{"id":28032,"date":"2014-10-27T20:17:33","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T04:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/?p=28032"},"modified":"2018-08-13T11:59:21","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T19:59:21","slug":"29-of-the-most-powerful-quotes-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/29-of-the-most-powerful-quotes-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"29 Of The Most Powerful Quotes Of All Time"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Let me guess\u2026<\/p>\n

You often drag yourself to work and feel like everyday is the same.<\/p>\n

Perhaps it feels like your life is on autopilot.<\/p>\n

At moments you might even feel like your life is not very meaningful and you miss a clear sense of purpose.<\/p>\n

Am I right?<\/p>\n

Well, sometimes all you need are a few inspiring wise words that will give you a new perspective on life.<\/p>\n

There are a lot of words of wisdom out there and many of them are good, but not life changing.<\/p>\n

These 29 carefully selected words of wisdom truly are some of the most powerful and wisest quotes ever written.<\/h3>\n

Here they are\u2026<\/p>\n

1. “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>– Albert Einstein<\/p>\n

2. Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes.”\u00a0<\/strong>– Sigmund Freud<\/p>\n

3. \u201cIn seeking happiness for others, you will find it in yourself.\u201d <\/strong>\u2013 Unknown<\/p>\n

4. \u201cLove is a verb. Love \u2013 the feeling \u2013 is a fruit of love, the verb.\u201d <\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Stephen Covey<\/p>\n

5. “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms\u2014to choose one\u2019s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one\u2019s own way.”\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Viktor Frankl<\/p>\n

6. \u201cHe who fears he will suffer, already suffers because he fears.\u201d <\/strong>\u2013 Michel De Montaigne<\/p>\n

7. \u201cSuccess is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong> – Winston Churchill<\/p>\n

8. \u201cYou must be the change you wish to see in the world.\u201d <\/strong>\u2013 Gandhi<\/p>\n

9. \u201cWhen one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.\u201d <\/strong>\u2013 Helen Keller<\/p>\n

10. <\/i>\u201cChallenges is what makes life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.\u201d <\/strong>\u2013 Joshua J. Marine<\/p>\n

11. \u201cIf you want happiness for an hour \u2013 take a nap. If you want happiness for a day \u2013 go fishing. If you want happiness for a year \u2013 inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a life time \u2013 help someone else.\u201d <\/strong>\u2013 Chinese proverb<\/p>\n

12. \u201cLife is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.\u201d<\/strong> \u2013 Viktor Frankl<\/p>\n

13. \u201cA mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.\u201d <\/strong>– Oliver Wendell Holmes<\/p>\n

14. \u201cLife is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.\u201d <\/strong>\u2013 Confucius<\/p>\n

15. \u201cMany people are passionate, but because of their limiting beliefs about who they are and what they can do, they never take actions that could make their dream a reality\u201d <\/strong>\u2013 Anthony Robins<\/strong><\/p>\n

16. \u201cTrue success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.\u201d <\/strong>\u2013 Paul Sweeney<\/p>\n

17. \u201cThe only way that we can live is if we grow. The only way we can grow is if we change. The only way we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. And the only way that we are exposed is if we throw ourselves into the open.\u201d <\/strong>\u2013 C. Joybell<\/p>\n

18. \u201cIf you don\u2019t like something, change it.\u00a0 If you can\u2019t change it, change the way you think about it.\u201d <\/strong>\u2013 Mary Engelbreit<\/p>\n

19. \u201cA life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.\u201d <\/strong>\u2013 George Bernhard Shaw<\/p>\n

20. \u201cTime is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.\u201d <\/strong>\u2013 Henry van Dyke<\/p>\n

21. \u201cI would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.\u201d <\/strong>\u2013 Corazon Aquino<\/p>\n

22. \u201cGod, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Reinhold Niebuhr<\/p>\n

23. \u201cMost people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.\u201d <\/strong>\u2013 Stephen Covey<\/p>\n

24. \u201cWe think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.\u201d <\/strong>\u2013 Mother Theresa<\/p>\n

25. \u201cYesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.\u201d <\/strong>– Bil Keane<\/p>\n

26. \u201cFalling in love is not a choice.\u00a0 To stay in love is.\u201d <\/strong>\u2013 Unknown<\/p>\n

27. \u201cThe most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.\u201d <\/strong>– Elisabeth K\u00fcbler-Ross<\/p>\n

28. \u201cThe world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.\u201d <\/strong>\u2013 Albert Einstein<\/p>\n

29. \u201cHappiness is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it eludes you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it comes and sits softly on your shoulder.\u201d <\/strong>– Henry David Thoreau<\/p>\n

It\u2019s up to you now<\/h2>\n

Do you feel inspired and a little bit wiser?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s great!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s all too easy though to read these inspiring words and then forget all about them.<\/p>\n

So, I challenge you to read them again and then ask yourself what you can do differently in your life from now on to experience more happiness, success and fulfillment.<\/p>\n

It might take a little bit of effort from your side, but you\u2019ll reap the rewards for sure.<\/p>\n

You can compare it to reading a book about losing weight. Just reading the book won\u2019t make you loose weight. You actually have to get up and do something!<\/p>\n

Are you ready to accept the challenge?<\/p>\n

About the author:<\/strong> Bas Blikman is the writer and founder of\u00a0Upfrontblogger.com<\/a>;\u00a0<\/a>A website\u00a0that gives\u00a0honest and simple advice for starting a blog that will actually make you money<\/a>\u00a0His advice is also great if you want to start your own self improvement blog.\u00a0<\/i>You can follow him on\u00a0Pinterest<\/a>\u00a0or visit his website for more information<\/a><\/a><\/i>“<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n

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