Triple Inspiration in a Single Minute

It's been a couple of months since I've had the pleasure of gathering quotes again for this blog, and I've missed it. I love the quick inspiration I get from reading a powerful quote and how I can share my thoughts quickly and efficiently.

So here they are again: 3 quotes to start off your week with an extra bit of pizazz.

Get Productive!

“Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year – and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!”
(Tony Robbins)

Get Happy!

"The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does." 

(James M. Barrie)

Get Inspired!

"The power of imagination makes us infinite!"

(John Muir)

Triple Inspiration: Winter Edition

Another week gone by. How did it go? Ready for a new one yet? Maybe some quotes can inspire you to look forward to another Monday. I know I can always use a bit of extra motivation to get started.

It's been a wintry week here, so today's quotes are related to the season. It may be my least favorite season, but there are still plenty of things I love about winter.The holidays are an obvious example, but I also love snowy landscapes, winter foods and the crisp clear air of a frosty morning.

Now, without further ado, let's share some quotes.

Get Productive!

"To shorten winter, borrow some money due in spring."
(W.J. Vogel)

Get Happy!

"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes 

taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome."
(Anne Bradstreet)

Get Inspired!

In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.
(Albert Camus)

Get Wintry!

"You can't get too much winter in the winter."
(Robert Frost)

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Triple Inspiration in a Single Minute

What are you looking forward to next week? Any busy projects lined up? Dreadful meetings you need to attend? I'm sure that whatever it is you're doing, you could use a bit of extra inspiration. I know I could. So here are the quotations for this week.

Get Productive!

"The use of self-control is like the use of breaks on a train. It is useful when you find yourself going in the wrong direction, but merely harmful when the direction is right."

(Bertrand Russell) 

Get Happy!

In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
(Albert Schweitzer)

Get Inspired!

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled 

from the point where they started. 

(Henry Ward Beecher) 

Have a great week!

Triple Inspiration: Thanksgiving Edition

I've been teaching all my students about gratitude this week, and will be doing next week. I'll write another post on the importance it has played in my life tomorrow (aka I will write it today and it'll be posted tomorrow!)

So this week I'd like to put the focus on feeling grateful, using some quotes to inspire you. Technically Thanksgiving of course celebrates the harvest and the sharing between two completely different cultures, but it's also a great time to take a moment of feeling grateful for what we already have, before heading out to become the mass-pre-Christmas-consumers that we are.

Get Productive!

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation 

is not to utter words, but to live by them."

(John F. Kennedy)

Get Happy!
"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, 

but rejoices for those which he has."

(Epictetus) 

Get Inspired!

"There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude.  It is accompanied with 

such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance."  

(Joseph Addison)

Triple Inspiration In a Single Minute

Another Sunday in which I feel like updating ;-) I admit that the blog has been kind of slow, but I'm now finally starting to feel better (almost no more nausea) so trying to pick it up when I have some free time.

Today's quotes are as much to inspire myself as they are to inspire you, my dear readers. Feel free to add any great ones that you've come across lately to the list!

Get Productive!

"I am capable of what every other human is capable of."

(Maya Angelou)

Get Happy! 

“People tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will descend like fine weather if you’re fortunate. But happiness is the result of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly.”

(Elizabeth Gilbert)

Get Inspired!

"We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact 

that each moment of life is a miracle and a mystery."

(H.G. Wells)

Triple Inspiration: Food Edition

A little later than usual, but here it is still on Sunday: this week's installment of Triple Inspiration. Today I've let myself get inspired by food, which isn't difficult when you think about it 24/7.

If you're looking for more quotes to inspire you during the week, or for more ideas on how to use these quotes, check out the other Triple Inspiration posts.

Get "Productive"!

Never work before breakfast; if you have to work before breakfast, eat your breakfast first.  

(Josh Billings)

Get Happy!

The only time to eat diet food is while you’re waiting for the steak to cook. 

(Julia Child)

Get Inspired
Food is our common ground, a universal experience. 

(James Beard) 

Triple Inspiration In a Single Minute

It's Sunday again, so time for me to share some more of my favorite quotes. I love using quotes to pull myself through a rough day, or to make a great day even more inspiring. I'll often take a book of quotes and read a couple of pages before going to sleep, because it's so entertaining. Currently that book is The Atheist's Bible by Joan Konner. But there are tons of anthologies out there!

Now, for the quotes of this week:

Get Productive!

“If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of.”

(Bruce Lee)

Get Happy!

"Moderation. Small helpings. Sample a little bit of everything. 

These are the secrets of happiness and good health."

(Julia Child)

Get Inspired

"Life begins at the end of your comfort zone."

(Neale Donald Walsch)

For more quotes, check out the entire series here.

Triple Inspiration: Autumn Edition

It's October, and today's quotes are in an autumn theme. It's an amazing season where we are forced to let go of the warmth of summer and prepare for the dark winter months to come. 

But it's also a season full of beauty and light. It draws our attention inward, into our own minds and souls. It's a great time to let nature inspire you.

More inspirational quotes can be found in the other Triple Inspiration posts.

Get Productive!

"Even after a bad harvest, there must be sowing."

(Seneca)

Get Happy!

Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn.

(Elizabeth Lawrence)

Get Inspired!

No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace, as I have seen in one autumnal face.

(John Donne)

Triple Inspiration: 9/11 Edition

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Today is the anniversary of the worst terrorist attack the world has ever seen. So many lives were lost. So many more changed forever. It's difficult to imagine how different the world would be now if those two towers were still standing.

Ten years ago, I was 16 and came home from school one day to images of utter devastation. In a couple of hours, the world as we knew it had changed forever.

I don't think anyone who saw those images will ever forget them. They are burnt on our retinas. The feelings of that day still seem as fresh and as unreal.

Today I want to share three quotes to commemorate that awful day.

"We acquire the strength we have overcome."

(Ralph Waldo Emerson)

"Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant."  (Horace)

"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."

(Martin Luther King, Jr.)

Triple Inspiration in a Single Minute

How was your week? Mine has past quite relaxed with lots of extra rest. I hope you've been able to find enough time to rest as well. It's one of the most important things you can do for both your physical and mental well-being.

But I'm pretty sure you don't need any inspiration on how to sleep more. For those other things we tend to overlook: like how to stop procrastinating, how to be happy, and how to get inspired, here are three more quotes for you to take to the next week.

You can find the whole series of Triple Inspiration here.

Get Productive!

“How soon 'not now' becomes 'never'.”

(Martin Luther)

Get Happy!

"The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself"

(Benjamin Franklin) 

Get Inspired!

"I shut my eyes in order to see."

(Paul Gauguin)

Triple Inspiration: School Edition

Ready for some more inspiring quotes? It's Sunday again, the last one of the summer holiday, so I've found some quotes related to school and education that you may find useful in the week to come.

Get Productive!

"A child educated only at school is an uneducated child."

(George Santayana)

Get Happy!

"The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet."

(Aristotle)

Get Inspired!

"I've never let my school interfere with my education."

(Mark Twain)

Triple Inspiration in a Single Minute

Another Sunday, another set of delightful quotes to feast your eyes and mind upon. Read the full series of Triple Inspiration here in case these three don't quench your thirst.

Get Productive!

"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."
(Thomas Jefferson)

Get Happy! 

"To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour."
(William Blake - From Auguries of Innocence)

Get Inspired!"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable." 

(Christopher Reeve)

Triple Inspiration: Douglas Adams Edition

It's Sunday again, and it is now an established and trusted tradition, that Sundays start off with three quotes to inspire you for a productive, happy and inspired working week.

Today, the quotes come from my all-time favorite author: Douglas Adams. He was the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the four other books that made up the trilogy.

He was also a famous atheist, and cared deeply about the way the planet was (d)evolving. But most of all, he is remembered for his extraordinary sense of humor.

Get Productive!

"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."

Get Happy!

"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be."

Get Inspired!

"Let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all."

Bonus: one of my favorites as an extra
"Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?"

Triple Inspiration in a Single Minute

Hello dear readers, it's another Sunday.
Unbelievable how the weeks keep flying by, isn't it?

Last week's quotes are all used up by now, so I've got three fresh ones for you to keep in mind for the next seven days.

If you want to have a look at all the old posts in this series, you can click here.

Get Productive!

"Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task."
(William James)

Get Happy!

“Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and is never attained.”

(Nathaniel Hawthorne)

Get Inspired!

"The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible."
(Arthur C. Clarke)

Triple Inspiration in a Single Minute

So ... Sunday again. You know what that means! You get some inspiration for the week ahead!
If you're looking for more than the three quotes offered here, you can always check out the whole series through this link.

Get Productive!

"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action."
(Benjamin Disraeli)

Get Happy!

"I can only say that whatever my life and work have been, I'm not envious of anyone-and this is my biggest satisfaction."
(Roman Polanski) 

 

Get Inspired!

"In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher."
  (Dalai Lama)

Triple Inspiration: Kahlil Gibran Edition

It's Sunday again! The beginning of a new week beckons. Ready to be inspired to make the most out of every moment? You've come to the right place!

Every Sunday is Triple Inspiration Day here on MWH. You get three quotes that have taught me something valuable, and I hope they can do the same for you.  Today, the author of all of them is the famous philosopher and author Kahlil Gibran.
You can find the whole series of Triple Inspiration. through this link.

So, without further ado, here they are:

Get Productive!

 A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
(Kahlil Gibran)

Get Happy!

“When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.”

(Kahlil Gibran)

Get Inspired!

"The significance of a man is not in what he attains but in what he longs to attain."
(Kahlil Gibran)

Triple Inspiration: Travel Edition

Every Sunday I give you three quotes that may inspire you for the week to come. You could write them down, or read them from time to time. Or you can just forget about them all together. I'm giving you a choice, it's yours to make.
The whole series of Triple Inspiration in a Single Minute can be found here.

Get Productive!

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
(Mark Twain)

Get Happy!

 “All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.”
(Samuel Johnson)

Get Inspired!

“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.”
(Henry Miller)

Triple Inspiration in a Single Minute

Every Sunday is Triple Inspiration day here on Minutes Worth Hours. You get three quotes to guide you through the week and inspire you, make you happier and more productive.

You can find the full series here.

Get Productive!

"Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."
(Will Rogers)

Get Happy!

"I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.
(John Stuart Mills)

Get Inspired!

"We know what we are, but know not what we may be."
(Shakespeare - Hamlet)

Triple Inspiration in a Single Minute

Triple Inspiration in a Single Minute is a new series here on Minutes Worth Hours. Every Sunday, I will give you three quotes to inspire the rest of your week. They could be something to keep in mind, write in your diary, or post on your facebook status update. Whatever you do with them, I hope these sayings will inspire you as much as they have me.

You can find the whole series here.

Get productive!

"If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it." 
(Olin Miller)

Get happy!

"No man is happy who does not think himself so."
( Publilius Syrus)

Get inspired!

 "We must become the change we want to see in the world."
(Gandhi)