AJ’s Favorite Quotes

 

” If Plan-A didn’t work; the alphabet has 25 more letters! Stay Cool!” –unknown

 

It’s about striving for realistic excellence for ourselves and not about unrealistic perfection for others.-AJ

 

“No one can give you abilities. For example, an Olympic athlete works with a trainer to develop their abilities, but the trainer only helps manifest what was inherent all along. Likewise, no one can give you happiness. At most, others simply help manifest the joy that was always within you.” -unknown

 

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

 

“Don’t be upset by the results you didn’t get with the work you didn’t do” -unknown

 

“I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand.” -Confucius

 

“You have not failed until you have quit trying” -Gordon Hinckley

 

“Old ways won’t open new doors”. -unknown

 

“When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “Happy”. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.” -John Lennon

 

“Whether you think you can, or think you cant, you are right” -Henry Ford

 

“The practice of patience protects us from losing our composure. In doing that it enables us to exercise discernment, even in the heat of difficult situations. It gives us inner space. And within that space, we gain a degree of self-control, which allows us to respond to situations in an appropriate and compassionate manner rather than being driven by our anger and irritation”.🌷-DL

 

“To say we should be patient and tolerant in the face of trouble doesn’t mean we should give in. The purpose of engaging in the practice of patience is to strengthen the mind and strengthen the heart. But we need to remain calm. If we lose patience and our minds are swamped with emotion, we lose the ability to think clearly and discover how to remedy the destructive emotions that are upsetting us.” -DL

 

“When you are in a dark place and think you’ve been buried; you have actually been planted, waiting to grow”.  -unknown

 

“The words of the tongue should have three gatekeepers: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?”— Nicky Gumbel

 

“The meaning of life is to discover your gift. The purpose of life is to give your gift away.”

 

“Don’t work 8+ hours then go home and not work on your own goals, what about you? Time itself will not wait for you, so you must stop waiting for the right time”. -AJ

 

“Family isn’t always blood. It’s the people in your life who want you in theirs; the ones who accept you for who you are. The ones who would do anything to see you smile and who Love you no matter what”. -unknown

 

“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things”. – 1 Corinthians 13: 4-7

 

“People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.

If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.

If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.

For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.”  -Mother Teresa

 

“If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you’ll find an excuse”. -unknown

 

“The future lies before you, like a field of freshly fallen snow; Be careful how you tread it, for every step will show”.

 

“When writing the story of your life, don’t let anyone else hold the pen.”

 

“The one who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The one who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been before” -Albert Einstein

 

 

“And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t’ found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it”. -Steve Jobs 

 

“Be strong enough to stand alone, be yourself enough to stand apart, but be wise enough to stand together when the time comes”.

 

“If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.”

 

Again…. There is always a way. 🙂