Catalyst Quotes

“Today is Your Lucky Day”

“This is what we are like.  Collectively as a species, this is our emotional landscape.  I met an old lady once, almost 100 years old, and she told me, “There are only two questions that human beings have ever fought over, all through history.  How much do you love me?  And Who’s in charge?  Everything else is somehow manageable.  But these two questions of love and control undo us all, trip us up and cause war, grief, and suffering.”   (Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love)

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“You are constantly being sent signs from the universe about what path to take.”    (Sanaya Roman)

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“A tree as big around as you can reach starts with a small seed; a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”    (Lao Tzu)

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“When you get rid of your fear of failure, your tensions about succeeding …  you can be yourself.  Relaxed.  You’ll no longer be driving with your brakes on.”     (Anthony de Mello)

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“The more I give myself permission to live in the moment and enjoy it without feeling guilty or judgmental about any other time, the better I feel about the quality of my work.”    (Wayne Dyer)

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“Forget mistakes.  Forget failures.  Forget everything except what you’re going to do now and do it.  Today is your lucky day.”    (Will Durant)

“They Will Tell You NO”

“There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: Those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed.”   (Ray Goforth)

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“What would you attempt to do if you knew you would not fail?”     (Robert H. Schuller)

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“In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.”    (Max De Pree)

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“All your life you are told the things you cannot do.  All your life they will say you’re not good enough or strong enough or talented enough; they will say you’re the wrong height or the wrong weight or the wrong type to play this or be this or achieve this.  THEY WILL TELL YOU NO, a thousand times no, until all the no’s become meaningless.  All your life they will you no, quite firmly and very quickly.

AND YOU WILL TELL THEM YES.    (Nike)

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“The past has no power over the present moment.”      (Eckhart Tolle)

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“What is Success?”

“Too often, we try to fit in with the crowd.  We play it safe.  But innovation is about taking risks while being true to you.  This takes confidence.  And it takes the belief that your “style” is what the world needs and wants.  Yes, taking this risk may help you stand out.  More importantly, it may be the ticket to your success.”     (Stephen Shapiro, Be Outrageous, It’s the Only Place That’s Not Crowded)

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“A young man wanted to know how to be successful.  He was sent to a wise man who made him promise to follow his instructions very carefully.  He agreed and the wise man took him to a body of water.  The wise man asked him to kneel down in the water and submerge his head.  Once under the water, the wise man grabbed his head so he couldn’t come up for a breath.  After the young man flailed and fought for a minute, the wise man released him, threw him up on the bank, and started walking away.  ‘You crazy old man!!  How did THAT teach me how to be successful?!’

The wise man turned and said, ‘You will be successful if you want something as bad as you wanted that breath of air.’”     (Author Unknown)

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“To succeed in this new world, we will have to learn, first, who we are.  Few people, even highly successful people, can answer the questions, ‘Do you know what you’re good at?’  ‘Do you know what you need to learn so that you get the full benefit of your strengths?’  Few have even asked themselves these questions.”    (Peter F. Drucker)

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“Success is a peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do the best of which you are capable.”     (Coach John Wooden)

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“Success is not the key to happiness.  Happiness is the key to success.  If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”      (Albert Schweitzer)

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“God doesn’t require us to succeed; He only requires us to try.”    (Mother Theresa)

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“If when you are dead someone can think about you and smile, then you have lived a successful life.”    (Author Unknown)

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“We’re On a Mission”

“It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique. It’s not easy, but if you accept your misfortune and handle it right your perceived failure can become a catalyst for profound re-invention.”    (Conan O’Brien)

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“In a dream you’re brave and courageous and will do or say whatever.  But come time to return to Reality … does your bravery and courage come too?”     (Darren Dickinson)

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“We can’t be afraid of change.  You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea.  Holding onto something that is good for you now, may be the very reason why you don’t have something better.”    (C. JoyBell C.)

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“A dream you dream alone is just a dream but a dream you dream together is reality.”    (John Lennon)

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“Somewhere in your make-up there lies sleeping, the seed of achievement which, if aroused and put into action, would carry you to heights, such as you may never have hoped to attain.”  (Napoleon Hill)

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“Sometimes dreams alter the course of an entire life.”     (Judith Duerk)

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“We’re on a mission from God.”    (The Blues Brothers)

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“What Is Your Purpose”

“The two most important days of your life – the day that you’re born, and the day that you figure out why you were born.

Everyone has a purpose in life.  Everyone has unique and specific talents, abilities, and interests that help guide them toward fulfilling their purpose.

What is your purpose in life?  What are you going to do to help improve the lives of others?  What are you going to do to make the world a better place?

The single most important thing you can do in life is to figure out what your purpose is.  The second most important thing you can do is to help other people figure out what is theirs.”     (Coach Frank DiCocco)

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“A hundred years from now, it will not matter what kind of car I drove, what kind of house I lived in, how much money I had in the bank … but the world may be a better place because I made a difference in the life of a child.”    (Forest Witcraft)

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“The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less that a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.  A man does what he must — in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures — and that is the basis of all human morality.”    (John Fitzgerald Kennedy)

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“Maybe there is more to a person than a body and a mind.  Maybe something else figures into the mix— not a soul, exactly, but a spirit that hints you might one day be greater, stronger than you are now.  A promise; a potential.”     (Jodi Picoult, Keeping Faith)

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“God isn’t going to ask you how he created the earth.  He already knows.  He’s going to ask, ‘What did you do with what I created?’  If we’re leaving a footprint that destroys the earth, we’ve failed to be good stewards.”     (Rich Cizik)

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“If not you … then who?”    (Marianne Williamson)

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“The ‘Thinks’ You Can Think Of If Only You Try”

“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.”    (J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan)

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“We have been moving along at such a fast pace that we no longer know what we are doing.  Now we have to wait until our soul catches up with us.”      (Paulo Coelho, Maktub)

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“The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life.  It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started.”     (Norman Cousins)

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“Alexander the Great conquered the world by age 25.  Mozart composed his first symphony by age 8. What have you done with your life?”     (Author Unknown)

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“If you are not the hero of your own story, then you’re missing the whole point of your humanity.”   (Steve Maraboli)

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“Think left and think right and think low and think high.  Oh, the ‘thinks’ you can think up if only you try!”      (Dr. Seuss)

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“The Rest of Your Life Starts Right Now”

“The rest of your life is a long time and whether you know it or not, it’s being shaped right now. You can choose to blame your circumstances on fate or on bad luck or bad choices, or you can fight back. Things aren’t always going to be fair in the real world, that’s just the way it is, but for the most part, you get what you give.  Let me ask you a question.  What’s worse: not getting everything you wished for or getting it and finding out it’s not enough?  The rest of your life is being shaped right now with dreams you chase, the choices you make and the person you decide to be.  The rest of your life is a long time and the rest of your life starts right now.”  (Mark Schwann, “One Tree Hill”) 

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“I often say that I don’t worry about the meaning of life–I can’t handle that big stuff.  What concerns me is the meaning in life — day by day, hour by hour, while I’m doing whatever it is that I do.  What counts is not what I do, but how I think about myself while I’m doing it.”   (Robert Fulghum, It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It)

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“I do not want to know what you will hope for.  I want to know what you will work for.  I do not want your sympathy for the needs of humanity.  I want your muscle.  As the wagon driver said when they came to a long, hard hill:  ‘Them that’s going on with us, get out and push.  Them that ain’t, get out of the way’.”     (Robert Fulghum)

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“A Warrior’s Prayer:

Make me strong in spirit, Courageous in action, Gentle of heart.

Let me act in wisdom, Conquer my fear and doubt, Discover my own hidden gifts.

Meet others with compassion, Be a source of healing energies, And face each day with hope and joy.”    (Abby Willowroot)

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“Waste no more time talking about great souls and how they should be.  Become one yourself!”  (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus)

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