Thrive Quotes

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  My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Twitter post from Aug 19, 2015

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• Bamboo is flexible, bending with the wind but never breaking, capable of adapting to any circumstance. It suggests resilience, meaning that we have the ability to bounce back even from the most difficult times. . . . Your ability to thrive depends, in the end, on your attitude to your life circumstances. Take everything in stride with grace, putting forth energy when it is needed, yet always staying calm inwardly.

  Ping Fu

  Attitude, Wind, Grace

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• We are not here to get to tomorrow. We are here for today, to bloom today. We were made to Thrive!

  Mark Hall

  Today, Tomorrow, Made

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• Man thrives, oddly enough, only in the presence of a challenging environment.

  L. Ron Hubbard

  Men, Challenges, Enough

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• Resilience is all about being able to overcome the unexpected. Sustainability is about survival. The goal of resilience is to thrive.

  Jamais Cascio

  Goal, Survival, Resilience

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• Make up your mind that no matter what comes your way, no matter how difficult, no matter how unfair, you will do more than simply survive. You will thrive in spite of it.

  Joel Osteen

  Mind, Matter, Way

  Joel Osteen (2012). “It's Your Time and Become a Better You Boxed Set”, p.409, Simon and Schuster

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• We thrive not when we've done it all, but when we still have more to do.

  Sarah Lewis

  Done, Stills

  "How Do Our Near-Wins Motivate Us To Keep Going?". "TED Radio Hour" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. July 18, 2014.

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• The question is not how to survive, but how to thrive with passion, compassion, humor and style.

  Maya Angelou

  Life, Success, Passion

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• ... the way to thrive is to help others thrive; the way to flourish is to help others flourish; the way to fulfill yourself is to spend yourself.

  Cornelius Plantinga

  Helping Others, Way, Stewardship

  Cornelius Plantinga (2002). “Engaging God's World: A Christian Vision of Faith, Learning, and Living”, p.22, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Positive, Army, Positivity

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• My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive

  Maya Angelou

  Passion, Will To Survive, Aim Of Life

  Twitter post from Aug 19, 2015

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• The responsibility of leadership is not to come up with all the ideas but to create an environment in which great ideas can thrive.

  Simon Sinek

  Responsibility, Ideas, Environment

  FaceBook post by Simon Sinek from Apr 07, 2016

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• There is only one way under high heaven to get anybody to do anything. Did you ever stop to think of that? Yes, just one way. And that is by making the other person want to do it.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Leadership, Teacher

  "How To Enjoy Your Life And Your Job".

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• Possibility is the oxygen upon which hope thrives.

  Paul Rogat Loeb

  Oxygen, Possibility

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• Speak what I have to be grateful for when I get up and when I lie down to sleep. Meditation and prayer. I pray that I can move through all with grace. I believe I can move through all and not only survive but thrive.

  Regina Taylor

  Prayer, Lying, Believe

  "Golden Globe and NAACP Image Award winner Regina Taylor: Living a creative life". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• There's room enough for everyone to thrive.

  Kathryn Budig

  Rooms, Enough

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• The highest point of Christian experience is to press forward. It is a distinguishing trait in the character of every good man that he grows in grace. Grace in the heart as certainly improves and advances, as a tree thrives in a kindly and well watered soil.

  Gardiner Spring

  Christian, Character, Heart

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". P. 294. Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, 1895.

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• Highly resilient people are flexible, adapt to new circumstances quickly, and thrive in constant change. Most important, they expect to bounce back and feel confident that they will. They have a knack for creating good luck out of circumstances that many others see as bad luck.

  Al Siebert

  Good Luck, Creating, People

  "The Resiliency Advantage: Master Change, Thrive Under Pressure, and Bounce Back from Setbacks". Book by Al Siebert, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 5, 2005.

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• If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.

  Barbara Bush

  Basketball, Weakness, Dull

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• Happiness comes from growing what thrives, not merely survives.

  Janet Macunovich

  Growing

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• It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them.

  George Eliot

  Beautiful, Witty, Giving Up

  George Eliot (2005). “Four Novels of George Eliot”, p.1147, Wordsworth Editions

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• What does the universe want from us? It wants us to be alive. It wants us to fully partake in life. The universe thrives on the music we create.

  Ruben Papian

  Doe, Alive, Want

  Ruben Papian (2013). “How to Wish”, p.20

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• Gratitude is a soil on which joy thrives.

  Berthold Auerbach

  Gratitude, Joy, Soil

  Berthold Auerbach (1874). “On the heights: a novel”, p.436

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• God's heart…is not that we escape our lot, but that we learn to thrive in the midst of it.

  Mary E. DeMuth

  Heart, Midst

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• If a good man thrive, all thrive with him.

  George Herbert

  Men, Good Man, Ifs

  George Herbert, Joseph Hall (1855). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: And The Satires and Psalms of Bishop Hall”, p.315

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