Helpful Quotes - Page 37

• Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely necessary.

  Jessamyn West

  Courage, Writing, Talent

  Jessamyn West (1986). “Woman Said Yes: Encounters with Life and Death”, Harcourt on Demand

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• All we have to do is to receive what we are given...We are given the naturalness to love someone, to be calm in crisis, to ignore self-defeating suggestions, to be pleasant, forgiving, tender, helpful, unworried, brave, energetic.

  Vernon Howard

  Self, Giving, Brave

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• You must remain focused on your journey to greatness.

  Les Brown

  Motivational, Success, Business

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• Before you speak ask yourself if what you are going to say is true, is kind, is necessary, is helpful. If the answer is no, maybe what you are about to say should be left unsaid.

  Bernard Meltzer

  Answers, Kind, Speak

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• Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.

  Terry Pratchett

  Discworld, Manuals, Items

  Terry Pratchett (2009). “Jingo: (Discworld Novel 21)”, p.255, Random House

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• Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Inspiring, Karma, Spiritual

  Eckhart Tolle (2006). “A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose”, p.38, Penguin

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• Don't just say you have read books. Show that through them you have learned to think better, to be a more discriminating and reflective person. Books are the training weights of the mind. They are very helpful, but it would be a bad mistake to suppose that one has made progress simply by having internalized their contents." Translation by Sharon Lebell

  Epictetus

  Mistake, Book, Thinking

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• If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.

  Ivan Turgenev

  Motivational, Business, Inspiration

  Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1951). “The Novels of Ivan Turgenev: Virgin soil”

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• It is not a sudden leap from sick to well. It is a slow, strange meander from sick to mostly well. The misconception that eating disorders are a medical disease in the traditional sense is not helpful here. There is no 'cure'. A pill will not fix it, though it may help. Ditto therapy, ditto food, ditto endless support from family and friends. You fix it yourself. It is the hardest thing that I have ever done, and I found myself stronger for doing it. Much stronger.

  Marya Hornbacher

  Sick, Support, Stronger

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• The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'

  Orison Swett Marden

  Success, Leadership, Business

  Orison Swett Marden (1907). “The Optimistic Life”

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• I'm touched by the idea that when we do things that are useful and helpful - collecting these shards of spirituality - that we may be helping to bring about a healing.

  Leonard Nimoy

  Inspirational, Healing, Ideas

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The helpful thought for which you look Is written somewhere in a book.

  Edward Gorey

  Book, Looks, Written

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• I find the Alexander Technique very helpful in my work. Things happen without you trying. They get to be light and relaxed. You must get an Alexander teacher to show it to you.

  John Cleese

  Teacher, Light, Trying

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• Life does not require us to be consistent, cruel, patient, helpful, angry, rational, thoughtless, loving, rash, open-minded, neurotic, careful, rigid, tolerant, wasteful, rich, downtrodden, gentle, sick, considerate, funny, stupid, healthy, greedy, beautiful, lazy, responsive, foolish, sharing, pressured, intimate, hedonistic, industrious, manipulative, insightful, capricious, wise, selfish, kind or sacrificed. Life does, however, require us to live with the consequences of our choices.

  Richard Bach

  Funny, Beautiful, Wise

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• It is easy to be swept away by some overwhelming feeling, so it's helpful to remember that any stressful feeling is like a compassionate alarm clock that says, "You're caught in the dream."

  Byron Katie

  Dream, Stress, Feelings

  Byron Katie, Stephen Mitchell (2008). “Loving What Is: How Four Questions Can Change Your Life”, p.6, Random House

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• Be a helpful friend, and you will become a green tree with always new fruit, always deeper journeys into love.

  Rumi

  Spiritual, Journey, Tree

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• Then, without realizing it, you try to improve yourself at the start of each new day; of course, you achieve quite a lot in the course of time. Anyone can do this, it costs nothing and is certainly very helpful. Whoever doesn't know it must learn and find by experience that a quiet conscience makes one strong.

  Anne Frank

  Wisdom, Strong, Integrity

  Anne Frank (1959). “The Works of Anne Frank”, Greenwood Press

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• There is no wealth but life. Life, including all its powers of love, of joy, and of admiration. That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest numbers of noble and happy human beings; that man is richest, who, having perfected the functions of his own life to the utmost, has also the widest helpful influence, both personal, and by means of his possessions, over the lives of others.

  John Ruskin

  Country, Mean, Men

  John Ruskin (2007). “Unto This Last”, p.90, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

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• It was helpful to be able to call a lawyer...it turns out, that not only did they help me, but they really helped the whole community.

  David Allen

  Community, Able, Helping

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• Confronted by an absolutely infuriating review, it is sometimes helpful for the victim to do a little personal research on the critic. Is there any truth to the rumor that he had no formal education beyond the age of eleven? In any event, is he able to construct a simple English sentence? Do his participles dangle? When moved to lyricism, does he write "I had a fun time"? Was he ever arrested for burglary? I don't know that you will prove anything this way, but it is perfectly harmless and quite soothing.

  Jean Kerr

  Fun, Writing, Acceptance

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• I want people to remember me as someone whose life has been helpful to humanity.

  Thomas Sankara

  People, Humanity, Want

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• Leaders who refuse to listen, will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing helpful to say

  Andy Stanley

  Leadership, People, Refuse

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• I hope you're proud of yourself for the times you've said "yes," when all it meant was extra work for you and was seemingly helpful only to someone else.

  Fred Rogers

  Proud, Said, Extra Work

  Fred Rogers (1995). “You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor”, p.129, Penguin

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• The influence of a beautiful, helpful character is contagious, and may revolutionize a whole town.

  Graham Collier

  Beautiful, Character, Volunteer

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• The influence of a beautiful, helpful, hopeful character is contagious. ... People radiate what is in their minds and in their hearts.

  Eleanor Porter

  Beautiful, Heart, Character

  Eleanor Porter (2003). “Pollyanna”, ePenguin

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