control and cultivate. Besides, it is something that we don’t run out of, meaning we can always find ways to replenish our kindness. Kindness is another way to tap into our everyday power. It has positive effects on how we see ourselves and it allows us to see and find the humanity in others. Despite all the challenges in life, it’s upon us to cultivate a sense of kindness. To help you on that front, below are some inspirational, wise, and helpful kindness quotes, kindness sayings, and kindness proverbs to encourage you to show more compassion for others and be a better person. Kindness quotes about caring for others1.) A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men. – Thomas Carlyle 2.) Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. – Lao Tzu 3.) Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca 4.) Be nice to strangers. Be nice even when it doesn’t matter. – Sam Altman 5.) Treat everyone with respect and kindness. Period. No exceptions. – Kiana Tom 6.) Act with kindness, but do not expect gratitude. – Confucius 7.) “If you can be anything, be kind” – UNKNOWN 8.) “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.” ― Plato 9.) “Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible” – Dalai Lama 10.) “Kindness is choosing to acknowledge and celebrate the beauty in others, regardless of whether or not they can find it in themselves.” – RAKTIVIST Kindness quotes to make you a better person11.) Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it’s being done to him or by him. – Frank A. Clark 12.) No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. – Aesop 13.) Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution. – Kahlil Gibran 14.) “Kind people are the best kind of people” – UNKNOWN 15.) “My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.” ― Dalai Lama 16.) “Forget injuries; never forget kindness” – CONFUCIUS 17.) “Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind.” ― Roy T. Bennett 18.) Life is short but there is always time for courtesy. – Ralph Waldo Emerson 19.) “Give yourself some kindness today until you’re filled and pass it on.” – Lori Hil 20.) “Let us practice random kindness and acts of senseless beauty to all we meet.” – Paul Keller Kindness quotes to inspire you to help others and be happy as well21.) True beauty is born through our actions and aspirations and in the kindness we offer to others. – Alek Wek 22.) Kindness gives birth to kindness. – Sophocles 23.) A little madness a little kindness makes for happiness. – Nicole Johnson 24) “No one has ever become poor by giving.”― Anne Frank 25.) “Kindness is not a business. True kindness expects nothing in return and should never act with conditions.” 26.) “You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.”― Ralph Waldo Emerson 27.) “When you show people kindness and respect, despite petty differences, you are bringing positive vibes into your life and into the lives of others.” – Jason Scotts 28.) “Today you can embrace kindness, practice compassion, stand up for justice, talk to strangers, ask for help, offer hope and listen with your whole heart.” – Unknown 29.) Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind. ~ Henry James 30.) What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?~ Jean Jacques Rousseau Kindness quotes to remind of the importance of this virtue31.) Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom. – Theodore Rubin 32.) “Kindness extended, received, or observed beneficially impacts the physical health and feelings of everyone involved.” – Wayne Dyer 33.) “The love, kindnesses, and value we have given authentically to others will be our remaining treasures at the end of life.” – Steve Brunkhorst 34.) “But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.”― Rick Riordan 35.) “A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.”― Steve Maraboli 36.) “The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer.”― Mahatma Gandhi 37.) Kind hearts are the gardens. Kind thoughts are the roots. Kind words are the blossoms. Kind deeds are the fruits. ~ Kirpal Singh 38.) Your acts of kindness are iridescent wings of divine love, which linger and continue to uplift others long after your sharing. ~ Rumi 39.) “Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” –Scott Adams 40.) Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. ~ Lao Tzu Kindness quotes to inspire you to make a difference41.) Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. ~ Barbara DeAngelis 42.) “Transparency, honesty, kindness, good stewardship, even humor, work in businesses at all times.” – John Gerzema 43.) A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles. ~ Washington Irving 44.) Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not. ~ Samuel Johnson 45.) “One man practicing kindness in the wilderness is worth all the temples this world pulls.” ― Jack Kerouac 46.) “What I want is so simple I almost can’t say it: elementary kindness.” ― Barbara Kingsolver 47.) “Always try to be a little kinder than is necessary.” ― J.M. Barrie 48.) Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough. – Franklin D. Roosevelt 49.) “Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.” ― William Makepeace Thackeray 50.) My religious philosophy is kindness. Try to be kind. That’s something worth achieving. – Perce Brosnan Other inspirational kindness quotes51.) Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. – Mark Twain 52.) Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations. – Paramahansa Yogananda 53.) A warm smile is the universal language of kindness. – William Arthur Ward 54.) “Kindness is a universal language.” – RAKTIVIST 55.) Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. – Eric Hoffer 56.) The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey. – Sarah Fielding 57.) “If you have kindness in your heart, you offer acts of kindness to touch the hearts of others wherever you go—whether they are random or planned. Kindness becomes a way of life.” ― Roy T. Bennett 58.) “Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person’s life.” – Jackie Chan 59.) “Because that’s what kindness is. It’s not doing something for someone else because they can’t, but because you can.” – Andrew Iskander 60.) “Kindness begins with the understanding that we all struggle.” – Charles Glassman Which are your favorite kindness quotesWe can all do with a little bit of kindness in our lives. Whether it’s helping an elderly person on the street or opening a door for someone, kindness can have a powerful impact than you imagine. Kindness is one of the greatest attributes one can have. Being kind not only leaves a positive impact on others, it also helps increase your own happiness. Kindness starts with you and there are many ways to show it. Hopefully, these kindness quotes have inspired you to start spreading the love. Did you enjoy these kindness quotes? Which of the quotes was your favorite? We would love to hear all about in the comment section below. The post 60 Kindness Quotes For kids About Caring for Others appeared first on Everyday Power. via Blogger 60 Kindness Quotes For kids About Caring for Others Our latest collection of Bill Gates quotes to inspire you to success! Each quote has a net worth 20.2 million so read each one with care! LOL! Enjoy! William Henry “Bill” Gates, III is a business magnate, mega philanthropist, serial investor, and computer program developer. Bill Gates is known for being the Chief Executive and Chairman of Microsoft, the world’s largest and most popular personal-computer software company. Bill Gates leads the world in both net worth and charitable donations. While reading through this collection of Bill Gates quotes, ask yourself the following questions. How does this idea apply into my life? How could this idea impact my performance in the work place? What is Bill trying to say about our own unique voice, journey and self? What can I do to become more successful? What ideas do I need to let go of? Below is our collection of inspirational, wise, and thought-provoking Bill Gates quotes and sayings, collected from a variety of sources over the years. Enjoy these awesome Bill gates quotes! Bill Gates Quotes About What Successful People Do1.) Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one. – Bill Gates 2.) It’s fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure. – Bill Gates 3.) Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose. – Bill Gates 4.) Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs. – Bill Gates 5.) We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don’t let yourself be lulled into inaction. – Bill Gates 6.) If you can’t make it good, at least make it look good. – Bill Gates 7.) Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summers off, and very few employers are interested in helping you. Find yourself. – Bill Gates 8.) Before you were born, your parents weren’t as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent’s generation, try delousing the closet in your own room. – Bill Gates 9.) I’m a big believer that as much as possible, and there’s obviously political limitations, freedom of migration is a good thing. – Bill Gates 10.) Of my mental cycles, I devote maybe 10% to business thinking. Business isn’t that complicated – Bill Gates Bill Gates Quotes that will inspire you to change the world11.) I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act. – Bill Gates 12.) Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important. – Bill Gates 13.) Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. – Bill Gates 14.) We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve. – Bill Gates 15.) I’m a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they’re interested in. – Bill Gates 16.) As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others. – Bill Gates 17.) If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 MPG. – Bill Gates 18.) I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts. – Bill Gates 19.) Everyone needs a coach. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player. – Bill Gates 20.) I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot. – Bill Gates Bill Gates Quotes to enrich your life21.) Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, it’s true. – Bill Gates 22.) The general idea of the rich helping the poor, I think, is important. – Bill Gates 23.) This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going to change more in the next 10 years than it has in the last 50. – Bill Gates 24.) Our success has really been based on partnerships from the very beginning. – Bill Gates 25.) If you can’t make it good, at least make it look good. – Bill Gates 26.) Until we’re educating every kid in a fantastic way, until ever inner city is cleaned up, there is no shortage of things to do. – Bill Gates 27.) If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn’t have tenure. – Bill Gates 28.) If I’d had some set idea of a finish line, don’t you think I would have crossed it years ago? – Bill Gates 29.) We’ve got to put a lot of money into changing behavior. – Bill Gates 30.) I do think this next century, hopefully, will be about a more global view. Where you don’t just think, ‘Yes, my country is doing well,’ but you think about the world at large. – Bill Gates Bill Gates Quotes on Leadership31.) There is a certain responsibility that accrued to me when I got to this unexpected position. – Bill Gates 32.) You see, antiquated ideas of kindness and generosity are simply bugs that must be programmed out of our world. And these cold, unfeeling machines show us the way. – Bill Gates 33.) The most amazing philanthropists are people who are actually making a significant sacrifice. – Bill Gates 34.) I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition. – Bill Gates 35.) I was lucky to be involved and get to contribute to something that was important, which is empowering people with software. – Bill Gates 36.) I believe the returns on investment in the poor are just as exciting as successes achieved in the business arena, and they are even more meaningful! – Bill Gates 37.) Whether I’m at the office, at home, or on the road, I always have a stack of books I’m looking forward to reading. – Bill Gates 38.) Who decides what’s in Windows? The customers who buy it. – Bill Gates 39.) The best teacher is very interactive. – Bill Gates 40.) In business, the idea of measuring what you are doing, picking the measurements that count like customer satisfaction and performance… you thrive on that. – Bill Gates Bill Gates Quotes on Success41.) Effective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity – the same kind of focus and skills that building a business requires. – Bill Gates 42.) We make the future sustainable when we invest in the poor, not when we insist on their suffering. – Bill Gates 43.) Americans want students to get the best education possible. We want schools to prepare children to become good citizens and members of a prosperous American economy. – Bill Gates 44.) The way to be successful in the software world is to come up with breakthrough software, and so whether it’s Microsoft Office or Windows, its pushing that forward. New ideas, surprising the marketplace, so good engineering and good business are one in the same. 45.) To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks. – Bill Gates 46.) Don’t compare yourself with anyone in this world. If you do so, you are insulting yourself. – Bill Gates 47.) The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written. In my case, I went to the garbage cans at the Computer Science Center and fished out listings of their operating system. – Bill Gates Bill and Melinda Gates on TED: Why giving away our wealth has been the most satisfying thing we’ve doneWhat other Bill Gates quotes would you add to the list?Bill Gates is a great business man, a great inspiration, and a great hard worker. He is a hero to many people because of all his accomplishments and because he worked hard to rich where he is. We hope his words will help you succeed and never forget to be kind to others. Which of these Bill Gates quotes was your favorite? Do you have any other inspirational quotes to add to the list? Tell us in the comment section below! The post Bill Gates Quotes About Life, Business and Love appeared first on Everyday Power. via Blogger Bill Gates Quotes About Life, Business and Love Discover how to ditch the victim mentality and start creating your life. My past involved a lot of chaos and trauma. However, I’ve come to realize that my suffering isn’t that much different than anyone else’s. We all have obstacles to overcome and we all know people who have been hurt more than us. At times I wanted to believe my pain was greater, but I’ve been challenged to embrace the notion that suffering is ordinary. Still, I frequently find myself facing a choice between victim mentality versus empowered thinking. How I choose to see my life carries far greater weight than reality itself.
It might be easier if perspective and reality were the same thing but they’re not. One situation can be viewed multiple ways by multiple people, as well as by the same person. Perception dominates reality every time. I think when the consequences of feeling like a victim are negative enough, we’re forced to adopt a different mindset. What does victim mentality produce in my life?
Do you see the trend? They’re all perceptions. I choose to feel hurt. I allow myself to feel abandoned and neglected. Someone may reject me, but I decide to feel rejected and maybe even unloved and unlovable. I might take on a feeling of shame. If I indulge the bad emotions long enough, I may even progress to feeling hopeless. In victim mentality, I believe the world will never be a safe place to let down my guard. Rarely do I feel happy, because there’s no room for happiness under the umbrella of victim mentality. It’s time for a huge disclaimer. I am not saying don’t feel your feelings. We must feel our feelings or we will have to work very hard to keep them buried and repressed with substance and process addictions, or other means of escape. Feelings are real, but not necessarily indicative of reality.We need to honor our feelings and acknowledge the wounded parts of ourselves. The tricky part is not allowing our feelings to overshadow our reality and dominate all our thoughts. Bad things happen. Horrendous things happen. I understand and have walked through my share of them. Still, I decide what story to replay in my head about the negative things in life. I can choose to stay stuck in a bad story, or I can choose to accept and forgive. I can even explore how to be grateful for what I’ve learned in tough situations and foster appreciation for the person each of those encounters has allowed me to become. With acceptance, forgiveness and gratitude, I can decide to move on so the person, place or situation doesn’t hold me captive any longer.
Ouch that last one hurts, but it’s true. Arrogance doesn’t just mean I think I’m better than other people. It simply suggests inflated self-importance, such as making up in my head that “this” happened and “they” did it to me on purpose. I might embellish the story even further and say it happened because I wasn’t good enough or because I said the wrong thing. To me, these thoughts are the essence of victim mentality. It’s warping everything that happens around me to make it about me. Again and again and again. Victim mentality is an addiction to feeling bad about my life and about myself. The opposite is choosing to walk through my life moment by moment, knowing everyone is doing the best they can—including me. If I choose to stay in victim mentality today, so be it. Maybe that’s the best I can do today. Perhaps I need another day of experiencing what it’s like to live as a victim. It takes what it takes and when I’ve had enough, I’ll gain the willingness to make other choices. Empowering beliefs when we’re ready to move on … For today,
Today I choose to see myself as a competent adult—an equal in the world of adults. I surrender the feeling of being a child who continues to experience terrible things. I must be willing to grow up and step into my adult shoes, while nurturing those wounded, childlike parts of me. I have to acknowledge my pain but I don’t have to relive it every day.Too often we set ourselves up for circumstances in our present lives that resemble how we were hurt in the past. Life has a funny way of showing us reruns. The names and places may be different but the obstacles seem to have the same theme. The same troublesome boss, coworker or neighbor seems to be everywhere we go. Life is handing us a gift! It’s giving us the opportunity to make different choices or to view what’s happening from a different perspective. When we finally get the lesson, that particular rerun stops playing and we progress to the next opportunity for growth. I must become willing to be happy and content.If I want to stop victim mentality, I must gain willingness to end my addiction to feeling bad. Instead, I become willing to love myself and validate my wounds, yet with my adult voice, speak the truth into my life and into my mind. Powerful truthsOur subconscious minds believe whatever we tell them. If you doubt that’s true, try an experiment. Say a few of these declarations out loud. I like to call them powerful truths:
How did that feel? My subconscious likes powerful truths a whole lot better than the other chatter that too often runs on autopilot in my mind—chatter that only beats me down and makes me think I’m constantly swimming upstream. ConclusionNot living like a victim is a choice, one we get to make one day or one moment at a time. Hopefully more days than not, we will surrender our need to feel bad. This only perpetuates how we felt about ourselves and our lives as a result of circumstances in the past. Those situations are long gone. We are the only ones keeping ourselves down, continuing to suffer. When we can embrace that suffering is ordinary, and that no matter what we’ve been through, there are people who have been through that and worse, then we can be free. If we have built our identities around trauma and pain, that’s all we know. Of course it only makes sense we want to hang onto them—until life becomes too miserable. Ask yourself, “Am I ready to move on? Am I ready to embrace a life of wholeness and wellness?” The choice is mine. The choice is yours. For today, let’s choose to be free and let some joy in. Let’s focus on how we can be a blessing to others. When I’m so focused on what people are doing to me, how can I focus on being kind and loving to others? Once again, arrogance is playing the same old tune: it’s all about me. I think we need a new song! Please join me in letting go of victim mentality today. Let’s do a random act of kindness for someone else and enjoy how nice that feels. Let’s feed our subconscious minds several powerful truths, allowing hope and joy to seep into the hurt places. Let’s take one behavior that seems to perpetuate feeling bad and today, try something new. Let’s choose to see ourselves as survivors instead of victims. Survivors are very strong, empowered people. Let’s embrace our true identities today—they’ve been buried long enough. Hopefully, the above suggestions will help you break out from them victim mentality and take charge of your life. The post How to Stop Feeling Like a Victim appeared first on Everyday Power. via Tumblr How to Stop Feeling Like a Victim This “Thursday quotes” collection will motivate and help you celebrate the special day that it is. Thursday is an awesome day. When it’s Thursday, you know the weekend is just around the corner. You’ve been working from Monday to Wednesday, then Thursday comes around and you can feel relieved because you know the weekend is almost here. The Thursday quotes below will help you end your week on a high note. Besides the excitement of planning your weekend, Thursday gives you the opportunity to look back at the week that’s almost ending. It means you can start celebrating the accomplishments you’ve made, take note of the challenges you faced and the lessons learnt during the week. Thursday opens up the weekend, making it a great day to feel motivated and to be filled with positive thoughts. To inspire you, below is our collection of inspirational, thankful, and uplifting Thursday quotes and sayings, collected from a variety of sources over the years. Thursday Quotes to Inspire the End of Your Week1.) ”Thursday, I forecast as mostly sunny. It’s a much-needed break.” – John Farley 2.) ”Thursday is end day in weekend. Today you are so tired, will think about how your week was, and how will go on Thursday. With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself, or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything.” – Wayne Dyer 3.) ”If TGIF is Thank God It’s Friday, then today must be SH*T, Sure Happy It’s Thursday.” – Unknown 4.) ”Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is yourer than you.” – Dr. Seuss 5.) ”Today is a new day. Expect great things!” – Unknown 6.) ”I’m from Canada, so Thanksgiving to me is just Thursday with more food. And I’m thankful for that.” – Howie Mandel 7.) ”Do one thing every day that scares you.” – Unknown 8.) ”Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.” – Grandma Moses 9.) ”Thursday …Nothing more pleasurable than opening our eyes and realizing that every day, God gives us a chance to try again. Of not looking back. To love, smile and live!” – Unknown 10.) ”On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays we use the wave theory; on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays we think in streams of flying energy quanta or corpuscles.” – William Henry Bragg Thursday quotes to fill you with positive thoughts11.) ”I wonder how to turn water into wine. Happy thirsty Thursday.” – Unknown 12.) ”Dear Thursday are you sure you’re not Friday? Because I could really go for it being Friday today!” – Unknown 13.) ”Some people call it Thursday, I like to call it Friday Eve.” – Unknown 14.) ”It’s Thursday and it really feels like a Thursday. Sometimes things just work out.” – Demetri Martin 15.) ”Make each day your masterpiece.” – John Wooden 16.) ”Don’t count the days. Make the days count.” – Muhammad Ali 17.) ”Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.” – Albert Einstein 18.) ”I would rather die of passion than of boredom.” – Emile Zola 19.) ”Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” – Conrad Hilton 20.) ”The day is what you make it! so why not make it great one.” – Unknown Thursday quotes to celebrate a productive week21.) “It’s Thursday. I’m breathing. I’m Alive and I’m Blessed. God is Good.” – Unknown 22.) ”If you ever think about giving up, remember why you held on for so long.” – Hayley Williams 23.) ”Be happy with what you have while working for what you want.” – Helen Keller 24.) ”Believe in yourself, push your limits, and do whatever it takes to conquer your goals.” – Unknown 25.) ”Dream is not that which you see while sleeping it is something that does not let you sleep.” ― APJ Abdul Kalam 26.) ”Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.” ― Bertolt Brecht 27.) “Look back and be grateful, look ahead and be hopeful, look around and be helpful.” – Unknown 28.) ”Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ― Winston Churchill 29.) ”Change begins at the end of your comfort zone.” – Unknown 30.) ”Sometimes things will be easy & sometimes life will test you. It’s NEVER going to be “good” all the time. Learn to love it.” ― Brenden Dilley Happy and inspirational Thursday quotes31.) ”All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.” ― J R Tolkien 32.) ”Quit overthinking and just do more of what makes you happy and alive. Hoping that you have a fantastic Thursday!” – Unknown 33.) ”It’s time to embrace the crazy beautiful mess that you are because it’s almost the weekend.” – Unknown 34.) ”Happy Thursday. A brand new day. A clean slate. The possibilities are endless.” – Unknown 35.) ”Today is the day you will start something new, I bet you can feel it in your bones right now.” – Unknown 36.) ”There are so many days in a week but my favorite is still Thursday because it is totally fabulous.” – Unknown 37.) ”Create a life that feels good on the inside. Not one that just looks good on the outside.” – Maison Blanc 38.) ”Rise up and attack the day with enthusiasm.” – Unknown 39.) ”In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.” — Thomas Jefferson 40.) ”It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius More Thursday quotes to inspire and motivate41.) ”Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” — George Addair 42.) ”Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” – C.S. Lewis 43.) ”I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” – Nelson Mandela 44.) ”Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got to keep going.” – Chantal Sutherland 45.) ”Thursday, I forecast as mostly sunny. It’s a much-needed break.” – Unknown 46.) ”Run my dear, from anything that may not strengthen your precious budding wings.” – Unknown 47.) ”Some days it’s okay if all you did was breathe.” – Unknown 48.) ”Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.” – Thomas Carlyle 49.) ”If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.” – Les Brown 50.) ”It’s Thursday. I’m breathing. I’m Alive. I’m Blessed. God is Good.” – Unknown Which of these Thursday quotes was your favorite?There are days that we can’t wait to end. Days like Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. These are usually the days with the least fun but the most work. Even though Thursday is not like Friday, it is still worth celebrating since it’s practically the last working day in the minds of most people. Be sure to share the above Thursday quotes with your loved ones to remind them just what a great day it is. Which of the above Thursday quotes resonated with you best? Do you have any other favorite quotes to share with us? Let us know in the comment section below. The post 50 Thursday Quotes to Inspire the End of Your Week appeared first on Everyday Power. via Tumblr 50 Thursday Quotes to Inspire the End of Your Week |
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