Inspirational quotes

[CharlieDickens]

I'm starting a new job soon, in a field that I've dreamt about working in since my 20s. I've been asked to come up with an inspirational quote. The one that I've developed a connection with is

"If the wind doesn't serve, take the oars."

It seems to get a marmite reaction though from the people I've run it past. Curious to know what other people think of it. The only other quote that has really helped me in my life is, "pull yourself together" (my mum).

Well done is better than well said. Benjamin Franklin

No star is ever lost that once was seen
We always may be what we might have been

The Maya Angelou quote:

"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"

Can be true in both a personal and professional environment.

Community: a place where you're known by name, and you're missed when you aren't there.

Look up Friedrich Nietzsche quotes.

“At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint, or even remember it. It is enough.” Toni Morrison

Might mean more if you're as old as me... 😀Good luck with the job!

For every problem under the sun there's a solution or none. If there's one find it, if there's none , never mind it.

Don't know who said it but stuck with me since my high school years.

Do you have Instagram? Search on there, there are countless quotes to sift through. Some are cheap, but some can be really profound. Worth a go.

I like the one you have OP. What's the theme though, is it perseverance, leadership, teamwork? Its hard to suggest something without context.

"We try never to forget that medicine is for the people. It is not for the profits. The profits follow, and if we have remembered that, they have never failed to appear. The better we have remembered it the larger they have been."
George Merck, 1929

This is about the need to focus on the customer and the stakeholders. Provide what they want, then the business results are a by product.

@Foxybyname mentioned Maya Angelou who is always a good source of inspirational quotes, as is Eleanor Roosevelt...

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Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday and all is well. Dale Carnegie.

Oh wow. I love this

an office focused one -

Dance like nobody is watching but email and text like it will be read in court some day.

No man made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little

Edmund Burke

The job is for a trainer in a gym. This quote is one that has really spoken to me this year. The theme of digging deep and using inner resources is something that I think a lot of trainers use.

Victory belongs to the most persevering

Napoleon

Let your reach exceed your grasp

I heard it in the Diana nyad autobiography but it's not her quote; it really struck a chord with me

A man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for?
robert browning

Mine is "do as you would be done by"

I like ‘Whether you think you can, or you can’t, you’re right’ Henry Ford