{"id":40943,"date":"2016-05-05T22:17:13","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T06:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/?p=40943"},"modified":"2019-03-02T15:41:04","modified_gmt":"2019-03-02T23:41:04","slug":"21-quotes-to-change-how-you-think-about-life-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/21-quotes-to-change-how-you-think-about-life-today\/","title":{"rendered":"21 Quotes To Change How You Think About Life Today"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Some words are just better left said by history’s greatest minds.<\/p>\n

Great psychiatrists and psychotherapists, eccentric poets and playwrights, ancient Chinese philosophers, ultra-successful entrepreneurs, even incarnations of supreme gods.<\/p>\n

I mean, any problem you face today has been faced in some form or another thousands of times before. So why spend your life stumbling in the dark looking for the path, when you can be a handed a map and flashlight to help guide you the way.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The wisdom and truth in the following quotes is so simple that it can be\u2014and often is\u2014overlooked. Take a moment to let them seep into your very core and they’re sure to set you on the way to a life of greater meaning and purpose.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat did you do as a child that made the hours pass like minutes? Herein lies the key to your earthly pursuits.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u2015Carl Jung<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you are content to be simply yourself and don\u2019t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u2015Lao Tzu<\/p>\n

\u201cYou act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire\u201d.<\/em>
\n\u2014Seneca<\/p>\n

\u201cWisdom begins in wonder\u201d.<\/em>
\n\u2014Socrates<\/p>\n

\u201cMany a false step has been made by standing still\u201d.<\/em>
\n\u2014Fortune Cookie<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination\u201d.<\/em>
\n\u2014Oscar Wilde<\/p>\n

\u201cUntil we lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves\u201d.<\/em>
\n\u2014Henry Miller<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u2015Joseph Campbell<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u2015Gabriel Garc\u00ed\u00ada M\u00e1rquez<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else\u2019s life with perfection.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u2015The Bhagavad Gita<\/p>\n

\u201cMan cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u2014Andre Gide<\/p>\n

\u201cOne day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it\u2019s worth watching.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u2013Unknown<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u2014Maya Agelou<\/p>\n

\u201cChallenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u2014Joshua J. Marine<\/p>\n

\u201cBuild your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u2014Farrah Gray<\/p>\n

\u201cThough no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u2014Carl Bard<\/p>\n

\u201cI am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. Its because of them I\u2019m doing it myself.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u2014Albert Einstein<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if you fall on your face you\u2019re still moving forward.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u2014Victor Kiam<\/p>\n

\u201cGo for it now. The future is promised to no one.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u2014Wayne Dyer<\/p>\n

\u201cDo not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u2014William Butler Yeats<\/p>\n

\u201cFortune favours the brave.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u2014Latin Proverb<\/p>\n

Joseph Pennington is a writer, mindfulness teacher, and the founder of Bebot, the world’s first AI mindfulness coach. You can try out the\u00a0Bebot Alexa app here<\/a> and sign up to make sure you hear the latest from Joseph and your new mindful robot friend.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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