Quote Collection

“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.”
- Buddha

“When you squeeze an orange, orange juice comes out – because that’s what’s inside. When you are squeezed, what comes out is what is inside.”
- Wayne Dyer

“In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.”
- Tao Te Ching

“The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.”
- Mother Teresa

“I am because we are.”
- African aphorism

“You exist, that’s why I exist.”
- Japanese saying

“Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked.”
- Yogi Berra

“The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.”
- Bruce Lee

“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.”
- Babe Ruth

“Because of its tiny wings and heavy body, aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn’t be able to fly. But the bumblebee doesn’t know that, so it flies anyway.”
- Mary Kay Ash

“I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.”
- Mikhail Baryshnikov

“Just when the caterpillar thought that the world was over, it became a butterfly.”
- Proverb

“The richest person is the one who is contented with what he has.”
- Robert Savage, songwriter

“Within your own house dwells the treasure of joy; so why do you go begging door to door?”
- Sufi saying

“Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.”
- Warren Buffett

“The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out.”
- Dee Hock

“The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.”
- Laurence J. Peter

“There are no wrong turns. Only wrong thinking on the turns our life has taken.”
- Zen saying

“We do not remember days; we remember moments.”
- Cesare Pavese

“When you eat the fruit of a large tree, do not forget to thank the wind.” – Bariba Oral Tradition

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I LOVE this quote because it totally touches on thanking EVERY aspect of the process. It’s deep. Kind of like my husband, or other good people in my life who I love so much, I always feel grateful to their parents, and the generations beyond them, because without every little part, that person’s existence wouldn’t be possible.

“Your attitude will always determine your altitude.”
- Zig Ziglar

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One of my current all time favorite quotes. It is ridiculously true. One’s attitude really does seem to correlate with how their life will unfold. It seems that the more grateful, humble and positive we are, the more our eyes will naturally open to seeing the good in everything around us.