“You can’t base your life on other people’s expectations.” – Stevie Wonder
All I can say is that Stevie Wonder is absolutely right and often people live with other people’s expectations they just haven’t realized it. For example, when people wear cloth to go to
“If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you…” – Rudyard Kipling
What this is telling me is to keep your head up high and keep
“When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.” – Dale Carnegie
It just sucks so much that people are very emotional and it is good in a way. Because of emotions we are able to keep
“Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.” – Albert Schweitzer
In some ways this is pretty helpful and reminds me that something we pass on to someone
“The more you explain it, the more I don’t understand it.” – Mark Twain
I think this also leads to a headache and ongoing annoyed feelings that follow it. For example, let’s say someone keeps telling you something and it is always the same thing, you get
“Appreciate again and again, freshly and naively, the basic goods of life, with awe, pleasure, wonder and even ecstasy,
however, stale these experiences may have become to others.”
– Abraham Maslow
This may seem a bit misleading or confusing as it talks about ecstasy. But maybe there is something
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Another thing you can do is play hide and seek which you can find your own self. Absolutely, Gandhi is just right and there is never a time
“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.” – Colin Powell
Leaders come with a cost and often it is much harder than it seems. However, it is a better life as you
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.
Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
– Mark Twain
Many people just wish negativity towards others especially when they see something great on the person. In short,
“The freedom we are looking for is the freedom to be ourselves, to express ourselves.
But if we look at our lives we will see that most of the time
we do things just to please others …
The worst part is that most of us are not even aware that we
“I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize.
The first is gentleness;
the second is frugality;
the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others.
Be gentle and you can be bold;
be frugal and you can be generous;
avoid putting yourself before others
and you can become a leader
“I have found that among its other benefits,
giving liberates the soul of the giver.”
– Maya Angelou
Besides that giving has a good feeling to it that feels like you have accomplished something. Which is a good way to give people who are in need. Donate money to
“What we see depends mainly on what we look for.”
– John Lubbock
This is very important to understand that if you see something you don’t like then look for it in a different way. Not everyone sees things the same way and not everyone likes the same
“Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
The key words here to keep in mind are “almost always,” because sometimes there are those that can make it bad. Sometimes people have hate towards one another and because
“Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look there.”
– Marcus Aurelius
When it comes to people everyone has a strength that they just haven’t discovered it yet. For example, you may seem like you are
“People do not wish to appear foolish.
To avoid the appearance of foolishness,
they are willing to remain actually fools.”
– Alice Walker
Sometimes you just can’t really understand people and how they are. It is just hard to read someone’s mind when they are acting like a kid. This
“Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss.”
– Epicurus
Sometimes I think to myself that If I was born 150 years ago, I would probably be dead in the Titanic with the 1st Class Passengers in
“Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring and integrity, they think of you.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
This is actually a good idea and above all you want to keep a loving and cherishing background behind for them to follow. The
“It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.” – Epictetus
First of all, I think that nothing in life is impossible and even though some things may seem like they are, perhaps there is a different way to look at it.
Most of us would be upset if we were accused of being ‘silly.’ But the word ‘silly’ comes from the old English word ‘selig,’ and its literal definition is ‘to be blessed, happy, healthy and prosperous.’ – Zig Ziglar
Well, this sure is a bit confusing as
