15 quotes about trust that’ll make you think

04/09/2025 by

Today I offer you some quotes about trust, dear reader.

Trust underpins any relationship if it’s to have any longevity. Strong relationships are built on trust. However, trust is something that can take years to establish and only seconds to destroy.

One thoughtless act is all it takes; one moment of weakness. And once destroyed, trust is almost impossible to win back, certainly to anything like the same degree as before, because people can never quite see you in the same way again.

Securing someone’s trust is a privileged position to be in because it means you’re held in the highest regard. To them, you’re someone with integrity, and you’ve won their respect.

So trust is a very special thing, and once established, it should never be abused. Not if you value a relationship and/or your reputation, at least.

If you’re in a relationship and, for you, it’s not all you would like it to be, then it’s perfectly reasonable to be honest with someone, explain the situation, and move on. They may be upset by your actions, but they’ll appreciate your honesty in time.

However, when you truly value a relationship and you’ve won a person’s trust, then think long and hard before you consider doing anything that might destroy that trust. To do otherwise would mean, almost certainly, you’ll regret it.

And remember this: everything you do, however small, honest, or dishonest, says something to the world about your character. So how do you want to be judged: trustworthy or otherwise?

In my opinion, it’s better to be known as someone honest and trustworthy rather than someone people feel they cannot trust.

No amount of personal gain will compensate for having a poor reputation. I don’t think so anyway.

Here are seven inspirational quotes about trust to help you reflect on its significance in relation to your reputation.

QUOTES ABOUT TRUST

Quotes about trust (1-10):

  1. He who does not trust enough, Will not be trusted. ~Lao Tzu
  2. Trust must be earned and should come only after the passage of time. ~Arthur Ashe
  3. You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible. ~Anton Chekhov
  4. A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts. ~Harold Macmillan
  5. Not everyone can be trusted. I think we all must be very selective about the people we trust. ~Shelley Long
  6. You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don’t trust enough. ~Frank Crane
  7. Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships. ~Stephen Covey
  8. To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved. ~George MacDonald
  9. Trust is hard to come by. That’s why my circle is small and tight. I’m kind of funny about making new friends. ~Eminem
  10. Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters. ~Albert Einstein

Quotes about trust (11-15):

  1. A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults. ~Charles Kingsley
  2. I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself. ~Robert E Lee
  3. Most good relationships are built on mutual trust and respect. ~Mona Sutphen
  4. Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him. ~Booker T. Washington
  5. I think a good friend, to me, is all about trust and loyalty. You don’t ever want to second-guess whether you can tell your friend something. ~Lauren Conrad

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31 Quotes by Voltaire to challenge your thinking

04/08/2025 by

Today I am exploring the many quotes by Voltaire.

Voltaire was the pen name of François-Marie Arouet, an 18th-century French writer, historian, and philosopher.

He was famous for his wit, his criticism of Christianity (particularly the Catholic Church), and his advocacy for freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and the separation of church and state.

Voltaire was an outspoken advocate of civil liberties, and he was constantly threatened by the strict censorship laws of the Catholic French monarchy.

He was also one of the first authors to become renowned and commercially successful internationally.

For me, he was a great thinker, and many of his observations provided great insight into the human condition.

So here are 31 quotes by Voltaire, which are interesting, thought-provoking, and should challenge your thinking.

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Quotes by Voltaire (1-10):

  1. Better is the enemy of good.
  2. Common sense is not so common.
  3. Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
  4. Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.
  5. The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
  6. Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
  7. It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.
  8. Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
  9. It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.
  10. Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.

Quotes by Voltaire (11-20):

  1. If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.
  2. No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.
  3. Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?
  4. When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
  5. Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.
  6. It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.
  7. Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.
  8. Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.
  9. Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
  10. God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

Quotes by Voltaire (21-31):

  1. Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.
  2. The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
  3. It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
  4. God is not on the side of the big battalions but on the side of those who shoot best.
  5. It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it.
  6. We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies. It is the first law of nature.
  7. It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
  8. In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.
  9. Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
  10. We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the Garden of Eden he was put there so that he should work, which proves that man was not born to rest.
  11. Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

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How to become rich through your work

04/07/2025 by

How to become rich through your work? This is a question many people ask. Some people get rich, but somehow you don’t, dear reader. Would that be true? Why? You work hard, but you’ve got very little to show for it, right?

How is it that other people succeed and get rich, but you never seem to make any progress at all?

Perhaps the question you’ve been asking yourself is, what’s the real link between working hard and getting rich?

Well, give me a couple of minutes of your time, dear reader, and I’ll tell you what I’ve learned about work over the years and how it’s linked to the generation of real wealth.

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How to become rich:

What is work?

First off, as I’ve said many times before:

Work is simply doing stuff for other people in return for money

If you enjoy your work and it comes naturally to you, then you’ll do it well. If you do it well, then people will notice. And once people start to notice, then increasingly you’ll be in demand.

The greater the demand for your services, the more you’ll get paid. In short, your value will increase.

If you truly enjoy your work and it becomes your passion, then it won’t seem like work at all.

However, if you work for a single employer, then essentially you’re trading your time for money, regardless of whether you enjoy your work or otherwise.

Even if you work for multiple employers one at a time, the effect is the same. You’re simply trading your time for money. It cannot be scalable because, as an individual, there’s only so much you can do in a given period.

There’s nothing wrong with trading your time for money, of course, and it’s the way that most people earn a living. However, you’re unlikely to get seriously rich that way.

Working for an employer will certainly make you a living, of course, but unless you work on Wall Street or in the City of London, that’s about all.

Serving the many:

To earn serious money, you need to be doing stuff for many people simultaneously. The more people you can serve simultaneously, the more money you can make.

The obvious question in your mind now will be, how’s that done?

Well, creative people serve many people simultaneously, don’t they?

For instance, if you write a bestselling book, record a bestselling song, or produce a bestselling DVD, these would all add value to the lives of many people simultaneously.

When people buy a book, a song, or a DVD in their millions, then, if you’re the creator, you can make millions of dollars in the process. Just ask JK Rowling, Paul McCartney, or Ricky Gervais. They’ve all become rich through their creative work.

Then again, not everyone can write, sing, or perform. Perhaps you’re a designer?

Suppose you design furniture, say a chair perhaps?

You produce a fabulous design and offer it to a furniture manufacturer. They really like it, and they want to use it, but you hold the intellectual property rights (IPR) because it’s your design. So the manufacturer must pay you a royalty when the design is used for every unit sold.

If that chair becomes very popular and sells in the millions, your ongoing royalty payments can add up to something quite substantial. Replicate that with many designs, and you could get very rich indeed.

In this case, the example is furniture, but the same would apply if you designed anything. For instance, the man who designed the retroreflective safety device known as cat’s eyes in Britain got very rich through his design. Fashion design is another area where serious money can be made from your designs if they become popular.

The value of the IPR:

The trick with creative work is to understand the law around copyright and intellectual property rights (IPR) and make sure you’re rewarded for your work through royalties.

The advantage of creative work is that the series of royalty payments can have a very long tail. Your work can be the gift that keeps on giving for years and years.

Take a song like Imagine by John Lennon.

John Lennon wrote that song around 1971, but we still hear it regularly on the radio and television to this day. So despite the fact that it’s been over 40 years since Lennon’s tragic death, the song still earns money for his estate, i.e. his family. Now that’s a real legacy for them.

Build your own business:

Starting a business and selling products by the thousand is another way to serve many people simultaneously.

If your business can produce products that provide your customers with genuine solutions to their problems, then there is serious money to be made. Problems are an opportunity to make money if you can offer suitable solutions.

Your business will employ people who are trading their time for money, but through your business, you’ll be serving the many simultaneously, and you can enrich yourself in the process.

The message here:

The takeaway message for you today:

If you work one-to-one, you’ll make a living, but if you can work one-to-many, you’ll make a fortune

Whether it’s becoming a creative person, a performing artist, or starting a business, serving the many is the real route to riches.

It’s not easy, of course, but it can be done, and people do. With a little self-belief and a lot of hard work, you can too.

So when are you going to get started?

Go on, have a go! Serve the many, not the few.

REMEMBER: It’s better to try and fail than to spend your life wondering what might have been.

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50 ways to make some extra cash

04/06/2025 by

If you’re looking for some interesting ways to make some extra cash, dear reader, then you might find this blog post helpful.

We live in challenging times, and all but the wealthiest people could use a little extra cash, I’m sure.

In this post, I aim to offer you some ideas that you can explore further and find something that might work for you.

So, here are 50 interesting ways to make some extra cash.

I hope there’s something here that you could turn into a side hustle.

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50 ways to make some extra cash:

1. Creative skills:

  1. Rent out your creative space: studios, art supplies, and musical instruments.
  2. Pet portraits: paint, draw, or even sculpt other people’s furry friends.
  3. Custom greeting cards: hand-drawn, themed, or even for pets.
  4. Design funny t-shirts: Sell online or at local markets.
  5. Write and sell song lyrics: Collaborate with musicians or singers.
  6. Make and sell crafts: Jewelry, soaps, pottery, knitted goods.
  7. Offer calligraphy or lettering services: For invitations, weddings, or signs.
  8. Design logos or brand identities: For small businesses or startups.
  9. Compose jingles or theme music: For podcasts, YouTube channels, or events.
  10. Write and illustrate children’s books: Self-publish or pitch to publishers.

2. Unusual services:

  1. Rent out your driveway or parking space: Hourly or monthly.
  2. Professional line-standing: Wait in line for hot tickets or releases.
  3. Become a human billboard: wear branded clothing, or carry signs.
  4. Offer furniture assembly or handyman services. Fix leaky faucets or assemble IKEA shelves.
  5. Sell your unused vacation days: Some companies allow this legally.
  6. Rent out your unused storage space: For seasonal items or other people’s belongings.
  7. Be a taste tester: For food companies or research studies.
  8. Do laundry or ironing for busy professionals: Pick up and drop off.
  9. Offer pet-sitting or dog-walking services. Build a loyal clientele.
  10. Rent out your bike or car on weekends: When you’re not using them.

3. Online gigs:

  1. Do micro-tasks online: Short, repetitive tasks like data entry or transcription.
  2. Become a virtual assistant: Manage schedules, emails, and social media for busy people.
  3. Offer online tutoring or language lessons: Share your knowledge in any subject.
  4. Test websites and apps: Give feedback and earn per project.
  5. Write and sell articles or blog posts: For content mills or niche websites.
  6. Create and sell online courses. Share your expertise on any topic.
  7. Do freelance graphic design or web development work: Find clients online.
  8. Manage social media accounts for businesses: Schedule posts and engage with followers.
  9. Become a voice-over artist: Read audiobooks, narrate explainer videos, or do commercials.
  10. Sell your stock photos or videos on platforms like Shutterstock or Getty Images.

4. Other ideas:

  1. Become a movie extra.
  2. Sell your unique recipes.
  3. Rent your parking space.
  4. Rent out your camera gear.
  5. Become a mystery shopper.
  6. Collect and sell scrap metal.
  7. Sell your hair to wig makers.
  8. Offer guided tours of your city.
  9. Create and sell custom poetry.
  10. Offer personal shopping services.
  11. Rent your car as advertising space.
  12. Rent out your tools for DIY projects.
  13. Sell vintage or unusual items on Etsy.
  14. Participate in medical research studies.
  15. Rent out your spare bedroom on Airbnb.
  16. Organize and sell garage sales for others.
  17. Rent out your greenhouse for plant lovers.
  18. Sell your old clothes, books, or furniture online.
  19. Enter contests and sweepstakes (research legitimacy beforehand).
  20. Start a blog and earn money through advertising or affiliate marketing.

Conclusion:

Remember, these are just suggestions! You’ll need to do your research to ensure legality and safety, of course. Nevertheless, have some fun exploring the options that suit your skills and interests.

Let me say, these are just some ideas. There will be plenty more. I encourage you to explore a variety of ideas based on your interests and resources.

So, consider things like:

  • Local needs and opportunities: What services are lacking in your community?
  • Your hobbies and skills: Can you turn a passion into a side hustle?
  • Tech-savvy options:  Are there online platforms or apps you can leverage?
  • Unique talents or experiences: Do you have anything that sets you apart?

Think outside the box. Be creative and resourceful, and don’t be afraid to try something new.

You might just discover a wonderful way to make some extra cash that suits you down to the ground. Happy earning, and may the year ahead be filled with extra cash for you.

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21 thought-provoking quotes about love

04/05/2025 by

Today I’m exploring quotes about love.

We all need to feel loved, and we all crave affection. That’s only natural.

However, love is an emotion, so it’s more complex than we’d prefer. It’s complex enough to be beyond the comprehension of most people most of the time.

Love is one of life’s greatest mysteries.

So here are 21 thought-provoking quotes about love to help you reflect on the great mystery of love.

If you’re in love, then I hope it’s reciprocated.

If you’d like to be in love, then I hope you find that special someone sometime very soon.

In the meantime, enjoy today’s quotes.

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Quotes about love (1-10):

  1. Where there is love, there is life. Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness. Euripides
  3. Forgiveness is the final form of love. Reinhold Niebuhr
  4. Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage. Lao Tzu
  5. Love is when the other person’s happiness is more important than your own. Jackson Brown Jr
  6. The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love. Hubert H. Humphrey
  7. Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail. Kinky Friedman
  8. The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. Theodore Hesburgh
  9. The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides. Audrey Hepburn
  10. Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. Mother Teresa

Quotes about love (11-21):

  1. The most important thing in the world is family and love. John Wooden
  2. Faith makes all things possible and love makes all things easy. Dwight L. Moody
  3. Let the beauty of what you love be what you do. Rumi
  4. If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they’re yours; if they don’t they never were. Richard Bach
  5. Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses. Ann Landers
  6. Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. William Shakespeare
  7. Love isn’t something you find. Love is something that finds you. Loretta Young
  8. I love you the more in that I believe you had liked me for my own sake and for nothing else. John Keats
  9. They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything. Bil Keane
  10. Never make a decision when you are upset, sad, jealous or in love. Mario Teguh
  11. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King Jr

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37 one line funny quotes to brighten your day

04/04/2025 by

One line funny quotes always make me smile. I just love clever wordplay and short, pithy comments. And I always make a note of them in my journal.

So today I’ve pulled together 37 one line funny quotes, which I hope will brighten your day and raise a smile or two.

Enjoy them all.

And please, feel free to pass them on.

Pass on the smiles, and you’ve done your good deed for the day.

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One line funny quotes (1 – 21):

  1. Blunt pencils are pointless.
  2. I doubt, therefore I might be.
  3. The rotation of the Earth makes my day.
  4. Did Noah include termites on the ark?
  5. To be Frank, I’d have to change my name.
  6. Keep the dream alive. Hit the snooze button.
  7. 6:30 is the best time on a clock, hands down.
  8. Which shoes do frogs prefer? Open toad sandals.
  9. Why do bees hum? They can’t remember the lyrics!
  10. If you don’t pay my exorcist, will I get repossessed?
  11. The cost of living might be high but it remains popular.
  12. You can add insult to injury by signing somebody’s cast.
  13. If everything’s coming your way, you’re in the wrong lane.
  14. I failed my art exam by using the wrong pencil. It wasn’t 2B. 
  15. I used to have an hourglass figure, but the sand has shifted.
  16. The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is on my to-do list.
  17. The Man Who Created Autocorrect Has Died. Restaurant In Peace.
  18. Should women have children after 35? No, 35 children are enough!
  19. You think you’ve got a handle on life and then you realise it’s broken.
  20. The worst time to have a heart attack is during a game of charades.
  21. Adam and Eve were the first to ignore the Apple terms and conditions.

One line funny quotes (22 – 37):

  1. Does refusing to go to the gym count as a form of resistance training?
  2. Alcohol is a perfect solvent: It can dissolve marriages, families and careers.
  3. My boss is going to fire the employee with the worst posture. I have a hunch, it might be me.
  4. I went to see my physician about my short-term memory problems. He made me pay in advance.
  5. I bought a new pair of gloves and they were both ‘lefts’. Good on the one hand but on the other, just not right.
  6. My wife likes it when I blow air on her when she’s hot, but honestly, I’m not a fan.
  7. I’m sceptical of anyone who tells me they do yoga every day. That’s a bit of a stretch.
  8. Do I have a girlfriend? Well, I know a girl who would be really mad if I said I didn’t.
  9. Honesty’s the best policy, which suggests that dishonesty is the second-best policy.
  10. Houdini used a trap door in every show, which suggests it was a stage he was going through.
  11. Animal testing is a terrible idea. They get all nervous and give the wrong answers
  12. Just burned 2,000 calories. That’s the last time I leave brownies in the oven while I nap.
  13. A recent study has found that women who carry a little extra weight live longer than the men who mention it.
  14. Four fonts walk into a bar. The bartender says, ‘Hey! We don’t want your type in here!’
  15. A ghost walked into a Manhattan bar and ordered a Whiskey. The bartender said, “I’m sorry, we don’t serve spirits in here.”
  16. It was so cold in Manhattan last night that flashers were forced to describe themselves to people.

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21 positive quotes that’ll leave you feeling energised

04/04/2025 by

Do you enjoy positive quotes?

Perhaps you’re looking for something either because you need a little inspiration personally or because you have an audience to inspire.

Possibly you have a presentation to prepare, and consequently, you need some positive quotes to reinforce the points you wish to make.

Words have power:

Words are powerful, and positive quotes can have great power.

As a result, they can lift you, and they can lift an audience too when chosen well. Yet the power of words is not always appreciated in the way it should be.

So, here are some positive quotes that I’m confident will inspire you, and they will rock any presentation in which they’re used.

So please feel free to quote any of them if you feel they’ll help. However, always acknowledge the author when known.

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Words of wisdom:

All of these words of wisdom will make you think, and they will make any audience think as well.

Life can be hard, of course, and achieving success can be harder. However, it can be done, and people do. You just have to believe in yourself. A little help from some positive quotes won’t hurt, though.

So read these positive quotes and inspirational words from so many of the great thinkers, and they might just propel you in the direction of the success you desire.

If they do help you in your quest, I’d be interested to hear your feedback. Feedback from readers is always appreciated.

Positive Quotes (1-10):

The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one. ~Malcolm Forbes

You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you anywhere. ~Lee Iacocca

The greatest advantage of speaking the truth is that you don’t have to remember what you said. ~Mark Twain

If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes. ~John Wooden

I think anything is possible if you have the mindset and the will and desire to do it and put the time in. ~Roger Clemens

What we have done for ourselves dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal. ~Albert Pike

Live your life in the creative space and go where others have not yet been; to the fields, the grazing cows have yet to find. ~Alan Alda

Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts. ~Dan Gable 

The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem. ~Theodore Rubin

What I have learned is that a whole lot of people with degrees don’t know a damn thing, and a lot of people with no degrees are brilliant. ~John Henrik Clarke

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Positive Quotes (11-21):

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity. ~Khalil Gibran

Self-pity is a losing strategy. It repels others and weakens you. ~Michael Josephson

We cannot change the cards we are dealt; just how we play the hand. ~Randy Pausch

One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth doing is what we do for others. ~Lewis Carroll

Even the greatest was once a beginner. Don’t be afraid to take that first step. ~Author Unknown

On days when I don’t work, I am working on maintaining my image, just like an athlete. ~Linda Evangelista

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. ~Robert Louis Stevenson

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter. ~Walt Disney

Whatever age you are, you’ve always got a contribution to make and new experiences still to enjoy. Retire from paid employment perhaps but never retire from life. ~Roy Sutton

It is not enough to exist, you must LIVE. It is not enough to survive, you must THRIVE. It is not enough to care, you must COMMIT. It is not enough to seek success; you must seek SIGNIFICANCE. It is not enough to live long, you must LIVE WELL. ~Michael Josephson

Life is too short to waste it doing nothing. Make every day count! We don’t know when we will leave this world, so cherish every moment you have with loved ones. Never regret anything because everything happens for a reason. Enjoy every day and smile. Life is what you make it. ~Author Unknown

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40 quotes about life lessons and mistakes to inspire you

04/03/2025 by

Today, dear reader, I offer you a collection of quotes about life lessons and mistakes. Lessons and mistakes go together, and who amongst us has not had to learn a few lessons from the mistakes we’ve made?

Let me emphasize here that there’s nothing wrong with making mistakes if we learn from them and don’t make the same mistakes too frequently.

So, dive into this collection and see if any of the ideas expressed here resonate with you. Every quote tells a story. And every quote inspires.

Enjoy them all, and please feel free to use them and/or pass them on.

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Quotes about life lessons and mistakes (1-10):

You may not be perfect, but neither is anyone else.

Look after your own interests because no one else will.

Just because it’s dismissed as a conspiracy theory doesn’t mean it’s not true.

Just because it looks genuine doesn’t mean it’s not fake. That goes for people, too.

It’s what we learn from our mistakes that is the basis of that valuable commodity known as experience.

In life, we don’t get to choose the cards we’re dealt. We can only play the hand we’re given as best we can.

Giving is easy, but if you need to take it back, that’s virtually impossible. So, be careful what you give if there’s any chance that you might need to take it back.

Prepare now, and you’ll be ready when opportunity knocks. And opportunity will knock; it always does. Life is an endless stream of opportunities there for the taking by the enterprising and fleet-footed.

Dissenting voices matter. Never be afraid to challenge the orthodoxy. You’ll be dismissed as being mad or a bigot, but that just means that whatever is in your best interests is not in the best interests of your critics.

You may be angry at the way you’ve been treated. You may feel you have every right to be angry, but so what? A chippy attitude will never win over hearts and minds. You’ll catch more flies with sugar than you will with vinegar.

Quotes about life lessons and mistakes (11-20):

You get out of life what you put in. Life’s what you make it.

Together we are strong. If enough of us band together, we are invincible. We don’t have to accept the unacceptable.

Those who can only see the virtue of their own opinions will always be keen to silence people seeking to express an alternative opinion.

You can’t train experience. Experience must be gained the hard way. Going out there, doing things, making mistakes, and learning from them.

You can always earn more money, but you can’t get more time. With time, once it’s gone, it’s gone. It’s your most precious resource, so use it wisely.

Communication works best when we keep it simple. Complicate it and it can only lead to misunderstandings. Misunderstanding is at the heart of most problems between people. So complicating communication, however well-intentioned, can only end badly.

We all make a living by selling something to someone. In exchange for adding value in some way to other people, we earn money. The more value we add, the more we’ll earn.

Just because people don’t share their troubles doesn’t mean they don’t have any. People can be fighting personal battles we know nothing about. So, be careful when judging others.

You can choose to be whatever you want to be, but you must accept that there will be trade-offs. Nothing’s free. There’s always a price to be paid, and that price must be paid first.

Never agree to anything that would give a government too much control over your life. If there’s one thing of which you can be 100% certain, it is that you cannot trust any government.

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Quotes about life lessons and mistakes (21-30):

Keep life simple whenever possible, and it is usually possible.

It matters not that you make mistakes, but only how you respond to them.

If you want the best life for yourself, you’ll need to carve it out for yourself.

If you don’t define who you are, someone else will. Live life on your own terms.

Ironically, fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, yet wiser people are full of doubts.

You can do a hundred things right, but the only thing others will notice is the one mistake you made. That’s life.

If a politician doesn’t have the guts to challenge anything that is obviously complete nonsense, then that politician is unworthy of high office. Simple.

If you read newspapers, you’re going to be lied to, or at the very least deceived. No newspaper ever gives a balanced and unbiased account of anything. They’re all produced simply as echo chambers for their target audience.

In big enough numbers, we all have political power. We don’t have to accept the unacceptable. We can always get like-minded folk together and push back. Never assume someone else will be looking after your interests. That won’t happen.

Ordinary, decent people who think the law is there to protect them are likely to be disappointed. Say something that runs against powerful interests, and it won’t end well, not for you, at least. If you want to go up against powerful people, you’ll need large numbers of people on your side.

Quotes about life lessons and mistakes (31-40):

Your best teacher is your last mistake.

In life, we get the test first, followed by the lesson.

If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not living a full life.

Life is not about how many times you fall but how many times you can get back up and try again.

Wisdom comes not from never erring but from learning and growing with every mistake we make.

Don’t be so open-minded that your brain falls out. Sometimes you must accept the truth for what it is, regardless of how other people may feel about it.

Just because people say you’re wrong doesn’t mean you are. Those who believe passionately in their opinions being superior to yours are frequently wrong themselves.

The question is not whether you have the time but whether you’re willing to allocate the time. If it’s important to you, then assign time to it. Otherwise, forget about it and move on.

If you want to know anything about where we’re going as a society, then just follow the money. It’s always about the money and who profits. Big money dictates, and someone, somewhere, always profits.

Never assume anything is being done for the good of the people. Politicians only ever give serious thought to the concerns of the people when there’s an election on the horizon and they need your vote.

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Have the courage to step out of your comfort zone

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If your aim is growth and achievement, then playing it safe is unlikely to be the right strategy for you. You must face your fears, dear reader. You must have the courage to step out of your comfort zone because we grow by taking on challenges throughout our lives.

Overcoming challenges is always at the heart of any achievement worthy of note.

A life worth living is a life where you feel fully engaged.

To feel energized and engaged with life, you must stretch yourself to the limits of your potential.

Needless to say, you can only find the limits of your potential if you step out of your comfort zone.

Step out of your comfort zone

Sadly, many people, if not most, never dare to step outside their comfort zone. They prefer to live where they feel safe.

Staying within your comfort zone is fine, of course, if that’s what you want, but you can’t call it living, can you? It’s existing, perhaps, but not living, I think.

You cannot grow from within the safety of your comfort zone. That’s simply a fact.

You’ll find that life begins to have a real buzz when you take the first step beyond your comfort zone. That’s what you might call living on the edge.

Inevitably, it’s scary, of course, but you do begin to feel energized. It’s where you’ll feel a real sense of exhilaration.

Yes, of course, it involves risk; that’s true. However, risk and reward go hand in hand. No risk; no reward.

Stepping outside your comfort zone doesn’t guarantee success, and of course, you might still fail. You’ll certainly experience some failures along the way, because everyone does.

Experiencing failures is an inevitable part of chasing success because success lies on the far side of failure. However, to get to second base and beyond, you must be prepared to take your foot off first base.

Successful people don’t always make the right decisions. However, they’re willing to challenge themselves, and they’re willing to persist long after everyone else has given up. They may fail, but they learn from failure, and they use what they’ve learned to work towards achieving their goals.

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You have enormous potential:

Dear reader, let me tell you something. You have enormous potential, and you can achieve anything if you want it badly enough and you’re prepared to work hard for it.

Certainly, you’re capable of achieving great things.

However, you must set challenging goals, and you must be prepared to step out of your comfort zone. If you can face that discomfort and keep on going, then you really can become the person you’re destined to be.

It’s easier to stay within your comfort zone, of course, and you’ll feel safe that way, but nothing beats the feeling of winning and achieving those challenging goals you’ve set yourself. A life of safety first can be dull.

If every obstacle must first be overcome before you start, then you’ll never achieve anything.

Playing it safe is a bigger risk than stepping beyond your comfort zone.

By playing it safe, you take the risk that you’ll never experience the satisfaction of real achievement. And it’s always better to try and fail than it is to spend your life wondering what might have been.

Stepping beyond your comfort zone means embracing uncertainty, of course. However, the quality of your life will depend on the amount of uncertainty you can bear.

So go on, live a little.

Step out of your comfort zone right now and take that tiger for a ride. You’ll be glad you did.

Building the courage to step out of your comfort zone:

To reinforce the message in today’s theme, you might find the embedded video from Brian Tracy inspiring.

In it, Brian offers some wise words on building the courage to break out of your comfort zone. It’s well worth your time, and I recommend it to you.

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17 cheesy jokes guaranteed to raise a smile

04/02/2025 by

If you like cheesy jokes, this post is for you.

I’ve been surfing the Internet looking for humour and smiles.

On this occasion, I was specifically looking for cheesy jokes.

And I found 17 cheesy jokes that made me smile. I hope they make you smile today, too.

Unfortunately, I couldn’t identify the authors, but should you be one of them, please let me know, and I will add a suitable credit and link to your work.

Cheesy jokes:

  • What happens when the smog lifts over Los Angeles? 
  • UCLA 
  • Which US State has the smallest soft drinks? 
  • Mini-soda 
  • Where do pencils go for vacation? 
  • Pencil-vania
  • What do you call an unpredictable, out-of-control photographer?
  • A loose Canon
  • What do you call a seagull that flies over the bay? 
  • A Bagel 
  • Where do Volkswagens go when they get old? 
  • The Old Volks home!
  • What did the fisherman say to the magician? 
  • Pick a cod, any cod!
  • Why couldn’t the sesame seed leave the casino?
  • Because he was on a roll 
  • Why did the poor man sell yeast? 
  • To raise some dough
  • How do snails fight? 
  • They slug it out
  • Why did Johnny throw the clock out of the window? 
  • Because he wanted to see time fly! 
  • What did the cat say after eating two robins lying in the sun? 
  • I just love baskin’ robins
  • What do lawyers wear to court? 
  • Lawsuits! 
  • Why did the man put his money in the freezer? 
  • He wanted cold, hard cash!
  • What’s the difference between ignorance and apathy? 
  • I don’t know and I don’t care. 
  • How does NASA organize a party?
  • They planet
  • What do you call four bullfighters standing in quicksand? 
  • Quattro Sinko 

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