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21 wise sayings and quotes that’ll make you think

01/16/2026 by Roy Sutton

If you’re looking for some wise sayings and quotes, dear reader, then here are 21 excellent proverbs from around the world guaranteed to make you think.

Proverbs hold the wisdom of the ancients. They are filled with the hard-bitten experience of people who’ve endured the toughest lives and yet have managed to find a way to live life regardless.

So, take a few moments to reflect on these wise sayings and quotes and see how many of them you can work into your day, as you offer the benefit of your experience to others.

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Wise sayings and quotes:

Luck helps the audacious. ~German Proverb
Gold, when beaten, shines. ~Peruvian Proverb
Smoke never rises without fire. ~Haitian Proverb
A tree doesn’t fall with one blow. ~Yiddish Proverb
Every truth is not good to be told. ~Italian Proverb
Examine what is said, not who is speaking. ~African Proverb
Money is a good servant, but a bad master. ~French Proverb
Worry gives a small thing a great shadow. ~Swedish Proverb
There is no King who is not gossiped about. ~African Proverb
Better an honest enemy than a false friend. ~German Proverb
Cast no dirt into the well that gives you water. ~Korean Proverb
The moon does not care if the dog barks at it. ~Czech Proverb
The goat’s business is not the sheep’s business. ~Haitian Proverb
If there’s a way into the wood, there’s also a way out. ~Irish Proverb
If you believe everything you read, better not read. ~Japanese Proverb
Don’t insult the alligator until you’ve crossed the river. ~Haitian Proverb
You’ll never plough a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
When you shoot an arrow of truth, dip its point in honey. ~Saudi Proverb
When you go to a donkey’s house, don’t talk about ears. ~Jamaican Proverb
A new broom sweeps clean but an old broom knows the corners. ~Irish Proverb
Better to have one thousand enemies outside the house, than one single enemy inside it. ~Lebanese Proverb

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7 inspirational quotes about love to help you reflect

01/16/2026 by Roy Sutton

Today, I am exploring inspirational quotes about love.

We all need love, and we need to feel love, wouldn’t you agree, dear reader?

Human beings are emotional and social creatures, and we all need other people.

We need a sense that we matter to other people. And of course, other people matter to us too. Our family, our friends, and our loved ones.

We feel love for those who matter to us, and our greatest love is for that special person who matters most.

Our greatest love is felt for that person in whose company we always feel a sense of contentment.

If you’ve found that special person, then perhaps you should get down on your knees and thank God for the privilege because you’re lucky indeed. Not everyone is quite so lucky.

Here are 7 inspirational quotes about love to help you reflect on this complex emotion.

However, remember this: love alone won’t sustain a relationship.

That requires hard work and being prepared to compromise frequently.

Nevertheless, without love, a relationship has no chance at all.

If you truly love someone, you’ll want what’s best for them, and you’ll be prepared to set aside your own needs occasionally to ensure that their needs are being satisfied too.

In a successful relationship, all parties must feel their needs are respected and being met, at least most of the time.

Love means you can’t have your own way all of the time.

Inspirational quotes about love:

Where there is love, there is life. ~Mahatma Gandhi
There’s only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved. ~George Sand
A flower cannot blossom without sunshine and man cannot live without love. ~Max Muller
Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye. ~H Jackson Brown, Jr
Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. ~Oscar Wilde
The best thing to hold onto in life is each other. ~Audrey Hepburn
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

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2 original poems about success to inspire you

01/12/2026 by Roy Sutton

If you’re looking for some original poems on the subject of success, then take a look at these here.

Success is something many say they want, but few are prepared to do what is necessary to achieve it.

Yes, it’s possible, and many achieve great things, but nothing happens by accident. You have to want it, and you have to want it badly.

It can be done, and people do. So can you.

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How to improve your life quality and have much more

01/11/2026 by Roy Sutton

How to improve your life quality? That’s a question we often ask ourselves when life does not quite meet our expectations.

Embarrassed by circumstances

Have you ever been embarrassed by your limited circumstances?

Consider a situation. Perhaps all your friends were going on a night out, but you couldn’t join them because you simply didn’t have the money.

You wanted to join them, of course, but wealth and financial freedom were nothing but a distant dream for you at the time.

Perhaps you haven’t had that particular experience, but something similar, possibly? The actual situation for you may have been different, but your sense of embarrassment will not have been any less painful and hard to bear, I’m sure.

In one of his audio programs, the late Jim Rohn tells a story about an event that drove him to take a very close look at his life.

A Girl Scout called at Jim’s house one day to sell Girl Scout Cookies as part of an annual fundraiser. In exchange for the cookies, all she asked for was just two dollars.

This was many years ago, of course, but even then, this was not a huge sum of money.

However, Jim’s problem at the time was that he didn’t even have two dollars to spare, so he was reduced to lying to the poor girl. At this point, wealth was something Jim had yet to encounter.

Money does matter

Now, some people will tell you that money doesn’t matter, but it does. In our world today, you can’t live without money any longer than you can live without oxygen or water.

Exactly how much money you need depends on your preferred lifestyle, of course. If you don’t want much out of life, then you’ll get by on very little money.

However, most of us do want more out of life; hence, having at least a degree of wealth does matter.

Wealth and financial freedom

Put simply, wealth means financial freedom.

Financial freedom, in turn, means you can do what you want whenever you want without feeling constrained by your circumstances.

A worthy aim, therefore, is to decide what you want out of life and then start working towards building your wealth.

It all starts with change

Have you ever thought to yourself, I don’t want to live like this anymore?

Perhaps you’ve said to yourself, I want more out of life.

You want more, but the problem is that you have no idea how to change your circumstances, right? If you need a little help, then don’t worry, dear reader; you’re not alone.

However, one thing you must accept is that unless you change, nothing will change.

You must increase your value

Perhaps you look at your salary each month and think, How can I start building wealth when this is all the company pays?

If that’s how you think, then you’ll need to change your philosophy or the way you look at things.

The salary you get may be all the company pays you, but it’s for the value of the contribution you make.

There will be other people who are paid a lot more than you. They’re paid more than you quite simply because they’re considered to be more valuable than you to the company.

I’m not suggesting that you’re not valuable. You are valuable as a father, a mother, a brother, a sister, a friend, or even a colleague.

However, my point reflects your economic value to your employer.

It’s a fact that if you’re in a low-skilled job where there’s an oversupply of potential replacements for your services, then you won’t earn much. That’s simply the economics of supply and demand.

However, just because you’re not more valuable now doesn’t mean you can’t become more valuable.

You can increase your skills with a little effort on your part, and you can become more valuable. Become more valuable, and your income will rise.

So while your circumstances may be limited right now, they don’t have to remain that way.

You can work on yourself and improve yourself. It’s all about self-improvement and personal development.

Success can be yours

Success doesn’t just happen to people. No one just gets lucky.

If you asked the CEO of a multi-national corporation how he or she got to where he or she is today, the response is unlikely to be, “Well, I just showed up for work each day, and they just kept promoting me.”

No, people have worked very hard to get to a lofty position in life. You don’t get anywhere without hard work.

However, you attract success by the person you become, and you really can become more than you are now.

Jim Rohn suggested that profits are better than wages, and he had a point.

Every rags-to-riches story I’ve ever heard always involves someone’s own business. They started their own business, worked very hard, and one day they became very rich.

Build a business

Now you’re probably thinking, I don’t have the money to start my own business, and I can’t afford to give up my job on a whim.

That’s all true, I’m sure, but some people keep their job initially and start their own business as a part-time enterprise.

Jim Rohn himself built his success that way.

Jim began life in modest circumstances, but he went on to become a millionaire and one of the most influential thinkers of our time. And in case you’re wondering, no, he didn’t go to university.

It can be done; people do, and you can too.

Just make up your mind to start working on yourself.

Increase your value and look for opportunities to solve problems for people.

Solving problems is the basis for any business. Every product should solve a problem for consumers.

The psychology of wealth

There’s psychology linked to building wealth, and you would be wise to understand it.

In the embedded video included here, the late Jim Rohn explains the psychology of wealth and provides a lot of sensible advice.

Jim was a successful man by any measure, and it’s always worth listening to people who’ve achieved success. They know what they’re talking about because they’ve been there and done it.

He offers simple messages that are thought-provoking and powerful.

This video is well worth your time, and I recommend it to you. Watch it now while you have the chance.

How to improve your life quality

Recommendations for your library

I think the late Jim Rohn was one of the best motivational speakers I’ve ever heard, and he’s been a big influence on me; that’s for sure.

He’s produced many books, videos, and audio programs over the years, and all of them would add real value to your library.

Two I can strongly recommend you add to your personal reference library are:

Book: Seven Strategies for Wealth & Happiness by Jim Rohn

Audio Program: The Art of Exceptional Living by Jim Rohn

I purchased both of these some time ago, and I still use them constantly as sources of inspiration and motivation.

The audio program is particularly useful, as I listen to it while driving. This means I can use my travel time profitably. Why listen to the radio when you could be listening and learning while you drive?

Purchasing these items represented money well spent for me, and I’ve found them enormously useful. I strongly recommend them to you.

Even if you don’t buy them, they’re certainly worth considering. Go check out Jim Rohn’s books and audio programs now while they’re fresh in your mind.

Check out Jim Rohn on Amazon

Should you make a purchase, you will not regret buying them. I’m very confident in that.

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17 thought-provoking quotes about war and why it’s truly mad

01/08/2026 by Roy Sutton

In this post, I am exploring quotes about war.

Does war ever solve anything? That’s a debatable point, to say the least.

There have been so many wars in my lifetime, and yet what have they solved, really? It seems to me that war never actually resolves anything at all.

War causes bitterness and hatred between people, and these feelings can fester for generations.

For me, war is best summed up by Bertrand Russell’s famous observation:

War doesn’t decide who’s right, only who’s left.

As far as I can see, war creates more problems than it solves. Often, it creates a vacuum that is then filled by people with truly evil intent.

Ultimately, differences between people require compromise and a political solution. We have to learn to live together and meet others halfway.

Yes, there will be times when we have to be resolute and tough, but fighting should be avoided whenever possible, and it should always be possible.

If I have learned one thing, it is this: if politicians had to go to war and do the fighting and take their own sons and daughters with them, there would be no wars.

The problem we have today is that none of our politicians now have any first-hand experience of the reality of war. None have experienced the horrors of battle. If they had, they would take a very different approach; of that I am sure.

However, let me say this: whether war can be justified or otherwise, we must always respect the warriors.

The warriors do what they do in good faith and at great personal risk to themselves. They act without question and with the intent of protecting us. They do the bidding of politicians. So if anyone is to blame, it’s always the politicians. Let us never forget.

Here are 17 quotes about war to underline today’s message.

Quotes about war (1-10):

War is a defeat for humanity. ~Pope John Paul II
If we don’t end war, war will end us. ~H. G. Wells
When the rich wage war, it’s the poor who die. ~Jean-Paul Sartre
War doesn’t decide who’s right, only who’s left. ~Bertrand Russell
You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake. ~Jeannette Rankin
In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons. ~Herodotus
The military doesn’t start wars. Politicians start wars. ~William Westmoreland
The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war. ~Norman Schwarzkopf
Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed. ~Mao Zedong
Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die. ~Herbert Hoover

Quotes about war (11-17):

Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. ~John F. Kennedy
Being prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace. ~George Washington
What a cruel thing war is; to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbours. ~Robert E. Lee
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his. ~George S. Patton
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. ~Albert Einstein
I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity. ~Dwight D. Eisenhower
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell. ~William Tecumseh Sherman

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21 inspirational quotes about money you’ll enjoy

01/08/2026 by Roy Sutton

Today I am exploring inspirational quotes about money.

Now, people may tell you that money’s not important, but after oxygen, few things are more important to sustaining life in the modern age. So we must take good care of our money and use it wisely.

That’s not to say we should be mean or stingy. Quite the contrary; being generous when it’s appropriate is important too.

However, we should not waste money or fritter it away on things we don’t need and will probably never use.

Enjoy your money when you have it, but always put a little away for a rainy day because one day it will rain; of that you can be sure, dear reader.

Build capital over time, and that capital can then generate an income stream for you.

Money can make your life easier, of course, but on its own, it will not make you happy. Never make the mistake of assuming that it will.

Happiness comes from within, and if you’re not happy without money, then having some money is unlikely to improve that situation.

Never chase money for its own sake. The personal cost of being overly acquisitive is likely to be very high indeed.

Make sure you have some balance in your life; then do what you love; do it well, and the money will follow.

And never forget this: money is important, but the people in your life are far more important. You can have all the money in the world, but without people in your life, you have nothing.

Here are 21 inspirational quotes about money to help you reflect on what it really means. Enjoy them all.

Inspirational quotes about money (1-10):

There’s no such thing as a free lunch. ~Milton Friedman
A fool and his money are soon parted. ~Thomas Tusser
Do what you love, and the money will follow. ~Marsha Sinetar
A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money. ~W.C. Fields
I’d like to live as a poor man with lots of money. ~Pablo Picasso
A good reputation is more valuable than money. ~Publilius Syrus
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons. ~Woody Allen
Never spend your money before you have earned it. ~Thomas Jefferson
There are people who have money and people who are rich. ~Coco Chanel
Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will. ~Nelson Mandela

Inspirational quotes about money (11-21):

I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive. ~Henry Miller
Anybody who thinks money will make you happy hasn’t got money. ~David Geffen
Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail. ~Kinky Friedman
A wise man should have money in his head but not in his heart. ~Jonathan Swift
That money talks, I’ll not deny, I heard it once: It said, ‘Goodbye’. ~Richard Armour
Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish but it will not replace you as the driver. ~Ayn Rand
Money is a strange business. People who haven’t got it aim for it strongly. People who have are full of troubles. ~Ayrton Senna
When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is. ~Oscar Wilde
Money cannot buy peace of mind. It cannot heal ruptured relationships, or build meaning into a life that has none. ~Richard M. DeVos
Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants. ~Benjamin Franklin
Bottom line is, I didn’t return to Apple to make a fortune. I’ve been very lucky in my life and already have one. When I was 25, my net worth was $100 million or so. I decided then that I wasn’t going to let it ruin my life. There’s no way you could ever spend it all, and I don’t view wealth as something that validates my intelligence. ~Steve Jobs

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Daily Habits of Successful People

01/08/2026 by Roy Sutton

If success is your aim, can you learn from the daily habits of successful people?

Certainly, I believe quite strongly that we are what we do daily.

Anything you achieve or don’t achieve is brought about by the habits you develop over time.

Everything you do is a result of your habits, good or bad. So surely it makes sense to develop and maintain good habits and make them your master?

The power of repetition:

Habits, good or bad, are formed through repetition.

Good habits can be hard to form, but they’re easy to live with. Whereas bad habits, whilst easy to form, tend to be very hard to live with. Our lives can become a battle of good habits versus bad habits. Don’t let the bad habits win.

Good habits can be learned, and bad habits can be replaced by good habits. Yes, it requires self-discipline on your part, dear reader, but it can be done, and people do.

Decide on the habits you want to develop and focus on achieving them one at a time.

Start with one good habit:

Start with one good habit you’d like to form and then force yourself to repeat the necessary actions daily.

After around three weeks, that habit will be formed, and it will just become part of your routine. You’ll start to repeat it with little or no thought. Essentially, you’ll do it on autopilot.

If you have a bad habit you wish to replace with a good habit, then each time you find yourself about to perform the actions of the bad habit, stop yourself and perform the actions of the good habit instead. Again, after around three weeks, the good habit will be programmed into your brain.

Self-discipline is key:

Successful people are driven to develop good habits. Self-discipline is the key ingredient for good habits to form and for replacing bad habits.

Successful people also establish the habit of goal setting on a daily basis.

You cannot hit a target unless you can see that target. Setting a goal is the first step in achieving that goal. Successful people are results-oriented.

Successful people are also people-oriented.

The power of helping others:

You get what you want in life by helping other people get what they want.

Every product is a solution to a problem. Even if your goal is to sing or dance, to succeed you must always recognise that you perform to and for people.

They have a need to be entertained and your aim is to fulfil that need. To solve this particular problem for them if you like.

In dealing with people you must be honest and show integrity if you are to win the respect of others.

So honesty is a good habit to develop. Dishonesty and cheating will catch up with you and will be a permanent stain on your reputation. You don’t need that now, do you?

Look after your health:

And above all, you must look after your health. You have one body and one mind and they must last you a lifetime.

So develop the habit of taking good care of both.

To reinforce the message of the importance of repetition and routine I‘ve included this excellent video from Brian Tracy.

Brian is always a source of great advice for anyone seeking success and aiming to create a successful life for themselves and certainly, he’s one of my main sources of constant inspiration.

The video is short but well worth your time and I recommend you watch it now.

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7 inspirational quotes about humor to make you think

01/06/2026 by Roy Sutton

Today I am exploring quotes about humor.

Humor is the most powerful medicine known to man [and woman, of course].

Humor is a cure for so many ills. It doesn’t matter how bad you feel; a good laugh can really make you feel so much better.

In all humor there is an underlying germ of truth. It is poking fun at the truth that makes us laugh.

However, for those on the receiving end, humor can sometimes hurt. Having a good laugh at someone else’s expense can only ever be acceptable if they can see the funny side too.

So be careful with your attempts at humor. Be kind and mindful of other people’s sensibilities.

Banter and mild leg-pulling are fine, but overdo it, and it can quickly turn into bullying. And that’s really not very nice, is it?

So, have a good laugh whenever possible. However, make sure someone else doesn’t have to pay an unacceptable price for your laughter.

Here are seven inspirational quotes about humor to reinforce today’s message.

Quotes About Humor:

A day without laughter is a day wasted. ~Charlie Chaplin
Everything is funny, as long as it’s happening to somebody else. ~Will Rogers
There’s a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt. ~Erma Bombeck
I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it’s the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It’s probably the most important thing in a person. ~Audrey Hepburn
I realize that humor isn’t for everyone. It’s only for people who want to have fun, enjoy life, and feel alive. ~Anne Wilson Schaef
Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment. ~Grenville Kleiser
Most comedy is based on getting a laugh at somebody else’s expense. And I find that that’s just a form of bullying in a major way. So I want to be an example that you can be funny and be kind, and make people laugh without hurting somebody else’s feelings. ~Ellen DeGeneres

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How is success achieved? Could this be the secret?

01/05/2026 by Roy Sutton

How is success achieved? Certainly many desire it, but few achieve it. Why is that, do you think, dear reader?

Could it be all about your mindset? Can your thinking have an impact on whether you succeed or not?

In the embedded video, Carrie Green suggests that your mindset matters.

Programming your mind for success:

This is an inspirational talk on success by Ms Carrie Green, who gave it at TEDxManchester.

Her underlying message is that success is never achieved by accident.

Success is achieved by knowing what you want, knowing why you want it and then programming your mind to drive you towards your goal.

I’d not heard Carrie Green speak before I stumbled on this video, but I must say I’m very impressed.

If you can spare a few minutes, then this video is well worth a little piece of your time. I’m confident that you won’t be disappointed. Recommended.

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21 thought-provoking quotes about inspiration

01/05/2026 by Roy Sutton

Do you need a little inspiration occasionally, dear reader? I know I do, frequently.

From the feedback I regularly receive from readers, it seems that most people find quotes an excellent source of inspiration.

And not just quotes from the great thinkers, of course. Rather, it’s those observations from ordinary people about life and the human condition that can be truly inspiring.

So today I offer you 21 thought-provoking quotes about inspiration.

And let me say, they’re not so much about inspiration; they’re intended to be a source of inspiration for you.

Most of all, each and every one of these quotes offers something different by way of inspiration, I think.

These quotes will make you think, too, which is important.

If you’re trying to develop your own personal philosophy for dealing with life and the people around you then these quotes should help you.

So read them all, reflect on them and see how many of them you can work into your day. And please, pass them on.

Quotes About Inspiration (1-10):

Everyone is good at something and once you find it, what you can achieve is limitless. ~Andrew Flintoff
The deepest craving of human nature is to be appreciated. ~William James
Every man has three characters: that which he shows; that which he has; and that which he thinks he has. ~Alphonse Karr
The man who does not work for the love of work but only for money is neither likely to make money nor find much fun in life. ~Charles M. Schwab
Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day and you are a success. ~William J.H. Boetcker
Don’t be afraid of failure. If something doesn’t work, use what you’ve learned to try and try again. ~Sir James Dyson
Even if your vision is flawed, if you have the passion and the implementation skills, you’ll get there [in the end]. ~Jim McCarthy
The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling. ~Lucretius
Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression. ~Haim Ginott
A truly loving parent won’t be looking for payback from a child. The child’s happiness, self-confidence and independence are the only rewards for good parenting. ~Roy Sutton

Quotes About Inspiration (11-15):

Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree. ~Marian Wright Edelman
If you look around at successful people, the movers and shakers are those who are positive, who won’t take no for an answer, and who make things happen – either for themselves or for others. ~Carole Spiers
I think one of the most pervasive evils in the world is greed and acquiring money for money’s sake. Once you have six houses and a plane it is just about a number. It’s never been anything I understood. ~Kevin Bacon
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity. ~ Clement Stone
There’s one sad truth in life I’ve found while journeying east and west. The only folks we really wound are those we love the best. We flatter those we scarcely know. We please the fleeting guest. And deal full many a thoughtless blow to those who love us best. ~Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep even as Michelangelo painted or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well. ~Martin Luther King
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven’t half the strength you think they have. ~Dr Norman Vincent Peale
Other people may not like what you choose to do but as long as you’re not hurting anyone else then it is your business and yours alone. You weren’t put on this earth just to please other people. ~Roy Sutton
The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology or the president. You realise that you control your own destiny. ~Albert Ellis
My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others, and that’s nice too, but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success. ~ Helen Hayes Brown
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration. ~Pearl S. Buck

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