Refreshing old memory quotes and images to share with friends and family. Remember and cherish the good old times as you also look ahead to the future.
“No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.”
― Haruki Murakami
“Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it.”
― Lucy Maud Montgomery
“It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”
― Lewis Carroll
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald
“If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.”
― Haruki Murakami
“Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.”
― Voltaire
Quotes and images on the memorable moments that we make with friends. Both good and bad memories serve to build upon healthy friendships.
“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” Elbert Hubbard
“I wonder what Piglet is doing,” thought Pooh.
“I wish I were there to be doing it, too.” A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
“A good friend is a connection to life – a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world.” Lois Wyse
“Real friends are the ones you can count on no matter what.
The ones who go into the forest to find you and bring you home.
And real friends never have to tell you that they’re your friends.” Morgan Matson
“Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.” Benjamin Franklin
“Without friends, no one would want to live, even if he had all other goods.” Aristotle
“The better part of one’s life consists of his friendships.” Abraham Lincoln
“How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” A.A. Milne
The best new beginnings quotes and images that we’ve collected over the years. Sometimes you need a fresh start and new eyes to tackle old problems. Here’s to the courage to begin anew and embrace change as it comes.
Finding inspiration for change and the heart to start something new can be difficult. Here are some positive, famous sayings to help you embark on a new beginning. Remember that while starting something new is often difficult, it is also frequently worth it. You’ll learn new things and and grow stronger as you take on new challenges.
1. “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” – Rumi
It’s easy to point out all things you think “should” change with the world. It is much more difficult to create change in yourself. Take charge today and work on making a small step in the right direction.
Step out of our comfort zone and take on new challenges. We grow and find new, beautiful experiences when we take chances away from what is comfortable and secure.
3. “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” – Leo Tolstoy
Change begins with you. If you want to start something new then you often have to take the first step yourself. Remember that while new things are scary, many of them are also wonderful.
4. “This is a new year. A new beginning. And things will change.” – Taylor Swift
With every new year comes new beginnings. You don’t even have to wait for a new year, each day also brings another chance to improve yourself, avoid past mistakes, and create new relationships.
5. “The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.” – Tony Robbins
The path that you never complete is the one you never embark on. Don’t worry about how difficult a challenge may be. Giant accomplishments and seemingly impossible tasks are done one tiny step at a time.
6. “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu
Just remember to start today. Remember that life is long and we will never accomplish who we want to be if we never begin. Take that first small step towards becoming who you wish to be.
7. “Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” – Fyodor Dostoevsky
Don’t be afraid of new things. Everything is new at first. Friends are strangers that we haven’t met yet. Failures are the beginnings of success. Take your chances and try something new today.
8. “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw
Life is about exploration and building yourself up. You become a new you everyday with each new experience you face, new knowledge you learn, and new people you meet.
9. “Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.” – Brene Brown
Change is uncomfortable and we often try our best to avoid it. Take comfort that it’s difficult for everyone, and you’re not alone in your struggle for improvement and growth.
10. “One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.” – Malala Yousafzai
One brilliant piece of insight taken at the right time can change your outlook on the world. New beginnings can start at any time if you are open and willing to embrace transformation.
Our collection of new beginning quotes for work, love, friendships and everything else in between. Remember that the first step is often the most difficult one. Dig deep and find the courage to set out on a new path towards your dreams.
11. “If you’re stuck in a puddle, it means there’s higher ground all around you, you just have to step onto it.” – Emilyann Girdner
12. “If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old” – Peter Drucker
13. “It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.” – Krishnamurti
14. “Come tomorrow, I’ll wake up new.” – Chad Sugg
15. “Only wise men look for new wisdom.” – Toba Beta
16. “Birthplace of a new year is in the heart of hope” – Munia Khan
17. “Living in new shapes, reshapes our thinking” – Lois Farfel Stark
18. “For every departed glory there is always a new discovery” – Sunday Adelaja
19. “The old resists the new one. ‘Change hurts’ is the reason.” – Toba Beta
20. “You will never get to a new place by walking an old path.” – Toni Sorenson
21. “We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.” – Anaïs Nin
22. “The beautiful journey of today can only begin when we learn to let go of yesterday.” – Steve Maraboli
23. “Sometimes, reaching out and taking someone’s hand is the beginning of a journey. At other times, it is allowing another to take yours.” – Vera Nazarian
24. “End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
25. “The Sun will rise and set regardless. What we choose to do with the light while it’s here is up to us. Journey wisely.” – Alexandra Elle
26. “I may be going nowhere, but what a ride.” – Shaun Hick
27. “Set out from any point. They are all alike. They all lead to a point of departure.” – Antonio Porchia
28. “Failure is not the end. In fact it is the beginning of a beautiful journey.” – Jade Youssef
29. “Every journey begins with the first step of articulating the intention, and then becoming the intention.” – Bryant McGill
30. “Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.” – Desmond Tutu
31. “Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” – Suzy Kassem
32. “Life always begins with one step outside of your comfort zone.” – Shannon L. Alder
33. “Success will be within your reach only when you start reaching out for it.” – Stephen Richards
34. “Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in turning that diary into the best story you possibly can.” – Douglas Pagels
35. “If you believe you can, you might. If you know you can, you will.” – Steve Maraboli
36. “Let’s forget the baggages of the past and make a new beginning.” – Shehbaz Sharif
37. “Let’s not grow with our roots in the ground.” – Criss Jami
38. “It is the story that matters not just the ending.” – Paul Lockhart
39. “One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.” – André Gide
Finding a new career or reinventing yourself at a current position can be a daunting task. Remember that to grow you must take on new challenges, face new failures, and grow through new experiences. Developing yourself with new skill sets are usually key to becoming successful in the workplace.
40. “To create different work, one needs new tools and materials” – Natasha Tsakos
41. “Creativity vs. inspiration: inspiration makes a copy, creativity makes something completely new.” – Hannah Garrison
42. “Just do it” – Nike
43. “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.” – W.C. Fields
44. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. ” – Walt Disney
45. “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” – Napoleon Hill
46. “Never was anything great achieved without danger.” – Niccolo Machiavelli
47. “Fortune sides with him who dares.” – Virgil
48. “You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.” – Michael Jordan
49. “Vision without execution is just hallucination.” – Henry Ford
50. “Eighty percent of success is showing up.” – Woody Allen
51. “It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” – Herman Melville
Life is short. Take your chances and explore something you’ve never tried before. Learn from your mistakes, find out what you like (and don’t like), and grow with each passing day.
The best long distance friendship quotes and images to help you stay in touch. Just because your buddies move far away doesn’t mean the friendship has to end. You can maintain and grow all relationships if you have the right mindset, insight and effort.
“Time doesn’t take away from friendship, nor does separation.” – Tennessee Williams
Famous Long Distance Friendship Quotes
Keeping your relationships strong with pals that have moved away can be tough. Keep these famous sayings and thoughts in mind to help you maintain friendships throughout the years. Time and distance are just challenges we must overcome because friendships are vital to most of our happiness.
Remember that physical distance is rarely the fall of a friendship. It’s the lack of communication that will ultimately lead friends to drift away. You can overcome distance by keeping in touch with friends through phone-calls, email, and social media.
2. “Distance sometimes lets you know who is worth keeping, and who is worth letting go.” – Lana Del Rey
The hard truth is that some people aren’t meant to be in your life. Friendships that disappear with distance are often never deep and meaningful to start with.
3. “Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.” – Henry David Thoreau
Having friends in distant places can be a positive thing. It expands your circle of comfort and lets you know that you are welcome in far away lands. Take time to visit your friends because it allows you to see another part of the world as well as reconnect with them.
4. “True friends never apart maybe in distance but never in heart.” – Helen Keller
Your closest friends are always near and dear to you in your mind. Take comfort in that they are always by your side in that manner.
5. “There are friendships imprinted in our hearts that will never be diminished by time and distance.” – Dodinsky
People and places you have a deep connection with can never be lost. Time and distance will not wear away at concrete bonds.
6. “Distance does not break off the friendship absolutely, but only the activity of it.” – Aristotle
Being apart limits you only to physical activities. With today’s technology, you can still enjoy each other over a text message, online gaming session, or video call.
7. “We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.” – Tim McGraw
Through our friendships, we undoubtedly take on each others tendencies and viewpoints. The memories, influence, and connections with friends travel with us anywhere we choose to go.
8. “Good friends are like stars. You don’t always see them, but you know they’re always there.” – Unknown
We’re all under the same sky. Your true friends are always there for you in thought and memories. And if you really miss them, you can always just call them up.
9. “Great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.” – Unknown
The very best friends you have you’ll never forget. It doesn’t matter how far apart you are from them.
10. “Can miles truly separate you from friends… If you want to be with someone you love, aren’t you already there?” – Richard Bach
Thoughts and feelings can transcend both time and space right?
Some light and happy thoughts on friendship that you can use to stay in touch with long distance friends. Remember how important friendship is, and how much joy it’s brought into your life, is critical to keeping them strong.
11. “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” – Elbert Hubbard
12. “We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
13. “The most valuable gift you can receive is an honest friend.” – Stephen Richards
14. “Wherever it is you may be, it is your friends who make your world.” – Chris Bradford
15. “Friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace.” – Buddha
16. “Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive.” – Anais Nin
17. “It costs nothing to ask wise advice from a good friend.” – George Clason
18. “A true friend makes your problem their problem.” – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
19. “The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.” – Bob Marley
20. “You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.” – A.A. Milne
21. “If you have two friends in your lifetime, you’re lucky. If you have one good friend, you’re more than lucky.” – S.E. Hinton
22. “True friends are always together in spirit.” – L.M. Montgomery
23. “There’s not a word yet, for old friends who’ve just met.” – Jim Henson
24. “No friendship is an accident.” – O. Henry
25. “Friends are the family you choose” – Jess C Scott
26. “Cutting people out of your life is easy, keeping them in is hard.” – Walter Dean Myers
27. “A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.” – Jim Morrison
28. “True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.” – Charles Caleb Colton
29. “Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.” – Khalil Gibran
30. “Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
31. “Two things you will never have to chase: True friends & true love.” – Mandy Hale
32. “The language of Friendship is not words, but meanings.” – Henry David Thoreau
33. “A good friend is a connection to life – a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world.” – Lois Wyse
34. “We know from daily life that we exist for other people first of all, for whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends.” – Albert Einstein
35. “Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.” – Benjamin Franklin
36. “A friend is someone with whom you dare to be yourself.” – Frank Crane
37. “True friends are like diamonds – bright, beautiful, valuable, and always in style.” – Nicole Richie
38. “A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.” – Bernard Meltzer
39. “However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.” – Albert Einstein
40. “Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.” – Socrates
41. “The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.” – Charles Dickens
42. “A friend to all is a friend to none.” – Aristotle
43. “Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.” – Aristotle
44. “Growing apart doesn’t change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. I’m glad for that.” – Ally Condie
45. “What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.” – Aristotle
46. “I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.” – Helen Keller
47. “It is during the worst times of your life that you will get to see the true colors of the people who say they care for you.” – Anonymous
48. “Friendship happens when the distance between the hearts tends to zero.” – Amit Ray
49. “A friend to kill time is a friend sublime.” – Haruki Murakami
50. “Ten minutes with a genuine friend is better than years spent with anyone less.” – Crystal Woods
51. “If you have nothing in life but a good friend, you’re rich.” – Michelle Kwan
You can never lose the people dearest to you. Distance, time, and even death can never destroy the memories and influence that your best friends have had on you.
51+ Quotes on Taking Chances in Relationships [Updated 2018]
Looking for amazing quotes about taking chances in relationships? We’ve got you covered with famous quotes and images on taking a chance in love.
Quotes about taking chances in love
Bad breakups and challenging relationships can deter you from making connections. Use this list of insights and wisdom to get you back in the mix and on the way towards finding someone to share life with.
1. “Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.” – Maya Angelou
2. “Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” – Alfred Lord
3. “The question, love, is whether you want me enough to take the risk.” – Lisa Kleypas
4. “Love is not something you protect. It’s something you risk.” – Gayle Forman
5. “The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.” – Bell Hooks
6. “The very essence of romance is uncertainty.” – Oscar Wilde
17. “The heart was made to be broken.” – Oscar Wilde
18. “Love is so short, forgetting is so long.” – Pablo Neruda
19. “Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.” – Mary Tyler Moore
20. “Be careful of love. It’ll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wrong.” – Rick Riordan
22. “Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.” – Plato
23. “What’s meant to be will always find a way.” – Trisha Yearwood
24. “It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight.” – Vladimir Nabokov
25. “Two people in love, alone, isolated from the world, that’s beautiful.” – Milan Kundera
26. “For the two of us, home isn’t a place. It is a person. And we are finally home.” – Stephanie Perkins
27. “I love you more than there are stars in the sky and fish in the sea.” – Nicholas Sparks
28. “Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.” – Robert Frost
29. “If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.” – Emily Dickinson
30. “It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them. ” – Agatha Christie
31. “One love, one heart, one destiny.” – Robert Marley
32. “Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.” – Charles Dickens
33. “Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.” – Albert Einstein
34. “There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.” – Sarah Dessen
35. “Promise me you’ll never forget me because if I thought you would, I’d never leave.” – A.A. Milne
36. “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Sharon Salzberg
37. “Who, being loved, is poor?” – Oscar Wilde
38. “Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.” – Leo Tolstoy
39. “When I saw you I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew.” – Arrigo Boito
40. “One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love.” – Sophocles
41. “The more one judges, the less one loves.” – Honoré de Balzac
42. “True love is usually the most inconvenient kind.” – Kiera Cass
43. “Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.” – Elinor Glyn
44. “You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince.” – E.L. James
45. “I was always hungry for love. Just once, I wanted to know what it was like to get my fill of it — to be fed so much love I couldn’t take any more. Just once.” – Haruki Murakami
46. “Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love.” – Rumi
47. “I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.” – Marilyn Monroe
48. “Yours is the light by which my spirit’s born: – you are my sun, my moon, and all my stars.” – e. e. cummings
49. “Love is the extremely difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.” – Iris Murdoch
50. “There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.” – Vincent Van Gogh
51. “There is always something left to love.” – Gabriel García Márquez
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Wishing fortune favors you in love
From us to you. We hope that the many setbacks along the path towards finding your love doesn’t deter you. Try and try again until you find what you’re looking for.
What are the most intense quotes about struggle and pain? We’ve collected a list of sayings to help express tough times and challenging days. Take some comfort that we all hurt from time to time, and that you are not alone.
1. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” – Frederick Douglass
Growth happens when you step out of your comfort zone.
2. “Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.” – Oprah Winfrey
Take on new challenges and take comfort that we all must face stress to gain strength.
3. “The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle.” – Swami Sivananda
The bigger the challenge the more rewarding the victory. Many of our treasured memories come from times of hardship and even pain.
4. “You’re imperfect, and you’re wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.” – Brene Brown
We’re all struggling a bit – so don’t worry.
5. “Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.” – Nas
Something given isn’t nearly as sweet as something earned. Take pride in your efforts and hard work.
6. “A lot of what is most beautiful about the world arises from struggle.” – Malcolm Gladwell
Art and music often come from places of struggle and pain. Some of the most beautiful creations arise out of conflict and debate. One the world’s most famous bands, The Beatles, created their most well adored music while dealing with internal struggles.
7. “The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.” – Abraham Lincoln
Don’t give up just because something is difficult. Take root in what you believe in and understand that the path to victory is rarely a smooth ride.
9. “Change is hard and requires constant struggle and determination.” – Sadiq Khan
Transforming your views, your achievements, your health, and other aspect takes significant dedication. Take time to document your true values and work tirelessly towards them.
10. “Art allows people a way to dream their way out of their struggle.” – Russell Simmons
Beautiful creations often help us express and resolve pain in a way that nothing else can.
It’s normal to feel hurt some days and fall into a rut now and then. Don’t worry, it happens to everyone. What’s important is that you understand struggle is usually temporary if you give yourself the change to find some inspiration.
11. “Always remember that striving and struggle precede success, even in the dictionary.” – Sarah Ban Breathnach
12. “The triumph can’t be had without the struggle.” – Wilma Rudolph
13. “I’m one of the world’s most self-conscious people. I really have to struggle.” – Marilyn Monroe
15. “Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.” – Andre Gide
16. “I am sort of drawn toward places in the world where there is struggle and conflict.” – Anderson Cooper
17. “The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow. Don’t give up.” – Robert Tew
18. “The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle.” – Pierre de Coubertin
19. “In the heart of every struggle lies an opportunity to grow.” – Melanie M. Koulouris
20. “Confidence comes from victory, but strength comes from the struggle.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
21. “I will be stronger than my sadness.” – Jasmine Warga
22. “Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.” – Theodore Roosevelt
23. “Some of the most beautiful things we have in life comes from our mistakes.” – Surgeo Bell
24. “We’ve all lost something along the way.” – Po Bronson
25. “The world is larger and more beautiful than my little struggle.” – Ravi Zacharias
Inspirational Quotes about Pain
Pain and struggle are not always a bad thing. They are often a doorway towards growth, self-improvement and a broader outlook of the world.
26. “Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.” – Khalil Gibran
27. “Turn your wounds into wisdom.” – Oprah Winfrey
28. “Pain is weakness leaving the body.” – US Marine Corps
29. “Out of pain and problems have come the sweetest songs, and the most gripping stories.” – Billy Graham
30. “Life is short. You have to be able to laugh at our pain or we never move on.” – Jeff Ross
31. “The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.” – Charles Dickens
32. “My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh.” – Jim Carrey
33. “Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other.” – Laurence Sterne
34. “The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you’re in control of your life. If you don’t, life controls you.” – Tony Robbins
35. “True compassion means not only feeling another’s pain but also being moved to help relieve it.” – Daniel Goleman
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Turn your challenges into strength
Life is a constant flow of struggles and triumphs. Remember that as you face troubles and struggles through life that they will transform you into a stronger person. Learn from your mistakes and draw from your experiences as you forge a path towards a brighter future.
As we proceed throughout life it’s inevitable that we will change with the experiences we go through. We’ll either grow or grow bitter by the many challenges that await on our path. We’ll adapt and hopefully become better in relationships, love, and life. Here is our favorite quotes about change and growth to help encourage positive growth in your life.
Life is about change and growth. Step out of your comfort zone and experience something new and exciting today. Use these sayings and insights to guide your way.
1. “How long are you going to wait before you demand the best from yourself?” – Epictetus
Give it your all:
Doing something with poor effort takes as much if not more our of you than doing something with full enthusiasm. Don’t fall into mediocrity. Find something you love and let it drive you towards improvement.
2. “With every mistake we must surely be learning.” – George Harrison
Mistakes are just tries:
Don’t take “failure” too harshly. In most cases they are just stepping stones towards success. In the end, it’s often all the hardships and challenges that we remember and treasure the most.
3. “Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and sculptor.” – Alexis Carrel
Change hurts:
It’s a shared experience that all humans go through. Take some comfort that we are all trying to change and change is extremely uncomfortable. Also take comfort that your pain is leading to growth and transformation.
4. “Change is your friend, not your foe; change is a brilliant opportunity to grow.” – Simon T. Bailey
Change is good:
It may not be apparent when you’re going through it but most change is good. We often change because we are unhappy with our current situation and surroundings. Change gives us a chance to get a new view of life.
5. “When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” – Paulo Coelho
Let’s make things better:
When we work to improve ourselves, we often improve the lives of those around us. As we grow more patience with our friends and family, we are able to better communicate and understand them. As we grow our skills, we are able to better aid those around us.
6. “If you resist change, you resist life.” – Sadhguru
Let change in:
Often fighting change is a losing battle. Understand that nothing stays the same and it’s natural to adapt. Embrace positive movement around you and don’t be afraid just because it’s different.
7. “The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.” – Muhammad Ali
Wisdom in age:
As we grow older, we learn from our experiences and become wiser. If you are seeking to keep the same views and biases you held as a child then you are wasting your years. Take in new information and change your views accordingly.
8. “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
Change starts with you:
You can move to world in a positive direction all by yourself. You have the ability to spread a little kindness today if you wanted. There are countless opportunities around us to improve.
9. “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” – Leo Tolstoy
Don’t be quick to judge:
We often have lofty views of change outside us but unwilling to work on ourselves. Take time to look at your flaws and work to become a better you tomorrow.
10. “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates
Build something new:
New things are often criticized. Those who are brave enough to explore what’s different and novel are often rewarded in life. This comes in the form of ideas, business, and relationships.
Change is scary and it often hurts. Change, however, will often be necessary if you want to become something more. Embrace the shared experience that we all must face change and challenges. Remember that with each step, and each failure, we slowly move towards our destination.
52. “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” – Anaïs Nin
53. “We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.” – Rick Warren
54. “Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.” – Edward Abbey
55. “Every problem is a gift – without problems we would not grow.” – Anthony Robbins
56. “There is no perfection, only beautiful versions of brokenness.” – Shannon L. Alder
57. “Practice is the hardest part of learning, and training is the essence of transformation.” – Ann Voskamp
58. “We know what we are, but know not what we may be.” – William Shakespeare
59. “Becoming hurts.” – Kat Howard
60. “My destination is no longer a place, rather a new way of seeing.” – Marcel Proust
61. “A single day is enough to make us a little larger or, another time, a little smaller.” – Paul Klee
Different scares people. It terrifies the status quo. It is, however, needed for you to become who you’re meant to be. No two people are the same, and it takes courage to change and grow towards your purpose. Celebrate the change in yourself and the difference in others.
Looking for short, sweet life thoughts? We have cute life quotes with images to make your day a bit happier. Sometimes things don’t have to be too serious. We can take time to relax and laugh at ourselves a bit through the journey of life. Cheers to taking things lightly!
Life can sometimes get very dark as we move through our setbacks and challenges. Having some nice thoughts to help bring us through tough times can be extremely helpful. Try to keep these cute quotes in mind because you never know when you will need some inner encouragement.
Our favorite quotes about light-hearted quotes about life. These sweet and happy messages can keep you optimistic as the world begins to throw troubles your way.
1. “Beauty is when you can appreciate yourself. When you love yourself, that’s when you’re most beautiful.” – Zoe Kravitz
Take care of yourself
Remember that it’s really hard to take care of anyone else or make them happy if you’re unhappy with yourself. Take time to reflect on your faults but don’t dwell and become obsessed by them. Improve what you can little by little.
2. “It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
3. “Why compare yourself with others? No one in the entire world can do a better job of being you than you.” – Unknown
4. “Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today.” – Will Rogers
5. “Stay away from negative people. They have a problem for every solution.” – Albert Einstein
6. “Some people want a huge house filled with luxuries and cars. Others just want a tiny cabin alone in the woods away from those kinds of people.” – Jim Carrey
7. “Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John Wooden
8. “What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.” – Ralph Marston
9. “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss
10. “Reality continues to ruin my life.” – Bill Watterson
Life is how you perceive it
Life is really what you make of it. If you feel it’s terrible then that will become your reality. It’s OK to have a positive mindset and also not be complacent. Don’t be too hard on yourself and over worry the little things in life.
Some curt and meaningful thoughts about life. Sometimes less is more when it comes to insight. Keep these quick, cute quotes about how to live with you throughout your day. It may help you out of a rut here and there.
11. “Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations.” – Unknown
Don’t be afraid of taking the hard path in life
Difficulties and challenges are what make life interesting and exciting. Don’t shy away from something just because it’s difficult. It’s often difficult times that we create the best memories from.
12. “Nature never hurries, yet everything is accomplished” – Lao Tzu
13. “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” – Mae West
14. “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw
15. “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” – Anne Frank
16. “This life’s hard, but it’s harder if you’re stupid.” – George V. Higgins
17. “Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.” – Emily Dickinson
18. “Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet.” – Sarah Louise Delany
19. “Where there is love there is life.” – Mahatma Gandhi
20. “Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
Just smile a little more
You are likely to make other people happier when you’re happier. Take some time today and remember to smile more. It’s contagious and can have a positive affect on your life.
Life lessons packed in cute packages. Our most beloved sayings about life that are more light-hearted and playful. Just because advice and insight is “cute” doesn’t make it less meaningful or impactful. Here are our favorite bite sized life lessons.
21. “Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.” – Rabindranath Tagore
22. “Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” – Dr. Seuss
23. “Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you’ll start to see a big difference in your life.” – Yoko Ono
24. “Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.” – Josh Billings
25. “Life’s too mysterious to take too serious.” – Mary Engelbreit
26. “Happiness is an inside job.” – Unknown
27. “The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller
28. “The more I see, the less I know for sure.” – John Lennon
29. “Maybe everyone can live beyond what they’re capable of.” – Markus Zusak
30. “One of the advantages of being disorganized is that one is always having surprising discoveries.” – A.A. Milne
31. “Don’t take life too seriously. Punch it in the face when it needs a good hit. Laugh at it.” – Colleen Hoover
32. “Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.” – John W. Gardner
33. “There are two means of refuge from the misery of life — music and cats.” – Albert Schweitzer
34. “The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.” – Nicolas Chamfort
35. “Don’t sweat the petty things and don’t pet the sweaty things.” – George Carlin
36. “If you find someone you love in your life, then hang on to that love.” – Princess Diana
37. “Life ain’t always beautiful, but it’s a beautiful ride.” – Gary Allan
38. “I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.” – Paul Simon
39. “If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.” – Emily Dickinson
40. “There’s nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be…” – John Lennon
41. “I like flaws. I think they make things interesting.” – Sarah Dessen
42. “A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” – Lao Tzu
43. “Life is to be enjoyed, not endured” – Gordon B. Hinckley
44. “Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” – Roald Dahl
45. “The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.” – Oprah Winfrey
46. “Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.” – Elbert Hubbard
47. “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road’ll take you there” – George Harrison
48. “Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” – Mark Twain
49. “A fit body, a calm mind, a house full of love. These things cannot be bought – they must be earned.” – Naval Ravikant
50. “You can waste your lives drawing lines or you can live your life crossing them.” – Shonda Rhimes
51. “If I had to live my life again I’d make the same mistakes only sooner.” –Tallulah Bankhead
Take it easy on yourself and live well
Life can be extremely challenging from time to time. If you can relax and let laugh at yourself now and then you’ll likely be happier. As we progress and grow as people, we hopefully do so in a fun and playful manner. Life doesn’t have to be a constant grind.
Feel a lack of curiosity? We’ve collected our favorite adventure quotes with images to help keep you inspired and motivated to explore. Keeping an open mind to both your environment and the people around you leads to understanding and beautiful encounters.
Use these famous sayings and quotes about adventure throughout your day to stay in an inquisitive state. Explore the unknown and take the path less traveled when possible. The world is full of wonder and excitement if we are willing to take the ride.
The best quotes and pictures about finding adventure on your journey through life. We wish you safe travels as you wander through this weird and beautiful world. Be open to new experiences and kind to creatures you meet along the way.
1. ”You must go on adventures to find out where you truly belong.” – Sue Fitzmaurice
Adventure breeds self discovery
It’s important to find out what you like and don’t like. Your life will be immensely more enjoyable if you become aware of your preferences. Travel and adventures are great at developing this because it subjects you to many different experiences.
2. “The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
3. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller
4. “You know you are truly alive when you’re living among lions.” – Karen Blixen
5. “Life is an adventure, it’s not a package tour.” – Eckhart Tolle
6. “Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.” – Ernest Hemingway
7. “To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.” – J. K. Rowling
8. “Not all those who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
9. “It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
10. “Nobody who says, ‘I told you so’ has ever been, or will ever be, a hero.”
– Ursula K. Le Guin
Don’t let the world bring you down
The status quo and people who are unhappy with themselves will often inadvertently try to stop you from growing. Understand that their views are their own and frequently have nothing to do with you. Try new experiences, fail, and keep going on the journey you desire.
Starting off on a new journey? Here are some thoughts about beginning on a new path. You can use these for yourself or for a friend to send him off on a happy journey. Moving out of our comfort zone isn’t easy but it’s usually worth it.
11. “I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing.” – Herman Melville
Keep a positive mindset on your journey
You can’t control every situation and will inevitably face setbacks. You are in charge of your mindset and can choose how to deal with difficulties in life. There’s usually a solution for every challenge if you can keep your spirits up long enough to find it.
15. “Each child is an adventure into a better life – an opportunity to change the old pattern and make it new.” – Hubert H. Humphrey
16. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu
17. “Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.” – Erol Ozan
18. “There’s only one place I want to go and it’s to all the places I’ve never been.” – Nikki Rowe
19. ”Jobs fill your pockets, but adventures fill your soul.” – Jaime Lyn
20. “To die will be an awfully big adventure.” – J.M. Barrie
Sometimes you grow when you hurt
There are many times in life when we are faced with sad events. Unforeseeable mistakes that we wish could have been avoided. Remember that we cannot change the past, we can only learn from our failures and work towards a better tomorrow.
These adventure quotes about life can be applied daily and not just for new experiences. Everyday can be an adventure if we allow ourselves to meet it with a welcoming and curious mindset. Even your workdays don’t have to be a chore if you can stay positive.
21. “Life is full of adventure. There’s no such thing as a clear pathway.” – Guy Laliberte
Find a team to help you stay on track
Life has no clear “right” path. Try your best to adhere to your personal values and find others who share your ethics. A great team of friends, family, and co-workers are essential to a happy and productive journey. Find teammates you can trust and allow them to help guide you.
22. “Here’s to freedom, cheers to art. Here’s to having an excellent adventure and may the stopping never start.” – Jason Mraz
23. “May your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from home.” – Trenton Lee Stewart
24. “I’m still a kid inside, and adventure is adventure wherever you find it.” – Jim Dale
25. “It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.” – Andre Gide
26. “Don’t ever live vicariously. This is your life. Live.” – Lavinia Spalding
27. “A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” – Lao Tzu
28. “Travel brings power and love back into your life.” – Rumi
29. “Being soaked alone is cold. Being soaked with your best friend is an adventure.” – Emily Wing Smith
30. “Adventure is not outside man; it is within.” – George Eliot
Find inner peace on your adventure
How we take care of ourselves physically and mentally will often determine what type of journey we have. Find out what brings you peace and work to build that up. Life is full of chaos and anything that can ease your mind is general a good thing.
31. “Set out from any point. They are all alike. They all lead to a point of departure.” – Antonio Porchia
32. “Wherever you go, you take yourself with you.” – Neil Gaiman
33. “The journey itself is my home.” – Matsuo Bashō
34. “The farther you go, however, the harder it is to return. The world has many edges, and it’s easy to fall off.” – Anderson Cooper
35. “No experience is wasted. It is the stepping stones for a great success.” – Lailah Gifty Akita
36. “Don’t let your luggage define your travels, each life unravels differently.” – Shane L. Koyczan
37. “In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.” – Ansel Adams
38. ”Don’t die without embracing the daring adventure your life was meant to be.” – Steve Pavlina
39. “Instead of trying to make your life perfect, give yourself the freedom to make it an adventure, and go ever upward.” – Drew Houston
40. “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Saint Augustine
Be open to new experiences
As you travel and meet new people and cultures, remember to keep an open mind. People are often a product of their environment and upbringing. Just because their views may conflict with yours does not allow you to harass and criticize them.
46. “The journey not the arrival matters.” – T.S. Eliot
47. “It is not the destination where you end up but the mishaps and memories you create along the way!” – Penelope Riley
48. “If happiness is the goal – and it should be, then adventures should be top priority.” – Richard Branson
49. “We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.” – Anaïs Nin
50. “Travel far enough, you meet yourself.” – David Mitchell
Come back home and share your experiences
Coming back home with a new set of eyes is a wonderful thing. You can come to appreciate the many things you miss on your adventure. Meeting old friends and seeing your family again is a fantastic reward after a long journey.
51. “Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – Gustave Flaubert
52. “Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” – Anita Desai
53. “It’s the unknown that draws people.” – E.A. Bucchianeri
54. “Life is a blank canvas, and you need to throw all the paint on it you can.”
– Danny Kaye
55. “The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.” – Oprah Winfrey
Begin Your Adventure Today
Take on today as a new adventure. You never who you’re going to meet or what’s going to happen to you. Keep an open mind, be kind to those around you, and let the world guide you somewhere beautiful.
Building yourself up and growing as you mature is important to becoming a healthy, productive individual. Here are our favorite growth quotes with images to put you in the right mindset and help your personal growth. Use and share this with people looking for positivity in their lives.
Personal change and growth isn’t always easy. Stepping out of your comfort zone is a scary but necessary endeavor if you want to grow as a person. We wish you the best of luck with all the new experiences that will make you a more complete and understanding person.
Quotes about Change and Growth
Our collection of famous sayings and thoughts about change and personal development. breaking out of your normal routine and growing as a person is a beautiful albeit terrifying part of life. We wish you the best on your personal growth journey.
1. “It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.” – Roy T. Bennett
Step out of your comfort zone and grow
Moving out of your bubble is a scary feeling. If it makes you feel better, it’s something that we all go through. Putting yourself in uncomfortable positions has many benefits though. It allows you to have new experiences, meet new people, and become stronger mentally.
2. “We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.” – Rick Warren
3. “Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.” – Napoleon Hill
4. “Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don’t.” – Steve Maraboli
5. “Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.” – Sigmund Freud
6. “When life is sweet, say thank you and celebrate. And when life is bitter, say thank you and grow.” – Shauna Niequist
7. “Every problem is a gift – without problems we would not grow.” – Anthony Robbins
8. “Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you are.” – Cherie Carter-Scott
9. “The mind is just like a muscle – the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets and the more it can expand.” – Idowu Koyenikan
10. “Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.” – Benjamin Franklin
Face your fears
We all have vices and bad habits. The sooner you come to accept unhealthy routines, the faster you’ll be able to work towards fixing them. Remember that you don’t have to accomplish everything overnight. Just a small step in the right direction each day will add up to huge change over time.
11. “Find out what a person fears most and that is where he will develop next.” – C.G. Jung
12. “Don’t let your habits become handcuffs” – Elizabeth Berg
13. “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” – Viktor E. Frankl
14. “Every flower blooms at a different pace.” – Suzy Kassem
15. “People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.” – Plato
16. “Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.” – Benjamin Franklin
17. “When every situation which life can offer is turned to the profit of spiritual growth, no situation can really be a bad one.” – Paul Brunton
18. “The only time you truly become an adult is when you finally forgive your parents for being just as flawed as everyone else.” – Douglas Kennedy
19. “The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
20. “Mistakes are the growing pains of wisdom.” – William Jordan
Grow from your pain
We often learn our most important lessons in life when we are hurt badly. It’s a difficult, often sad, but very necessary part of life. Learn from your pain and mistakes because it will allow you to avoid them in the future.
21. “We become aware of the void as we fill it.” – Antonio Porchia
22. “Where we fall are the stepping-stones for our journey.” – Lolly Daskal
23. “Growth and comfort do not coexist.” – Ginni Rometty
24. “Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.” – Oscar Wilde
25. “Chaos in the world brings uneasiness, but it also allows the opportunity for creativity and growth.” – Tom Barrett
26. “If I can’t stay where I am, and I can’t, then I will put all that I can into the going.” – Jeanette Winterson
27. “The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.” – Richard M. Nixon
28. “If you’re capable of despising your own behavior, you might just love yourself.” – Criss Jami
29. “You will never be entirely comfortable. This is the truth behind the champion – he is always fighting something. To do otherwise is to settle.” – Julien Smith
30. “If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.” – Anatole France
Find friends that help you grow
Find people who help bring you up and encourage you to develop as a person. We are heavily influenced by the people we keep around us. Cherish the people who want the best for you and are genuinely happy to see you succeed.
Having the right mindset to help you grow is essential. Be open to new experiences and tolerant of people’s believes and practices. If you can get your mind right, then you may be able to develop quickly into a kind and caring person.
31. “Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” – Mandy Hale
Spend some time in nature to help you reflect
Sometimes you need to distance yourself from the routine of life and work to properly reflect on yourself. Make sure that you are working towards the goals that you want. Being in nature can really help you introspect and search for what you want in life.
32. “The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.” – Harvey S. Firestone
33. “The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.” – Lao Tzu
34. “We find comfort among those who agree with us – growth among those who don’t.” – Frank A. Clark
35. “Every challenge, every adversity, contains within it the seeds of opportunity and growth.” – Roy Bennett
36. “Acceptance makes an incredible fertile soil for the seeds of change.” – Steve Maraboli
37. “Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.” – William Ellery Channing
38. “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” – Helen Keller
39. “From the cradle to the grave, joy and pain is the fertilizer for wisdom.” – T.F. Hodge
40. “Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” – John F. Kennedy
Find your a team to grow with
There are many teams in life that come in the form of family, friends, coworkers, and more. Find like-minded individuals that can support you on your journey. Having a good teammate to pick you up on a bad day is priceless.
41. “Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead.” – Morihei Ueshiba
42. “Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” – Khalil Gibran
43. “I think that everything happens to you for a reason. The hard times that you go through build character, making you a much stronger person.” – Rita Mero
44. “Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.” – Oprah Winfrey
45. “One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.” – Abraham Maslow
47. “Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
48. “If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?” – Rumi
49. “Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.” – William Butler Yeats
50. “Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.” – Albert Einstein
Never stop your personal growth
Growth is a continual process that should never end. Try to learn something new each day. Experience something you haven’t tried before. Meet and talk to someone that you usually wouldn’t. Grow and be happy in all your days.
You don’t have to rush to be the best person overnight. Just try to work a little each day at becoming the person who you want to be. Keep positive content, people, and thoughts around you. Find inspiration and let it guide your life in a wonderful direction.
