that moment when #goodquotesbecomemeaningful

Most of the time I just think motivational quotes are corny. Then something will happen and they'll start to be really meanginful. Like that one time I was on my mission,  and wanted to shirk the responsibility of training a new missionary, especially when I felt myself inadequate and the assignment premature. My companion shared this quote with me, which I promptly devoured (figuratively):


“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” - Marianne Williamson


Here are some other quotes I think are just as delicious. I'm making a database here online as a reference when I'll need them in the future. Feel free to add to the list. :)


“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” - Nelson Mandela

"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


"Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is bliss, taste it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is luck, make it. Life is too precious, do not destroy it. Life is life, fight for it." - Mother Teresa

"Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."- Michael Jordan


"Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." – George Bernard Shaw.


"Change is inevitable. Progress is optional." – Tony Robbins.


"When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves." – Viktor Frankl

"Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like." – Will Rogers.

"There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." - Albert Einstein.

"Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security" – John Allen Paulos.


:Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." – Helen Keller.

"To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance." – Oscar Wilde.

"When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us." – Alexander Graham Bell.

"You cannot solve a problem with the same mind that created it." - Albert Einstein.

"What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Maybe I should start my own motivational posters business!! Just think of the possibilities!