When you look back at the words of some of the greats, you can see one thing for sure- they really had their lives together, or at least made it appear as so. Whether they had it together or not, they seemed to have all the answers on how to lead the most productive stress-free life that you’re capable of. Take notes:
1. There is much debate whether the famous Oscar Wilde quote is “Life is far too important a thing to ever talk seriously about,” or “Life is too important to be taken seriously.” but, either way it’s something we should carry with us each day. In the big scheme of things, the little things don’t matter. Things that upset us such as bad traffic, bad weather, or something someone said won’t matter tomorrow. Take a deep breath and accept the things you have no control over.
2. “There are far better things ahead, than any we leave behind.” -C.S Lewis
3. “Life is what happens to you when your busy making other plans.” -John Lennon
4. “The mind is everything. What you think, you become.”- Buddha
5. “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” -Lao Tzu
6. “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.”-Albert Einstein
7. “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” -Oscar Wilde
8. “Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” -William Shakespeare
9. “If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you love knowing the same, then everything in between can be dealt with.”- Michael Jackson
10. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” -Theodore Roosevelt
11. “Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.” -Nido Qubein
12. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” -Arthur Ashe
13. “You must do the things you think you cannot do.” -Elanor Roosevelt
14. “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference.” -Reinhold Niebuhr
15. “It’s better to say to much, than never to say what you need to say again.” -John Mayer
16. “All that we are is the result of what we have thought.” -Buddha
17. “Before you act, listen. Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try.” -Ernest Hemingway
18. “To be nobody but yourself in a world that’s doing its best to make you somebody else, is to fight the hardest battle you are ever going to fight. Never stop fighting.” -Ee Cummings
19. “Be yourself. Everybody else is already taken.” -Oscar Wilde
