#1561 Sunshine today

Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose.   ~Eckhart Tolle

Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.  ~Swedish proverb

Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.  ~Norman Vincent Peale

There are two kinds of worries: those you can do something about and those you can't. Don't spend any time on the latter.  ~Duke Ellington

Worry is like a rocking chair;it gives you something to do but it doesn't get you anywhere.  ~Dorothy Galyean

I always feel sorry for people who think more about a rainy day ahead than sunshine today.  ~Rae Foley

Quotes about worry

- Where will you find sunshine today?

#1560 Real power

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved.  ~W.J. Bryant

Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.  ~Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Just do a thing and don’t talk about it. This is the great secret of success.  ~Sarah Grand

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.  ~Bill Hybels

To achieve you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's real power.  ~Ayn Rand

Quotes about achievement

- What achievements have brought you some satisfaction?

- Where lies your next enriching achievement?

#1569 Mix a little foolishness

We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.  ~Japanese proverb

If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.  ~Bertrand Russell

Only a fool expects to be happy all the time.  ~Robertson Davies

Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans: it's lovely to be silly at the right moment.  ~Horace

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.  ~Martin Luther King, Jr.

Quotes about foolishness

- How can you mix a little foolishness in your daily, earnest life?

#1568 The deepest feeling

We all have within us a center of stillness surrounded by silence. ~Dag Hammarskjold

Accustomed to the veneer of noise, to the shibboleths of promotion, public relations, and market research, society is suspicious of those who value silence. ~John Lahr

Silence fertilizes the deep place where personality grows. A life with a peaceful center can weather all storms. ~Norman Vincent Peale

A story is told as much by silence as by speech. ~Susan Griffin

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence. ~Marianne Moore

Quotes about silence

- When have you found silence enriching?

#1567 Under the feet

So few the grains of happiness measured against all the dark
and still the scales balance. ~Jane Hirshfield

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens. ~Kahlil Gibran

Happiness: a way station between too little and too much.  ~Channing Pollock

Comparison is the thief of joy.  ~unknown

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.  ~James Oppenheim

Quotes about joy

- How do you seek to foster joy in your life?

#1566 Lived experience

I like good strong words that mean something.  ~Louisa May Alcott (Little Women)

Our words should be purrs instead of hisses.  ~Kathrine Palmer Peterson

Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.  ~Jim Rohn

Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assaults of thoughts on the unthinking.  ~John Maynard Keynes

For me, words are a form of action, capable of influencing change. Their articulation represents a complete, lived experience.  ~Ingrid Bengis

Quotes about words

- How do these quotes help to shape the words you will speak and write?

#1565 Faithful mentor

The ultimate test of man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard.  ~Gaylord Nelson

The conscience interprets life honestly and realistically. The same cannot be said about the ego.  ~Shantidasa

Conscience is the window of our spirit, evil is the curtain.  ~Doug Horton

A disciplined conscience is a man's best friend. It may not be his most amiable, but it is his most faithful mentor.  ~Austin Phelps

The inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.  ~H. L. Mencken

Quotes about conscience

- What is your conscience whispering in your ear?