• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Self Help Daily

Inspirational and Self Help Blog with a Save the World Complex...

  • Home
    • Tour Self Help Daily
    • Self Help Daily’s Archives
    • Privacy
      • Affiliate Disclosure
  • Contact
  • Inspirational Quotes
  • Self Help
    • Positive Thought
    • Health
    • Mental Fitness
    • Relationships
    • Self Growth
    • How to Be Happy
  • Book Reviews
You are here: Home / Archives for quotes about life

quotes about life

Quotes About Life and Happiness

October 12, 2011 by Joi 4 Comments

If you want your life to be a magnificent story, then begin by realizing that you are the author and everyday you have the opportunity to write a new page. – Mark Houlahan

It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. – Epictetus

Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so. – Robert G. Ingersoll

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. – Mark Twain

There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved. – George Sand

Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn’t people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them? – Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy

I think I’ve discovered the secret of life – you just hang around until you get used to it. – Charles Schulz

There is only one way to happiness, and that is cease worrying about the things which are beyond the power of our will. – Epictetus

Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit. – Norman Vincent Peale

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet. – James Oppenheim

He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Life’s not always fair. Sometimes you can get a splinter even sliding down a rainbow. – Cherralea Morgen

I will keep a smile on my face and in my heart even when it hurts today. – Og Mandino

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. – Friedrich Nietzsche

Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy with what you have. – Zig Ziglar

More quotes about life and quotes about happiness.

Filed Under: Daily Quote Tagged With: quotes, quotes about happiness, quotes about life

Stealing Father Time’s Running Shoes

August 17, 2011 by Joi 2 Comments

Water

“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” – Winnie the Pooh

And Winnie always said he was a bear of very little brains. Ha.

This morning, my server was having an identity crisis. For a while there I thought it was in the market for a new career. Fortunately, it finally remembered itself, allowing me to get back to business.  However, for a couple of hours, I practically stared at my to do list, have tempted to scratch out “To Do” and write “Can’t Do” in its place.

I figured that I could sit and fume or get off my derriere and do something productive.  I did some laundry, brewed a pot of green tea, read from a new library book, and did 20 minutes of yoga.  The kind of morning I once took for granted. In the span of two hours (8:00 am – 10:00 am), I gained a little insight about time and maybe even life.  On a typical morning, these two hours are spent updating my food blog, sorting through e-mail accounts, updating my cat blog, moderating comments, and getting posts going on my self help blog and office supply blog.  Normally, these two hours fly by so fast you can almost hear the swoooosh.

By contrast, the clock almost seemed to be going backwards this morning.  At one point (ten minutes into yoga), I looked at the clock and even told my cat Alexa, “I think time’s literally standing still.” (She always pulls up a front row seat for the yoga show – wouldn’t miss it for all the salmon in the world.)

When I sat back down at my desk, I discovered that my server had regained its composure. I had a funny feeling inside that I couldn’t identify. Was it disappointment? Was it relief?   I decided that it was a mixture of the two and Alexa and I got down to business.

In one of those great twists of irony, I opened one of my notebooks of quotations (yes, this super geek collects quotes in notebooks) to choose a quote for Self Help Daily’s quote of the day. The first quote to jump off the page was the one I posted at the top of the page.

The analogy between my two morning hours and the countless hours of our lives is a striking one.  When I “busy away” my morning hours, they disappear in a blur.  Two hours feel like ten minutes.  On the other hand, a leisurely morning made two hours seemingly stretch.  Make no mistake about it, I’m not suggesting that you quit your job or drop out of school!  Nor am I suggesting that those of you who (like me) work from home start riding the couch and eating bon bons.

I’m just saying this: Time is a precious gift – one of the gifts we most take for granted. Some people get so busy trying to “get ahead” that they don’t take the time to enjoy the scenery along the way. Please don’t let that happen to you.  You don’t have to be in GO mode all day and night.  It may sound cheesy but pause and slow down a little each day or a little each evening.

If we don’t slow down enough to appreciate our lives, they’ll fly by so fast that you’ll almost be able to hear the swoooosh.

More Inspirational Quotes about Life

Filed Under: Daily Quote, Positive Thought, Spiritual Tagged With: inspirational quotes, life quotes, quotes about life

A Look at Life by The Eagles

May 26, 2011 by Joi 1 Comment

Is life sometimes unfair? Absolutely. Does life often snatch victory right from your hands and replace it with an epic failure? You bet. Can past mistakes and personal losses seem to heavy to carry? Most of the time, actually. Could you legitimately write a thousand and one “done me wrong” songs? At least! But, every now and then, we just have to LITERALLY take a few verses from a song by The Eagles and Get Over It!

GET OVER IT

by The Eagles

I turn on the tube and what do I see
A whole lotta people cryin’ ’don’t blame me’
They point their crooked little fingers at everybody else
Spend all their time feelin’ sorry for themselves
Victim of this, victim of that
Your momma’s too thin; your daddy’s too fat

Get over it
Get over it
All this whinin’ and cryin’ and pitchin’ a fit
Get over it, get over it

You say you haven’t been the same since you had your little crash
But you might feel better if I gave you some cash
The more I think about it, old billy was right
Let’s kill all the lawyers, kill ’em tonight
You don’t want to work, you want to live like a king
But the big, bad world doesn’t owe you a thing

Get over it
Get over it
If you don’t want to play, then you might as well split
Get over it, get over it

It’s like going to confession every time I hear you speak
You’re makin’ the most of your losin’ streak
Some call it sick, but I call it weak

You drag it around like a ball and chain
You wallow in the guilt; you wallow in the pain
You wave it like a flag, you wear it like a crown
Got your mind in the gutter, bringin’ everybody down
Complain about the present and blame it on the past
I’d like to find your inner child and kick it’s little a$$…

Get over it
Get over it
It’s gotta stop sometime, so why don’t you quit
Get over it, get over it….

More Quotes About Life.

Filed Under: Daily Quote Tagged With: inspirational quotes, life quotes, motivational quotes, quotes about life

Quote About Life from William Osler

March 20, 2008 by Joi 1 Comment

Horse and Hay

We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from it. – William Osler

**************************

More Quotes About Life.

Have you signed up yet for Self Help Daily’s Daily Inspirational Quotes? You’ll receive inspirational quotes in your e-mail everyday, seven days a week. These famous sayings and quotations will be highly inspirational and motivational in all areas of your life. You can use them on Facebook and Twitter as well as your daily life. I’ll choose only the best quotes I can find and will make them harmonize with the seasons, days of the week, upcoming holidays, and world events. I look forward to seeing you in your e-mail everyday!

Filed Under: Daily Quote Tagged With: inspirational quotes, motivational quotes, quotes about life

Beautiful Quote About Life From Marcus Aurelius

December 29, 2005 by Joi 2 Comments

Wedding Day

“It is not death that man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.” – Marcus Aurelius

More Favorite Quotes About Life:

When in the world are we going to begin to live as if we understood that this is life? This is our time, our day…and it is passing. What are we waiting for? – Richard L. Evans

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, “I used everything you gave me.” – Erma Bombeck

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile. – Albert Einstein

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better. – More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats. – Albert Schweitzer

Life is a blend of laughter and tears, a combination of rain and sunshine. – More Norman Vincent Peale Quotes

Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can. – Danny Kaye

Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but the moments that take your breath away. – George Carlin

When I hear somebody say that life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, “Compared to what?” – Sydney J. Harris

Life is like an onion; you peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep. – Carl Sandburg

And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. – More Abraham Lincoln Quotes

 

—- More Quotes About Life!

Filed Under: Daily Quote Tagged With: inspirational quotes, life quotes, quote of the day, quotes about life

Primary Sidebar

Self Help Blog

Cat on Pine Mountain , Kentucky

Welcome to Self Help Daily, a blog devoted to helping you get the most from life by getting the most from yourself!

Read the story behind the picture above in How to Live in the Moment.

Positive Affirmation Cards


Positive Affirmation Cards (Amazon)

Contact Joi

My name is Joi (“Joy”)! I am the animal lover behind Self Help Daily.

To contact me, please do so through e-mail (joitsigers @ gmail.com). Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you! ~ Joi

Self Help Blog Updates

  • Coping with Trauma After an Accident: 4 Steps to Follow
  • 4 Effective Options To Straighten Your Teeth Safely
  • How to Keep From Getting Drowsy or Falling Asleep While Driving
  • 7 Different Music Genres Worth Listening To
  • How to Approach the Decision on Whether or Not to Have Children
  • How to Develop a Body Neutral Mindset
  • Thingies…
  • How to Beat the Winter Blues: Activities to Help You Feel Better

Featured Quote Graphics

Don't Quit Quote Graphic

Dr. Seuss Quote About Being Who You Are

Booker T. Washington Quote About Hate

Wayne Dyer Quote About Karma

Quote About Habits

Footer

Inspirational Quotes

  • Abraham Lincoln Quotes
  • Billy Graham Quotes
  • Booker T. Washington Quotes
  • Dale Carnegie Quotes
  • Maya Angelou Quotes
  • Mark Twain Quotes
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
  • Norman Vincent Peale Quotes

More Inspirational Quotes

❖ Self Help Daily Updates



Overcoming Empty Nest Syndrome

One of the questions I hear the most from my readers is, "How can I cope with empty nest syndrome?" I'll try to deal with this sensitive subject as often as possible. If you have any suggestions, I hope you'll contribute to the conversations!

  • Coping With Empty Nest Syndrome
  • Don't Just Cope in an Empty Nest, Thrive!
  • How to Be Happy in an Empty Nest
  • Overcoming Empty Nest Syndrome
Copyright Self Help Daily 2021