Quotes By Catogory
“Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.”
―Peter F. Drucker
“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing”.
―Theodore Roosevelt
“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.”
—Amelia Earhart
“Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen”.
―Ralph Waldo Emerson
“A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers”.
―Plato
“It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be”.
―Isaac Asimov
“You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change direction overnight.”
―Jim Rohn
“All of us start from zero. We take the right decision and become a hero”.
―Govinda
“Always go with the choice that scares you the most, because that’s the one that is going to help you grow.”
―Caroline Myss
“We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do things, we can accomplish those goals.”
―Stephen Covey
“Nobody’s life is ever all balanced. It’s a conscious decision to choose your priorities every day”.
―Elisabeth Hasselbeck
“Waiting hurts. Forgetting hurts. But not knowing which decision to take can sometimes be the most painful…”
―José N. Harris
“Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.”
―Tony Robbins
“It is not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.”
―Roy Disney
“A major life decision is never a choice but rather a realization that the decision has already been made.”
―Doug Cooper
“When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision.”
―Paulo Coelho
“A wise man makes his own decisions. An ignorant man follows public opinion.”
―Chinese Proverb
“Every decision brings with it some good, some bad, some lessons, and some luck. The only thing that’s for sure is that indecision steals many years from many people who wind up wishing they’d just had the courage to leap.”
―Doe Zantamata
“It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped”.
―Tony Robbins
“Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance.”
—C.S. Lewis
“We all make choices, but in the end, our choices make us.”
—Ken Levine
“There is no point treating a depressed person as though she were just feeling sad, saying, ‘There now, hang on, you’ll get over it.’ Sadness is more or less like a head cold – with patience, it passes. Depression is like cancer.”
―Barbara Kingsolver
“When you’re surrounded by all these people, it can be lonelier than when you’re by yourself. You can be in a huge crowd, but if you don’t feel like you can trust anyone or talk to anybody, you feel like you’re really alone.”
―Fiona Apple
“Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also harder to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say, ‘My tooth is aching’ than to say, ‘My heart is broken.’
―C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
“Sometimes, all you can do is lie in bed and hope to fall asleep before you fall apart”.
―William C. Hannan
“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.”
―Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“I found that with depression, one of the most important things you could realize is that you’re not alone.”
—Dwayne Johnson
“That’s the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight. But depression is so insidious, and it compounds daily, that it’s impossible to ever see the end.”
―Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation
“Depression, for me, has been a couple of different things – but the first time I felt it, I felt helpless, hopeless, and things I had never felt before. I lost myself and my will to live.”
—Ginger Zee
“It is very hard to explain to people who have never known serious depression or anxiety the sheer continuous intensity of it. There is no off switch.”
―Matt Haig
“Depression is being colourblind and constantly told how colourful the world is.”
—Atticus poetry
“Try to understand the blackness, lethargy, hopelessness, and loneliness they’re going through. Be there for them when they come through the other side. It’s hard to be a friend to someone who’s depressed, but it is one of the kindest, noblest, and best things you will ever do.”
―Stephen Fry
“The hardest thing about depression is that it is addictive. It begins to feel uncomfortable not to be depressed. You feel guilty for feeling happy.”
―Pete Wentz
“Depression doesn’t take away your talents—it just makes them harder to find.”
—Lady Gaga
“Almost everyone is overconfident—except the people who are depressed, and they tend to be realists.”
―Joseph T. Hallinan
“A big part of depression is feeling really lonely, even if you’re in a room full of a million people.”
—Lilly Singh
“I was so scared to give up depression, fearing that somehow the worst part of me was actually all of me.”
—Elizabeth Wurtzel
“I need one of those long hugs where you kinda forget whatever else is happening around you for minute.”
—Marilyn Monroe
“Getting better from depression demands a lifelong commitment. I’ve made that commitment for my life’s sake and for the sake of those who love me.”
—Susan Polis Schutz
“I understand your pain. Trust me, I do. I’ve seen people go from the darkest moments in their lives to living a happy, fulfilling life. You can do it too. I believe in you. You are not a burden. You will NEVER BE a burden.”
—Sophie Turner
“People who have never dealt with depression think it’s just being sad or being in a bad mood. That’s not what depression is for me; it’s falling into a state of grayness and numbness.”
—Dan Reynolds
“I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it’s like to feel absolutely worthless, and they don’t want anyone else to feel like that”.
―Robin Williams
“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”
―Martin Luther King Jr.
“We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.”
―Sonia Johnson
“A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work”.
―Colin Powell
“A determined person will do more with a pen and paper, than a lazy person will accomplish with a personal computer.”
―Catherine Pulsifer
“People with a strong will power will always have the bigger picture in mind. They will be able to forgo small pleasures in order to help attain bigger goals.”
―Brian Adams
“Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough”.
―Og Mandino
“Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.”
―Dan Gable
“If the only thing you can do is to crawl, do so and believe that one day you’ll walk; if you happen to walk, don’t stop there, take a step forward to run; if you eventually run, look towards the eagle and one day you’ll soar above the sky and beyond.”
―B. S. O. Kpechi
“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man’s determination”.
―Tommy Lasorda
“You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.”
―George Lorimer
“Most people fail because they do not have determination and perseverance. Extraordinary people are determined and persevere that is what makes them extraordinary.”
―Catherine Pulsifer
“Great things are done when men and mountains meet.”
―William Blake
“Determination is only available to those who persevere and have the attitude of never giving up just because one thing did not work.”
―Byron Pulsifer
“You need to develop the resilience and determination to tackle the hard work of leadership. You need personal resolve and tenacity to rise above the daily pressures and lead your organisation into the future.”
―Vince Molinaro, The Leadership Contract
“When someone tells me “No,” it doesn’t mean I can’t do it, it simply means I can’t do it with them.”
―Karen E. Quinones Miller
“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.”
―Vince Lombardi
“It takes determination to see a dream come to pass. The question is not will you start, but will you finish”.
―Joel Osteen
“Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal – a commitment to excellence – that will enable you to attain the success you seek.”
―Mario Andretti
“It is your determination and persistence that will make you a successful person”.
―Kenneth J Hutchins
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘Press On!’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”
―Calvin Coolidge
“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity”.
―Martin Luther King, Jr.
“If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.”
―John F. Kennedy
“A democracy thrives on diversity. Tyranny oppresses it.”
―Sam Brownback
“Too many of us still believe our differences define us.”
―John Lewis
“Inclusivity means not ‘just we’re allowed to be there,’ but we are valued. I’ve always said: smart teams will do amazing things, but truly diverse teams will do impossible things”.
―Claudia Brind-Woody
“Before God, we are all equally wise, and equally foolish.”
―Albert Einstein
“No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive.”
―Mahatma Gandhi
“Diversity is about all of us and about us having to figure out how to walk through this world together”.
―Jacqueline Woodson
“The greater the diversity, the greater the perfection”.
―Thomas Berry
“It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity, there is beauty, and there is strength”.
―Maya Angelou
“We have no hope of solving our problems without harnessing the diversity, the energy, and the creativity of all our people.”
―Roger Wilkins
“We have to transcend our differences to transform our future.”
―Antonio Guterres
“We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.”
―Martin Luther King, Jr.
“We have a very diverse environment and a very inclusive culture, and those characteristics got us through the tough times. Diversity generated a better strategy, better risk management, better debates, and better outcomes”.
―Alan Joyce
“Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.”
―Maya Angelou
“The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify. Instead of going through the problem of all this great diversity – that it’s this or maybe that – you have just one large statement; it is this.”
―Chinua Achebe
“You don’t have true freedom until you allow a diversity of opinion and a diversity of voices.”
―Don Lemon
“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity”.
―Martin Luther King, Jr.
“A lot of different flowers make a bouquet”.
―Islamic Proverb
“What we have to do… is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities.”
―Hillary Clinton
“Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible – the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.”
―Virginia Satir
“We are all different, which is great because we are all unique. Without diversity, life would be very boring”.
―Catherine Pulsifer
“Diversity and inclusion, which are the real grounds for creativity, must remain at the centre of what we do”.
―Marco Bizzarri
“What divides us pales in comparison to what unites us”
―Edward Kennedy
“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences”.
―Audre Lorde
“But little did the infant dream That all the treasures of the world were by And that himself was so the cream And crown of all that roundabout did lie”.
―Thomas Traheme
“Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”
―Oscar Wilde
“I dream my painting and I paint my dream.”
―Vincent Willem van Gogh
“If your dreams don’t scare you, they are too small.”
―Richard Branson
“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”
―Paulo Coelho
“Live the Life of Your Dreams: Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of others.”
―Roy T. Bennett
“I like the night. Without the dark, we’d never see the stars.”
―Stephenie Meyer
“Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.”
―James Dean
“Follow your dreams, they know the way.”
―Kobe Yamada
“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
―Dr. Seuss
“Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.”
―Roy T. Bennett
“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.”
―Earl Nightingale
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
―Eleanor Roosevelt
“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”
―Edgar Allan Poe
“Without dreams, there can be no courage. And without courage, there can be no action.”
―Wim Wenders
“You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not?’”
―George Bernard Shaw
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”
―C.S. Lewis
“What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.”
―Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
―Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Life without dreams is like a bird with a broken wing – it can’t fly.”
―Dan Peña
“The only dreams that come true are the ones you chase, if you do nothing, you get nothing.”
―Joseph Atser
“The only thing that will stop you from fulfilling your dreams is you.”
―Tom Bradley
“A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work.”
―Colin Powell
“The only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and the willingness to work hard for them.”
―Michelle Obama
“You are never given a dream without also being given the power to make it come true. You will have to work for it, however.”
―Richard Bach
“Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.”
―Jonas Salk
“We will either find a way, or make one!”
―Hannibal
“Remember that we started our lives as strong as we could, grow and change as we learn. Unfortunately, many people, when they begin their career after graduation from college, that growth which started at an exhilarating pace slows down even to a creeping and dreary stagnation”.
―B.S.O kpechi
“If you are working on something exciting that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you”.
―Steve Jobs
“Quote of the month”
“Until our mindset changes, nothing will ever change. It’s easy to unshackle the physical chains of slavery, than that of the chains of mental slavery”
BSO Kpechi
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