Essential quotes for staying the course with personal growth and fulfillment
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Words of Wisdom for 2026
Words of Wisdom for 2026
Gentle reminders of wisdom to stay the course, come what may
How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward
Spanish Proverb
You do not rise to the level of your goals; you fall to the level of your systems
James Clear speaks . . .
We do not rise to the level of our expectations; we fall to the level of our training - Archilochus
Archilochus speaks . . .
If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary
Jim Rohn speaks . . .
Be patient with yourself; personal growth is tender, it’s holy ground, and there’s no greater investment
Stephen Covey speaks . . .
Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself; do not go looking for a successful personality and duplicate it
Bruce Lee speaks . . .
Be yourself; everyone else is taken
Oscar Wilde speaks . . .
Strive not to be a success, but to be of value
Albert Einstein speaks . . .
The only person you're destined to become is the person you decide to be
Ralph Waldo Emerson speaks . . .
Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than to not think at all
Hypatia of Alexandria speaks . . .
Human nature seems to me to provide a standard of law and justice both for the home and for the city. By following the tracks within oneself, whoever seeks will make this discovery: law is within, and justice, which is the orderly arrangement of the ...
Aesara of Lucania speaks . . .
It is necessary for a woman to seek genuine virtue so that she be just, brave, and prudent. She should exercise frugality and shun vanity
Perictione I (mother of Plato) . . .
Humanity, take a good look at yourself: inside, you have heaven and earth, and all of creation; you’re a world—all is hidden within you
Hildegard von Bingen speaks . . .
A short and modest vindication of the natural right of the fair sex to a perfect equality of power, dignity, and esteem, with the men (Woman not Inferior to Man, 1739, by “Sophia, a Person of Quality”)
Sophia, a Person of Quality . . .
I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves
Mary Wollstonecraft speaks . . .
The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. To dig for treasures shows not only impatience and greed, but lack of faith. Patience, patience, patience is what the sea teaches. Patience and faith. One should lie emp...
Anne Morrow Lindbergh . . .
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel
Maya Angelou speaks . . .
We cannot safely assume that other people's minds work on the same principles as our own
