This category is all about inspirational quotes and powerful words for our everyday lives. Sometimes, I touted them as thought for the day. But these quotes have a powerful way of shaping our thoughts. It is a collection of ideas, powerful words from famous personalities that continue to inspire us. Most of these quotes are specific to the day and time when they occurred. But they carry a strong message to this day and help us frame our worldview.
We have so many lessons to learn from these wonderful people. The inspirational quotes act as a way of providing a window to their lives and our own. The purpose of these quotes is to make us question ourselves, pause, think and reflect. Ultimately, these quotes must inspire us, question and point us in the right direction. The meaning of these quotes goes well beyond the words into emotions and the actions that we take
Don't let someone tell you that you can't do something - Pursuit of Happyness
No one has the authority to tell you what you should or shouldn't think about yourself. You are the creator of this world around you. Only you get to say what you're capable of and not. We all have our doubts, challenges and worries. We don't need someone else to tell us what we're capable of or not. Unfortunately, this is the very things that's dominant in the world. People often try to influence us about what we should do or not. It sometimes gets too personal and requires strength to push them back and tell them to mind their business.
Where your fear is, there is your task - Carl Jung
Where your fear is there is your task: Fear is powerful. It can either debilitate us completely and sometimes even paralyse us. But the beauty of fear is that even though it's got that capability, it can vanish into the thin air. Even more beautiful is the point that you and I can do this by refocusing our energies and listening, leaning into what this fear is telling us.
Happiness is not a goal, it's a by-product of a life well lived - Eleanor Roosevelt's Quotes
Happiness is not a goal: I think we have it the wrong way around when we say happiness is a goal in life. If you look long enough, you realise that happiness is elusive. We have better luck finding joy. So, I'd argue that this chase of happiness is not only elusive but a foolish pursuit. We find joy in the things we do, face them in the moment and create memories and narratives around them. In other words, what we face as joy in the current moment ends up being a definition of happiness in some cases. In this case, the quote from Eleanor Roosevelt makes us pause and ask a question about happiness. Is happiness truly the goal of life and if so how do we realise it?
Great minds discuss ideas, Average minds discuss events, Small minds discuss people - Eleanor Roosevelt's Quotes
Great minds discuss ideas: It is rather a powerful quote by Eleanor Roosevelt that reminds us of the temptation of gossip and talking about people. As tempting as it is to talk about other people, ideas are more powerful. It is these ideas that rule the world, make changes and question us. These ideas have a powerful way of becoming reality and changing our world. Unless we immerse ourselves in the beauty of these ideas, we'll remain stuck in the pettiness of distractions.
Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase. Only in the darkness can you see the stars.
Faith is taking the first step: Faith is a hard thing, right? It asks us to trust in something without seeing the results or proof of it working our way. Yet, we are expected to believe in it without adequate proof. Whether it is a question of religion, confidence or belief in our abilities, this question will remain the same. The answer however is not in having the results but the trust to make it work. And that's precisely why faith is hard and so many of us lose it along the way. The truth is, sometimes it is important to lose this faith only to find a new one. Everything renews, including the definition of who we are, and what we trust and believe in.
Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it.
Mahatma Gandhi
Whatever you do may seem insignificant: There's no such thing as a small job. We must do this because how we do it sometimes matters more than just the what. If you look at it from an external perspective, we can argue that all jobs are menial. It is only when we compare what we do to someone else, that the question of worth comes into play. Each job or work has its significance, value and importance in its own right. The world cannot function without each of us playing our roles.
Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into - Mahatma Gandhi
Faith is not something to grasp: Why do we need to grasp or understand faith? When we try to grasp something, it becomes an intellectual exercise. Faith is about belief, a conviction that doesn't shake you. Most importantly, it directly connects to your values and even defines who you are as a person. In this article, I don't mean faith as a religious word. It is just your strong beliefs that hold you together. It fundamentally defines how you think, act and react to situations.
Don't compare your beginning with someone else's middle - Thorin Klosowski
Don't compare your beginning to someone else's middle: This is such a simple thing but we keep making this mistake over and over. Comparison is one of the biggest challenges in our generation, only because it is so hard not to compare. Our social media constantly bombards us with information about someone else leading a better life and immediately we start questioning why we don't have it. Jealousy is one thing - it tells us what we want. But this causes envy, leaving us with a pang of paying to say that our life is not good enough.
The only way to discover limits is to go beyond them to the impossible - Arthur C Clarke quotes
The only way to discover the limits of the possible meaning: I love these quotes that talk about what's possible and impossible. You'll meet a lot of realists in the world who'll say that something you're after is not possible. They may be right, but we have to remember that they're limited by their own experiences. (Optimism vs realism)
“All power is within you; you can do anything and everything. Believe in that, do not believe that you are weak; do not believe that you are half-crazy lunatics, as most of us do nowadays. You can do any thing and everything, without even the guidance of any one. Stand up and express the divinity within you.”
All power is within you: Whenever we find ourselves with reasons about why we can't do something, we'll need to think about this quote. There will be situations where we…
