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17 quotes to inspire you to be all you can be

09/28/2020 by Roy Sutton

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. ~Steve Jobs
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. ~Samuel Johnson
Every artist was first an amateur. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. ~Dale Carnegie
Whoever is happy will make others happy, too. ~Mark Twain
You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. ~Christopher Columbus
Use what talents you possess. The woods will be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best. ~Henry Van Dyke
You are what you think about all day long. ~Dr. Robert Schuller
The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy. ~Malcolm Forbes
Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who are alive. ~Howard Thurman
Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier. ~Mother Teresa
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit. ~Conrad Hilton
That’s precisely the question everyone should be asking—why the hell not? Why not you, why not now? ~Timothy Ferriss
The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavour. ~Vince Lombardi
It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are. ~E.E. Cummings
Do not let what you cannot do; interfere with what you can do. ~John Wooden
Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. ~Henry Ford

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11 razor-sharp quotes from some of life’s greatest wits

09/26/2020 by Roy Sutton

I love razor-sharp quotes, don’t you? I refer to those quotes that are both sharp and very funny, when you give them just a little thought.

Whenever I come across a sharp and witty quote, I always make a note of it in my journal. And today, as I’ve been going through my journal, I’ve picked out 11 razor-sharp quotes that I think are funny and I thought you might enjoy them too, dear reader.

They definitely made me smile, so I hope they brighten your day too. Enjoy them all.

Razor-sharp quotes:

Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that’s what gets you. ~Jeremy Clarkson
Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same. ~Oscar Wilde
I wouldn’t say I was the best manager in the business, but I was in the top one. ~Brian Clough
The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue. ~Dorothy Parker
I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally. ~WC Fields
Contraceptives should be used on every conceivable occasion. ~Spike Milligan
He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire. ~Winston Churchill
I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. ~Noel Coward
You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred. ~Woody Allen
A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth. ~George Bernard Shaw
The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not. ~Mark Twain

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15 Quotes by Elon Musk to help get you thinking

09/25/2020 by Roy Sutton

Born in Pretoria, South Africa, Elon Musk is a technology entrepreneur and engineer. He holds South African, Canadian and U.S. citizenship and is probably best known as the co-founder, CEO and product architect of Tesla Inc.

In 2016, he was ranked 21st on the Forbes list of the World’s Most Powerful People.

Apparently his net worth is around $19.4 billion and he’s listed by Forbes as the 40th-richest person in the world.

By any definition, Elon Musk is a clever and successful man and of course, it’s always worth listening to successful people.

So today I offer you 15 quotes by Elon Musk dear reader.

He’s an interesting character and his observations will certainly get you thinking I’m sure.

15 Quotes by Elon Musk:

I think it matters whether someone has a good heart. ~Elon Musk
I hate writing about personal stuff. I don’t have a Facebook page. I don’t use my Twitter account. I am familiar with both, but I don’t use them. ~Elon Musk
When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favour. ~Elon Musk
If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it’s a bright day. Otherwise, it’s not. ~Elon Musk
People should pursue what they’re passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else. ~Elon Musk
I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself. ~Elon Musk
There have to be reasons that you get up in the morning and you want to live. Why do you want to live? What’s the point? What inspires you? What do you love about the future? If the future does not include being out there among the stars and being a multi-planet species, I find that incredibly depressing. ~Elon Musk
Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster. ~Elon Musk
People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working. ~Elon Musk
I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better. ~Elon Musk
Man has the power to act as his own destroyer – and that is the way he has acted through most of his history. ~Elon Musk
Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment. ~Elon Musk
We can’t have, like, willy-nilly proliferation of fake news. That’s crazy. You can’t have more types of fake news than real news. That’s allowing public deception to go unchecked. That’s crazy. ~Elon Musk
Brand is just a perception, and perception will match reality over time. Sometimes it will be ahead, other times it will be behind. But brand is simply a collective impression some have about a product. ~Elon Musk
In order to have your voice be heard in Washington, you have to make some little contribution. ~Elon Musk

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15 amusing quotes by Spike Milligan to make you smile

09/25/2020 by Roy Sutton

I love to read amusing quotes by Spike Milligan. He was undoubtedly a man with a funny bone.

In case you’re not familiar with his name, Spike Milligan was a funny, irreverent and much-loved comedian and staple of British television and radio for many years in the post-war era and right up until his death in 2002.

Born Terence Alan Milligan in India, he was the son of a British Army Captain of Irish descent and an English mother.

In addition to being a wonderful comic performer, probably best known for his work with the Goon Show, he was also a successful writer, poet, playwright and actor.

Though he spent much of his early life in India, the majority of his adult life was spent in the United Kingdom.

However when the Commonwealth Immigrants Act removed Indian-born Milligan’s automatic right to British citizenship in 1962, despite his own service in the British Army as well as his father’s, he became an Irish citizen, exercising a right conferred through his Irish-born father.

I think he was a genuinely funny man and to prove it, here are 15 of his razor-sharp quips. Enjoy them all.

Quotes by Spike Milligan:

All men are cremated equal. ~Spike Milligan
All I ask is the chance to prove that money can’t make me happy. ~Spike Milligan
I thought I’d begin by reading a poem by Shakespeare, but then I thought, why should I? He never reads any of mine. ~Spike Milligan
Are you going to come quietly, or do I have to use earplugs? ~Spike Milligan
Money couldn’t buy friends, but you get a better class of enemy. ~Spike Milligan
I’m a hero with coward’s legs. ~Spike Milligan
How long was I in the army? Five-foot eleven. ~Spike Milligan
I turned and rubbed my hands with glee. I always keep a tin of glee handy. ~Spike Milligan
I’m not afraid of dying, I just don’t want to be there when it happens. ~Spike Milligan
Contraceptives should be used on every conceivable occasion. ~Spike Milligan
Life is a long agonized illness only curable by death. ~Spike Milligan
I can speak Esperanto like a native. ~Spike Milligan
A bird in The Strand is worth two in Shepherd’s Bush. ~Spike Milligan
A family man from Siberia; As a father was very inferior; But one operation; Revised the situation; And now he’s Mother Superior. ~Spike Milligan
And God said, ‘Let there be light’ and there was light, but the Electricity Board said He would have to wait until Thursday to be connected. ~Spike Milligan

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15 Quotes by Bruce Lee that will still inspire you today

09/24/2020 by Roy Sutton

Bruce Lee is best remembered for his roles in popular martial arts movies of the early 1970s, such as Enter the Dragon.

Born Lee Jun-fan in San Francisco in 1940, he was a Hong Kong-American actor, director, martial artist, martial arts instructor and philosopher brought up in Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Bruce Lee is considered by commentators, critics, media and indeed other martial artists to be the most influential martial artist of all time.

He also remains a pop culture icon of the 20th century, who bridged the gap between East and West.

Sadly Bruce Lee died of a cerebral oedema in Hong Kong in 1973 but subsequently he was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. For a martial artist, that’s fairly impressive don’t you think?

Despite his untimely death, he continues to influence people and there are several websites dedicated to Bruce Lee around the world.

In his relatively short life he was credited with many inspirational quotes, so I thought today I’d share a few of these with you dear reader.

So here are 15 quotes by Bruce Lee that will still inspire you today.

Quotes by Bruce Lee:

As you think, so shall you become. ~Bruce Lee
To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities. ~Bruce Lee
Obey the principles without being bound by them. ~Bruce Lee
Knowledge will give you power, but character respect. ~Bruce Lee
Showing off is the fool’s idea of glory. ~Bruce Lee
A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough. ~Bruce Lee
Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them. ~Bruce Lee
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer. ~Bruce Lee
If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of. ~Bruce Lee
I fear not the man who has practised 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practised one kick 10,000 times. ~Bruce Lee
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person. ~Bruce Lee
The possession of anything begins in the mind. ~Bruce Lee
I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine. ~Bruce Lee
Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. ~Bruce Lee
Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one’s potential. ~Bruce Lee

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Self-promotion and why it matters if you want success

09/23/2020 by Roy Sutton

The idea of self-promotion is something with which many readers will feel slightly uncomfortable.

Perhaps it leaves you feeling a slight sense of unease dear reader; the idea of ‘blowing your own trumpet’ and making sure that others know all about what you have to offer?

By self-promotion, I am referring to personal visibility, particularly in the office or workplace.

Does personal visibility really matter that much, you may ask?

Well that depends on how you think about it really.

If you’re happy to plod along and just accept whatever life decides you should have then it probably doesn’t matter much at all.

However, if success is your aim or if you want to enjoy more of what life can offer then personal visibility is essential.

Think about it. If I don’t know you exist, how can you be a solution to my problem?

How can I possibly know what you have to offer unless I have some visibility of you in action?

And then, if you hide your light under a bushel, how can you build a reputation?

Let’s face it, if I don’t know you exist, then to me you don’t exist.

If success is your aim, then you have to be seen by people who matter and you must make an impression on them too. That’s important, like it or not.

People need a reason to remember you. So make sure you give them a reason to remember you.

Ideally, you want them to like and respect you. Even if people just love to hate you then that’s better than them being totally indifferent to you.

At least you’ll be known. You have to be visible. As the saying goes, ability without visibility is a liability. It is to you anyway.

The product that is ‘You’ will only sell if people are aware that it exists.

So self-promotion and personal public relations initiatives play an important role in building your reputation and creating a demand for what only you have to offer.

Humility is all very well but diffidence is at best unwise. You’ll never get anywhere unless you have visibility with the people that matter.

Think about the most successful people; people such as Barack Obama, Nelson Mandela, Donald Trump, Richard Branson, Elvis Presley and John Lennon. Sadly some of them are no longer with us. Nevertheless, the examples are still valid.

They all make or made an impression on you.

You may not like them but you cannot or could not ignore them. They all have or had that special quality known as presence. You couldn’t fail to notice them. They all have or had self-belief too.

So make sure you get yourself noticed. Stand out in the crowd and give people a reason to remember you.

And remember this old Arab Proverb; “Be memorable, Be known”.

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5 great quotes to inspire you to achieve more

09/22/2020 by Roy Sutton

So dear reader, is achievement your aim? Perhaps you want to achieve more? Then here are 5 great quotes to inspire you to achieve more. Be inspired.

Great quotes:

Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. ~Vince Lombardi
Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts. ~Dan Gable
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. Franklin D. Roosevelt
You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get. ~Michael Phelps
I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. ~Michael Jordan

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10 inspiring quotes from inspiring people

09/21/2020 by Roy Sutton

If you want success listen to successful people. That means, people who will inspire you. It means, people who’ve been there and done it. In other words, people who know how it’s done. Here are 10 inspiring quotes from inspiring people, to get you started and get you thinking.

Inspiring quotes from inspiring people:

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of becoming. ~Goethe
Be careful with your words. Once they are said, they can be only forgiven, not forgotten. ~Michael Josephson
The one who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The one who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been. ~Albert Einstein
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. ~Dale Carnegie
Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy. ~Wayne Gretzky
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. ~John Lennon
Don’t lose hope. You never know what tomorrow will bring. ~Michael Josephson
Emotions will either serve or master, depending on who is in charge. ~Jim Rohn
Often times the brightest rainbows follow the darkest rainstorms. ~Michael Josephson
When you compete with someone as good or better than you, you may not always win, but you never lose. ~Michael Josephson

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The importance of friends to our lives

09/20/2020 by Roy Sutton

Friends are the family you choose. ~Jess C. Scott

Dear reader, were you a fan of that wonderful American, television sitcom Friends? Wouldn’t it have been great to share their company and all the fun they had in Central Perk?

For me that show highlighted the important role that our friends play in our lives.

It is a fact that we don’t get to choose our family but the good news is that we do get to choose our friends.

Friendship is a relationship of equals. A good friendship has a power dynamic that’s always in equilibrium.

Friends are the people whose company we enjoy; people with whom we feel a real sense of connection and with whom we share common interests. They are also people we’d be willing to go out of our way to help if we thought they were in trouble.

Family and loyalty go together of course. You can’t really have one without the other. And a relative can be a friend too, of course. As were Ross and Monica in Friends, for instance.

However just because you’re related to someone doesn’t mean you’ll like them or that they’ll like you. Being related is no guarantee you’ll enjoy their company.

Friends are different; friends are special.

If you have a small number of really close friends then you’re very lucky indeed.

Appreciate your friends because they’re the people that make life worth living. They’re the people that add a sparkle to a life that could otherwise be quite dull.

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Why enjoying yourself can never be a waste of time

09/19/2020 by Roy Sutton

Time you enjoyed wasting, was not wasted. ~John Lennon

Regular readers of this blog will know that I am a great believer in making the most of your time.

In particular, a constant message from me is that you should not waste your time. However, as with everything, it is important to strike a balance, of course.

As the late John Lennon reminds us in his observation above, truly enjoying yourself can never be a waste of time.

Enjoying yourself and having fun has positive benefits for your health, both physical and mental.

For a start, it reduces stress. Also what would be the point of life if you couldn’t have a little fun occasionally? All work and no play will make you a very dull person indeed.

Remember the words in that old Music Hall song, “Enjoy yourself, it’s later than you think. Enjoy yourself while you’re still in the pink.”

For any reader not familiar with the expression ‘in the pink‘ it’s British slang for being in a good state of health.

You can’t be serious all the time, dear reader. Sometimes you’ve just got to have some fun. So go on, start having some fun right now. You know you want to.

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17 quotes to inspire you to be all you can be

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