Productivity Tips: How to Structure Your Day

04/12/2025 by

Looking for some productivity tips, dear reader?

How much do you achieve each day?

What do you deliver in terms of results? After all, results do matter, don’t they?

We’re paid to deliver results, aren’t we?

To demonstrate that we’re adding value in our jobs or our businesses, then it’s all about productivity, surely?

Being busy is not the same as being productive. They’re very different things, aren’t they?

Most people know that, I’m sure, but they still struggle to improve their productivity.

Do you ever feel that you could be a more productive person, dear reader?

Do you ever wonder how you might improve your productivity?

Well, when you’re not sure what to do, you can always turn to a master. And when I’m seeking advice on mastery, one expert to whom I frequently turn is Brian Tracy.

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Productivity Tips:

In the embedded video, Brian Tracy offers some very useful tips for becoming more productive.

In my opinion, Brian Tracy always offers great advice, and in this short video, he offers some real pearls of wisdom, I think.

They’re all simple ideas, but they can increase your productivity if you apply them regularly.

This video is recommended viewing, so take a few minutes out of your busy schedule and learn from the master. I am confident that you will find it time well spent.

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Here are some more productivity tips that will help you improve your productivity:

1. Prioritize Tasks Effectively:

Don’t just make a to-do list; actively prioritize what needs to get done first.

Use methods like the Eisenhower Matrix (urgent/important) to categorize tasks and focus on high-impact activities.

Tackle the most important or urgent tasks when your energy levels are highest.

2. Time Blocking and Scheduling:

Allocate specific blocks of time in your day for particular tasks or types of work.

Treat these scheduled times like appointments you can’t miss.

This helps you focus on one thing at a time and prevents tasks from getting lost in the shuffle.

Use a calendar or scheduling app to visualize your day.

3. Minimize Distractions and Create a Focused Environment:

Identify your common distractions (social media, notifications, noisy environment) and take steps to minimize them.

This might involve turning off notifications, using website blockers, wearing noise-canceling headphones, or finding a quiet workspace.

Creating a dedicated and organized workspace can also significantly improve focus.

4. Break Down Large Tasks and Use Time Management Techniques:

Overwhelmed by a big project?

Break it down into smaller, more manageable steps.

This makes the overall task feel less daunting and provides a sense of accomplishment as you complete each step.

Employ time management techniques like the Pomodoro Technique (work in focused bursts with short breaks) to maintain concentration and prevent burnout.

5. Regularly Review and Reflect on Your Productivity:

Take time at the end of each day or week to review what you accomplished, what challenges you faced, and what you could do differently next time.

Ask yourself, if you were paying for what you have produced, would you be happy with what you’re getting for your money?

This self-reflection allows you to identify patterns, understand what works best for you, and continuously improve your productivity strategies.

Be willing to experiment with different techniques and adapt them to your individual needs and workflow.

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21 thought-provoking quotes about opportunity

04/11/2025 by

Quotes about opportunity can be inspiring in my experience. They’re always positive, which I like.

A past littered with perceived failures can often leave us feeling that we’ve blown our chances of success in life.

We can often feel that somehow we’re destined for nothing more than a series of unexceptional jobs with modest remuneration because we didn’t do well in school or we didn’t make much effort in our early years, or whatever.

I know this feeling is common among people who left the education system with little in the way of certificates and diplomas to show for all their years in the classroom.

However, certificates and diplomas are just pieces of paper. They’re nice to have, but they don’t, in any way, define you.

Above all, you must always remember this, dear reader: your future is not defined by your past. Mistakes made can always be rectified.

A perceived failure is not the end of the world; it’s just an outcome you didn’t want. You can have as many chances to try again as you’re prepared to take.

Never forget that the future is an endless stream of opportunities, which you can choose to take or not.

That’s right! You can choose to take them or not; it’s down to you and you alone. You can make your life whatever you want it to be, as long as you’re prepared to make changes and work hard.

So focus on what you want with determination and hard work, and success really can be yours, regardless of any mistakes you may have made in the past. The past was a series of lessons, not a life sentence.

Here are 21 thought-provoking quotes about opportunity.

Reflect on all these quotes, dear reader, and then think about your life and whether it’s all you’d like it to be. If it isn’t all you’d like it to be, then it’s time to make some changes and go boldly in search of a better life experience.

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Quotes about opportunity (1-10):

  1. If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. ~Milton Berle
  2. Difficulties mastered are opportunities won. ~Winston Churchill
  3. You create your opportunities by asking for them. ~Shakti Gawain
  4. To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities. ~Bruce Lee
  5. Success is where preparation and opportunity meet. ~Bobby Unser
  6. A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. ~Francis Bacon
  7. A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. ~Winston Churchill
  8. Most people miss opportunity because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work. ~Thomas A. Edison
  9. Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. ~Henry Ford
  10. Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them. ~William Arthur Ward

Quotes about opportunity (11-21):

  1. To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions. ~Benjamin Franklin
  2. Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, ‘What’s in it for me?’ ~Brian Tracy
  3. Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them. ~Orison Swett Marden
  4. Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming. ~Richard Branson
  5. Many people may say that luck is important, but I think you create your own luck by working hard to ensure you don’t miss opportunities. ~Ivan Glasenberg
  6. Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You will have opportunities beyond anything we’ve ever known. ~Ronald Reagan
  7. My favourite words are possibilities, opportunities and curiosity. I think if you are curious, you create opportunities, and then if you open the doors, you create possibilities. ~Mario Testino
  8. People with a growth mindset believe that they can improve with effort. They outperform those with a fixed mindset, even when they have a lower IQ, because they embrace challenges, treating them as opportunities to learn something new. ~Travis Bradberry
  9. As an entrepreneur, you tend to see opportunities where others see none. ~Naveen Jain
  10. Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them. ~Jim Carrey
  11. Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it. ~Julie Andrews

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21 quotes about peace to make you think

04/10/2025 by

If you’re looking for quotes about peace, I’ve curated 21 excellent quotes for you to discover the power of peace and why it matters.

So, dive deep into the wisdom of history’s greatest minds and hearts as they eloquently convey the profound essence of peace. From leaders to philosophers, poets to pioneers, these 21 handpicked quotes are not just words but a testament to the undying human spirit’s quest for harmony and tranquillity.

With every quote, you’ll be reminded of why peace is the ultimate treasure and why we must guard it fiercely.

Embark on this journey of serenity and let the words inspire, rejuvenate, and anchor you in these turbulent times.

Peace is not just a word; it’s a state of mind, and these quotes are your map to rediscover it.

Without further ado, here are today’s quotes:

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Quotes about peace (1-10):

  1. We make war so that we may live in peace. ~Aristotle
  2. Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. ~Buddha
  3. You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. ~Indira Gandhi
  4. May Peace be the journey, and may the journey be peaceful. ~Author Unknown
  5. Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding. ~Albert Einstein
  6. Peace is not something that can be kept, it is something that must be made. ~Author Unknown
  7. If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. ~Mother Teresa
  8. Peace is not the absence of conflict; it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means. ~Ronald Reagan
  9. I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace. ~Thomas Paine
  10. People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. ~George Orwell

Quotes about peace (11-21):

  1. You cannot find peace by avoiding life. ~Virginia Woolf
  2. An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind. ~Mahatma Gandhi
  3. If you want peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies. ~Desmond Tutu
  4. We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves. ~Dalai Lama
  5. Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. ~John F. Kennedy
  6. If you want to make peace with your enemy, you must work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner. ~Nelson Mandela
  7. It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
  8. We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace. ~William E. Gladstone
  9. We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God. ~Thomas Merton
  10. Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us, and the world will be as one. ~John Lennon
  11. I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word. ~Martin Luther King, Jr.

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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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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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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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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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36 best quotes by famous authors to inspire you

03/31/2025 by

If you’re looking for some of the best quotes by famous authors, then I have 36 great quotes to inspire you today. I’m confident that they will all get you thinking.

So, take a few minutes to read them all and then see how many of them you can work into your day.

Perhaps you have a presentation to do in the office? Well, a good quote to stress your underlying message is always a good idea. Maybe one of these would fit perfectly?

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Best quotes by famous authors (1-12)

It hurt because it mattered. ~John Green

To thine own self be true. ~William Shakespeare

Life’s not fair; why should I be? ~Margaret Atwood

You cannot find peace by avoiding life. ~Virginia Woolf

As you start to walk on the way, the way appears. ~Rumi

Straight roads do not make skilful drivers. ~Paula Coelho

Each moment is a place you’ve never been. ~Mark Strand

There is always something left to love. ~Gabriel García Márquez

To avoid criticism: say nothing, do nothing, be nothing. ~Aristotle

Everything is hard before it is easy. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Don’t let your happiness depend on something you may lose. ~C.S. Lewis

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way. ~Henry David Thoreau

Best quotes by famous authors (13-24)

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. ~Plato

Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. ~J.K. Rowling

Sooner or later even the fastest runners have to stand and fight. ~Stephen King

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. ~Albert Einstein

Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not. ~Oscar Wilde

When you can’t change the direction of the wind, adjust your sails. ~H. Jackson Brown Jr.

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it. ~Maya Angelou

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real, too. They live inside us, and sometimes they win. ~Stephen King

I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival. ~Audre Lorde

We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out. ~Ray Bradbury

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. ~Mark Twain

It is impossible to live without failing at something unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default. ~J.K. Rowling

Best quotes by famous authors (25-36)

It is never too late to be what you might have been. ~George Eliot

Self-awareness and self-love matter. Who we are is how we lead. ~Brene Brown

No one really has a bad life. Not even a bad day. Just bad moments. ~Regina Brett

Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood. ~George Orwell

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. ~Samuel Johnson

When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt 

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. ~Alice Walker

We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down. ~Kurt Vonnegut

Challenges make life interesting, however, overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. ~Mark Twain

Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. ~Neil Gaiman

It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I’d been taught about myself and half-believed before I was able to walk on the earth as though I had a right to be here. ~James Baldwin

There have been times, lately, when I dearly wished that I could change the past. Well, I can’t, but I can change the present so that when it becomes the past it will turn out to be a past worth having. ~Terry Pratchett

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21 thought-provoking quotes about fake friends

03/30/2025 by

Today I thought it would be interesting to explore some quotes about fake friends.

How often do you hear people say, “Oh, I have many friends?“

For a very lucky few, that may be true. However, most of the time, it’s not true at all.

Almost always, real friends can be counted on the fingers of one hand with some fingers to spare.

For me, a real friend is someone I could phone at 2 am if I was in serious trouble and be confident that they’d be straight out to help me in a heartbeat.

Everyone else is just people I know with varying degrees of familiarity.

Yes, there is a broader circle of people with whom I socialise occasionally but my close friends are those I know I can count on when the chips are down.

Many people we know tend to be ‘fair-weather friends‘ and some of them will be genuinely fake. There when it suits them but otherwise they care little for us.

So, when it comes to friends, we have to learn to differentiate the real from the not-so-real. A real friend will enter your life just as the rest of the world is leaving.

Here are 21 thought-provoking quotes about fake friends to help you with that process.

Quotes about fake friends (1-10)

You don’t lose when you lose fake friends. ~Joan Jett

A fake friend is an enemy in disguise. ~Ellen J. Barrier 

Better an honest enemy than a false friend. ~German Proverb

I didn’t lose a friend; I just realized I never had one. ~Author Unknown

Make sure the lions you roll with aren’t snakes in disguise.  ~Genereux Philip

True friends cry when you leave. Fake friends leave when you cry. ~Author Unknown

Pay close attention to the people who don’t clap when you win. ~Author Unknown

Growing up means realizing a lot of your friends aren’t really your friends. ~Author Unknown

Fake friends: once they stop talking to you, they start talking about you. ~Author Unknown

The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies. ~Author Unknown

Quotes about fake friends (11-21)

Sometimes it’s not the people who change it’s the mask that falls off. ~Author Unknown

True friends will always find a way to help you. Fake friends will always find an excuse. ~Author Unknown

You never lose friends. Real ones will always stay, no matter what and the fakes, you don’t need them anyway. ~Drishti Bablani

As we grow up, we realize it becomes less important to have a ton of friends and more important to have real ones. ~Author Unknown

The same person that speaks highly of you will be the same person that downs you. Be careful who you call friends. ~Author Unknown

You don’t lose friends because real friends can never be lost. You lose people masquerading as friends and you’re better for it. ~Mandy Hale

A true friend cares about what’s going on in your life. A fake friend will make their problems sound bigger. Be a true friend. ~Author Unknown

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind. ~Buddha

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports. ~Richard Burton

I’ve got more respect for someone who comes out and says they don’t like me than for the ones who act like they do but talk bad about me when I’m not around. ~Mitchell Perry

Everybody isn’t your friend. Just because they hang around you and laugh with you doesn’t mean they’re your friends. People pretend well. Real situations expose fake people. So pay attention. ~Author Unknown

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