Collection Of Twinspiration Dec. 11 – Jan. 10
So 3 months of doing this and I’ve finally found some rhythm that makes it easier to find the quotes. For those of you new to my blog this is something I do once a month and it’s simply a roundup of all the quotes I have posted on Twitter, 1-2 each day. If you’d like to read the other collections you can veiw them by searching for twinspiration. Also, if your on Twitter and would like to get these daily you can follow me: @Jimminy.
“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” ~Charles Darwin
Not a quote it’s a 15 minute film called “Validation” highly reccomended for a lift.
“The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said.” ~ Peter Drucker
“A mere whisper among the winds of change, can cause the greatest of societies to crumble and others to rise from the ashes.”
“The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that’s the essence of inhumanity.” ~ George Benard Shaw
“We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” ~ Buddha
“We must learn our limits. We are all something, but none of us are everything.” ~ Blaise Pascal
“The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.” ~ Buddha
“Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher.” ~ Buddha
“Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.” ~ John F. Kennedy
“Strange, isn’t it? Each man’s life touches so many other lives. When he isn’t around he leaves an awful hole, doesn’t he?” ~Clarence, the Angel “It’s a Wonderful Life”
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands but seeing with new eyes.” ~ Marcel Proust
“Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill… is to have the real spirit of Christmas.”
“Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.”
“Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.” ~ Amos Bronson Alcott
“Are you a human being having a spiritual experience, or a spiritual being having a human experience?” ~ Wayne Dyer
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” ~ A. Einstein
“If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.” ~ Mary Engelbreit
“The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.” ~ Muhammad Ali
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.” ~ Aristotle
“The best way you can predict your future is to create it.” ~ Stephen Covey
“Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.” ~ Marcus Aurelius
“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.” ~ Albert von Szent-Gyorgyi
“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” ~ Herman Melville
“In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for what ever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us.” ~ Hora Edwards
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” ~ T. S. Eliot
“You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.” ~ James Allen
“If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself.” ~ Rollo May
“The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance. The wise grows it under his feet.” ~ Unknown
Compilation of Twinspiration Oct. 10-Nov. 10
With the depression looming I decided that everyone needs to have some positive inspiration provided daily. So I began posting aphorisms, proverbs and quotes, a few from me. I know some people aren’t on Twitter that read this blog so I felt I should aggregate, latest first, them here.
“Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence. Where there is no change and no need of change.” ~ H.G. Wells
“The beginning is the most important part of the work.” ~ Plato Do what you want but, don’t let fear stop you from starting now.
“All things are possible until they are proved impossible — and even the impossible may only be so, as of now.” ~ Pearl S. Buck
“Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone just remember that all the people in the world haven’t had the advantages you’ve had.” ~ Gatsby
“There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are powerless to alter our destiny.” ~ Steven Pressfield
“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
“Don’t give up when you still have something left to give, Nothing is really over . . . till the moment you stop trying.” ~ Anonymous
“You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.” ~Zig Ziglar
“Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.” ~ Buddha
“Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the Titanic.” ~Anonymous
Its hard for many people to believe that there are extraordinary things inside themselves as well as others I hope you can keep an open mind
“An efficient and valuable man does what he can, whether the community pay him for it or not.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
“Every organization must be prepared to abandon everything it does to survive in the future.” ~ Peter Drucker
“Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
“When you reach the top, keep climbing.” Enjoy the day. Keep reaching for the elusive fruit of success even after you grasp it in hand.
“Don’t worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” ~ Alan Kay
“May I never be complete. May I never be content. May I never be perfect.” ~ Fight Club
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”~ Confucius Everyone, let’s rise from this stumble.
“The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is.” ~Winston Churchill
“Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
If a butterfly can change the weather on the other side of the world with a beat of it’s wings; why can’t you change your neighborhood
Our nature is to surround ourselves with those that bare semblance with us and, through them we can see our imperfections.
“Don’t handicap your children by making their lives easy.” ~ Robert Heinlein
“Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.” ~ Bertrand Russell
“It’s only after you’ve lost everything that your free to do anything.” ~ Tyler Durden
At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.” ~ Lao Tzu
“The fear of death is nothing compared to the fear of having not lived authentically or fully.” – Frances Moore Lappe
“The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible and achieve it, generation after generation.” ~ Pearl S. Buck
“When the Power of Love Overcomes the Love of Power the World Will Know Peace.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
A mans wealth comes not from what he carries in his wallet, but what he carries in his heart. Have a great day everyone!
“I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.” ~ Dalai Lama
The world is still colorful, even though the news may be gray. Hope, everyone enjoys their day.
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