I started to write a post today explaining the real and largely unknown reason why breaking habits is harder than you think, and how to overcome this one massive hurdle relatively easily.
However, it started to get a tad technical and I want to take a step back and think about how best to deliver the information so you can apply it easily.
In any case that will be my next post, so if you ever struggle with breaking bad habits it could very well be a real eye-opener for you, so check back next time
If you follow me on Facebook you’ll know that I post a different motivational quote every day and have been doing so for some while.
Even though I understand their limitations i.e. reading them isn’t enough you have to act on them, I’m still a sucker for inspiring quotes.
The two posts I have previously written The 20 Greatest Motivational Quotes Of All Time and 25 Great Motivational Quotes You’ve Never Heard of have accumulated over 1/2 million page views, so obviously a lot of people feel the same way as I do.
And I’m an even bigger sucker for visual quotes like these, to me they just seem to make more impact.
I hope reading them can set you up for the week in the right frame of mind because there is a lot of wisdom, inspiration, motivation, downright common sense and a splash of humor at the end coming your way!
Let me know which is your favorite in the comments.
And before anybody asks, yes the Helen Keller quote was the inspiration for my company name which is why it’s first up.
30 Stunning Motivational Quotes -
To Live Your Life By
The last two quotes were my absolute favorite. “You must be new here.” ‘Always be Batman.” I’m set.
Thanks!
Agreed! I can even imagine Wilder saying that in that amazing voice of his.
Pooh rules :)
He sure does and he’s very wise Bear.
I am torn between:
Dalai Lama: The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless and free your action will be.
AA Milne: Piglet and Pooh’s conversation, and reveling in today always being my favourite date.
I think if I follow the first I will achieve the second. So on reflection Dalai Lama wins out.
And it is driven by my #1 Top Overarching Value: Family, which covers all my meaningful relationships in life, whether blood family, special friends, valued colleagues, appreciated and giving service providers and carers.
Love all the messages, they have a place and time for us all.
Cheers, Mary-Ann
The Pooh quote is incredibly profound when you think about it.
Love it mate, cheers. So many ace ones in there, especially Batman :)
That’s me btw in the photo.
Work is dressed in overalls and does look like work!
I mean… opportunity is dressed in overalls and does look like work. Ha! That’s why people don’t notice it! It looks like work.
Lol – I got ya Lyn!
I scream LINK BAIT!!
But it’s very AWESOME link bate :) haha
Sweet share man!
err *BAIT. My fingers got a little happy there haha.
No idea where your mind was there mate ;-)
“The weak can never forgive…” Because though I agree with all of them, live some of them and feel thisclose to living others. That one requires daily, conscious, muttering-to-myself effort. Betrayal being one of my top three anti-values.
Good choices, Tim.
You’re welcome and it will become embedded eventually so keep muttering ;-)
Love Dalai Lama and Steve Jobs quotes. Really inspiring.
Agreed!
I love the T.S Eliot quote, although I am a little bias being such a huge fan. His Four Quartets poetry book is also very good at getting you to think about your life and what you want to accomplish.
I have to confess I’ve never read and T S Eliot, so thanks for that Jason.
Loved Dita Van Teese’s “You can be the ripest, juiciest, peach in the world, and there’s still going to be somebody who hates peaches.”
I’m putting that alongside this I saw recently:
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Rules of Philosophy
1. For every philosopher there’s an equal and opposite philosopher.
2. They’re both wrong.
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For my needs I’ve replaced “philosopher” with “idea stated publicly” to help break some logjams. (My new mantra: No matter what idea I put out there SOMEONE will say it’s wrong – so don’t worry about it.)
But Dita stripped the idea to its essentials. (Sorry, I couldn’t help myself. Presuming y’all know who Dita is. http://www.dita.net/)
That is an awesom quote/paraphrase and I’ve already retweeted it.
Thanks and I hope you’re very well Peter and now I gotta go Google Dita ;-)
Ok, here is strange question about the photo for,
“There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs…”
Imagine you are standing there with one hand on each rail, and this is your view…
Are the stairs going up or down?
LOL I’d never thought of it, I just presumed it was a view looking down, but now you mention it I can definitely see how it can be viewed the other way.
Your first impression was the same as mine, that the stairs are going Down, but that doesn’t seem to go with the quote. We think of success as being Up, not Down. Yet, the stairs appear to be going Down.
My favorites in this list are “…the ripest, juiciest peach,” “The weak can never forgive…,” and “Always be Batman.” Also Pooh and Piglet.
Having collected a few quotes and even crafted a few of my own, it occurred to me; outside of writing a bestseller, how does one copywright a quote?
Here’s a quote I like: “Having a stake in the outcome changes everything.”
Heard of Pot-Shots or their author, Ashleigh Brilliant? (Yes it’s his real name. AND he also was born in the UK – London.)
Pot-Shots are his marvelous illustrated quotes of 17 words or less – “Doing it wrong fast is at least better than doing it slowly”, “My sources are unreliable, but their information is fascinating”, …)
All are copyrighted! And he, though a lawsuit he pursued and won showed that, yes, you could copyright an original quote of yours. (Which of course means that your usage is not a quote – but I’ll let someone else argue semantics.)
From the Wiki article: In a separate 1979 case, a company copied two of Brilliant’s phrases — “I may not be totally perfect, but parts of me are excellent” and “I have abandoned my search for truth and am now looking for a good fantasy” — and altered a third phrase, all for sale on t-shirt transfers. The district court acknowledged that the phrases were distinguished by conciseness, cleverness, and pointed observation, ruling that they were protected by copyright.
How do you do that? Like anything else: mark it somewhere “(c) Tim Brownson YYYY”. Done, copyrighted! Of course, not REGISTERED – but that’s optional. Other options too, as you probably know.
http://www.ashleighbrilliant.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashleigh_Brilliant
(Note: probably just a finger slip but no “w” in copyright. Right to copy.)