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25 Quotes by Rumi to inspire you today

05/17/2024 by Roy Sutton

Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, known simply as Rumi, was a 13th-century poet.

Rumi is believed to have been a man of immense talent.

His work highlights literature’s power to transcend time, language, and geography.

Incredibly, Rumi covered many topics, in a few words. And his work inspires us to this day. His legacy is likely to inspire future generations for years to come.

Today I offer you 25 quotes by Rumi that showcase his wisdom.

I hope they inspire you to harness the power of positive thinking. Reflect on them and use the lessons they offer in your everyday life.

Quotes by Rumi (1-12):

What you seek is seeking you.
We are born of love. Love is our mother.
Where there’s ruin there’s hope for a treasure.
There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.
Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.
Love will find its way through all languages on its own.
There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the earth.
You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?
Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes around in another form.
Yesterday is gone and its tale told. Today new seeds are growing.
Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life
Why should I be unhappy? Every parcel of my being is in full bloom.

Quotes by Rumi (13-25):

Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.
Before death takes away what you are given, give away what there is to give.
Raise your words, not your voice. It’s rain that grows flowers, not thunder.
Beauty surrounds us, but usually, we need to be walking in a garden to know it.
That which is false troubles the heart, but truth brings joyous tranquillity.
When someone beats a rug, the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it.
Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made for the eye of one who sees.
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
There is an invisible strength within us; when it recognizes two opposing objects of desire, it grows stronger.
Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.
You know the value of every article of merchandise, but if you don’t know the value of your own soul, it’s all foolishness.
Your task is not to seek love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
It may be that the satisfaction I need depends on my going away so that when I’ve gone and come back, I’ll find it at home.

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21 Quotes about goals in life to inspire you

05/16/2024 by Roy Sutton

If you’re looking for quotes about goals in life to inspire you, look no further, dear reader. There are some great quotes here today.

Having goals matters.

If you don’t have something at which to aim, then you’re sure to miss it every time.

So, decide what you want to achieve; decide what actions you’ll need to take to achieve it, and then set some challenging goals.

Work towards specific goals, and you’ll go from being ordinary to being extraordinary.

So set some goals now, but not before you’ve been inspired by all these great quotes that I’ve curated for you today. Enjoy them all.

Quotes about goals in life (1-15):

If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time. ~Zig Ziglar
Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there. ~Bo Jackson
Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power. ~Lao Tzu
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. ~CS Lewis
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars. ~Les Brown
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. ~Tony Robbins
One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals. ~Michael Korda
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. ~Henry Ford
If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll probably end up somewhere else. ~Lawrence J. Peter
I don’t focus on what I’m up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest. ~Venus Williams
A goal is not always meant to be reached; it often serves simply as something to aim at. ~Bruce Lee
The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score. ~Bill Copeland
You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life. ~H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
If you’re bored with life – you don’t get up every morning with a burning desire to do things – you don’t have enough goals. ~Lou Holtz
The great danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark. ~Michelangelo

Quotes about goals in life (16-21):

The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose focus of your individual goals and you can’t let yourself be beaten because of a lack of effort. ~Michael Jordan
Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don’t quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don’t quit until you reach it. Never quit. ~Bear Bryant
Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success. ~Pablo Picasso
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. Confucius Stay focused, go after your dreams and keep moving toward your goals. ~LL Cool J
Everyone has a purpose in life and a unique talent to give to others. And when we blend this unique talent with service to others, we experience the ecstasy and exultation of our own spirit, which is the ultimate goal of all goals. ~Kallam Anji Reddy
Successful people maintain a positive focus in life no matter what is going on around them. They stay focused on their past successes rather than their past failures, and on the next action steps, they need to take to get them closer to the fulfilment of their goals rather than all the other distractions that life presents to them. ~Jack Canfield

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25 contenders for the best one-liners of all time

05/15/2024 by Roy Sutton

Do you enjoy a witty one-liner, dear reader? Well, I’ve been searching for some contenders for the best one-liners of all time.

Today I’ve put together a batch of 25, that I hope you’ll enjoy.

They all made me smile, and I hope they’ll make you smile too.

So take a moment to enjoy them, and then please pass them on.

Best one-liners of all time (1-15):

I’m not fat. I’m just easier to see.
Never trust a dog to watch your food.
Becoming a vegan is a big missed steak.
My boss said, have a good day. So I went home.
A clean desk is a sure sign of a cluttered desk drawer.
For maximum attention, nothing beats saying something stupid.
I can totally keep secrets. It’s the people I tell them to that can’t.
Why is it that everyone seems normal until you get to know them?
How is it that I always seem to buy plants without the will to live?
The importance of teamwork is that there’s always someone else to blame.
We must support bacteria. They’re the only culture some people have.
One day you’re the best thing since sliced bread. The next, you’re toast.
Why do we refer to the day we do all our household chores as a day off?
The other man’s grass may be greener, but at least you don’t have to mow it.
If we’re not supposed to eat at night, why’s there a light in the refrigerator?

Best one-liners of all time (16-25):

Wise people learn from the mistakes of others. The rest of us are the others.
Sometimes the first step to forgiveness is realising that the other person’s an idiot.
An optimist believes that the world couldn’t be better. A pessimist is afraid that might be true.
It’s funny when someone says we need to talk, but what they mean is, you need to listen.
Women spend more time wondering what men are thinking than men actually spend thinking.
Living in the 21st century is a bizarre experience. Our priority now is deleting history rather than making it.
Life’s all about perspective. For instance, the sinking of the Titanic seemed like a miracle to the lobsters in the ship’s kitchen.
We all live by the 50-50-90 rule. Anytime we have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there’s a 90% probability that we’ll get it wrong.
My boss asked whether it was me or him who was stupid. I responded diplomatically that everyone knows he has a reputation for never hiring stupid people.
Before I criticize anyone, I always walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when I’ve criticized them, I’m a mile away, and they can’t chase me because I’ve got their shoes.

So dear reader, are the witticisms on offer today some contenders for the best one-liners of all time?

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21 Quotes by Marie Curie

05/14/2024 by Roy Sutton

I’m always intrigued by people who achieve success despite all the odds working against them. One such person is Marie Curie, a woman who made a name for herself in what was then an exclusively male profession in an age when women were very much second-class citizens. So, let’s explore some quotes by Marie Curie.

Marie Curie was a physicist and chemist who made pioneering contributions to the study of radioactivity.

She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and is the only person to have won Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields (Physics in 1903 and Chemistry in 1911).

Marie Curie’s research laid the foundation for the development of nuclear physics and the treatment of cancer. She discovered two new elements, Polonium and Radium, and conducted ground-breaking research on their properties.

Marie Curie offers us some lessons worthy of note. What are the key lessons? (1) Find something that matters to you, (2) Pursue your interest with passion, and (3) Don’t let anyone or anything stop you.

Anyway, without further ado, here are 21 quotes by Marie Curie to get you thinking today.

Quotes by Marie Curie (1-10):

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.
I am among those who think that science has great beauty.
In science, we must be interested in things, not in persons.
I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.
One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.
There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.
I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
If I see anything vital around me, it is precisely that spirit of adventure, which seems indestructible and is akin to curiosity.
After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it.

Quotes by Marie Curie (11-21):

I have frequently been questioned, especially by women, of how I could reconcile family life with a scientific career. Well, it has not been easy.
A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales.
I have no dress except the one I wear every day. If you are going to be kind enough to give me one, please let it be practical and dark so that I can put it on afterwards to go to the laboratory.
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing must be attained.
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for his own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity.
Unknown in Paris, I was lost in the great city, but the feeling of living there alone, taking care of myself without any aid, did not at all depress me. If sometimes I felt lonesome, my usual state of mind was one of calm and great moral satisfaction.
We should not allow it to be believed that all scientific progress can be reduced to mechanisms, machines, gearings, even though such machinery also has its beauty. Neither do I believe that the spirit of adventure runs any risk of disappearing in our world.
In 1906, just as we were definitely giving up the old shed laboratory where we had been so happy, there came the dreadful catastrophe which took my husband away from me and left me alone to bring up our children and, at the same time, to continue our work of research.
I tried out various experiments described in treatises on physics and chemistry, and the results were sometimes unexpected. At times, I would be encouraged by a little unhoped-for success; at others, I would be in the deepest despair because of accidents and failures resulting from my inexperience.
Sometimes I had to spend a whole day mixing a boiling mass with a heavy iron rod nearly as large as myself. I would be broken with fatigue at the day’s end. Other days, on the contrary, the work would be a most minute and delicate fractional crystallization, in the effort to concentrate the radium.
All my mind was centred on my studies, which, especially at the beginning, were difficult. In fact, I was insufficiently prepared to follow the physical science course at the Sorbonne, for, despite all my efforts, I had not succeeded in acquiring in Poland a preparation as complete as that of the French students following the same course.

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This is the key to success in one lesson

05/13/2024 by Roy Sutton

Dear reader, would you like to know the key to success? It’s simple.

Success starts with making a decision. You decide what you want to achieve, and then you decide that you’re going to go out and get it.

Once your decision has been made, you pursue your objective with determination and tenacity, and you don’t allow anyone or anything to stop you.

In 1960, US President John Kennedy made a speech in which he said that by the end of that decade, the United States would put a man on the moon. And in 1969, the United States fulfilled the promise made by Kennedy.

Kennedy didn’t know how they would achieve the goal he articulated in 1960.

However, he believed in their ability to do it; he believed they could develop the technology to do it, and he made a decision that they would do it. However, ultimately, in making his promise, there was an element of risk.

Now there’s risk in everything we do, of course, and nothing exceptional will ever be achieved without some degree of risk along the way.

Lesser men and women may allow the fear of risk to stop them. However, men and women destined for great things will feel the fear, and they’ll do it anyway.

Greatness cannot be achieved without paying your dues along the way. That’s a fact.

Be fearless:

Anything worth having comes with a price tag, namely blood, sweat, and tears. So be bold, be strong, and pursue your dream with passion.

Yes, it will be challenging mentally and emotionally. And yes, plenty of people will tell you that it’s not possible or that you’re not quite good enough.

Well, don’t listen to the naysayers and negative Nellies. It matters not what they think, but only what you think. If you believe you can do it, then that’s all that matters.

If you want it, whatever it is, just keep pushing and never, ever give up until you get to where you want to be.

Greatness can be achieved by anyone with sufficient determination. People do succeed, and so can you.

So whatever it is you want to do, just go out there and do the damn thing. Do it now. Believe you can and you will.

If you’re still not convinced, then take a look at this video, which I think is a fantastic motivational speech.

Watch it now and I promise you, you won’t be disappointed. And the bottom line is that you’ve got to be fearless.

Key to Success – Video:

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Standards in Public Life: Will we always get what we tolerate?

05/12/2024 by Roy Sutton

In recent years, there’s been a lot of debate about standards in public life. However, the bottom line is that ‘we the people‘ will always get what we’re willing to tolerate. Well, I think so anyway.

Think about it.

Simply being sorry:

When we’ve done something wrong, saying sorry is meant to wipe the slate clean. Wouldn’t you agree, dear reader?

We’ll say, “I’m so sorry,” and we might think that it’s sufficient.

For instance, if we’ve inadvertently trodden on someone’s toe by accident, a brief expression of regret is usually perfectly acceptable.

Seeking personal advantage:

However, how about when someone has been exploiting a situation to their advantage dishonestly?

Would a simple “I’m sorry” be enough then? No, I don’t think so.

When this happens, it requires far more than a minor expression of regret, surely?

If someone has been caught exploiting a situation or being dishonest in some other way, we need to see genuine remorse if they are truly sorry.

We need a sense that they’re ashamed of what they’ve done and are keen to make amends.

We need an act that makes it clear that the individual recognizes the error of their ways, surely?

Politics and Standards in Public Life:

Sadly, you’re unlikely to see this from a modern politician.

Rarely these days do politicians have any sense of shame, or so it seems. Integrity and moral values also appear to be lacking in modern politicians.

“I’m sorry,” will readily trip off the tongue of your average politician, of course.

They’ll claim it was a minor indiscretion, a moment of madness, a one-off, or a private matter. However, rarely do we get any sense that they genuinely regret their actions, in my experience.

Their only real regret is that they’ve been caught.

Usually, they’ll try to brazen it out if they think they can get away with it.

However, rarely do we see any genuine remorse. Politicians don’t do remorse; their inflated egos sense only personal advantage at the expense of others.

How people and society behave:

So if politicians are our role models, is it acceptable for the rest of us to behave similarly?

No, I don’t think it is. And I say that simply because, in my opinion, two wrongs don’t make a right.

Politicians may lack integrity and a moral compass, but society would be all the poorer if the rest of us were without any sense of right and wrong. What example would we be setting for our children?

There can be no excuse for bad behaviour.

If politicians misbehave, which they will occasionally do, then their actions should not be considered a ‘get out of jail free‘ card by the rest of us, should we behave in the same way. The right course of action is simply to punish them at the polls.

And having been punished at the polls, those errant politicians shouldn’t be allowed to exploit their notoriety with lucrative media deals.

If any media channel or newspaper thinks it’s acceptable to recruit a disgraced or errant politician, then they too should be punished. People should make a point of changing channels or buying a different newspaper.

We all get what we tolerate:

If ordinary people were less willing to tolerate unacceptable behaviour in public life, then it would happen far less frequently, I think. It is a fact that, in my experience, we always get what we tolerate.

Therefore, if we want our public servants to behave with honesty and integrity, then we should become a lot more intolerant of the way they behave.

They behave the way they do because they think there will be few or no consequences.

That is our fault.

We all must ensure that they know differently, that they know we will not tolerate bad behaviour, and that they will be punished severely should they do so.

Take every opportunity to remind your local and national politicians that you’re watching them very closely. And don’t forget, that’s so easy now with all the modern communications tools we have at our disposal.

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The secret to happiness that everyone should know

05/11/2024 by Roy Sutton

If you’re reading this blog post, dear reader, perhaps you’ve been searching for the secret to happiness. If you have, you’re not alone. Many people search, but few find real happiness.

However, if happiness is what you seek, allow me to enlighten you.

Money’s not the answer:

When you hear news of someone winning big on a lottery, do you ever think that you’d be so much happier if only you could win big too? You’d be happy, if only you had a lot of money, right?

Certainly, having money can make life comfortable. There’s no question about that. And who wouldn’t want to be comfortable?

Having money can allow you to do all sorts of things you couldn’t do otherwise. Live in a nice house; wear the finest clothes; drive a nice car; and travel first class to exotic places.

However, there’s one thing that money cannot do for you. It cannot make you happy. It’s a fact that having a lot of money by itself can never make you happy. There are plenty of very wealthy people who are miserable.

Happiness is a state of mind:

It is also a fact that if you aren’t happy without money, then suddenly gaining a lot of money will not change the way you feel. If anything, its impact on your life will probably make you even less happy.

Happiness is a state of mind. It’s the capacity to appreciate life for what it is and not what you think you’d like it to be. It’s being content with what you have, whatever that is.

Happiness is a positive mental attitude, a willingness to see the good side of every situation, regardless of how bad it might be in reality, a determination to enjoy the moment, and being comfortable in your own skin.

Work towards creating your pot of gold, by all means, dear reader, but in doing so, never lose sight of what matters most.

The period of human life is short, and it goes by in the blink of an eye.

Yesterday has gone, and you may never know tomorrow. The here and now are the only certainties you have.

This moment is your life, so you must find a way to enjoy every moment. Get the most out of them all. For, as we say, where I come from, you’ll be a long time dead.

The secret to happiness:

Enjoy simple, inexpensive pleasures like having a laugh or a coffee with a friend. That’s when you’ll be happiest. That’s how memories are made, too.

Accept that your life will be full of challenges, which is what makes it all interesting.

And recognise that by having to respond to challenges, you are growing as a person. So it makes sense to respond to every challenge with enthusiasm because you can only win, ultimately. Either you’ll succeed, or you’ll learn a lesson.

And remember this too: as your life passes, you won’t remember those expensive shoes you bought or the latest gadget, but you will remember the experiences you had with the people who mattered most to you.

Enjoy life for what it is and don’t fret about what it isn’t. The secret to happiness is contentment.

If you can be happy without money, then having money will be a bonus.

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25 Quotes by Zig Ziglar to inspire you

05/10/2024 by Roy Sutton

Today, I thought exploring some quotes by Zig Ziglar would be interesting.

Hilary Hinton Ziglar, or Zig Ziglar as he was better known, was an American author, salesman, and motivational speaker.

As a motivational speaker, he had an almost evangelical style of delivery, which, for some people, was a little disconcerting. However, for those who could get beyond his delivery style, Zig Ziglar was a great motivational speaker, and he had plenty of genuine wisdom to offer. Well, I think so anyway.

Sadly, Zig Ziglar passed away in 2012, but we still have his words of wisdom to inspire us.

So take a moment to be inspired by some of these brilliant quotes by Zig Ziglar and please feel free to pass them on.

Quotes by Zig Ziglar:

Every choice you make has an end result.
Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
If you aim at nothing, you’ll hit it every time.
If you learn from defeat, you haven’t really lost.
Remember that failure is an event, not a person.
Yesterday ended last night. Today is a brand-new day.
Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.
The first step in solving a problem is to recognise that it does exist.
You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.
When you catch a glimpse of your potential, that’s when passion is born.
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.
Outstanding people have one thing in common: An absolute sense of mission.
Do more than you are being paid to do, and you’ll eventually be paid more for what you do.
You can have everything in life you want if you will just help other people get what they want.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
Money isn’t the most important thing in life, but it’s reasonably close to oxygen on the ‘gotta have it’ scale.
You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.
People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.
If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.
It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.
Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining. It bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn’t solve any problems.
With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity, you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt.
You are who you are and what you are because of what has gone into your mind. You can change who you are and what you are by changing what goes into your mind.
When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you’re making a commitment and difference in that person’s life. Encouragement really does make a difference.