“Remember this because it will happen many times in your life. When people show you who they are the first time; believe them. Not the 29th time. When a man doesn’t call you back the first time, when you are mistreated the first time, when someone shows you lack of integrity or dishonesty the first time, know that this will be followed many, many other times, That will some point in life come back to haunt or hurt you. Live your life in truth. Don’t pretend to be someone you’re not. You will survive anything if you live your life from the point of view of truth.” —Oprah Winfrey
Quotes
If You Are Not Willing
“If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” —Jim Rohn
It Doesn’t Matter
“It doesn’t matter that some people are laughing behind your back, glad to see you fail, smiling in your face, while pretending to be your friend. You are not your mistakes, your failures, or your disappointments. Beware, things will happen that you are not prepared for. Regroup, go back to the drawing board and come back with a different strategy. Every day you have the opportunity to relaunch, revive, and to reinvigorate your dream. You are more powerful than you realize! Dig in, challenge yourself, and hold the vision. You have GREATNESS within you!” —Les Brown
When Someone Is Vicious…
“When someone is vicious toward you they are giving you a glimpse of the pain they carry in themselves.” —Bryant McGill
Or you’ve pissed me off so bad that I lose the ability to be polite. There’s a difference.
I Would Rather Be Alone
“I would rather be alone than surrounded by people who only pretend to care.” —Unknown Author
In Its Severe Forms
“In its severe forms, depression paralyzes all of the otherwise vital forces that make us human, leaving instead a bleak, despairing, desperate, and deadened state. Life is bloodless, pulseless, and yet present enough to allow a suffocating horror and pain. All bearings are lost; all things are dark and drained of feeling. The slippage into futility is first gradual, then utter. Thought, which is as pervasively affected by depression as mood, is morbid, confused, and stuporous. It is also vacillating, ruminative, indecisive, and self-castigating. The body is bone-weary; there is no will; nothing is that is not an effort, and nothing at all seems worth it. Sleep is fragmented, elusive, or all-consuming. Like an unstable, gas, an irritable exhaustion seeps into every crevice of thought and action.” ―Kay Redfield Jamison
The Smallest Minority On Earth
“The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.” ―Ayn Rand
Human Beings Are Creatures Of Habit
“Human beings are creatures of habit. We may do something today simply because we did it yesterday, without much thought or awareness. Yet, the Creator is opposite. Every single part of creation is born anew each day. No two clouds are like. No two blades of grass grow in exactly the same way.
And so, as we grow closer to that Divine Force, we are asked to approach our lives the same way: To become more cognizant of our thoughts, our words, and deeds; to strive to make this world a better place because we existed; and to live with the awareness that each day is a fresh opportunity to bring Light to others near and far.” -Karen Berg
Bullying Is Nothing But…
“Bullying is nothing but actions motivated by hate. It’s the complete lack of open-hearted & open-minded thinking and total absence of all love.” -Kandee Johnson
You Can’t Help Everyone
“You can’t help everyone, but you can help someone. There are people in your life that are connected to your destiny. As you help them rise higher, you’ll rise higher.” —Joel Osteen
Believe me, there are days I wish I wasn’t as selfless as I am and that I forced myself to be selfish. However, there are certain people in my life who I will not allow to suffer, even if I’m only doing what I can in the moment. I’d rather do something than be ashamed that I did nothing.
Written by LISA MARINO-Molchanova 