Collection of Twinspiration Mar. 11 – Apr. 10

For those that are new to the blog this is a collection of quotes from the past month that I posted on Twitter. If you’d like to have one presented to you daily you can follow me, @jimminy.

“You will never plough a field if you only turn it over in your mind.” ~ Irish Proverb

“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” ~ Bertrand Russell

“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.” ~ Mark Twain

“Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.” ~ Victor Borge

“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” ~ Jim Ryuh

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” ~ Anne Frank

“Stay far from timid, only make moves when your hearts in it, and live the phrase sky’s the limit.” ~ Biggie

“The only true gift is a portion of yourself.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these.” ~ Paul Harvey

“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” ~ Judy Garland

“Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent into the dark place where it leads.” ~ Erica Jong

“Don’t seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.” ~ Basho

“The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction to carry on.” ~Walter Lippmann

“Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.” ~ Franklin Delano Roosevelt

“A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.” ~ Washington Irving

“You must take action now that will move you toward your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.” ~ Les Brown

“The mark of an immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.” ~ William Stekel

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” ~ Mark Twain

“Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.” ~ C. S. Lewis

“The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own.” ~ Benjamin Disraeli

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” ~ Lao Tzu

“Kindness is the oil that smoothen the friction of life.” ~ Anonymous

“Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.” ~ Jane Austen

“The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.” ~Winston Churchill

“Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” ~ Woodrow Wilson

“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.” ~ Seneca

“From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.” ~ Arthur Ashe

“You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them.” ~ Malcolm Forbes

“You can get through life with bad manners, but it’s easier with good manners.” ~ Lillian Gish

Collection Of Twinspiration Feb. 11 – Mar. 10

Another set of quotes to inspire and motivate myself and others from my Twitter stream. If you’d like these daily you can follow me on twitter @jimminy.

“A good laugh is good for both the mental and physical digestion.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

“The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity” ~ Tom Petters

“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.” ~ Albert Einstien

“Whenever you have truth it must be given with love, or the message and the messenger will be rejected” ~ Mahatma Ghandi

“It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.” ~ Thoreau

“Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. It means that you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.” ~ Anonymous

“Work banishes those three great evils, boredom, vice, and poverty.” ~ Voltaire

“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” ~The Dalai Lama

“In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these.” ~ Paul Harvey

“Personal participation is the universal principle of knowing.” ~ Michael Polanyi

“Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.”~Scott Adams

“It’s so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite.” ~ Sam Levenson.

“No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.” ~Aesop

“You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.” ~ George Eliot

“It’s hard for many people to believe that there are extraordinary things inside themselves, as well as others, keep an open mind.” ~ Myself

“The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.” ~ Bertrand Russell

“The only way that we can keep advancing is by not becoming complacent with what we have achieved and strive for more.” ~ Myself

“Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.” ~ Eric Hoffer

“Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.” ~ Voltaire

“Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. It means that you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.” ~ Unknown

“Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everybody I’ve ever known.” ~ Chuck Palahniuk

“Prepare your mind to receive the best that life has to offer.” ~ Ernest Holmes

“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.” ~ Albert Einstein

“He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.” ~ Confucius

“The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.” ~ Walt Whitman

“An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.” ~ Oscar Wilde

“Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.” ~ Norman Vincent Peale

Collection Of Twinspiration Jan. 11 – Feb. 10 & An Update

I’ll do the update first,as you can tell I haven’t been posting as often the reason is, right now, I’m working on a full redesign for the site and also a project that is likely going to have me changing my feed at some point in the next few months. I’ll update you all when this occurs so that you’ll be able to transition to the new feed.  Alright now I’ll provide you with the quotes from the last month, as always if you want to read them daily subscribe to my twitter feed @jimminy.

“A good laugh is good for both the mental and physical digestion.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

“The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year.” ~ John Foster Dulles

“Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.” ~ Edward Thorndike

“Everything we do seeds the future. No action is an empty one.” ~ Joan Chittister

“If you aren’t going all the way; why go at all?” ~ Joe Namath

“The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.” ~ Robert Maynard Hutchins

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” ~ George Bernard Shaw

“Your work is to discover your work, and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.” ~ Buddha

“There is nothing so confining as the prisons of our own perceptions.” ~ William Shakespeare, King Lear

“Education for creativity is nothing short of education for living.” ~ Eric Fromm

“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” ~ George Bernard Shaw

“Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm.” ~ George C. Lichtenberg

“Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn.” ~ Elizabeth Lawrence

“Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.” ~ Vincent Van Gogh

“Grant me the courage not to give up, even though I think it’s hopeless.” ~ Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

“Too much consistency is as bad for the mind as for the body.” ~ Aldous Huxley

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”~ Leo Tolstoy

“Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.” ~ Cicero

“If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?” ~ Albert Einstein

“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

“He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.” – Chinese proverb

“There is no education like adversity.” ~ Benjamin Disraeli

“You can be aggressive and self serving or you can be aware of those who need help and lend a hand.” ~ Adam Shepard

“Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.” ~ Thomas Edison

“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.” ~ Elbert Hubbard

“An unshared life is not living. He who shares does not lessen, but greatens, his life.” ~ Rabbi Stephen S. Wise

“Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third.” ~ Marge Piercy

“An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.” ~ Niels Bohr

“A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity.” ~ Samuel Johnson

“The main fuel to speed the world’s progress is our stock of knowledge, and the brake is our lack of imagination.” ~ Julian Simon

Success Isn’t In Your Genes, It’s In Your Heart

The other day I watched Gattaca and was fascinated by it’s attitude. The film is supposed to be a sci-fi thriller looking into a dystopian future where if you weren’t genetically engineered you were of lower social rank. This however isn’t what I took away from the film, I took away something far brighter, a look into successful habits.  The protagonist is a genetically inferior child with a weak heart and huge dreams to reach the stars. Here’s a list of some of the habit’s I found.

Don’t Save Anything to Go Back

This is probably, the most noticeable in the film as this statement is only slightly paraphrased from the film. The reason not to save anything is because the risk going to prod you along, you will know in the back of your head it’s sink or swim. I don’t recommend going so far as that if you make a mistake you will fail completely, but just far enough to make it hard to accept failure.

Always Look Up

In the film, Vincent stares at the rocket that is his dream multiple times as it is taking off. He was positive that he would be able to find a way to get on it no matter how impossible it seemed. Positivity will lead you towards your dreams, you just have to know where to look, up.

Share Your Success

What’s better than one person being successful and reaching there goals. It’s multiple people assisting each other in achieving their goals. The movie provides a very close relationship between multiple characters as they each find success through assisting each other. Pull someone along for the ride and let them occasionally pull you up also when you slip.

Don’t Let Others Tell You What You Can or Can’t Do

Being born in a time of genetic engineering, Vincent’s parent’s new exactly what was wrong with him from the time he was born. As the movie progresses you can clearly see that he was triumphing over these ailments that were supposed to cripple his potential. He set his own bar and didn’t let what was supposed to happened keep him from going strong. Don’t let other’s inhibit you from doing what you set out to do.

Success Isn’t In Your Genes, It’s In Your Heart

Remember that, you achieve what you want to achieve, and only what you want to achieve. Your life isn’t predetermined by what’s pumping through your veins but what’s pumping through your mind. So what is it that you want from life and who are you taking for the ride?

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

Social Impacts Of A Stone Soup

Have you heard the Grimm tale “Stone Soup“? It’s a tale of travelers that, being famished, come up with an ingenious plot to get food. In doing so they create an air of mystery by starting their plot with a fire and placing a kettle, filled with nothing but water and a stone, upon it. As the townspeople come forth to question what they are creating they reply with the simple response, “Stone soup, but it would be more delicious if we had such and such ingredients.” As everyone in the town comes forth the soup has grown into a meat and vegetable soup, with a fairly hearty broth, that everyone shares. It is a tale of co-operation and compassion that provide all parties better off than they were as individuals.

It is a story that aligns very well with the depression and wartime era’s of the early 20th century. During these tough times, friends, family, and neighbors would gather what little they had and make hearty feasts to share with each other. This would provide them with more variety in the foods they were able to make and they were also connecting with each other.

Co-operation and compassion are key in tough times in keeping your communities strong.

There is no greater proof than David Armano’s assistance with his family friend, on Tuesday night. He used his personal capital on Twitter, friendfeed, and his blog to raise just under $15,000 for her in the past 24 hours. What this proves, is what we are all involved in on these social arenas is very much a community, nearly as real as that which we walk through each day. When we had raised $7,000 for Daniela, David created a video thanking everyone who contributed, with donations or spreading the word, but the thing that stuck out is he spoke of a feast with neighbors in which they would all cook everything when the power would go out and share with each other.

If one person can start an initiative to help another and raise that much in a day, what is stopping us from helping those that need it now more than ever. We have hit a period in which everyone is hurting, much like the depression and wartime eras. If we can share what we have with others to make our community better and also make connections what is the hindrance.

If we can share what we have with others to make our community better and also make connections what is the hindrance.

Stop Crippling Your Potential

Did you come up with a valid excuse for not doing something in 2008? If not, either your a truly honest person who knows how not to hinder their opportunities and doesn’t look for the easy way out, or your a liar. To be fair, I believe the majority is in the latter or you said yes, and  don’t worry I came up with an excuse and used it all year round, too. It’s something that’s unavoidable you make an excuse based on facts but doesn’t really have a standing on that area of your life.

With me, I failed out of college and used an excuse all year round that could have been an influence, but I know wasn’t. The night before 3 of my final exams the first semester I suffered severe muscle spasms in my upper back and ended up in the E.R., until 2 in the morning, and also had to pack to leave school so I didn’t sleep at all. It’s all true, except I omitted the fact that I had already slipped to the bottom of my classes, or close to it. I went back for the 2nd semester but gave up on everything in the 3rd week after I realized that I wasn’t going to be able to keep my scholarships. This damn thing has been my crutch and I limped around with it just because I could; well now it’s time to change.

If you share an excuse like that with me; I want you to toss the crutch out and be honest with yourself and with others. You can be great, your just going to have to learn to walk again without having a crutch there to keep you from falling down. You can be whatever you want to, but first you must see it, then you must do it. The world is at your fingertips are you going to take it by storm this year. Here’s a quote to keep you going throughout the year.

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.” ~ Aristotle