Some quotes earn their place by saying something true in a way you've never quite heard before. Others just land differently depending on where you are in life. These are the ones I keep coming back to — organized by the kind of headspace they're most useful for.
Morning — Starting With the Right Energy
The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.
Nothing and nobody can give you happiness. Nothing and nobody can take it away.
Do the hard things for an easy life. Do the easy things for a hard life.
Aerodynamically, the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly. But the bumblebee doesn't know it, so it goes on flying anyway.
Only little men and women are never wrong.
Overcoming Self-Doubt
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure that you seek.
Your mindset will always be the very base foundation on which everything else builds.
I am not who you think I am. You are who you think I am.
The greatest mistake a person can make is to be afraid of making one.
We act based on what we believe about ourselves, and our environment.
Judgement comes from insecurity.
Discomfort is the price of admission to greatness.
Figure out what you most need to heal in yourself, by seeing what you most want to change in others.
Focus and Getting Things Done
Stop asking what am I doing with my life and start asking what am I doing with today.
Life becomes worthwhile when you have worthwhile goals.
Your life will unfold in direct proportion to how much you believe you deserve — not how much you think you should have.
If hard work led to success, the donkey would own the farm.
When you're not exposed to excellence, mediocrity looks like mastery.
How to Use These
Don't try to absorb them all at once. Scroll through, find the one that stops you — the one that feels like it was written for exactly where you are right now — and carry it with you for the week. Put it on a sticky note, set it as your phone wallpaper, write it at the top of your journal page.
Quotes don't change your life on their own. But a good one, arriving at the right moment, can shift the angle just enough to change the direction you're heading. That's worth something.