Quotable Quotes 14

[Daniel E.]

“One way of overcoming the fear of the new is to make it look like the old.”

― Donald A. Norman, The Design of Everyday Things

 

[Daniel E.]

"The domain of the unknown surrounds us, like an ocean surrounds an island. We can increase the area of the island, but we never take away much from the sea."

~ J. B. Peterson

 

[Daniel E.]

"Everyone influences someone."

"Those who follow the crowd will never be followed by a crowd."

"The higher you go, the longer it takes."


~ John Maxwell

 

[Daniel E.]

"The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook."

~ William James

 

[Daniel E.]

“Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.”

― Babe Ruth

 

[Daniel E.]

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.

~ Anaïs Nin

 

[Daniel E.]

“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”

– Dr. Seuss

 

[Daniel E.]

"Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

[Daniel E.]

“It is liberating and exciting to remind ourselves that the future is not somewhere we go, but something we create.”

— Anne Lise Kjaer

 

[David Baxter PhD]

"The future is not set. There is no fate but what we make for ourselves." ~ Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day

 

[Daniel E.]

“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.”

— C.S. Lewis

 

[Daniel E.]

"We think too much and feel too little." ~ Charlie Chaplin

 

[Daniel E.]

“You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”

~ Jack London


"When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go."

~ Carol Burnett

 

[Daniel E.]

"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do."

"Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow."

"Nothing is worth more than this day."

"As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live."

"In nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which is before it, beside it, under it and over it."

~ Goethe

 

[Daniel E.]

“You'll never find a rainbow if you're looking down.”

― Charlie Chaplin

 

[Daniel E.]

“Feeling rooted in the earth is soothing to the body, and it is our connection to the earth that gives us our most basic sense of belonging, home, resilience, and safety.”

“When anxiety gets out-of-control, it can create a nasty feedback loop that keeps us trapped in our heads, thinking and worrying about “what if…, what if…, what if…”

“Withdrawing and shutting down in response to life is just another way of getting triggered, and it is no more mature or healthy than emotionally over-reacting.”

― Jessica Moore

 

[Daniel E.]

“Reliving the past is saying no to the future.”

― Martin Uzochukwu Ugwu

 

[Daniel E.]

“Not everything that weighs you down is yours to carry.”
~ Anonymous


“These mountains that you are carrying, you were only supposed to climb.”
~ Najwa Zebian

 

[Daniel E.]

"In any given moment, there is ample evidence to prove that life is a bed of thorns or a garden of roses. How we feel about life depends on where we place our attention, that is, what we focus upon."

"You are a good person. You do a lot of good things. And sometimes you don't. Does that alter the fact that you're good? Not at all. It merely confirms the fact that you're a human being."

"There are many misconceptions about depression--mostly negative. Unfortunately, because depressed people think negatively about depression and its treatment, they don't get help, which allows the depression to worsen, which leads to more negative thinking, which produces a vicious cycle of suffering."

"Don't become so obsessed with the goal that the process is not enjoyable."

"If you take good care of the moment, the years will take care of themselves."

~ Peter McWilliams, You Can't Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought

 

[Daniel E.]

"First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do."

"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."

"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."

"The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests."

"Other people's views and troubles can be contagious. Don't sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others."

"It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows."

"He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at."

“Caretake this moment. Immerse yourself in its particulars. Respond to this person, this challenge, this deed. Quit evasions. Stop giving yourself needless trouble. It is time to really live; to fully inhabit the situation you happen to be in now.”

~ Epictetus