25 MUST READ Quotes to Get You Through the Day

in #life7 years ago

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We all need motivation, especially when it seems the world is against us. Today, I thought it might be a good idea to center ourselves on a few motivating quotes that will help us when times get hard. My goal for this post is to be a consistent reference point and shining light when you need it most.

Hopefully these quotes will brighten your day.

1.

It always seems impossible until it's done.
-Nelson Mandela

2.

The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.
-Unknown

3.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
-Confucius

4.

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.
-Jim Rohn

5.

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
-Vince Lombardi

6.

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
-Warren Buffett

7.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.
-Helen Keller

8.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
-Henry Ford

9.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
-Henry David Thoreau

10.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

11.

Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
-Carol Burnett

12.

There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.
-George Sand

13.

Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.
-Charles R. Swindoll

14.

Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you'll start to see a big difference in your life.
-Yoko Ono

15.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
-George Bernard Shaw

16.

Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
-Omar Khayyam

17.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
-Maya Angelou

18.

Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
-Thich Nhat Hanh

19.

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.
-Oscar Wilde

20.

Happiness is a choice. You can choose to be happy. There's going to be stress in life, but it's your choice whether you let it affect you or not.
-Valerie Bertinelli

21.

The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.
-Oprah Winfrey

22.

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
-Jimmy Dean

23.

Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.
-Swami Sivananda

24.

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.
-Rabindranath Tagore

25.

What we think, we become.
-Buddha

Hopefully you'll enjoy these and take them in as the daily stresses of life stand behind you. Run with these quotes. Live by them and all the best things will come to you and yours.

-@mattboyd

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