"THOUGHTS OF THE DAY"
Thoughts to Motivate, Empower and Make You Think
"When you face difficult times, know that challenges are not sent to destroy you. They are sent to promote, increase, and strengthen you."
Spiritual Inspiration --- Submitted by Astrid Croes --- Aruba
"For every bad/negative experience you have in your life, there is always something good/positive that you can take away from it. The question is, can you and are you willing to look for it?"
Written in 2022 by Kunal Panjeti --- Florida
This is a quote I made up completely on my own that I feel I should share with the world! I feel like, if people were to read this quote, it would change their whole outlook on life, and help them lead a more good/positive life.
"Keep doing the right thing even if it is tiny, but don't stop; because if you stop, the wrong takes over."
Written in 2020 by Bheki Gema Ncobeni --- South Africa
"Karma will always serve what you deserve and not what you desire."
Written in 2021 by Vikki Kumar --- India
Karma is very misunderstood entity of universe.
"I wait for technology to transpose an image of my loved ones on every patient who I tend to and care for."
Written in 2021 by Anil Harrison, M.D.
Technology is growing by leaps and bounds. I hope compassion, kindness, and care are not forgotten!
"Peace. LIVE in it, or REST in it."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Richard Charles --- Texas
In this time of wars that involve so many countries, maybe it's time for a reminder. I served in the Iraq War. While some positive things come out of combat, like removing a tyrannical leader; loss and permanent scars are created. In 1984, I saw this quote on a sign outside a church passing through Albany, TX when I was a little boy. I don't remember any of the others and I rode through there at least once a week for a couple of summers. It's simple but effective.
"When you look at life and you see happiness, it's on you. When you look at life and you see sadness, that's on you too. What you CHOOSE to see is what you get."
Written in 2024 by Pete Zafra --- California
"Nothing in our life will change for the better until we take a bold step to put action to a simple positive thought. "
Written in 2023 by Tamara Jennette --- Tennessee
If you want something different, DO something different.
"Some days you just have to look outside and believe anything is possible. You have to look inside yourself and let the best version of yourself come up and say I'm right here. My light shines most after I write or read a poem. My light shines bright in the presence of people who are the reason this world is a better place. I believe there is good so I carry myself in that space."
Written in 2023 by Hamid Khosravanipour --- Louisiana
I believe it gives us permission to let the good in us stand out and strengthen in the presence of good.
"You can hate problems but you can also love solving them."
Written in 2022 by Brian E. Roscher --- New Jersey
I want to empower the world!
"The ability to walk away signifies that you respect & value yourself more than the person who failed in his or her attempts to hurt you."
Written in 2022 by Pritesh Jethwani --- IN
To inspire people to carry on in all walks or life no matter the hardships we have to endure on the daily.
"When it comes to love, take the most space and fill it with self love."
Aisha S.Kingu --- Submitted by Zainab A. --- TZ
Love begins with self love
"If we understood the power of our thoughts, we would guard them more closely. If we understood the awesome power of our words, we would prefer silence to almost anything negative. In our thoughts and words, we create our own weaknesses and our own strengths. Our limitations and joys begin in our hearts. We can always replace negative with positive."
Betty Eadie
"All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware."
Martin Buber
"And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world it is best to hold hands and stick together."
Robert Fulghum
"Stay the course and be patient. Focus on the things you can control. Start with gratitude for all you have; it paves the way for a happier and abundant life."
Written in 2023 by Ramon Riveraalmena --- Georgia
It's taken me a long time to realize this. Gratitude is the secret that opens all doors to an abundant life.
"Love your work and work at love."
Written in 2021 by Francesco Da Vinci --- Peace Activist
It reminds me to follow my passion in life, and to love myself and others along the way.
"Don't compare yourself to others... just focus on your own journey. You don't need to impress anyone. All what you need is to be a better version of yourself."
Written in 2023 by Shatha Zahran --- Jordan
These words keep me satisfied with what I have.
"Everything is cyclical. As you may of heard, life is a school and it has many semesters. You may not understand all of what's going on now but you will later when you finish the course."
Written in 2019 by Brianna Gazvoda --- Pennsylvania
"Determination doesn't mean that we should repeatedly try, and repeatedly fail. At some point in time there's a need to be a little bit dynamic because there's no one best way of doing things right."
Written in 2020 by Salifu Alhassan --- Ghana
"If you're the kind of person who has no guts, you just give up every time life pushes you. If you're that kind of person, you'll live all your life playing it safe, doing the right things, saving yourself for some event that never happens. Then you die a boring old man. You'll have lots of friends who really like you because you were such a nice hardworking guy. But the truth is that you let life push you into submission. Deep down you were terrified of taking risks. You really wanted to win, but the fear of losing was greater than the excitement of winning. Deep inside, you and only you will."
Robert Kiyosaki --- Submitted by Avinash Jujare --- India
"Life just gets better when enthusiasm befriends inspiration and turns the mundane into a chemistry of excitement. Whether by the grace of god, character or determination, it seems that these budding whims of excitement, come as friends to impart a little of themselves upon our hopes, dreams and desires."
Written in 2003 by Brian E Arsenault --- Canada
It's a quote of appreciation written for folks like yourself, who provide a wonderful service to bring inspiration to others.
"Don't speak negatively about yourself, even as a joke. Your body doesn't know the difference. Words are energy and they cast spells, that's why it's called spelling. Change the way you speak about yourself, and you can change your life. What you're not changing, you're also choosing. "
Bruce Lee --- Submitted by Bill Renda --- Connecticut
"To defy yourself or hide yourself if like locking a door to your own world. Nobody lives in the perfect world or makes the perfect path, we may have to love through the thorns that stick to us, haunt us everyday from the past of our mistakes, but is it really a mistake that is meant to be hidden? Some true paths in life are grown on our own soil even if society points the finger and thinks otherwise. We can live thinking that we may have made the worst mistakes in ones life but in true reality that judgment is of who we really are and not hiding on what we done. Some of what we do in society or behind closed doors is the full picture people don't see, our entirety,, our common ground is only for the ones who understand and not pass judgment toward our individuality, so it is best to leave the door unlocked to our minds and natural being and surround us within our path we were meant to walk on."
Written in 2015 by Amy Masella --- Illinois
"Think about your exit and what you'll do next. Staying ahead of the game is about learning to stay ahead of YOURSELF."
Written in 2016 by Michael Harding --- Canada
"People are always searching for adventure in life, what they fail to realize is, life is the adventure."
Written in 2017 by Christopher Ammirati --- New Jersey
"Treasure the love you have received above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished."
Og Mandino
"What you run away from today, you will have to face it tomorrow. Stop running."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Hussein Shariff --- Tanzania
"Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot."
Truman Capote
"Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party."
Jimmy Buffett --- Submitted by Amit Helaoo --- India
"Believe the Impossible, Achieve Greatness."
Written in 2010 by Jariel Morales --- Florida
It's my motto. I print it on bracelets and order 100 at a time to hand out. It's a great way to live one's life! So I like to share it.
"There is a price to pay for standing up for truth and justice. There is also a victory to be won. The victory is freedom of the soul. Those who do not stand up will always be slaves to fear."
Written in 2022 by Tom Krause --- Missouri
Truth, justice, freedom.
"Unless you become a big picture thinker, you will always stay where you are."
Ahmed Omaar --- Submitted by Macalin Axmed --- Somalia
"Jekk tara sa imnienrek, s'hemm tista' tasal."
Written in 2022 by Justin Mifsud --- Malta
This is for those that are short sighted. The quote is Maltese language. If you look only at the end of your nose, that's the only path you will reach. Think ahead, even if you're not seeing it. Believe and achieve.
"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great."
John D. Rockefeller
"Stress and anxiety come from the ego's illusionary view of the world we live in, filled with all the negative emotions. Fear is the mother of all the illusions and once we understand our true spiritual, natural nature it evaporates in the same way all illusions do."
Written in 2021 by Michael Levy --- Florida
"Mistakes fuel advancement. They are the discarded pieces that surround any great accomplishment, like debris at the base of a grand sculpture. Don't allow the fear of making mistakes prevent you from creating your masterpiece."
Written in 2022 by Jordan Ricks --- Utah
Creativity and productivity are keys to one's happiness and our collective success, so I wanted to submit a quote that helps to encourage these things.
"Satisfying curiosity is one of the principal reasons why people desire to live forever. They want to know what will happen to one's children, grandchildren, and the future of one's race, when earthlings would contact extraterrestrial intelligence, and finally, how and when life on earth would end."
Written in 2000 by Boghos L. Artinian --- Lebanon
The reason man craves for immortality,
"Today I acknowledge that I am not in position to judge what mistakes anyone is making or what lessons anyone needs to learn. I don't know how far someone has come or when that person will have a breakthrough, I simply don't know what other people should be doing. But when I think I do know, I clearly am not doing what I should be doing, which is taking responsibility for my own life."
Hugh Prather
"If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry, worry fixes nothing."
Ernest Hemingway
"Of all the factors of personal success, none is more vital than dependability. It is being there and doing what needs to be done, when it needs to be done, that matters most."
Harry Lemmons
"Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give everyone a smile. Spend so much time improving yourself that you have no time left to criticize others. Be too big for worry and too noble for anger."
Norman Vincent Peale
