How to Be Empathetic

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Empathy is a very strong trait that is often mistaken for being weak. The quote “taking kindness for weakness” applies here for sure. But when it comes to how to be empathetic, you and I must do away with thinking empathy is a weak trait.

As I remember, being younger, I would avoid being empathic as much as I could! Maybe you relate to this?

Especially in intimate relationships where I was truly scared of connection. And getting hurt.

But we are really just hurting ourselves by not allowing ourselves to open up and experience the beauty that life altering experience like empathy can bring.

It builds layers of depth into our experience on this earth. Enriching our jouney

And if we choose to see it as a strength, rather a weakness, it also lets us build very strong relationships.

Once we see it as a strength and a great tool in our belt for ultimate connection, we can go about giving it. And the more we do so, the stronger our empathy gets.

At the end of the day, the definition of empathy is really just feeling what someone else is feeling. Not just verbalizing and intellectualizing what they are feeling. But truly “feeling their pain”, as it has been put by people. Stepping into one’s skin and becoming one with them through doing so.

Empathy is and always has been the best verbal and non-verbal communication and rapport building tool ever.

And below, I get into exactly how to be more empathetic, starting today.

Enjoy my friend.

How To Be Empathetic (31 Tips)

Eye Contact

The eyes are the tell all. They are where emotion is shown through. They provide you with directions into one’s soul. People may be able to hide emotions with their body. But they can’t do so with their eyes.

They light up and sparkle when we are happy. They look empty when processing grief. And they look scheming when we are telling a joke!

You can truly learn to read and be empathetic by looking into ones eyes. It will tell you how they are truly feeling. As verbalization can give you hints to what someone is feeling. But at the end of the day, we need to see past the words, to learn what is really being communicated.

Also, when you look into someone’s eyes, you are showing them that they have your full attention. There is no other act of empathy more so than truly giving someone your undivided attention.

Be Quiet

Empathy is not about verbalizing anything. It is usually about simply just “being there” for someone. And essentially letting them know you are there for them. Do you’re best not to provide answers or interject.

As when we are giving people our empathy, they just want to know that you are there for them.

It can be tempting though to try to make them feel better by saying the right thing. This is not needed here.

It is simply about truly being physically and emotionally present.

Validate Their Feelings

When it comes to being more empathetic, it is good to give someone COMPLETE freedom to feel. Whatever it is their are feeling, assure them that it is perfectly normal and OK.

If they are mad, accept them. If they are sad, let them be sad. If they are in grief, let them be in it.

This is a good time to verbally assure them that it is perfectly OK. That you are there to be with them through all the feelings they are going through.

And won’t leave until everything has been processed and they feel better

Mirror and Match Them

Above, we talked about being empathetic during a range of emotions one is feeling.

Here is where we want to match what they are feeling.

So say they are feeling super angry. Use your to emulate what they are feeling. Be frustrated with them.

Go through the range of emotions they are feeling with them. Ride the emotional roller coaster by simply experiencing their emotions with them.

If they say that they are “so pissed off”, simply state something like “that sounds SO frustrating”.

It can also be helpful to repeat their EXACT words too. So let’s say that they are saying that they “feel defeated”. They you say something like “I would feel defeated too”, or “I hear you, I’m sorry you feel defeated”.

This is a way to utilize words that are important to them. Which makes them feel more connected to you. And that you are truly listening.

Also, you want to pay attention to body language.

If they cross their legs, you do the same.

If they scratch their face, you do so.

Not right away, give some lag time. This will allow someone to again, feel deeply connected with you.

If they are closed off, and you do this, you can then open your own body back up later on. Giving them permission to do the same.

This will allow them to communicate more freely. And you will be able to connect deeper because of it. As you will be exposing the root emotions someone is experiencing.

Let Them Guide The Conversation

Empathy is not about directing the conversation a certain way on our parts. It is about letting the person “get it out”. Sit through the silence with them. Verbalize when you need to for mirroring their words.

Formulate What They Are Saying In Your Own Words

This is very powerful. To say something like “What I hear you saying is…”, and then form something in your own words about what they just said.

So for example, if the person you are giving empathy to says “I feel like I have no control over the situation”, you say:

“What I hear you saying is, that you feel out of control about what is going on”.

This will again, show someone that you are listening and that you are trying to “GET” them and how they are feeling.

Cultivate Curiosity

Whatever the other person is saying, become the most curious person in the entire world. Give them your full attention. As if acting like a child learning the world.

Showing curiosity exhibits someone who has let go of their pride for the moment.

You are showing that you have no care about “knowing” what is going on with them. Or have been through it, and what they are going through is of little importance.

When you show curiosity, a person will open up more. Naturally. This will allow you to show empathetic support through empathy for a longer spectrum of the conversation.

Touch

When it comes to how to be more empathetic in a relationship, touch can be huge.

Simply putting your hand on theirs and clamping it.

Or resting your hand on their shoulder.

It can go a long way.

Touch is so crucial when it comes to empathetic connection. It can go so much further than simply “saying the right thing”.

Only 7 percent of connection comes through the words we say.

That leaves ALOT of room for empathy through non-verbal cues.

Again, match their style of touch too.

For example, if they hug you and pat you on the back twice while doing so, you do the exact same thing.

If they shake your hand, and put the other hand on top of it, you do the same thing.

You will subliminally tell this person that you are “like them”. That you are trying to adapt to their style.

Not forcing your own style on them.

Thank Them For Sharing

No matter how much, or how little the person shares, thank them.

Give them gratitude for sharing and being brave.

Tell them that it can be tough formulating and sharing emotions. And that you are incredibly thankful that they would give you the courtesy to enter their world.

Listen With Your Heart

Your heart knows all answers. Emotional intelligence starts and emanates form our hearts.

When being more empathetic, operate from your heart.

Try to leave your head behind when going into empathetic communication. Your heart will guide your through the conversation.

It will allow you to put feel what they are feeling faster than any other way.

Your head is where your ego is. If you stay there, you could get triggered by things. Especially if you are trying to be more empathetic is a relationship.

Stay in your heart the entire time. It will be much more efficient when giving empathy. It will also allow you to communicate so effectively that your relationship and bond will much stronger because of it.

Put Yourself in Their Shoes

This goes without saying. Empathy is literally acting like you are that person. That you are going through what they are going through. That YOU don’t exist for a little while.

It is trying as hard as you can, to feel what it would be like if you were in their situation.

When you are doing this, you can then essentially better communicate what they might be feeling.

So is someone is in grief about losing someone, empathize off of that.

How would you feel if you lost someone close to you? What emotions would you be feeling. What would be going through your head.

Doing this will allow you to verbalize what feelings may be going on in the other persons body.

It will allow you to feel their pain. And help them to the other side of it.

Don’t Be Impatient

Human connection can take 3 seconds or 3 hours to form.

It isn’t something that we put on our to do list.

It is something that has to be formed organically.

So when giving someone empathy, don’t put a time table on it. You can even tell the person that you are in no rush. You are there for them and don’t plan on leaving.

This will let the person completely open up to you. Both verbally and emotionally.

It will create an environment of peaceful communication. As the person knows you are in it for the long haul.

You aren’t just treating them like something you have to get done. You are treating them like they are the most important person in the world. Showing ultimate respect.

You can even schedule time off for when you really need to show empathy.

So you are not thinking about the next place you have to be.

Listen To Your Intuition

Your gut will tell you all you need to know. It is very good at giving you what is needed when you need it.

When you are trying to be more empathetic, your gut will tell you when to talk and when not to.

It will also give you the right thing to say, at the right time. When something is needed to be said.

“Tell Me More”

The first part of trying to be empathetic will get very surface level responses.

In order to go deeper and try to really form emotional bonds and connections, we need to probe more.

Whatever they tell you, simply tell them to tell you more about that. Or say something like ” can you elaborate on that”?

This will allow you to get to the real root of what they are feeling. And then you can truly connect with empathy. As when you know what is really going on, then you can implore all the rest of the tips for how to be empathetic on our list.

Open Up

Literally opening up your body and not being closed off. Also, open up emotionally. This is giving one the freedom to know that you are open to being vulnerable with them.

If you are like me, guys have a tough time with this. We think it is weak to show any sort of emotion. And yet in order to show empathy, we need to let go of this notion that it is weak.

We can connect deeply by showing and allowing our emotions to become full bore.

It allows for deep connection, doing away with superficialness of trying to hide emotions.

Tune Out Distractions 

When showing someone empathy, it is best to not be distracted. Try to let go or push away thoughts about what you are doing after. Dinner plans, work related issues, letting the dog out of the house.

These things get in the way of being present with someone when trying to show empathy.

Also turn your phone off. Just knowing that it is off will allow you to be more present. As you won’t be tempted to see who is texting you. Or wonder what is going on in the world of social media.

This one has helped me a lot. And I know it can help you.

Meditate Regularly

A great STUDY talks about how engaging in mediation is associated with changes in neural circuitry which is linked of being a central importance for the cultivation of empathy.

It also reduces central and peripheral stress responses. Which can help us both understand as well a identify mental states in people we are interacting with.

This ability to do this, heightens our ability to display and make empathy felt in other people.

A simple way to start meditating, if you don’t do so already, is to simply sit down and become mindful of what is going on around you.

Notice the sounds, how the seat feels on your back, the reflection of the light on the wall. This is the basic essence of mindful meditation.

You can also simply engage in mantra meditation. Where you say “OM” continuously. This will quiet your mind down, allowing you to engage in deeper and deeper meditation sessions.

Also, if you have any negative preconceived ideas to traditional mantras, that is all good. As you can simply meditate with words like LOVE or PEACE.

You just need to be anchoring yourself in the moment. Which can be done with any positive words or emotions.

Do Something With Them In Their World 

We all have different things we personally like to do or engage in. Some people love to go to church. Other people like to lift weights or go running. Other people garden.

Figure out what the person you are trying to offer empathy to values. Then offer to do it with them once or even on a regular basis.

This allows you to step into their world. Feel their joys. Maybe dig deeper on other issues as well. As when people are in their element, they are more open to building deeper relationships. As they feel more comfortable. Hence sharing more.

This will give you more of a chance to become more empathetic. As you will have material to show empathy off of.

Treat People Like You Want To Be Treated

Here is an exercise that you and I can both use. When working on giving people empathy, try to act as if you are giving it to yourself.

How would you want to be treated in the same situation. If you were providing someone else with information, in hopes of receiving empathy.

Literally act like the other person is you. And treat them accordingly.

So let’s say that someone tells you about how their childhood was traumatic.

How would you want to be treated, if you were telling someone else about how your childhood was traumatic?

Then treat that person the SAME exact what as you would like to be treated.

Practice On Strangers

Let’s say that someone cuts you off in traffic. Instead of jumping to the conclusion that they are an a-hole, simply refrain from letting yourself default to that.

Instead simply think about what the person may be going through. Personally or professionally.

Maybe they are going through a divorce. Or were laid off at work. Or simply they are worried about a child not doing good at school.

Really anything that is opposite of your default mode.

Read Fiction

Didn’t expect this one right?? Me either until doing research for this article!

A great article by Scientific American elaborates on a study about how fiction reading actually improves one’s capacity for empathy.

It works opposite of popular fiction, which popular fictional writing tends to be a little more outlandish and dramatic in it’s approach.

It takes one on more of a roller coaster ride through the emotional spectrum.

The material that allows us to build more empathy is literary fiction. This body of work places it’s focus more heavily on character psychology. Often depicted in a less detailed way, in which we are left and feel responsible for filling in gaps.

This forces us to more understand the characters motivations and intentions.

Essentially allowing us to walk a mile in their shoes. As he old adage goes.

It if forcing the reader to take a more imaginative approach to character dialogues. In a more introspective way.

Let Go Of Prejudices 

A more all encompassing way to show empathy is to look at everyone as equal.

People who appear to be something outside the norm.

People of different races being more lowely. Or someone outside your country who may be linked to “terrorists”.

Just people people look a certain way, doesn’t mean they are.

People are individuals. Most of us are all doing our best. Including you and me.

If you can see this as a program that has been instilled in us, you can let it go. See people as being “humans”. Everyone is the same. Everyone is equal.

Challenge the way you see these biases.

That way, you can find the real reason you do so. And see how it is not supporting you giving empathy to other people.

Challenge what you know to be “true”.

Write Hand Written Letters

Anyone can text, call, email or DM. In today’s day and age, if you and I get a hand written note, it makes an impact.

Because at the end of the day, it is one of the most thoughtful gestures we can display today. It takes time to write a note, money to buy a stamp and thoughtfulness that goes into the note.

This is a game change for how to be empathetic my friend.

Resource: How To Write Handwritten Notes Like A Pro

Help People Identify Their Feelings

Often times, honing in on what someone else is feeling is the entrance to the doors of empathy. It will allow you to truly connect. As a person will tell you the exact emotion that they are experiencing.

This way, you can essentially feel that exact emotion too.

Once you experience it, then you will know what they are experiencing. Plus in a verbal sense, you can revert back to that emotion. Naming it a few times throughout the conversation so that they know you are feeling what they are feeling. And are listening.

Don’t Let Your Story Overpower Theirs

At the end of the day, we all have been through a lot in this life. You and I both know this, am I right??

So when we are trying to show empathy, we can naturally relate our stories to theirs.

But this is where we need to draw the line. We need to focus on them, not ourselves.

The more we state how our situations in the past relate to theirs, the more we lose that connection that we are trying to create.

Just allow the person to be the main star in their story. Maybe later on, and that is a big maybe, you can weave your story into their timeline.

This can be done when the more painful emotions have left or lessened.

Ask Open Ended Questions

Questions that evoke a “Yes” or “No” will not lead you anywhere. They will not allow you to create a rich conversation to where the person feels as if they are safe to open up to you.

Avoid closed ended questions such as:

1. Did that make you feel bad?
2. Do you feel better about it now?
3. Did it affect you?
4. Was your day good?
5. Are you over it?
6. What time did that happen?

Instead ask questions that are open ended, like:

1. What did you not like about that?
2. How did that make you feel?
3. What was going on in your head when that happen?
4. What do you think your next step will be?
5. How do you wish it could have played out?
6. What was going on around you when that happen?
7. What do you expect to change about this in the future.

A key note to focus on when asking questions that are open ended it to simply ask it in a way that evokes description. The more description the better.

When people respond to open ended questions like this, they are reliving things that happened to them. In which they are allowing themselves to become more intimate and vulnerable with you.

Thus you have then created an environment that fosters empathy. And trust.

Notice Empathy When You Are You Out

We want to really get our Reticular Activating System working with empathy. This is the area of the brain that seeks, out of all the data and stimuli, what our true hearts desires are.

That is why when you want a certain car, in a certain color, you start seeing it everywhere!

If we really want to lead an empathetic life, we need to start trying to spot it out in our experience.

Then once you do see it, praise it. Praise the person who is imploring empathy.

Whatever you bless in this life, it has to come back into your experience. What you give out, must come back.

Practice My Friend

You probably knew I was going to end with this one right?? We can only give as much as we have.

The more you fill your cup with empathy, the more you can pour out. The more you show it, the better you will get at giving it.

Plus it will become much more natural. And permeate through all of your actions in this life.

And because it is such a powerful emotion, it will cultivate so much more happiness and fulfillment into your existence.

Envision It

Seeing yourself doing something over and over, does wonders for your life. If it is a good thing!

You subconscious mind doesn’t know how to differ reality from fantasy. And the more you imprint mental pictures on it, the more you will act this way subconsciously.

See yourself treating people with the utmost empathy and respect. Envision them reacting positively and enjoying your empathetic communication style.

I gaurantee, the more you do that, the more you will draw in experiences into your life where you can show empathy.

As well as know just the right thing to say or do when the moment arises to give empathy.

Show Empathy Once Per Day

Simply take one tip from this list, and do so each day. Give one person, one animal one thing empathy.

You can even start out with the list I created for us peeps looking to drop some empathy on the world, check it out here:

401 Random Acts of Kindness

77 Statements and Questions To Show More Empathy (Empathetic Statements)

1. How are you feeling?
2. Tell me more about what is going on?
3. I am here for you.
4. I am here for you no matter what.
5. Whatever you are going through, we will get through it together.
6. I feel your pain.
7. You can tell me anything.
8. I will never tell anyone what we talk about.
9. Your secrets are always safe with me.
10. I have your back.
11. I accept you as you are.
12. You can show me any emotion you are experiencing.
13. I will never judge you.
14. I want to connect deeper with you.
15. I want to walk in your shoes.
16. I want to build a better relationship with you.
17. I want to rebuild our relationship.
18. You have my heart forever.
19. I will always love you.
20. I hear you.
21. I understand what you are saying.
22. Tell me more about that.
23. Tell me what is going on inside your head.
24. If I was in your shoes, I would feel the same way.
25. I wish I could take all of your pain away.
26. Im here for you, even when I leave.
27. Text or call me anytime of the day or night.
28. I am always one call away.
29. I am so proud of you.
30. Lets just sit together and not say anything.
31. We ride together, we die together.
32. This too shall pass.
33. You will get through this because you are so strong.
34. You are the strongest person I know.
35. My heart is heavy for you.
36. Everything happens for a reason.
37. Even when you are cry you are beautiful/handsome.
38. I am so honored that you would share what you are feeling with me.
39. You are so strong for sharing this with me.
40. We will get through this together.
41. What you are saying makes complete sense.
42. Something is better for you right around the corner.
43. This must be hard.
44. I hate that this is happening to you.
45. Let’s find a silver lining together.
46. I would feel the exact same what if I was you.
47. You are handling this so much better than I would.
48. It makes perfect sense that you feel that way.
49. I seriously can’t imagine what you are going through.
50. God gives His toughest battles to His strongest soldiers.
51. Thank you so much for sharing.
52. You are going to come out stronger and better than ever before after this.
53. What has it been for you to go through this?
54. How are you coping with this?
55. You must feel so helpless
56. Is there anything in the world I can be doing for you right now.
57. I am always in your corner.
58. I am here to listen to you anytime.
59. You can talk as much or as little as you want.
60. It is completely natural for you to feel this way.
61. That must have really hurt your feelings.
62. I wish I could do more for you.
63. I would be “emotion” too.
64. You are making complete sense right now.
65. I truly wish you weren’t going through this.
66. It hurts me to see you this away.
67. I agree with what you are saying.
68. Is there anything I can do for you today or any day for that matter.
69. No wonder you are feeling “emotion.”
70. Do you mind if I summarize what I hear you saying?
71. You are completely right.
72. What do you feel you will do next?
73. You must really feel trapped!
74. Whatever emotion you are feeling, I want to feel it with you.
75. I will help you get to the finish line.
76. You are a champion.
77. I would have given up by now, you are stronger than me!

∂ƒConclusion to How To Become Empathetic

At the end of the day, giving empathy is the ultimate form of deep human connection. When it comes to how to be empathetic, now you have a myriad of ways to really show that you care.

That you are there for someone more than ever.

Stepping in their skin. Feeling their pain with them. Helping them get through what they are going through.

And ultimately having you come out with more life perspective. And building a deeper relationship with the other person.

I would love to hear your perspective on the subject of giving empathy. If you have any tips to add that you have found helpful.

Along with what your favorite tip from the list was.

Let’s chat in the comment section below!

Thank you for reading, I am grateful for you!

 

Chris

Quotes About Trust

Trust is the most valuable thing in the world, as you will see in these quotes about trust. The perspectives below, show how it is the hardest thing to build. And the easiest thing to lose.

It is as precious as a pearl. And as valuable as a diamond.

When you trust someone, or someone trusts you, you have a piece of each others heart. That feeling runs so deep, it is hard not to be impacted when someone trusts us completely.

That is why it is so imperative that we always seek to maintain and build on that trust. Day in and day out. Providing ultimate loyalty to the people in our lives.

Below are 325 trust quotes that show us so many different perspectives on the meaning of trust. The true definition of the word.

Giving us insights into what we already know within ourselves, about trust. As well as provoking us to dig deeper, providing trust in an more unconditional way. And lastly, shedding light on actions that may show us the lack of trust in our lives.

And much more.

Enjoy my friend.

325 Quotes About Trust

1. “Trust yourself, you will start to trust others.” – Santosh Kalwar

2. “Friendship is built on two things, respect and trust.” – Unknown

3. “He who does not trust enough, will not be trusted.” – Lao Tzu

4. “The best proof of love is trust.” – Joyce Brothers

5. “Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.” – Johann Wolfgang

6. “Whether it it’s friendship, or relationship, all bonds are built on trust. Without it, you have nothing.” – Unknown

7. “The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.” – Ernest Hemingway

8. “All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

9. “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.” – Warren Buffet

10. “When I get logical, and I don’t trust my instincts, that’s when I get in trouble.” – Angelina Jolie

11. “Wise men put their trust in ideas, not circumstances.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

12. “Don’t trust all men, but trust men of worth, the former course is silly, the latter is a mark of prudence.” – Democritus

13. “Trust your instincts, and make judgements on what your heart tells you. The heart will not betray you.” – David Gemmell

14. “I trust myself, you need that to survive.” – Yoko Ono

15. “In this world, there is nothing scarier than trusting someone. But there was also nothing more rewarding.” – Brad Meltzer

16. “Trust should be the basis for all our moral training.” – Robert Baden-Powell

17. “Trust your hunches. They’re usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.” – Joyce Brothers

18. “Trust, once lost, could not be easily found. Not in a year, perhaps not even in a lifetime.” – E.B. Spredemann

19. “Trust opens up new and unimagined possibilities.” – Robert C. Solomon

20. “You must train your intuition, you must trust the small voice inside you which tells you exactly what to say, what to decide.” – Ingrid Bergman

21. “Sticking to what you trust, and trusting what you stick to are crucial.” – Graham Allcot

22. “Trust is always earned, never given.” – R. Williams

23. “Don’t trust a person who has broken faith once.” – William Shakespeare

24. “The shift of fortune tests the reliability of friends.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero

25. “When people honor each other, there is a trust established that leads to synergy, interdependence, and deep respect. Both parties make decisions and choices based on what is right, what is best and what is valued most highly.” – Blaine Lee

26. “Trust thyself, every heart vibrates to that iron string.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

27. “We should not expect to receive more trust than we dish out.” – Dr Kenton D Wiley

28. “We all see our worst selves. Our most vulnerable selves. We need someone else to get close enough to tell us we’re wrong. Someone we trust.” – David Levithan

29. “I trust everyone, I just don’t trust the devil inside them.” – Troy Kennedy-Martin

30. “The toughest thing about the power of trust is that it’s very difficult to build and very easy to destroy.” – Thomas J. Watson

31. “Trust is letting go of the needing to know all the details before you open your heart.” – Unknown

32. “Trust is the fruit of the relationship in which you know you are loved.” – William Paul Young

33. “The only statistics you can trust are those you falsified yoruself.” – Winston Churchill

34. “Trust dies, but mistrust blossoms.” – Sophocles

35. “Trust is like a vase, once it’s broken, through you can fix it, but the vase will never be the same again.” – Walter Anderson

36. “Fear leads to more fear, and trust leads to more trust.” – Dean Ornish

37. “Trust starts and ends with truth.” – Santosh Kalwar

38. “Learning to trust is life’s most difficult tasks.” – Isaac Watts

39. “Speak the truth, even if your voice shakes.” – Robin Sharma

40. “Earn trust, earn trust, earn trust. Then you can worry about the rest.” – Seth Godin

41. “It’s mutual trust, even more than mutual interest, that holds human associations together.” – H.L. Mencken

42. “Life without trust is a life in turmoil.” – M.K. Soni

43. “Faith does not need to push the river, because faith is able to trust that there is a river. The river is flowing. We are in it.” – Richard Rohr

44. “Trust is built when someone is vulnerable and not taken advantage of.” – Bob Vanourek

45. “People want to be around those who are up, lively, and happy and all things that engender trust.” – Robin James

46. “trust in God for great things. With your five loaves and two fishes, He will show you a way to feed thousands.” – Horace Bushnell

47. “A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.” – Thomas Paine

48. “Increase your trust in yourself and your faith in a positive future.” – Lynn Wall

49. “Trust is built with consistency.” – Lincoln Chafee

50. “When the trust account is high, communication is easy, instant and effective.” – Stephen R. Covey

51. “Failing to do what you say is the easiest way to break trust.” – Brock Blohm

52. “Trust your instincts, be true to yourself.” – Catherine Pulsifer

53. “Decide whether or not to trust a person is like whether or not to climb a tree, because you might get a wonderful view from the highest branch, or you might simply get covered in sap, and for this reason many people choose to spend their time alone and indoors, where it is hard to get a splinter.” – Lemony Snicket

54. “The more you trust your intuition, the more powerful you become. The stronger you become and the happier you become.” – Gisele Bundchen

55. “Trust is like blood pressure. It’s silent, vital to good health and if abused, it can be deadly.” – Frank Sonnenberg

56. “Trust is a skill learned over time so that, like a well trained athlete, one makes the right moves, usually without much reflection.” – Robert C. Solomon

57. “For ever good reason to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.” – Bo Bennett

58. “Trust is a fragile thing. But it is the most fragile things in life that are also the most valuable and worth fighting for, no matter where you live or what you do. And although it takes time and tenacity, living a life of trust, is always worth it.” – Ed Young

59. “Trust? Years to earn, seconds to break.” – Unknown

60. “Building trust, means thinking about trust in a positive way.” – Robert C. Solomon

61. “Respect people who trust you. It takes a lot for people to trust you, so treat their trust like precious porcelain.” – Brandon Cox

62. “Trust yourself among your own actions. You are the best judge of your own actions.” – Matt Morris

63. “Being trustworthy is one of the hallmarks of being a good friend and a good person.” – Jennifer Freed

64. “Quit questioning God, and start trusting him!” – Joel O’steen

65. “Keep our promises and be consistent. Be the kind of person others can trust.” – Roy T. Bennett

66. “Trust is what we do each day, when we get out of our bed and put our clothes on. It is the thing that makes it possible for us to keep putting one foot in front of the other. “- Iyanla Vanzant

67. “Put more trust in nobility of character, than in an oath.” – Solon

68. “The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once.” – Rene Descartes

69. “People follow leaders by choice. Without trust, at best you get compliance.” – Jesse Lyn Stoner

70. “We are never so vulnerable than when we trust someone, but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy.” – Walter Anderson

71. “Most relationships are built on mutual trust and respect.” – Mona Sutphen

72. “Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.” – Hahlil Gibran

73. “Put your trust in God, but be sure to keep your powder dry.” – Oliver Cromwell

74. “Never trust anything that can think for itself, if you can’t see where it keeps it’s brain.” – J.K. Rowling

75. “I believe everything happens for a reason. People change so you can learn to let go. Things go wrong so you can appreciate them when they’re right. You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart, so better things can fall together.” – Marilyn Monroe

76. “Real trust is built on movements of the human heart such as empathy, commitment, compassion, patience and the capacity to forgive.” – Parker J. Palmer

77. “It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody.” – English Proverb

78. “Love all, trust a few.” – William Shakespeare

79. “We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible. To have real conversations with people may seem like such a simple, obvious suggestion, but it involves courage and risk.” – Thomas Moore

80. “The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust.” – Abraham Lincoln

81. “Truth starts with truth, and ends with truth.” – Santosh Kalwar

82. “Better to trust a man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.” – Eric Sevareid

83. “Trust is only gained when one person risks and doesn’t get harmed. It grows as both people increasingly risk and don’t get harmed in the process.” – Glen Williams

84. “Trust is not an obsession, it’s an extension of love. When we truly love someone, we give them our heart to hold in their hands. And when that love is returned, that very trust is balm to our souls.” – Julie Lessman

85. “A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.” – Maurice Harold Macmillan

86. “Building a foundation of trust has lasting benefit, long beyond the team building experience. Trust leads to cohesion, cohesion leads to an environment where team members are willing to take a chance with their ideas and suggestions.” – Eriq Powers

87. “Trusting my voice helps me find my way.” – Gabi Garcia

88. “It is a delight to trust somebody so completely.” – Jeff Goldblum

89. “Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.” – Booker T. Washington

90. “Sometimes the people you love turn out to be the people you will trust the least.” – Shannon L. Alder

91. “Trust yourself, don’t be scared of trying something new if you feel a deep impulse.” – Helena Angel

92. “Trust is like a mirror, you can fix it if it’s broken, but you can still see the crack in that motherf***** reflection.” -Lady Gaga

93. “As you grow older, you are going to have friends and poeple you will trust more than others. These people are your inner circle.” – Chikamso Efobi

94. “Trust is the true glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships.” – Stephen Covey

95. “Indifference is expensive. Hostility is unaffordable. Trust is priceless. It’s all about relationships.” – Ted Rubin

96. “The truly scary thing about undiscovered lies is that they have great capacity to diminish us than exposed ones.” – Cheryl Hughes

97. “One of the reasons I don’t trust the media is you can’t have a double standard for guys you like and dislike.” – Charles Barkley

98. “Whoever is careless with the truth in smaller matters, cannot be trusted with important matters.” – Albert Eistein

99. “Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.” – Aesop

100. “Give but don’t allow yourself to be used. Love but don’t allow your heart to be abused. Trust but don’t be naive. Listen but don’t lose your own voice.” – Unknown

101. “When people see commitments are met with consistency, they tend to develop trust. Trust is the key to persuasion.” – Khalid Imran

102. “Trust is a very important thing to grow in life. Be it in personal or professional life, you cannot live without trust.” – Nicole Smith

103. “You can show trust by believing in others when other people have abandoned them.” – Byron Pulsifer

104. “We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.” – Lord Byron

105. “Trust is like a mirror, once it’s broken, you can never look at it the same again.” – Unknown

106. “One that has neither trust nor wisdom, nor does one trust anyone, finds no happiness.” – M.K. Soni

107. “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.” – Abraham Lincoln

108. “I don’t trust anybody. Not anybody. And the more that I care about someone, the more sure I am they’re going to get tired of me and take of.” – Rainbow Rowell

109. “Trust is a business communication skill which, in combination with behavior, either works to build trust or destroy it.” – L Finkle

110. “Trust is not simply a matter of truthfulness or even constancy. It is also a matter of amity and goodwill. We trust those who have our best interests at heart, and mistrust those who seem deaf to our concerns.” – Gary Hamel

111. “Never be afraid to trust an unknown future, to a known God.” – Corrie Ten Boom

112. “Men trust their ears, less than their eyes.” – Herodotus

113. “Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work.” – Warren Bennis

114. “Most of us consider trust to be built slowly, with verification, and in degrees, truth is created by the combination of things and while the end result is almost magical, the process cannot be rushed.” – Mac Richard

115. “Trust is very hard if you don’t know what you’re trusting.” – Marianne Williamson

116. “It takes two to do the trust tango, the one who risks (the trustor) and the one who is trustworthy (the trustee), each must play their role.” – Charles H. Gree

117. “God is ever the true source of unflinching trust, of loyal devotion and of confident fealty.” – Arthur Emerson Harris

118. “Trust your intuition, and let it lead you to new opportunities, while steering you away from time wasters and scams.” – Cathy Stucker

119. “Trust removes an enormous source of stress because it allows you to act with incomplete information.” – John Gottman

120. “Trust is like an eraser, it gets smaller and smaller after every mistake.” – Unknown

121. “Tell a lie once, and all your truths become questionable.” – Unknown

122. “The glue that holds all relationships together, including the relationship the leader and the led is trust, and trust is based on integrity.” – Brian Tracy

123. “Remember this, trust is built in drops and lost in buckets.” – Unknown

124. “‘It was a mistake.’ you said. But the cruel thing was, it felt like the mistake was mine, for trusting you’.” – David Levithan

125. “A man trusts another man when he sees enough of himself in him.” – Gregory David Roberts

126. “Trust is something that is difficult to establish. It is fragile that needs to be taken care of. Once trust breaks or shatters into pieces, it is very difficult to rebuild it.” – K. Cunningham

127. “Like everybody and trust no one.” – Lauren Conrad

128. “The ability to trust provides the bedrock for emotional security and peace of mind. Being trustworthy is the foundation of personal integrity.” – Sue Patton

129. “Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.” – Arthur Ashe

130. “Trust can be gained or lost in the small things as well as in the big areas of life.” – Tony DiLorenzo

131. “Only those you trust can betray you.” – Terry Goodkind

132. “To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.” – George MacDonald

133. “It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.” – Confucius

134. “I believe the greatest compliment in the world is trust.” – Jennifer McAllister

135. “Christmas can be the end of pessimism and cynicism, the beginning of belief and trust.” – William Arthur War

136. “The inability to open up to hope is what blocks trust, and blocked trust is the reason for blighted dreams.” – Elizabeth Gilbert

137. “Trust is more important than ever to our lives and businesses.” – Jayne Warrilow

138. “I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.” – Thomas Jefferson

139. “Trust is hard to come by. That’s why my circle is small and tight. I am kind of funny about making new friends.” – Eminem

140. “Trust but verify.” – Ronald Reagan

141. “If you have three people in your life that you can trust, you can consider yourself the luckiest person in the whole world.” – Selena Gomez

142. “You can’t trust anybody with power.” – Newt Gingrich

143. “If you don’t have trust inside your company, then you can’t transfer it to your customers.” – Roger Staubach

144. “For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first.” – Suzanne Collins

145. “Never trust fears, they don’t know your strength.” – Unknown

146. “Trust your instincts, and make judgements on what your heart tells you. The heart will not betray you.” – David Gemmell

147. “Trust is earned when actions meet words.” – Chris Butler

148. “It is a mutual trust, even more than mutual interest, that holds human associations together.” – H.L. Mencken

149. “To learn trust, one must be vulnerable. It is the only path to real intimacy.” – Ellen Miley Perry

150. “Trust what you love, continue to do it and it will take you where you need to go.” – Natalie Goldberg

151. “Trust is the easiest thing in the world to lose, and the hardest thing in the world to get back.” – R.M. Williams

152. “Learning to trust is one of life’s difficult tasks.” – Isaac Watts

153. “Those who trust us educate us.” – George Eliot

154. “I don’t want perfect, I want honest.” – Unknown

155. “It takes two people to make a lie work, the person who tells it, and the person who believes it.” – Jodi Picoult

156. “Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.” – William Penn

157. “The trust of the innocent is the liars most useful too.” – Stephen Covey

158. “You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment unless you trust enough.” – Frank Crane

159. “Sometimes you don’t know who you can and cannot trust. I still learn that over and over again.” – Demi Lovato

160. “In order to establish trust, it is first important that you be trustworthy. This means you should be forthright with all of your dealings.” – Paul Melendez

161. “Real trust does not need verification, if you have to verify, it is not trust.” – Charles H. Green

162. “Consistency is the true foundation of trust. Either keep your promises or don’t make them.” – Roy T. Bennett

163. “As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.” – Goethe

164. “Trust thyself, every heart vibrates to that iron string.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

165. “Contrary to what most people believe, trust is not some soft illusive quality that you either have or you don’t have. Trust is a pragmatic, tangible, actionable asset that you can create.” – Steven Covey

166. “Trust the vibes you get, energy doesn’t lie.” – Unknown

167. “Love meant jumping off a cliff and trusting that a certain person would be there to catch you at the bottom.” – Jodi Picoult

168. “Don’t let insecure thoughts ruin something amazing.” – Unknown

169. “A single lie discovered is enough to create doubt in every truth expressed.” – Unknown

170. “When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and effort, it is ready to climb.” – Patanjali

171. “You must trust and believe in people, or life becomes impossible.” – Anton Chekhov

172. “The thought of trusting one’s self can evoke many feelings and emotions primary among them, fear.” – Jim Phillips

173. “I don’t trust words, I trust actions.” – Unknown

174. “Breaking someone’s trust is like crumpling up a perfect piece of paper. You can smooth it over but it’s never going to be the same again.” – Unknown

175. “Trust is a very delicate area and needs to be built over time. Any one act can destroy faith, which takes years to build.” – Dr. Rachel Venturini

176. “It’s good to trust others, but no to do so is so much better.” – Benito Mussolini

177. “Trust is fragile. That is why it can be easily broken and is difficult to repair.” – Richard Massafra

178. “Trust, no marriage can survive long without trust.” – Anton Robbins

179. “Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him and to let him know that you trust him.” – Booker T. Washington

180. “Trusting you is my decision. Proving me right is your choice.” – Unknown

181. “Trust is hard to earn, and it can be ten times harder to earn back once broken.” – Kevin Allen

182. “The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him.” – Henry L. Stimson

183. “The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them, They have either lost confidence that you can help them, or concluded that you do not care. Either case is failure of leadership.” – General Colin Powell

184. “I don’t trust easily. So when I tell you ‘I trust you’ please don’t make me regret it.” – J. Cole

185. “Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense.” – Patrick Henry

186. “You must begin to trust yourself. If you don not then you will forever be looking to others to prove your own merit to you, and you will never be satisfied. You will always be asking others what to do, and at the same time, resenting those from who you seek such aid.” – Jane Roberts

187. “Trust leads to approachability and open communications.” – Scott Weiss

188. “Sometimes, it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer the question.” – Thomas Jefferson

189. “How can people trust the harvest unless they see it sown.” -Unknown

190. “Trust is the basis for all of our moral training.” – Robert Baden

191. “Only trust someone who can see these three things in you. The sorrow behind your smile, the love behind your anger an d the reason behind your silence.” – Unknown

192. “A life can travel half way around the world, while the truth is still putting on it’s shoes.” – Charles Spurgeon

193. “Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

194. “My love is unconditional, by trust and respect are not.” – Unknown

195. “Don’t trust everything you see, even salt looks like sugar.” – Unknown

196. “Don’t trust people who tell you other people’s secrets.” – Dan Howell

197. “When you fully trust a person without any doubt, you get one of these two results. A person for life or a lesson for life.” – Unknown

198. “Trust takes years to build, and seconds to break and forever repair.” – Unknown

199. “Always trust your gut, it knows what your head hasn’t figured out yet.” – Unknown

200. “Those who trust to chance, but abide by the results of change.” – John Calvin Coolidge Jr.

201. ‘Don’t trust people who tell you other people’s secrets.” – Dan Howell

202. “Trust is like an eraser, it gets smaller and smaller after every mistake.” – Unknown

203. “Friendship is all about trusting each other, helping each other, loving each other and being crazy together.” – Unknown

204. “So many friends, but I can only trust a hand full of them.” – Unknown

205. “I trust you is better than I love you because you may not always trust the person you love, but you can always love the person you trust.” – Unknown

206. “People always choose the wrong person first and then when the right person arrives, they jus stop trusting people.” – Unknown

207. “Replacing fear with trust and compassion allows people to be restored to their true selves and restores the workplace of synergy and achievement.” – Danna Bael

208. “Trust yourself and you will start to trust others.” – Santosh Kalwar

209. “I am not upset that you lied to me. I am upset that from now on, I can’t believe you.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

210. “Trusting is hard, knowing who to trust, even harder.” – Maria V. Snyder

211. “I think one of the coolest things about the job is the level of trust we have for each other. The actors fully trust that the writers will write amazing episodes, and the writers trust that the actors will follow their instincts with the characters.” – John Krasinski

212. “Trust is involved in all the basic elements of a healthy relationship: namely, love (respect and consideration for another person, communication, commitment and honesty.) – Harold Duarte Bernhardt

213. “Forgiveness is instant and unearned, but trust must be earned.” – Rick Warren

214. “She trusted him blindly and he never broke her trust.” – Charita Rokle

215. “We’re paying the highest tribute you can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It’s that simple.” – Harper Lee

216. “Loving someone is giving them the power to break your heart, but trusting them not to.” – Julianne Moore

217. “When mistrust comes in, love goes out.” – Irish Proverb

218. “Not everyone can be trusted. I think we all have to be very selective about the people we trust.” – Shelley Long

219. “When you can’t believe your eyes, you can always trust your heart. Love makes anything possible.” – Unknown

220. ‘If you give your trust to a person who does not deserve it, you actually give him the power to destroy you.” – Khaled Saad

221. “Trust is a fragile thing. Easy to break, easy to lose and one of the hardest things to ever get back.” – Unknown

222. “Trust is that rare and priceless treasure that wins us the affection of our heavenly father.” – Brennan Manning

223. “Trust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake.” – Christopher Hitchens

224. “I respect people that tell me the truth, no matter how hard it is.” – Unknown

225. “Don’t ever break someone’s trust. Once you do, then nobody wants to do business with you.” – Robert Budi Hartono

226. “Trust is important. But once a promise is broken, ‘Sorry’ means nothing.” – Unknown

227. “Leadership requires five ingredients, brains, energy, determination, trust and ethics. The key challenges today are in terms on the last two – trust and ethics.” – Fred Hilmer

228. “After all, damn it, what does being in love mean if you can’t trust a person.” – Evelyn Waugh

229. “There are two reasons why we don’t trust people. First, we don’t know them, second we know them” – Unknown

230. “My love is unconditional. My trust and respect are not.” – Unknown

231. “Failing to do what you say is the easiest way to break trust.” – Brock Blohm

232. “If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists, to protect them, and to promote their common welfare, all else is lost.” – Barack Obama

233. “I repeat that all power is a trust, that we are accountable for it’s exercise, that from the people and for the people, all springs and all must exist.” – Benjamin Disraeli

234. “To trust people is a luxury in which only the wealthy can indulge, the poor cannot afford it.” – E.M. Foster

235. “Positive people also tend to know who to trust and who their friends should be.” – Jennifer N. Smith

236. “Vision and passion cannot inspire without a high level of trust, your team needs to believe in you.” – Philip West

237. “To be joyful, try less and trust more.” – Richard Daly

238. “When a person has integrity, you can trust what they say and that they live according to their values.” – Jodi Flynn

239. “A lot of times people don’t trust another person because they are making assumptions that aren’t true.” – Tom LaForce

240. “And trust is the intangible asset that can help assure the long term sustainability of any organization or enterprise.” – William G. Parrett

241. “It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by the.’_ Confucius

242. “Trust what you love, continue to do it and it will take you where you need to go.” – Natalie Goldbert

243. “Truth doesn’t come with a refill. Once it’s gone, you probably won’t get it back. And if you do, it will never be the same. And that’s a fact.” – Unknown

244. “Trust what you see, not what you hear.” – Unknown

245. “Sometimes you don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe. Trust. Let go. And see what happens.” – Unknown

246. “Never trust anyone who wants what you’ve got. Friend or no, envy is an overwhelming emotion.” – James Hubert Blake

Self Trust Quotes

1. “Self trust is the first secret of success.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

2. “Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own instead of someone else’s.” – Billy Wilder

3. “Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.” – Benjamin Franklin

4. “WIthout self trust, we can never become wise because we will continue to look outside ourself for the answer.” – M.J. Ryan

5. “I trust no one, not even myself!” – Joseph Stalin

6. “Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

7. “You can only trust yourself, and barely that.” – Paige Wilson

8. “As you learn to trust yourself, something miraculous happens. You begin to trust the process you are living and the miracles life brings.” – Iyanla Vanzant

9. “If you need somebody you can trust, trust yourself.” – Bob Dylan

10. “The hardest thing you’ll ever do is trust yourself.” – Barbara Walters

11. “On the first tee, I kept telling myself, ‘Trust yourself, you can do it’.” – Annika Sorenstam

12. “The more you believed in yourself, the more you could trust yourself. The more you trust yourself, the less you compare yourself to others.” – Roy T. Bennett

13. “Once you’ve released the struggle to prove yourself worth in someone else’s world, you begin to trust yourself and your instincts.” – Wendy Hammond

14. “If you cannot trust yourself, you cannot even trust your mistrust of yourself, so that without this underlying trust in the whole system of nature you are simply paralyzed.” – Alan Watts

15. “Just trust yourself and you’ll learn the art of living.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

16. “Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all of your life.” – Golda Meir

17. “Trust yourself, not matter what anyone else thinks.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger

18. “Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.” – Marva Collins

19. “When you do something that you know is authentic, emrbace it, run with it, and trust yourself before the critics.” – Marc Ecko

20. “Trust yourself, you’ve survived a lot, you’ll survive whatever is coming.” – Unknown

21. “Cultivating genuine self trust is at the heart of living and loving fully.” – Tara Brach

22. “Trust yourself, believe that you have unique destiny to fulfill.” – Candy Paull

23. “Trust Christ, but don’t trust yourself.” – Charles Spurgeon

24. “You can’t trust others unless you trust yourself.”  – Jeffrey Gitomer

25. “In you’re unhappy in a relationship, I think you just don’t trust yourself for getting into another one.” – Marian Seldes

26. “Trust yourself, your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe.” – Claudia Black

27. “The human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself. I learned you have to trust yourself, be what you are, and do what you ought to do the way you should do it. You have got to discover you, what you do and trust it.” – Barbara Streisand

28. “Do what you were born to do, you just have to trust yourself.” – Beyonce Knowles

29. “Trust yourself, and dig deep down and ask yourself who you want to be? Not what, but who?” – Arnold Schwarzeneggar

30. “Trust yourself that you can do it and get it.” – Baz Luhrmann

31. “Trust yourself so that the mistakes you make are the ones you’ve made and not something you’ve made because you were afraid to do what you wanted to do. Own your mistakes, then you can own your successes.” – Jennifer Lynch

32. “You must trust yourself more than you trust anyone else with your money.” – Suze Orman

33. “You were born with everything you need to answer the call of your soul.” – Marie Forleo

34. “Fear stops us from making the leap, taking the chance, reaching out and trusting ourselves.” – Jeanne Boschert

35. “In the end, you have to choose whether or not to trust someone.” – Sophie Kinsella

36. “I learn to trust my feelings and they have added to my self trust in my judgements in situations, in people, in family, in lovers, in Spirit and I find it had never lead me wrong in anything.” – Angelica Valerio

37. “A confident person exhibits self trust, they trust that their decisions are the best ones for them.” – Kevin McComas

38. “A man who doesn’t trust himself can never truly trust anyone else.” – Cardinal De Retz

Trust Again Quotes

1. Allow yourself to hope, believe and trust again. Refuse to let one person who hurt you define how you respond to everyone else.” – Unknown

2. “Trust each other again and again, when the trust levels get high enough, people, people transcend apparent limits. Discovering new and awesome abilities of which they were previously unaware.” – David Armistead

Funny Trust Quotes

1. “You can’t trust a promise someone makes while they’re drunk, in love or running for office.” – Joe Moore

2. “Trust everybody, but gut the cards.” – Finley Peter Dunne

3. “In God we trust, all others pay cash.” – Jean Shepherd

4. “In God we trust, all others we virus scan.” – Unknown

5. “Never trust a husband too far, and a bachelor to near.” – Helen Rowland

6. “I would rather trust a women’s instinct, than a man’s reason.” – Stanley Baldwin

7. “Never trust a man whose eyes are too close to his nose.” – Lyndon B Johnson

8. “One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything” – Oscar Wilde

9. “We were all born brave, trusting and greed and most of us remain greedy.”-  Mignon Mclaughlin

Quotes About Trust Issues

1. “Instead of saying, ‘I’m damaged, I have trust issues’. Say ‘I’m healing, I’m rediscovering myself, I’m starting over.”  Horacio Jones
2. “People with anxiety and trust issues find themselves drawn to people of consistency because they feel safe with someone who is predictable. However, that doesn’t cure their problem. The anxious person still remains the same person because anxiety is a wave that crashes on the shore every time an unpredictable circumstance challenges their expectations and comfort zone.” – Shannon L. Alder
3. “The fact that you do not trust your spouse or lover doesn’t necessarily mean that they are cheating on you and the fact that you do doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t.” – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
4. “Not trusting doesn’t equal insecurity, it’s OK not to trust people. It doesn’t make you abnormal however too much negativity and jealousy can lead to insecurity.” – Oma Akuma
5. “People that have trust issues need to look in the mirror, there they will meet the one person that will betray them the most.” – Shannon L. Alder
6. “Don’t let insecure thoughts ruin something amazing.” – Unknown
7. “Loneliness, trust issues, depression, suppressed anger. There are some symptoms given from heartbreak.” – Unknown

Mistrust Quotes

1. “Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust and hostility to evaporate.” – Albert Schweitzer

2. “Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.” – Aristotle

3. “Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it.” – Victor Hugo

4. “We must respect that past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.” – Joseph Jourbert

5. “Systematic racism is something that diminishes all of us. Of course it’s worst effects for it’s victims. But our entire country is held back through the inequality and the mistrust that it creates.” – Pete Buttigieg

6. “I mistrust the judgement of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.” – Daniel Webster

7. “Marriage brings up all the things I pushed to the back burner, the fears, the mistrust, the doubts, the insecurities. It’s like opening up Pandora’s box.” – Jennifer Aniston

8. ‘The more we’re thrown into conflict with each other through engineered distrust, the less able we are to unite against those responsible.” – DaShanne Stokes

9. “Mistrust first impulses, they are nearly always good.” – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

10. “I have a deep and profound trust of all politicians.” – Craig Ferguson

11. “Eyes and ears are not the problem. It is rage that blinds and deafens us. Or fear. Envy, mistrust. The world contracts, gets all of joint when you are angry or afraid.” – Jan Philipp Sendker

12. “A breach in trust brings mistrust, followed by a multitude of troubles.” – Pawan Mishra

13. “Think and keep quiet around those you don’t trust.” – Auliq Ice

Trust In A Relationship Quotes

1. “A trusting heart will follow, only those who truly follow their heart.” – Anthony Liccione

2. “Have enough courage to trust love one more time, and always one more time.” – Maya Angelou

3. “Trust is like placing a blade in someone’s hand and setting the very point to your heart.” – Cassandra Clare

4. “Trust and faith bring joy to live, and help relationships grow to their maximum potential.” – Joyce Meyer

5. “Trust is not an obsession, it is an extension of love. When we truly love someone, we give them our heat to hold in their hands. And when that love is returned, that very trust is balm to our souls.” – Julie Lessman

6. “You know, sometimes you’ve got to trust the people you love. You’ve got to trust that if they’re good people, they’ll make good decisions.” – Jannette Rallison

7. “Everyone suffers at least one bad betrayal in their lifetime. It’s what unites us. The trick is not to let it destroy your trust in others when that happens. Don’t let them take that from you.” – Sherrilyn Kenyon

8. “Love can’t live where there is not trust.” – Edith Hamilton

9. “Relationships are mysterious. We doubt the positive qualities in others, seldom the negative. You will say to your partner, do you really love me? Are you sure you love me? You will ask this a dozen times, and drive the person nuts. But you never ask, are you really mad at me? Are you sure you’re angry? When someone is angry, you don’t doubt it for a moment. Yet the reverse should be true. We should doubt the negative in life, and have faith in the positive.” – Christopher Pike

10. “Trust in someone means that we no longer have to protect ourselves. We believe we will not be hurt or harmed by the other, at least not deliberately. We trust his or her good intentions, though we know we might be hurt by the way circumstances play out between us. We might say that hurt happens, it is a give of life. Harm is inflicted, it’s a choice some people make.” – David Richo

11. “You see, you closed your eyes. That was the difference. Sometimes, you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them too, even when you’re in the dark. Even when you’re failing.” – Mitch Albom

Quote On Trust Conclusion

There we are my friend. 325 quotes for trust. I hope you enjoyed it. And took away value and perspective from it.

I would love to hear your thoughts on it. What your favorite quotes were. And if you have anything to add on the topic to help us learn more about such a valuable act.

Chat in the comments!

With gratitude,

 

Chris

 

“If you don’t design your life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you. Not much.” – Jim Rohn

It can be daunting looking at the future and thinking about accomplishing goals that are so far a way. And yet it can build a foundation for a much better, productive and happier life if we look ahead in life. This foundation is created through setting short and long term goals.

If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.

Once we really start thinking about what we want our future to look like, we create much more hope. Hope in itself creates long term sustainable energy in us.

We are no longer going through the motions. Which as you and I know, makes life a bore. And drains us of energy instead of gives us energy.

If you are here reading this, you want more out of life. And because of that, I don’t want to sell you short.

Below I have created a list of life goals in the main areas of this life. A myriad of long term goals examples that you can use to create a big vision for the future.

Remember that when it comes to how to set goals, we don’t want our monkey mind to get in the way.

This is the limiting beliefs and small self. The voice that tells us “we are thinking to big”. Or that “we can’t achieve this”. Things of that sort.

Going into this exercise, give yourself the freedom to think without limits. To allow yourself to reach the next level in this life. Which will create a new consciousness.

You can give yourself that gift by not putting any limits on your goal setting.

Also, you want to know WHY you are doing things. Goals are just hopes until you attach a reason to them. The reason should be so strong that it will push you through tough times. So strong that when you want to give up, all you need to do is reflect on your WHY.

And when you reflect, it will naturally put you back on the right track.

At the end of the day, goals are the life blood of a champion. Without them, we waste time. With them, we milk so much more out of the hours in our day.

The Purpose Of Setting Goals

Goals are a map to the future. They are the plays to the big game. They are the thing need when we are lost in the haze of frustration, resentment and overall feelings of giving up.

They allow us to forge ahead. As they are the headlamps in the fog.

Short term goals are essentially your gas, and the long term goals are the vehicle itself. So that one day you’ll have so much momentum you will be able to cruise more on autopilot.

One get’s the car going, so that the car can start to finally reach higher and ultimately top speed.

The bigger the goal, the faster you can go and bigger than potential.

Short term goals are so crucial as they are positive mini-steps, letting us one day take giant leaps.

Below are both short term and long term goals mixed together. Cherry pick the best ones that you feel right with.

Then go after them as if your life depended on them. Why? Because it does!

Enjoy

RESOURCE: 201 Bucket List Ideas (The Only List You’ll Need)

The 5 Ingredients For Effective Goal Setting

When it comes to setting goals, you want to have as much fire power as possible. Both to get you fired up about today, and even more so about the rest of your tomorrows.

I read awesome book called The Power of Positive Thinking, which talks about 5 different ingredients to setting goals in your life.

Here are 5 categories go goals you will want to have to max out your life:

Short term goals: These are essentially your daily goals, weekly goals, monthly goals and even goals for the entire year.

Easy To Attain Goals: These are lower level goals to where they are set up to give you early wins. You know you can hit them. They are like free throw shots. Not the toughest to sink, but still points on the board.

Incremental Goals: These are the in between soldiers. So lets say you want to lose 50 pounds in 2 years. Well you would break that down to 25 pounds per year. Which is about 2 pounds per month.

Essentially coming to about .5 pounds per week! It is reducing things to the ridiculous. As many goals can seem overwhelming. But if we break it down further and further, you will see that it just takes a little bit per day.

Accountability: We need people to keep us on track. Whether that is announcing your goals on social media. Having a group of likeminded people (mastermind), or simply having one accountability partner. We need people to answer to as results skyrocket when we do.

Goal Celebration: We can burn out if we aren’t rewarding ourselves. Live it up a bit when hitting small goals. And live it up a lot when hitting big ones. Make the journey fun and the destination fun. Otherwise we become to stuffy!

When you mix and blend of all 5 goal setting tips will keep you on track for a productive day ahead, week, month, year and decade. Until one day you look back on your life.

Essentially looking at all the solid days stacked behind you. Climbing through peaks and valleys. Arriving at different summits. Braving tough times. And rising up triumphant. With all of your goals, dreams and aspirations realized. A life well worth living.

 

Personal Short and Long Term Goals

1. Read 1000 Books in my life, or by the time I am “Age”.
2. Learn a new language fluently.
3. Learn to speed read/read faster.
4. Attend one growth/self help seminar per year for the next ten years.
5. Hire a coach to help you get to the next level in one area of your life.
6. Buy a house. Or buy a second house/4 plex.
7. Invest 100,000 dollars in the stock market.
8. Buy your dream car.
9. Invent something.
10. Travel to the 7 wonders of the world.
11. Fall in love/back in love.
12. Attend a live concert of your favorite musician.
13. Go to a final sports game like the Super Bowl, World Series or even World Cup.
14. Go to the Olympics.
15. Stop working and simply unplug each night at 8PM. No computer or phone or work at all.
16. Go to bed each night and wake up each morning at the same time.
17. Do not go on the internet/social media on Sundays or one day a week.
18. Go on a tropical vacation.
19. Move to your ideal location you have always wanted to live.
20. Buy a time share in a place you love.
21. Create a vision statement for your life.
22. Let go of your limiting beliefs.
23. Forgive someone in your life, truly, every quarter.
24. Only compete with yourself. Only try to get better everyday from where YOU were yesterday.
25. See a counselor to rid your emotional pain of just ONE thing. No shame. Maybe you’ll use them more after this. It’s worth it.
26. Accept yourself as you are. Tell yourself you love yourself, ten times in a row in the morning.
27. Journal at the end of each day, or the beginning.
28. Get up when your alarm goes off each day.
29. Keep your car and home clean and de-cluttered at all times.
30. Go see one personal development speaker each year.
31. Listen to an inspiring podcast each morning upon awakening.
32. Read a book a week.
33. Form 3 good habits this year. Here is a list of them: 333 Good and Healthy Habits.
34. Celebrate each small win.
35. Dedicate to winning in each area of your life no matter what. That you will do whatever it takes, no matter how long it takes.
36. Develop a growth mindset.
37. Develop one lagging personal characteristic each year. Tracking how you are doing by progressing with it each day. Reading a book a month on the development of it.
38. Feel fear and then do it anyways. Don’t let fear stop you. Count backwards from 5 every time fear threatens to overtake you.
39. Accept yourself fully, every single day.
40. Quit one bad habit. Here is a list of them: 199 Bad Habits.
41. Read and live by a positive quote each day.
42. See failure as only feedback, don’t stop because of it.
43. Do something that puts you out of your comfort zone each week.
44. Develop a passion more fully.
45. Allow yourself to do work you truly love. Even if it is part time.
46. Allow yourself to think without limits. An abundance mindset!
47. Build better relationships. Create a group of like minded people with a growth mindset. An environment that fosters growth and creativity.
48. Learn to communicate better. Read a book on communication once per month.
49. Learn how to be a good listener.
50. Be more productive with your time, learn time management tips here: How To Manage Your Time.
51. Create your own definition of success. And live by it. Here is a resource to get you started: What is Success?
52. Practice self reflection each day. Figure out what you did good and what you can improve on. No need to be judgmental. See it as simply data.
53. Be less judgmental.
54. Engage in one self-care act each day.
55. Spend 10 percent of your income on things to help you grow. You’re life and income will only grow the the extent that you do.

Short and Long Term Financial Goals

1. Achieve a million dollar net worth.
2. Make $100,000 a year in active income.
3. Boost your credit score into the 800’s.
4. Make $100,000 a year in passive income.
5. Have an emergency fund of 6 months of your total expenses.
6. Pay off your debt completely.
7. Create a side hustle.
8. Read a financial book every single month.
9. Put your investments on automatic with apps like: ACORNS that rounds off your purchases and invests it, like buying a coffee for 2.40 and automatically the other .60 cents is invested in your account.
10. Negotiate terms on one bill per month/quarter.
11. Meet with a financial planner oncer per quarter to evaluate your spending.
12. Save money for your dream vacation.
13. Learn to live more below your means by making a monthly budget.
14. Investing 10 percent of your money into stocks each month,
15. Investing in land to sell to developers and/or build more structures on.
16. Save for a solid down payment on a home.
17. Sell off things you don’t need anymore and invest the money.
18. Figure out items you don’t NEED and stop the monthly automatic payments on them.
19. Budget shop and use more savings coupons.
20. Write down everything you spend money on for a month, to see what your spending habits truly look like.
21. Try and settle loan payments in a bulk pay-off that is pennies on the dollar for your current pay off plan.
22. Pay off your mortgage.
23. Get a good cash back credit card and spend it on all purchases.
24. Offer coaching services in your niche to make more money.
25. Eat out WAY LESS. Once per week.
26. Never pay full price for anything.
27. Set up overdraft protection.
28. Kick an addiction. Like drinking, smoking, lottery tickets, etc. You can save 1000’s of dollars per year. As, for example, the average smoker spends $2300 a year on cigarettes!
29. Envision yourself daily being financially free.
30. Look at every dollar being really worth a lot more if invested. Money soldiers as T. Harv Eker calls them!
31. Study the habits of millionaires, reading something on one at least once per week.
32. Change your relationship with money. Trace back when you accepted limitations around money and see them as being false. Just something you choose to hold onto that you can let go of.
33. Allow yourself to feel deserving of an abundant life, see money as a tool, not something bad.
34. Save a dollar a day, simple as that!
35. Save money for your kids college, or for higher education for yourself.
36. Keep a balanced checkbook.
37. Live below your means.
38. Save money each month, 10 percent to blow on fun things. If there is no reward, you won’t be motivated to keep going.

Professional Short and Long Term Goals

1. Learn a new skill that will make you more profitable in the workplace.
2. Go back to school to get a higher degree.
3. Ask for a promotion.
4. Learn how to dress for success by reading books like: Dress For Success by John T. Molloy.
5. Take someone to lunch that is higher up than you in your company or in the field of self employment you are in. Do so every quarter, different person each time.
6. Go to one networking event per month.
7. Become an expert in your field.
8. Write a book in your field.
9. Start a business around your field of expertise.
10. Update your resume.
11. Take one colleague out for coffee each week for networking and building stronger relationships.
12. Ask your boss what the top 3 things you can do to get a raise, or become a better asset on the job. Then do all three ASAP.
13. Create a well designed personal website to where you share tips with both content and video, pertaining to your profession.
14. Read more books on leadership so you can lead your career and life better.
15. See yourself as being valuable in the workplace. Don’t downplay yourself. Write out your top 50 strengths to show yourself your badass.
16. Read one hour per day on what is going on in your field of expertise.
17. Cut off from work when you are off.
18. Make a career switch to something you love/more profitable/more time freedom.
19. Increase your performance metrics each quarter.
20. Join a local organization like the Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club.
21. Become an expert in your field.
22. Do a local speaking event to build more local star power.
23. Take on more of a managerial role.

Business Short Term and Long Term Goals

1. Create an exit strategy.
2. Hire a new employee.
3. Outsource certain aspects of your work that you don’t want to do.
4. Drive more traffic to your website.
5. Use technology and other tools to ramp up productivity.
6. Slash some of your ongoing business expenses.
7. Implement social media to market your business.
8. Do more B2B networking, taking a local business owner to lunch once per week or month.
9. Implement incentive programs for your employees like bonuses for hitting bigger numbers
10. Track all expenses with a monthly P&L.
11. Open up another location.
12. Go paperless in your business.
13. Mail out more hand written cards to new and old clients and local businesses.
14. Speak about your expertise in the local community.
15. Attend a conference each year on how to grow your particular business.
16. Read a book a month on running a small business.
17. Re-edit your business plan for more projected growth.
18. Create a vision board on what you want this year in your business.
19. Schedule breaks throughout your day to recharge.
20. Go on 2 vacations this year to recharge.
21. Open up a 401K to secure your financial future.
22. Create a company mission statement.
23. Cut employee costs.
24. Focus on work while you are working, focus on playing when you are playing!
25. Get a mentor who has created a bigger business than yours.
26. Volunteer more and post it online, marketing your brand through contribution.
27. Create a non-profit, powered by your business.
28. Gain X amount of customers each month.
29. Net X amount of money this year.
30. Lock down big name clients.
31. Develop and redefine your sales pitch/elevator pitch.
32. Give online and offline shoutouts to local businesses to create better networking and brand awareness.

Short Term and Long Term Contribution/Social

1. Give $100,000 away to causes you love in your lifetime.
2. Create your own non profit.
3. Give time at your food bank once a week for one whole year.
4. Run a marathon for a good cause you believe in.
5. Create a group that helps clean up the town once per week/month and do so for the whole time you live in that community.
6. Build houses in a under developed country once a year.
7. Coach a little league team or middle school/high school sport.
8. Throw bi-yearly community fund raisers for local and global causes.
9. Create a go-fund-me page around a local or national cause.
10. Give a dollar away a day to a homeless person.
11. Give away ten percent of your income each month to a worthy cause.
12. Give ten percent of your time away each month to a worthy cause.
13. Become a big brother or big sister.
14. Walk someones dog once per week.
15. Watch a friends kids once a month to let the parents go on date night.
16. Volunteer at an animal shelter once per month.
17. Sponsor a poor child overseas.
18. Organize shelves at the library once per month.
19. Donate books to the library.
20. Donate hair to Locks of Love.
21. Teach English as a second language.
22. Volunteer your time in a hospital or old folkes home once per month.
23. Read to people who are on their death bed.
24. Hold a garage sale every year and donate the proceeds to charity.
25. Offer a free clinic in your field of expertise.
26. Tutor a child.
27. Leave a dollar in places for people to find them.
28. Pay for a strangers coffee once per week.
29. Deliver flowers to someone struggling.
30. Pay someone’s electric bill randomly.
31. Perform a Random Act of Kindness each day.
32. Save a couple hundred dollars per month for a wedding. Or a renewal of vows.
33. Donate blood plasma/blood each year.
34. March a good cause once per quarter.

Short and Long Term Health Goals

1. Workout 5 days per week.
2. Get down a certain body fat percentage.
3. Lose X amount of weight in 30 days, 60 days a year, etc.
4. Do a bodybuilding/physique/bikini show.
5. Make health and fitness into a lifestyle not a diet/fad.
6. Find a diet plan that works for me and stick with it, forever.
7. Deadlift, squat and bench a certain weight.
8. Teach fitness/training classes on what you have learned, to help others do the same.
9. Become a health coach/personal trainer.
10. Change your workout plan every three months.
11. Run a mile per day.
12. Run a marathon/triathlong.
13. Get a personal trainer/coach to get you to the next level.
14. Do yoga once per week.
15. Learn how to do exercises safely/properly before increasing weight.
16. Run a 10K.
17. Do daily wind-sprints.
18. Stetch daily.
19. Learn to swim faster.
20. Run a faster mile, every quarter. Beating your last total by 10+ seconds.
21. Learn box jumps.
22. Learn how to do, and implement the one arm push up. Build it up so you can do a set of 10!
23. Master the set of unassisted pull-ups. Try to double the amount you can do at a time every year.
24. Hold a plank for one minute.
25. Do a set of deadlifts/squats/bench press every birthday. The set has to be the number of your age!
26. Pick a body-part that is lagging, and hit it an extra time each week for a year.
27. Lift your bodyweight or double your body weight in each of the big lifts: squats, bench and deadlift.
28. Learn how to clean and press/snatch.
29. Get an accountability partner for your fitness goals. Check in weekly.
30. Drink a green smoothie each morning.
31. Only eat fruit til noon.
32. Intermittent fast until 2 each day. Or do so for a certain amount of hours per day that is challenging.
33. Do a fast once per month.
34. Go vegan for a month.
35. Eat clean for 3 months.
36. Only eat one cheat meal per month.
37. Do 100 pushups and sit ups per day.
38. Do a different workout routine each week on Youtube.
39. See how many days in a row you can go to the gym. Start with 30.
40. Be able to do a standing backflip.
41. Drink a gallon of water per day.
42. Eliminate alcohol from your diet.
43. Stop watching porn.
44. Watch a video on how to better your health, once per week.
45. Do a cool down each workout.
46. Walk 10000 steps per day.
47. Change your relationship with food. Start seeing it more as fuel, instead of escaping feelings with it.
48. Trade tea in for coffee, partially or fully.
49. Eat more organic and whole foods.
50. Don’t drink soda anymore.
51. Go gluten free.
52. Try out a paleo diet for a year.
53. Achieve a healthy weight and maintain if for as long as humanly possible!
54. Eat more healthy “cheat” meals. Trade the candy bar for a couple scoops of peanut butter.
55. Try to lessen or do away with pharmaceutical drugs through a combination of both eating better and therapy.
56. Eat breakfast every single morning.
57. Read one blog post per day on health and fitness.
58. Learn from your family history what may be keeping you from reaching your fitness goals. Then make lifestyle changes to not be victim to them.
59. Eat slower during meals.
60. Get smaller plates so that you buy into the illusion of eating a lot of food.
61. Walk to and from places as much as you can.

Spiritual Short Term Goals and Long Term Goals

1. Pray daily.
2. Read the bible daily.
3. Meditate daily.
4. Get an accountability partner for your spiritual goals and check in weekly.
5. Join a bible study group.
6. Read a book on a different religion, once per quarter.
7. Read a chapter of the bible once per month.
8. Learn and recite your top twelve favorite scriptures over the next year. Learning one per month.
9. Tithe 10 percent each month.
10. Truly treat your neighbor as you would like to be treated.
11. Read the entire Bible over the next 365 days.
12. Start a spiritual blog.
13. Go to church each and every Sunday for a whole year.
14. Watch a sermon mid week each week to keep you on track.
15. Serve each week in your church.
16. Write in a gratitude journal every day.
17. Surrender your fears to God each morning/night.
18. Learn how to share your religion with a non-believer.
19. Read about and study church leaders of the now and of the past.
20. Journal out your weaknesses and struggles at the end of the week.
21. Get a prayer partner and pray with them each morning.
22. Become a mentor to someone younger in your church, or someone with less gospel knowledge than you.
23. Go to a different church each month to learn from different sources.
24. Fast on Sundays.

Short Term and Long Term Family/Relationships Goals

1. Go on a date night once per week.
2. Have a family dinner with your family that lives closest to you once per month.
3. Do zoom calls with different family members once per month.
4. Create a family vision statement that everyone can get on board with.
5. Set goals as a family.
6. Create a vision board for everything you want to do as a family.
7. Go out to dinner or grab coffee once per month with a friend.
8. Tell people you love them every time you see them and leave them.
9. Workout and go on hikes together once per week.
10. Contribute together.
11. Have a once a month “improvement” night where you give honest feedback to your family about how they can improve and get better.
12. Go on a yearly road trip together.
13. Have weekly goal setting and check in sessions.
14. Play empowering music in the house during the day.
15. Watch a positive movie together each weekend.
16. Talk about 3 things you are grateful for, for each person, at dinner.
17. Put your phones away when spending time with each other.
18. Teach your family good recycling habits.
19. Take a family walk each night.
20. Create a family tree.
21. Take a family picture once per week and make a collage out of it each year.
22. Read a book a month with each other. Check in weekly on what you are all learning. Each person gets to choose a different book each month.
23. Have a joke night.
24. Create a family photo album.
25. Spend money to create experiences, instead of buying stuff to buy stuff.
26. Read a book together out loud, each person trading off for each page or chapter.
27. Get professional pictures done and create a family portrait out of it. Even better, get it painted and hang it above your family mission statement.
28. Network within your family, trying to introduce people to them that can help them with their goals and become more as a person.
29. Visit distant family together once per 6 months.
30. Talk about fond memories you have had as a family over dinner.
31. Do something together that puts you out of your comfort zone. Like skydiving or shark diving!
32. Make yourself the top priority. If you aren’t healthy, you can’t take care of everyone else. Put your mask on first! As they say on an airplane.
33. Cook dinner as a family once per week.
34. Go see a movie together once per month.
35. Take a class together that teaches a new skill.
36. Face a family fear together.
37. Curb anger when flared up. Focus on the love you have for the person, not being right or winning an argument. Ongoing goal.
38. Be a bigger cheerleader. Ask your family members what you can be doing to cheer them along more often throughout the week.
39. Make a chores list that makes sense for what people “want” to do and more along the lines of their strengths.
40. Read money management books to better set yourself up for a early retirement for both your kids and yourself.
41. Dig deep with your children on their strengths. Help them identify and develop them through books and seminars.
42. Join a community group that does active things together.
43. Cut off from technology at a certain time of night. A couple hours before bed.
44. Make love more often with your mate.
45. Visit where you fell in love, first date spot or where you were married a couple times per year.

Travel/Destination Short Term And Long Term Goals

1. Visit every continent.
2. Go to each state in the USA.
3. Visit all of the 7 wonders of the world.
4. Go to the San Diego Zoo.
5. Go see the Eiffel Tower.
6. Go White Water Rafting.
7. Visit the Grand Canyon.
8. Go Bungee Jumping.
9. Go deep sea fishing.
10. Go scuba diving.
11. Go ziplining.
12. See the Northern Lights.
13. Float in the dead sea.
14. Surf waves in Hawaii.
15. Go on a Safari.
16. Go ice fishing.
17. Race sportscars in Vegas.
18. Get a Star Map and go to check out celebrity homes.
19. Swim with the sharks.
20. Visit a waterfall.
21. Fly in a hot air balloon.
22. Tour the White House.
23. Go to a big music festival like Bonnaroo.
24. Run in a Spartan Race.
25. See a play on broadway.
26. Stay in a Ice Hotel.
27. Sleep in a treehouse.
28. Participate in the Burning Man Festival.
29. Go in a submarine.
30. See one of the best Cirque du Soleil performance.
31. Go see a speech at at TED conference.
32. Climb a mountain like Half Dome, Mount Whitney or Mount Fuji.
33. Walk the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
34. Visit Mount Rushmore.
35. Participate in the Holi Festival.
36. Go Hang Gliding.
37. Go to the Pamplona Bull Run.
38. Swim with dolphins.

 

Quotes About Innovation

There is a palpable awesomeness to the word innovation and the feeling is felt heavily in the quotes about innovation below. It seems like today, if you aren’t innovating or seeking to, you will be left in the dust.

Innovation is evolution in it’s basic form. It has to learn how to survive in a different environment. Then after learning how to survive, it comes into it’s own. Ultimately thriving. Hence taking unfair market share, earning more money, more notoriety and more followers.

And yet, innovation is as only as good as it’s yesterdays essence and characteristics. If we aren’t seeking to build upon our past progressions, or innovative footsteps will be blow away by the wind. And ultimately our footsteps will be retraced by someone else, willing to continue the innovation process.

Innovation seems to have a life of it’s own though. The intoxication of it can be captivating and leave one awestruck. Especially the people feeling the impact of the innovation.

It is all about thinking outside the box. Letting go of limiting beliefs. So ultimately you can think freely and let your mind expand to it’s fullest possible capacity.

Hence allowing you to enter into realms of the unknown without being shackled to your past condition. Which ultimately will bring you nothing but limitation. As if you keep doing the same thing, you will get the same results.

Innovation is all about asking why not, instead of why. It is cutting off the anchor permanently to venture out to new seas. Breaking through the waves of doubt instilled in the innovator from inside and outside resistance.

And ultimately allowing the captain to reach new shores. Where they can reanchor and allow a few people or the world at large to enjoy in their bold innovation. And leave the world forever impacted.

Below are so many great perspectives on what innovation is and what it takes to become more innovative. So we can all learn how to impact the world at large and forever challenge and change the belief system of the world!

Enjoy

201 Quote On Innovation (Innovation Quotes)

1. “The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.” – Arthur C. Clarke

2. “Innovation is the only way to win.” – Steve Jobs

3. “There’s is a way to do it better, find it.” – Thomas A. Edison

4. “You just performed the improbable by doing the impossible.” – Alan Dean Foster

5. “Innovation comes out of the great human ingenuity and very personal passions.” – Megan Smith

6. “Failure is part of innovation, perhaps the most important part.” – Curt Richardson

7. “If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.” – Albert Einstein

8. “If you can dream it, you can do it.” – Walt Disney

9. “If I had asked people what they would have said faster horses.” – Henry Ford

10. “No organization ever created an innovation. People innovate, not companies.” – Seth Godin

11. “You have to be willing to be misunderstood if you’re going to innovate.” – Jeff Bezos

12. “Innovation comes from saying NO to 1000 things.” – Steve Jobs

13. “Get a good idea, an stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it’s done, and done right.” – Walt Disney

14. “There is no good idea that cannot be improved on.” -Michael Eisner

15. “The man with a new idea is a crank, until the idea succeeds.” – Mark Twain

16. “You know what my favorite renewable fuel is? An ecosystem for innovation.” – Thomas Friedman

17. “Whenever anything is being accomplished, it is being done, I have learned, by a monomaniac with a mission.” – Peter Drucker

18. “It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.” – Walt Disney

19. “Innovation is the unrelenting drive to break the status quo and develop anew where few have dared to go.” – Steven Jeffes

20. “You can only be as good as you dare to be bad.” – John Barrymore

21. “Almost all really new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are just produced.” – A.N. Whitehead

22. “Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.” – Jonathan Swift

23. “Innovation is serendipity, so you don’t know what people will make.” – Tim Berners-Lee

24. “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something,, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” – Buckminster Fuller

25. “Discover is seeing what everybody else has seen, and thinking what nobody thought.” – Albert Szent Gyorgi

26. “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but building the new.” – Socrates

27. “No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered.” – Winston Churchill

28. “I’ll play it first, and tell you what it is later.” – Miles Davis

29. “If you are not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.” – Ken Robinson

30. “What good is an idea if it remains an idea? Try. Experiment. Fail. Try again. Change the world.” – Simon Sinek

31. “I start where the last man left off.” – Thomas Edison

32. “If you are not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.” – Woody Allen

33. “Discoveries are often made by now following instructions, by going off the main road, by trying the untried.” – Frank Tyger

34. “I refuse to be intimidated by reality anymore. What is realty. Nothing but a collective hunch.” – Lily Tomlin

35. “Pure innovation is more gross than error.” – George Chapman

36. “Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship, the act that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth.” – Peter Drucker

37. “Innovation is creativity with a job to do.” – John Emmerling

38. “Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it is the only one you have.” – Emile Chartier

39. “A pile of rocks ceases to be a rock pile when somebody contemplates it with a cathedral mind.” – Antoine Saint-Exupery

40. “You must do the one thing you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

41. “Innovation is the calling card of the future.” – Anna Eshoo

42. “The more original the discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.” – Arthur Koestler

43. “For good ideas and true innovation, you need human interaction, conflict, argument and debate.” – Margaret Hefferman

44. “Genius is infinite painstaking.” – Michelangelo

45. “Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.” – Winston Churchill

46. “Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” – Fyodor Dostoevsky

47. “Innovation is an evolutionary process, so it’s not necessary to be radical all the time.” – Marc Jacobs

48. “Ideas won’t keep, something must be done about them.” – Alfred North Whitehead

49. “Once we rid ourselves of traditional thinking, we can get on with creating the future.” – James Bertrand

50. “I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened by the old ones.” – John Cage

51. “A key ingredient in innovation is the ability to challenge authority and break rules.” – Vivek Wadhwa

52. “Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.” – General George Patton

53. “Innovation is the ability to convert ideas into invoices.” – L. Duncan

54. “Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness had genius, power and magic in it.” – Goethe

55. “The best way to predict the future, is to invent it.” – Alan Kay

56. “When entire companies embrace a growth mindset, their employees report feeling far more empowered and committed, they also receive far greater organizational support for collaboration and innovation.” – Carol S. Dweck

57. “It’s always impossible, until it is done.” – Nelson Mandela

58. “I am looking for a lot of people who have an infinite capacity to not know what can’t be done.” – Henry Ford

59. “Don’t impersonate, innovate.” – Conor McGreggor

60. “Innovation is change that unlocks new value.” – Jamie Notter

61. “All great deeds, and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning.” – Albert Camus

62. “Innovation is the process of turning ideas into manufacturable and marketable form.” – Watts Humprey

63. “You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across, your ideas wont get you anywhere.” – Lee Iacocca

64. “Confusion is a word we have invented for an order that is not yet understood.” – Henry Miller

65. “They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” – Andy Warhol

66. “The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.” – Dr. Linus Pauling

67. “I have been doing a lot of abstract painting lately, extremely abstract. No brush, no pain, no canvas, I just think about it.” – Steven Wright

68. “We have reached the end of incrementalism. Only those companies that are capable of creating industry revolutions will prosper in the new economy.” – Gary Hamel

69. “If you look at history, innovation doesn’t come just from giving people incentives, it comes from creating environments where their ideas can connect.” – Steven Johnson

70. “Innovation survives only when people believe in their own ideas.” – Levo League

71. “I failed my way to success.” – Thomas Edison

72. “Don’t fear mistakes. There are none.” – Miles Davis

73. “Exploration is the engine that drives innovation. Innovation drives economic growth.” – Edith Widder

74. “Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation.” – Mason Cooley

75. “Software innovation, like almost every other kind of innovation, requires the ability to collaborate and hare ideas with other people, and to sit down and talk with customers and get their feedback and understand their needs.” – Bill Gates

76. “If you do not express your own original ideas, id you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself.” – Arthur Koestler

77. “When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills.” – Unknown

78. “Innovation is the calling card of the future.” – Anna Eshoo

79. “You can’t just ask customers what they want and they try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they’ll want something new.” – Steve Jobs

80. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” – Steve Jobs

81. “The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success: Concentration, discrimination, organization, innovation and communication.” – Harold S. Geneen

82. “Creativity is not finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found.” – James Russell Lowell

83. “Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.” – William Follarda

84. “Innovation happens because there are a people out there doing and trying a lot of different things.” – Edward Felten

85. “There’s always an element of chance and you must be willing to live with that element. If you insist on certainty, you will paralyze yourself.” – J.P. Getty

86. “If you have always done it that way, it’s probably wrong.” – Charles Kettering

87. “I think there is probably no better person to aspire to emulate than Steve Jobs and what he has done at Apply in terms of his leadership, his innovation, not settling for mediocrity.” – Howard Schultz

88. “The best vision is insight.” – Malcolm Forbes

89. “Innovation is the ability to see a change as an opportunity, not a threat.” – Steve Jobs

90. “To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.” – Albert Einstein

91. “Innovation accelerates and compounds. Each point in from of you is bigger than anything that ever happened.” – Marc Andreessen

92. “You can’t allow tradition to get in the way of innovation. There’s a nee to respect the past, but it’s a mistake to revere your past.” – Bob Iger

93. “Creativity ins thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things.” – Theodore Levitt

94. “What is now proved was once only imagined.” – William Blake

95. “Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.” – Erich Fromm

96. “Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the found of all invention and innovation. In it’s arguably most tranformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power to that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared.” – J.K. Rowling

97. “Remember a dead fish can float down a stream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.” – W.C. Fields

98. “A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.” – Edmund Burke

99. “Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.” – Voltaire

100. “Give me the young man who has brains enough to make a fool of himself.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

101. “There are different ways to do innovation. You can plant a lot of seeds, not be committed to any particular one of them, but just see what grows. And this really isn’t how we’ve approached this. We go mission first, then focus on the pieces we need and go deep on them and be committed to them.” – Mark Zuckerberg

102. “Ultimately, progress and innovation win.” – Travis Kalanick

103. “Innovation – any new idea, by definition will not be accepted at first. It takes repeated attempts, endless demonstrations, monotonous rehearsals before innovation can be accepted an internalized by an organization. This requores courageous patience.” – Warren Bennis

104. “The riskiest thing we can do is just maintain the status quo.” – Bob Iger

105. “Innovation is moving at a scarily fast pace.” – Bill Gates

106. “My view is that there is no bad time to innovate.” – Jeff Bezos

107. “We are here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise, why even be here..” – Steve Jobs

108. “If an organization values innovation, you can assume it’s safe to speak up with new ideas, leaders will listen and your voice matters.” – Adam Grant

109. “If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old.” – Peter Drucker

110. “If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong.” – Charles Kettering

111. “To stay ahead in innovation, look at horizontal industries and the ones leading your current industry, someone is always doing something new.” – Jeff Butler

112. “There is no substitution for innovation. Original revolutionary ideas will always rise to the top.” – Richard Branson

113. “Changes call for innovation, and innovation leads to progress.” – Li Keqiang

114. “The silly question is the first imitation of some totally new development.” – Alfred Whitehead

115. “Innovation is more likely to come from a person who sits down and does the same thing every single day until they become an expert than from a person who sits down once because they feel inspired.” – Stacy Caprio

116. “Innovation is the whim of an elite before it becomes a need of the public.” – Ludwig Von Mises

117. “In complexity, there is no silver bullet, only silver buckshot.” – Mark Cabaj

118. “Innovation has nothing to do with how many R & D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R 7 D. It’s not about the money, it’s about the people you have, how you’re led and how much you get it.” – Steve Jobs

119. “It is those who achieved something and want to rest upon their achievements who are forever clogging things up.” – F.M. Young

120. “Dreamers are mocked as impractical. The truth is they are the most practical, as their innovations lead to progress and a better way of life for all of us.” – Robin Sharma

121. “The vast majority of human beings dislike even actually dread all notions with which they are not familiar. Hence it comes about that at their first appearance innovators have generally been persecuted, and always derided as fools and madmen.” – Aldous Huxley

122. “When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.” – Elon Musk

123. “Without trust, the most essential element of innovation, conflict, becomes impossible.’ – Patrick Lencioni

124. “The essential part of creativity is not being afraid to fail.” – Edwin H. Land

125. “Money never starts the idea, it is the idea that starts the money.” – William J. Cameron

126. “New ideas for innovation grow out of the minds of each new generation. Having an institution of higher learning can help young people put those ideas into action is critical.” – Jay Samit

127. “The only way you survive is you continuously transform into something else. It’s this idea of continuous transformation that makes you an innovation company.” – Ginni Rometty

128. “Basically, to lead without a title is to derive your power within the organization not from your position but from your competence, effectiveness, relationships, excellence, innovation and ethics.” – Robin Sharma

129. “Innovation is any change, big or small that makes a difference.” – Thomas Smith

130. “Scholars are deeply gratified when their ideas catch on. And they are even more gratified when their ideas make a difference. Improving motivation, innovation, or productivity, for example. But popularity has a price. People sometimes distort ideas, and therefore fail to reap their benefits.” – Carol S. Dweck

131. “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein

132. “What is the calculus of innovation? The calculus of innovation is really quite simple. Knowledge drives innovation, innovation drives productivity, productivity drives economic growth.” – William Brody

133. “Innovation no longer remains a choice but has become an imperative.” – Narendra Modi

134. “Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity.” – Michael Porter

135. “Without change, there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable.” – William Pollard

136. “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefor all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” – George Bernard Shaw

137. “Do not get obsolete like an old technology, keep innovating yourself.” – Sukant Ratnakar

138. “Keep in mind that imagination is at the heart of all innovation. Crush or constrain it and the fun will vanish.” – Albert-Laszlo Barabasi

139. “You have to take your own bold approach, and if you do, you will be rewarded with success. Or calamitous failure. That can happen to.” – Steven Moffat

140. “Innovation: Imagine the future and fill in the gaps.” – Brian Halligan

141. “You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Unknown

142. “Every once in a while, a new technology, an old problem and a big idea turn into an innovation.” – Dean Kamen

143. “We need to always lean towards the future.” – Jeff Bezos

144. “Innovation is seeing what everbody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.” – Dr. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

145. “Business has only two functions, marketing and innovation.” – Milan Kundera

146. “Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best do admit them quickly and get on with improving your other innovations.” – Steve Jobs

147. “There is no innovation and creativity without failure, period.” – Brene Brown

148. “If the only too you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. – Abraham Maslow

149. “Where all think alike, there is little danger of innovation.” – Edward Abbey

150. “Innovation is taking two things that already exist, and putting them together ina new way.” – Tom Freston

151. “Most innovation comes from outside your industry applied to your own.” – Tony Hsieh

152. “When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.” – Elon Musk

153. “Changes call for innovation, and innovation leads to progress.” – Li Kequiang

154. “If I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.” – Tom Landry

155. “Everybody has a creative potential and from the moment you can express the creative potential, you can start changing the world.” – Paulo Coelho

156. “Open innovation is a paradigm that assumes that firms can and should use external ideas as well as internal ideas, and internal and external paths to market, as the firms look to advance their technology.” – Henry Chesbrough

157. “I don’t think any particular painters have inspired me, except in a general sense. It was more a matter of corroboration. The visual arts, from Manet onwards, seemed far open to change and experiment than the novel, though that’s only partly fault of the writers. There is something about the novel that resists innovation.” – J.G. Ballard

158. “Conformity to the present is invisibility to the future.” – Stefan Molyneux

159. “The only unique contribution that we will ever make in this world will be born of our creativity.” – Unknown

160. “The value of an idea lies in the using of it.” – Thomas Edison

161. “What’s dangerous is not to evolve.” – Jeff Bezos

162. “The common question that gets asked in business is, why? That’s a good question but an equally valid question is, why not.” – Jeff Bezos

163. “Innovation is the creation of the new or re-arranging of the old in a new way.” – Michael Vance

164. “Sustaining innovations are the key to consistent performance, whereas disruptive innovations are the key to dramatic changes in power.” – Geoffrey Moore

165. “A dream will not become an innovation if there is no realization.” – Ciputra

166. “Disruptive innovations create jobs, efficiency innovations destroy them.” – Clayton Christensen

167. “The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas and throw the bad ones away.” – Linus Pauling

168. “Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things.” – Robert A. Heinlein

169. “Bureaucracy destroys initiative. There is little that bureaucrats hate more than innovation, especially innovation that produces better results than the old routines. Improvements always make those at the top of the heap look inept. Who enjoys appearing inept.” – Frank Herbert

170. “Old ideas can sometimes use new buildings. New ideas must use old buildings.” – Steven Johnson

171. “Innovation at Apple has always been a team game. It has always been a case where you have a number of small groups working together.” – Jonathan Ive

172. “Empowerment of individuals is a key part of what makes open source work, since in the end, innovations tend to come from small groups, not from large, structured efforts.” – Tim O’Reilly

173. “Throughout history, people with new ideas, who think differently and try to change things, have always been called trouble makers.” – Richelle Mead

174. “Big companies have trouble with innovation. Innovation is about bad ideas or ideas that look like bad ideas. That’s the fundamental thing.” – Ben Horowitz

175. “The reason why it is so difficult for existing firms to capitalize on disruptive innovations is that their processes and their business model that makes them good at existing business actually makes them bad at competing for disruption.” – Clayton Christensen

176. “Innovation takes birth in sync with the evolution of customer’s expectations and demands or vice versa. Either way, organizations around the world have to continually innovate themselves and keep up with people’s wants. The failure to do so or being indifferent to your customer’s need will make your competitors win. And then suddenly, customers become indifferent to you, a high risk gamble to play at.” – Ketan Kapoor

177. “Innovation comes from, one, acknowledging yourself, two studying and understanding the problem and three, finding a solution.” – Marley Dias

178. “When looking to innovate, fail forward. Innovation can be a chaotic process, embrace it and learn from your failures.” – Luke West

179. “Every new thing creates two new questions, and two new opportunities.” – Jeff Bezos

180. “Listen to anyone with an original idea, no matter how absurd it may sound at first. If you put fences around people, you get sheep. Give people the room they need.” – William McKnight

181. “Our future growth relies on competitiveness and innovation, skills and productivity and these in turn rely on the education of our people.” – Julia Gillard

182. “Part of me thinks that innovation, real innovation in health care delivery needs to happen from the bottom to the top.” – Malcolm Gladwell

183. “Trust the young people, trust this generations innovation. They’re making things, changing innovation every day. And all the consumers are the same, they want new things, they want cheap things, they want good things, they want unique things. If we can create these kind of things for consumers, they will come.” – Jack Ma

184. “In a world of change, the learners shall inherit the earth, while the learned shall find themselves perfectly suited for a world that no longer exists.” – Eric Hoffer

185. “The paradox of innovation is that it is accepted as an innovation when it has become imitation.” – Piero Scaruffi

186. “You were saved not my work, but for work. Do it till all is done. By our inventions, innovations, initiatives, improvements, involvements, imaginations, informations, interventions and aspirations. Go the extra mile and dare to do it.” – Israelmore Ayivor

187. “Be a Columbus, smell the fragrance of the new lands and discover them.” – Amit Ray

188. “Innovation is deviance which means that the rebellious personality is a natural resource for practical creativity. As an innovator, you need to reject the old to establish a new, better status quo. And one of the most powerful sources of newness is the rebel or maverick, mind.” – Jax McKeown

189. “Innovation needs preparation, collaboration and the light of the soul. Every challenge proves that light, a greater depth of understanding about life and truth.” – Amit Ray

190. “I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all.” – Alex de Tocqueville

191. “The lessons I learned from the dark days at Alibaba are that you’ve got to make your team have value, innovation and vision. Also, if you don’t give up, you will have a chance. And when you are small, you have to be very focused and rely on your brain, not your strength.” – Jack Ma

192. “The right focus for the US is on advanced manufacturing, something that requires innovation.” – Tim Cook

193. “NASA is an engine of innovation and inspiration as well as the world’s premier space exploration agency, and we are well served by politicians working to keep it that way, instead of turning it into a mere jobs program, or worse, cutting it’s budget.” – Bill Nye

194. “We go around thinking the innovator is the person who’s first to kind of conceive of something. And maybe the innovation process continues down the line to the second and the third and the fourth entrant into a field.” – Malcolm Gladwell

195. “I think innovation as a discipline needs to go back and get rethought and revived. There are so many models to talk about innovation, there are so many typologies of innovation and you have to find a good innovation metric that truly captures the innovation performance of the company.” – Indra Nooyi

196. “An important scientific innovation rarely makes it’s way by gradually inning over and converting it’s opponents. What does happen is that the opponents gradually die out.” – Max Planck

197. “Most people have a very strong sense of organizational ownership. But I think what people have to own is an innovation agenda, and everything is shared in terms of implementation.” – Satya Nadella

198. “I made it real clear to the business community, if your plan for innovation is to trick people, is to fool them, is to not tell them the truth about the pice, then your right, I’m going to be right in the way.” – Elizabeth Warren

199. “Creativity is, after all, lauded as the engine of business innovation.” – Matthew Walker

200. “At the point that an idea approaches perfection, fashion and expectations surge ahead, leaving the innovator with considerable room to find further improvements.” – Max McKeown

201. ” A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn, it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man’s brow.” – Charles Brower

Conclusion To Innovation Quotes

There we are my friend. A compilation of quotes about innovating. Let me know what your favorite ones were. And what you think innovation really is?

When was a time in your life that you were innovative? I’m curious to hear about it!

Let’s chat in the comment section below!

 

With gratitude,

Chris

What Is A Vision Statement?

Personal Vision Statement Definition: Goals in one’s life tied to the values and morals one wants their life to echo. Creating massive results. And a deeply fulfilling and hopeful life.

PRO TIP – A vision statement is looking through the lens of future possibility. Not current reality.

A vision statement is essentially a statement that resonates with your core values. It is something that is so aligned with your purpose for you life. Mixed with who you want to become and be remembered by.

It is not a concrete formula. And yet it is solid enough to where you know you won’t deviate from it for a long time.

It is more of the foundation to which you add to as you become more and do more. As you grow, it may change. Or it may stay exactly the same.

It is a couple sentences at most. That essentially defines the true you. The purposeful you. The unlimited you.

A phrase so powerful that you live your entire life by it. It is like a map with the only directions you will ever need to get to your destination.

It is not loosely created though. It is something that can take time to develop. Although often times, it can be spit out right here and now. As authenticity comes from spur of the moment actions and verbalization.

No matter which route your choose, creating a vision statement is something that I truly believe EVERYONE must do. As it is a strong reminder of where you are going.

We can go on autopilot a lot of the times in our life. And having something to bring our awareness to, can be extremely powerful.

When we are down and out, we can go to the vision statement. When we are elevated, we can go back to the vision statement to push us harder and further. Along with stay congruent with our beliefs and the human we are trying to become.

The vision statement is something to where you define your life.

As most people in this life have no purpose. They simply wake up. Do enough work to get to the end of the week and still get paid. Then distract themselves all weekend, suppressing the thoughts about having to go back to work.

This is NOT you. You are different. That is why you are reading this article.

And by the end of it, you will have all you need to create a vision statement that rocks your own world. One that gives you chills. One that when you look at it, it is pure truth. That speaks truth to who you are, who you are seeking to become. And what the world will remember you by.

Something that will be more far reaching in it’s essence. Someone you long to become, but have the potential to become. It will be something that PUSHES you from behind. Creating more willpower in your to get the job done. Do the studying you need to. Network with the people you need to. Give that extra ounce of effort in before throwing in the towel.

Plain and simple, you will have something at your disposal, so powerful, it can help you move mountains of down. And create a version of yourself even God would be surprised you became and transformed into!

GET MORE INSPIRATION HERE: 125 Quotes About Vision

Lets jump into it!

How To Create A Vision Statement (Vision Statement Generator)

Below are 6 different tips to get the wheels turning around the creation of a mission statement for your life. Even call it a statement of vision. As it will not be wishy washy.

Someone can wake you up at 2AM and ask you what it is. And you will spout that puppy out with ease!

These 6 questions will help you create the structure and bones of your vision statement.

7 Questions For The Creation of Your Personal Vision Statement

A quick tip to touch upon before we jump into the questions, is to write in a PERSONAL style. Don’t write what you feel you “should” write. This is personal and it should define the real you. The authentic you.

Try to do away with the filters of how you should be acting. And get raw with this project. Stating truly who YOU want to become. And what YOU want your life to mean. Not what you think your mom, teacher, offspring or pastor wants you to be or become.

This is all about you. If you have never given yourself the freedom to do something just for you, do so now. You deserve this.

Also, one last tip is to use black and white words. Don’t be non-commital with this process. Use powerful words. This is a statement. Essentially etched into stone. So you want to get it right!

Here we go:

Question #1 – How Do You Want To Be Remembered?

If you were to flash forward to your burial. When the people who knew the REAL you were speaking. They are talking about who they knew you to be. Who you became. And how you lived your life.

I know this sounds pretty damn morbid. But stay with me.

Act like you are faking it in the grave. You are still alive and listening to all of the people speak about you. What are they saying?

Whatever positive things they are talking about, that is your true desire about what qualities you want in your life.

For example maybe they relate qualities to you like:

• Persevering
• Empathetic
• Loving
• Passionate
• Compassionate
• Driven
• Fearless
• Courageous
• Funny
• Witty
• Joyfoul
• Inclusive
• Non-judgemental
• Authentic
• Powerful
• Creative
• Open-Minded
• Religious
• Giving

Take 3 to 5 words that you would like to be remembered by. These will be very important as we create a vision statement for your life. You will be sprinkling them into the creation of your mission statement.

If you need help on thinking of good values and things you want to be remembered by, check out the resource I created for you below.

Resource: Core Values List (A-Z)

Question #2 – What Qualities Do You Admire About People You Like Most?

This can be another great way to find out things that you truly care about. For example lets just say you love how compassionate Mother Theresa was.

Well if someone has a quality you love, it means you have it already engrained into your life. Or you want to engrain it into your existence.

If someone can do something, you can do so to.

Think about 5 people and list out 5-10 qualities about that person that you really like.

Then look back at the list. You will notice that there are consistent adjectives that describe the people you admire. The same quality will most likely come up a few times. Notice the pattern.

Those qualities are important to you and will be helpful in creating a excellent vision statement for your life.

Question #3 – What Qualities Do You Hate In Certain People?

If you are having trouble with the previous exercise, simply think about 5 people you don’t like in this life.

And then rinse and repeat. List out 5-10 things about those people that you CANT STAND! Don’t worry, I don’t judge you. We all have those certain people that just get under our skin!

And then again, you will most likely recognize patterns in this exercise. Of qualities that come up multiple times. Look at those qualities on paper, and write on the side of them, the opposite of that quality.

So if you have the word LAZY, right next to it you would right DRIVEN.

If you see the world SELFISH a lot, write the word GIVING next to it.

Do this with 3-5 words and it will give you more ammo in creating the perfect vision statement for your life!

Question #4 – What Would Your Favorite Superhero Do? (No Limits)

Look at the end of the day, we all have a favorite superhero. They are the ultimate for of a societies beacon of hope. They do good. They get things done. And they leave an impact on others for the sake of leaving this world a better and safer place to fall asleep to at night.

No is your turn to be the ultimate superhero of your own life.

Waking up today, you are a new person. You are the superhero that you wish would come rescue your life. You are essentially rescuing yourself.

What would this superhero version of do? They sure wouldn’t operate off of any limiting beliefs, that’s for sure!

Give yourself permission to think without limits. To go into your minds eye, and see yourself doing the unthinkable. Becoming someone magnificent.

What would the superhero version of yourself be doing? How we they be acting. Who would they be around. How would they be living their life.

This can give you a limit free vision of your life. As a vision statement isn’t meant to be realistic. Again it is resonating with your true being. Along with making you get out of your comfort zone.

Question #5 – What Kind of Life Would Make You Excited To Wake Up?

We have all worked in jobs and gone through routines that we have absolutely dreaded. It has to be done in the interum. But sometimes we stay too long.

What would your life look like if you were living the life you maybe dreamed about before you got stuck in the hypnotic spell of the world?

Before the world told you what to think. How to act. What to wear. How to speak?

Go back to where you were a kid and think about what you wanted to do when you grew up.

It is NEVER too late to start over. And whatever those old dreams and goals were, you can cultivate a flame around them again.

And put them into your vision statement. Which the statement will become the fan that fans those flames into a raging inferno.

Question #6 – What Skills Do You Want That You Don’t Have

One last time in creating a vision statement for your life.

What are a couple skills that you want to master?

Maybe it is music. Sales. A sport.

Whatever it is, it shows that you have passion in this field. Otherwise you wouldn’t want to master that skill.

And when perseverance falls short, passion takes over. You can only go so far, until passion kicks in. And gives you the mysterious extra energy, when everything seems all but lost.

Question #7 – What Brings You Joy?

What things in life GIVE you energy when you do them. Instead of taking energy away?

For example you could put in a long days work doing this. And after it, you would still be down to go out and have fun?

Integrate that fully into your mission statement. Make it a bigger part of your life already if you aren’t already doing so.

BONUS Question: How Would You Lead Your Own Life?

Lets just say, for the sake of it, that it is ALL ON YOU. You lost your job, no one can help you. You are completely on your own in that regard.

How would you lead your life forward? What traits would you need to have in order to rise up and make it? And not only make it, but thrive because of it?

As in every adversity, there is an equal or great seed of opportunity.

What would that opportunity be?

What traits would you have to fully maximize in yourself to survive and then thrive?

Maybe traits that you didn’t even know you had?

As when people are faced with death or success, they tend to succeed.

Who would you have to become to be the ultimate leader of your life?

MY VISION STATEMENT

So by going through the 6 questions above, I formulated my vision statement which came out to be:

I a committed to becoming a masterful real estate agent while simultaneously impacting both my clients and blog audience to be better, do better and dream bigger.

Through my passions, I truly hope with all my heart to leave people happier and more empowered than before they met me. Both of which allow be to make a handsome living and ultimately my fortune to enjoy and give back with.

I commit to doing all this with integrity, passion and perseverance through every action I take in my life. And through my contribution I am able to give back to the world, helping generations that follow rise up and be triumphant. 

I only compete with myself. Trying to become a little bit better each day, than I was before. I love fully and open my heart to being loved fully. I am fearlessly authentic.

Vision Statement VS Mission Statement

Ok so now we know what a vision statement is. It is beginning with the end in mind. One of the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

It essentially paints a vision of your future. One so fulfilling and inspiring that it cultivate the desire for big action.

It is essentially admitting our mortality. Which creates a desire to act bigger and with more urgency. As we won’t be here for long. It is essentially a type of eulogy.

That is what a vision statement is. A snippet of a future that you desire to manifest.

Now a mission statement, which I will go over in another article soon, is a bit different.

The mission statement is the HOW. So now that you began with the end in mind. You now need to map out how you are going to make your vision statement happen.

Mission statements are tactical. They integrate steps, processes, education and implementation. It is scheduled data that gets your closer and closer to your vision statement into a LIVING statement. To where you are truly living that statement.

A mission statement is the building blocks that make the wall. The wall being the ultimate vision you have for your life i.e. your vision statement.

So based off of my vision statement, my mission statement may go something like this:

Through commitment of mastering my real estate craft by self education and seeking mentorship, I lead a life of providing top tier realty service to my clientele. 

Through daily devotion to learning, and implementation through teaching and blogging self help, I am able to create a blogging world where my audience is inspired to to take bigger action, become more and seek their highest self.

All while checking in daily to see if I am living authentically. And allowing myself to love and be loved in full. Depending on my daily results, I learn from my mistakes and show up better and better each and every single day. I am coached and self coach my way to greatness.

Think of it like this, a mission statement is more action driven. And the vision statement is cultivated from deep within. It is more mystical and far reaching. With the knowing and belief in oneself that it can be accomplished. The vision statement is the metaphysical in which the mission statement is the physical.

Mission statements are what it will take in the interim. Which long term action on the interim will ultimately allow you to manifest your vision. And start living and fully embodying it.

It will give direction, so you know what action to take. Instead of a vision statement being more like a dream. The mission statement action items will allow one to create that vision into a more concrete livable reality.

Other Questions To Consider When Crafting The Vision Statment

The main thing to consider when answering these questions is to let your mind flow. Do a stream of consciousness that allows you to write while not judging yourself. Don’t hesitate. What you write is what is meant to be written.

What you think is meant to be thought. No accidents in life. Let yourself freely jump into this experience.

Here are the questions to ask yourself when starting to create a vision statement.

1. Who do you want to be in 40 years?
2. How do you see yourself professionally in 30 years after mastering your craft?
3. What life would make you happy if you aren’t happy in it now?
4. What would make it more happy?
5. What would the your life areas look like in 40 years if they played out perfectly: professional, personal, spiritual, financially and society.
6. Who or what do you want to impact before your leave the earth.
7. How do you want your life to be remembered when you are gone?
8. What do you want to live on past your death?
9. What do I devote the most time too that brings me happiness?
10. What activity do I find my mind being most quiet?
11. What would it take for me to become a better? Fill in the blank. Father, worker, church goer, son, daughter, contributer to society.
12. What did I want to be as a kid?
13. If I had no influences by my parents, teachers, friends, or anyone else, who would I want to become?
14. If I feel my hearts desires are weak, what if that didn’t matter? Who cares what people think?
15. Doing what, would excite me everyday?
16. If I was the best version of myself now, what would that look like?
17. How does my most greatest supporter see me?
18. What do I consider winning in life, at the end of my life?

Thought provoking memory joggers:

1. I am at my absolute best when…
2. I like to see “this” change about the world…
3. I stand for…
4. I would die for…
5. The best trait that describes me or who I want to be come is…
6. I was created to do…
7. My life purpose is…

What To Do Now With Your Vision Statement?

So you have got the body of your vision statement. Of course it can be perfected upon. And yet what you wrote is most likely the most authentic you. It is the basis for who you are and what you long to become.

Now we need to integrate repetition into it.

As repetition is the mother of all learning.

When we repeat something enough times, it is accepted by our subconscious mind. The mind that never sleeps. The part of the mind that literally dictates over 95 percent of our actions. It is what helps our heart beat over 100,000 times per day.

So here are a couple tips to make it into who you are. So you can embody it at a subconscious level:

1. Write it out and post it on your bathroom mirror. Read it each time you brush your teeth.
2. Put it on a vision board with pictures that represent the statement in a more visual way, along with the actual statement.
3. Write it once daily in the morning and/or right before you go to bed.
4. Visualize yourself being, doing and having everything that encompasses your vision statement.
5. Record yourself saying it with passion and energy. Replay it on your way to work.
6. Say it with emotion and use your body. Get into it when you say it. This is known as an incantation. It is different than positive affirmations as emotion is created by motion.
7. Mediate on it daily, seeing the words, feeling them. And envision you already being that person.
8. Get an accountability parter who will create their own vision statement. Text it to each other daily.

Large Companies Vision Statement Examples

Microsoft

Empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

Walmart

To give customers a wide assortment of their favorite products. Every Day Low Prices, guaranteed satisfaction, friendly service, convenient hours (24 hours, 7 days a week) and great online shopping experiences.

Disney

To make people happy.

Ford

People working together as a lean, global enterprise to make people’s lives better through automotive and mobility leadership.

Apple

To produce high quality, low cost, easy to use products that incorporate high technology for the individual.

Conclusion To Creating A Vision Statement

So as you may have noticed, the creation of a mission statement has to do with both GOALS and VALUES. The two intertwined can light a fire in ones soul. It reunites oneself with the moral values that one holds subconsciously true to themselves. Along with inspires hope for a better future.

It allows one to KNOW THYSELF. The ultimate task and challenge in this life. As once you know yourself, you can be yourself.

We are all like a missile. We have the power to go extremely far in this life. We are exposive in our effectiveness when we hit the target we are seeking. The challenge is finding out what that target is. And once we do so, we then find out that we have the energy source within us that will allow us to decimate our target. I.E. crushing our goals.

Doing away with our lower self/self destructive ways. Along with leading a life of purpose. One that demands remembrance and rightfully is remembered. And inspired to be emulated, for generations to come.

201 Quotes on The Future

When I was thinking about creating a post of quotes about on the future, the subject gave me a feeling of deep discontent and bewilderment. It caused both excitement and anxiety. A big part of me, more than ever has prepared better for the future. Which inspired in me a sense of hope.

The other part of me knowns I have not prepared enough. Especially in the past. So that brought me anxiety.

It’s crazy how one word can evoke such negative and powerful responses at the same time. How it can literally dislodge our consciousness out of the now, running along a timeline that already past and as hasn’t even happened yet.

And yet there is so much around this elusive world, future. What does it mean? Is it really a reality? Or is it a fabrication we have made up in our minds? When the future comes, it is NOW. Is living in the moment the answer then?

Just like normally with philosophy, more questions posed offer more questions to pose!

Yet lets take a look at a myriad of interesting perspectives on the future. With 201 quotes on the future. To garner hope, insight and education on this elusive topic.

201 Future Quotes

1. 1. “The future depends on what we do in the present.” – Mahatma Gandhi

   2. The pas cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.” – Unknown

   3. “The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here. Live it.” – Thomas S Monson

   4. “Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.” – Wayne Dyer

   5. “Let your hopes, not your hurts shape your future.” – Robert H. Schuller

   6. “The future influences the present just as much as the past.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

   7. “The future rewards those who press on, I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I’m going to press on.” – Barack Obama

   8. “You cannot connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something, your guy, destiny, life, karma whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.” – Steve Jobs

   9. “Look back over the past, with it’s changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.” – Marcus Aurelius

   10. “You are the creator of your own future. So the next time you sit down to write your own story, remember that you are the creator of the best chapters that could ever be written.” – Catherine Pulsifer

   11. “Map out your future, but do it in pencil. The road ahead is as long as you make it. Make it worth the trip.” – Jon Bon Jovi

   12. “If there is hope in the future there is literally power in the present.” – Zig Ziglar

   13. “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present or certain to miss the future.” – John F. Kennedy

   14. “Look closely at the present you are constructing. It should look like the future you are dreaming.” – Alice Walker

   15. “The most reliable way to forecast the future is to try to understand the present.” – John Naisbitt

   16. “Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.” – Wayne Dyer

   17. “Most of us have spend more time studying a map to avoid getting lost on a trip than we have studying our life so we’ll know how to proceed in the future.” – Dan B. Allender

   18. “Your future is only as bright as your mind is open.” – Rich Wilkins

   19. “No matter how dirty your past is, your future is still spotless.” – Drake

   20. “Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.” – Albert Camus

   21. “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” – William Shakespeare

   22. “When I look into the future, it’s so bright it burns my eyes.” – Oprah Winfrey

   23. “May the happiest days of your past, be the saddest days of your future.” – Irish Saying

   24. “I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and love today.” – William Allen White

   25. “Do you duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.” – Andrew Carnegie

   26. “If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed. If in terms of ten years, plant trees, if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.” – Confucius

   27. “Always in motion is the future.” – Yoda

   28. “I look to the future because that’s where I’m going to spend the rest of my life.” – George Burns

   29. “The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.” – Albert Einstein

   30. “Enjoy pleasant pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.” – Seneca

   31. “At some point the future becomes reality. And then it quickly becomes the past.” – Haruki Murakami

   32. “May the dreams of your past be the reality of your future.” – Unknown

   33. “The future is not something we enter. The future is something we create.” – Leonard I. Sweet

   34. “There is nothing like a dream to create the future.” – Victor Hugo

   35. “Every moment the future is becoming the present, and the present is becoming the past. The past has no possibility, it has been used.” – Osho

   36. “Choose your friends with caution, plan your future with purpose, and frame your life with faith.” – Thomas S. Monson

   37. “What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven’t happened yet.” – Unknown

   38. “Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.” – Kahlil Gibran

   39. “The future has a way of arriving unannounced.” – George Will

   40. “What you do today will determine your future.” – Catherine Pulsifer

   41. “What helps make your future a brighter one is if you’ll make the decision to choose to be happy and thankful for the present and just let the future be.” – Matt Morris

   42. “While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future.” – Ronald Reagan

   43. “Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.” – Bob Marley

   44. “What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow.” – Thomas a Kempis

   45. “Happiness is not something you postpone for the future, it is something you design for the present.” – Jim Rohn

   46. “Being fully present is the best guarantee for a bight future.” – Guy Finley

   47. “A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown.” – Denis Waitley

   48. “I got a bright future ahead of me.” – Justin Bieber

   49. “Neither a wise man nor a brave man lie down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

   50. “Any change in how we think about our future, even it if could radically improve our prospects, takes courage.” – Bruce Wilkinson

   51. “Those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.” – John F. Kennedy

   52. “Well the future for me, is already a thing of the past.” – Bob Dylan

   53. “Hope: belief in a bright future.” – Lailah Gifty Akita

   54. “A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.” – Bernard Baruc

   55. “People always find it easier to be a result of the past, rather than a cause of the future.” – Unknown

   56. “The past, the present and the future are really one, they are today.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe

   57. “The future is a split second away.” – Ana Monnar

   58. “Do not watch the clock. Do what it does and keep going.” – Sam Levenson

   59. “Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.” – Horae

   60. “Never make predictions, especially about the future.” – Casey Stengel

   61. “The prerequisite for motivation and success in any endeavor is a BIG vision for your future. If you’re stuck in the past, you’re really in trouble.” – B.N. Norton

   62. “I don’t live for the past. I live for today and tomorrow.” – Thomas Edison

   63. “If you have not vision of yourself in the future, than you have nothing to live for. The Bible says ‘Where there is no vision, the people perish’.” – Les Brown

   64. “Your past, present and future should be moulded by your thoughts. Remember your thinking is your life’s autobiography.” – James Borg

   65. “We are made wise, not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility of our future.” – George Bernard Shaw

   66. “Even though the future seems far away, it is actually beginning right now.” – Mattie Stepanek

   67. “Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.” – Percy Bysshe Shelley

   68. “And while imagining a better future, let’s also imagine a better self. Unless we give our power away, we are in charge of creating our future.” – Vlad Zachary

   69. “You can’t accept responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” – Abraham Lincoln

   70. “There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and let’s the future in.” – Graham Greene

   71. “The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better.” – Paulo Coelho

   72. “The future, something which everyone reaches at a rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.”- C.S. Lewis

   73. “Focusing on your future makes you realize more opportunities than ever.” – Kate Iroegbu

   74. “Be careful not to look so far ahead, that you miss what’s in front of you.” – Jeremy Aldana

   75. “I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.” – Mahatma Gandhi

   76. “In this volatile business our ours, we can ill afford to rest on our laurels even to pause in retrospect. Times and conditions can change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.” – Walt Disney

   77. “The empires of the future, are the empires of the mind.” – Winston Churchill

   78. “When did the future switch from being a promise to being a threat.” – Chuck Palahniuk

   79. “According to scientists, cheerful temper and a belief in a brighter future can strengthen your body and hold up the old age because optimism doesn’t simply protect your nerves, moreover, it strengthens the immune system, repels bacteria and allays pain.” – Vanessa Angel

   80. “The future is not an inheritance, it is an opportunity and an obligation.” – Bill Clinton

   81. “One must plan for the future and anticipate the future, without fearing the future.” – Robin Hobb

   82. “What is coming is better than what is gone.” – Arabic Proverb

   83. “With our words we can either bless our futures, or we can curse our futures.” – Joel Osteen

   84. “If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.” – William James

   85. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln

   86. “Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.” – John W. Gardner

   87. “Happy is the person who knows that to remember of the past, what to enjoy in the present and what to plan for in the future.” – Arnold H. Glasow

   88. “I haven’t been faithful to my own advice in the past. I will in the future.” – Bill Graham

   89. “Faith and hope work hand in hand, however, while hope focuses on the future, faith focuses on the now.” – David Odunaiya

   90. “We must welcome the future, remember that soon it will be the past, and we must respect the past, remember that it was once all that was humanly possible.” – George Santayana

   91. “As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We cannot choose the day or time when we fully bloom. It happens in it’s own time.” – Denis Waitley

   92. “Trying to tear down your past prohibits you from building up your future.” – Lil Wayne

   93. “The choices we make today create the future that we are dreaming of.” – Clare Josa

   94. “Young people, from lack of experience are often puzzled over the future.” – Bill Calhoun

   95. “Life is divided into three terms, that which was, which is and which will be. Leet us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.” – William Wordsworth

   96. “The future is an unknown but a somewhat predictable unknown. To look to the future, we must first look back on the past. That is where the seeds of the future were planted. I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.” – Albert Einstein

   97. “The future is always more important than the past.” – Paul Park

   98. “Our human compassion binds the one to the other, not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.” – Nelson Madela

   99. “In this bright future, you can’t forget your past.” – Bob Marley

   100. “Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.” – Niels Bohr

   101. “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” – George Orwell

   102. “How we think it is, is how it is is. It’s easy to confuse what has happened in our past as what is going to happen in the future. What we fail to realize is that what happened in our past does not have to equal the future. If you believe that it does, than it does.” – Robert Norman

   103. “I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.” – Alan Watts

   104. “Yesterday is a cancelled check. Today is cash on the line. Tomorrow is a promissory note.” – Hank Stram

   105. “Deal with the issues of today not those that are possible in the future.” – Byron Pulsifer

   106. “It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.” – Winston Churchill

   107. “When you get to the peak remember the valley exists.” – Ernest Yehoah

   108. “The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.” – Abraham Lincoln

   109. “Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but thsoe who have already taken possession of their future.” – Coco Chanel

   110. “The longer you look back, the farther you can look forward.” – Winston Churchill

   111. “The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.” – Herbert Spencer

   112. “The only different between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, every sinner has a future.” – Oscar Wilde

   113. “Study the past if you were to define the future.” – Confucius

   114. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

   115. “The future starts today, not tomorrow.” – Pope John Paul II

   116. “Nothing we do can change the past, but everything we do changes the future.” – Ashleigh Brilliant

   117. “Without forgiveness, there is no future.” – Desmond Tutu

   118. “The future is there, looking back at us. Trying to make sense of the fiction we have become.” – William Gibson

   119. “In an open quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future.” – Winston Churchill

   120. “If we could unfold the future, the present would be our greatest care.” – Edward Counse

   121. “It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by those willing to commit their minds and bodies to the task.” – Robert Kennedy

   122. “The future is called ‘perhaps’, which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important ting is not to allow that to scare you.” – Tennessee Williams

   123. “There are no guarantees or crystal balls for the future, and there’s no absolute way to know if you are or aren’t making the right decision. Give tomorrow the best possible chance that you can.” – Kenneth Dino

   124. “When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.” – Alexis de Tocqueville

   125. “Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs, the future for which have really worked, is mine.” – Nikola Tesla

   126. “The essence of optimism is that it takes no account to the present but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where other have resigned. It enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not abandon it to his enemy.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

   127. “Never let the future disturb you. You will meet, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.” – Marcus Aurelius

   128. “Never let your fear decide your future.” – Unknown

   129. “A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.” – Jean de La Fontaine

   130. “Control your own destiny, or someone else will.” – Jack Welch

   131. “The future is uncertain but the end is always near.” – Jim Morrison

   132. “Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window.” – Peter Drucker

   133. “Just because the past didn’t turn out like you wanted it to, doesn’t mean you future can’t be better than you’ve ever imagined.” – Unknown

   134. “The future ain’t what it used to be.” – Yogi Berra

   135. “The future is up for grabs. it belongs to any and all who take the risk and accept the responsibility of consciously creating the future they want.” – Robert Anton Wilson

   136. “Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.” – Robert H. Schaller

   137. “The future has not been written, there is not fate but we make for ourselves.” – John Connor

   138. “The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.” – Mike Murdock

   139. “Just because the past didn’t turn out like you wanted it to, doesn’t mean your future can’t be better than you imagined.” – Unknown

   140. “Future generations will judge us not by what we say, but what we do.” – Elen Johnson Sareef

   141. “No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.” – Alan Watts

   142. “The past, the present and the future are really one, they are today.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe

   143. “Life for the present, not for the future. Work for the ‘future’ not for the ‘present’.” – Kusum Prasad

   144. “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” – Malcolm X

   145. “If we work hard in our present, then we build up a better future.” – Risabh Shukla

   146. “We have come too far, we have sacrificed too much, to disdain the future now.” – John F. Kennedy

   147. “The most reliable way to predict, the future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln

   148. “Upper classes are a nations past, the middle class is it’s future.” – Ayn Rand

   149. “I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.” – James Joyce

   150. “That’s where the future lies, in the youth of today.” – Will Stargell

   151. “Trust the past to God’s Mercy. The present to God’s love and the future to his providence.” – Augustine

   152. “I go to school the youth to learn the future.” – Robert Frost

   153. “We cannot alway build the future of our youth, but we can build out youth for the future.” – Franklin Delano Roosevelt

   154. “Learn from the past. Hope for the future. Live in the present.” – Ken Lancaster

   155. “The future is no more certain than the present.” – Walt Whitman

   156. “Every man has his own destiny, the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.” – Henry Miller

   157. “The youth is the hope of our future.” – Jose Rizal

   158. “The future of the world belongs to the youth of the world, and it is from the youth and not from the old that the fire of life will warm and enlighten the world. It is your privilege to breath the breath of life into the dry bones of many around you.” – Tom Mann

   159. “History has no present, only the rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.” – John F. Kennedy

   160. “We cannot predict the future, but we can create it. I desire no future that will break the ties of the past.” – George Elliot

   161. “Let it be told to the future world, that in the depths of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet and to repulse it.” – Thomas Paine

   162. “You do have a future. There is a light at the end of that inky black tunnel.” – Willow Cross

   163. “I don’t know what the future may hold, but I know who holds the future.” – Ralph Albernathy

   164. “The future promise of any nation can be directly measured by the present prospects of it’s youth.” – John F. Kennedy

   165. “Those who have the youth on their side control the future.” – Hans Schemm

   166. “For young people, if someone tells you, you are the future, say NO! I’m the present. You have things to do right now.” – Hamza Yusuf

   167. “Give young people a greater voice. They are the future and they are much wiser than we give them credit for.” – Demond Tutu

   168. “I tell young people, do not think of yourself, think of others. Think of the future that awaits you, think about what you can do and do not fear anything.” – Rita Levi-Montalcini

   169. “It may sound trite, but young people really are the future.” – Jane Goodall

   170. “To young people, the future is still long.” – Ivy Compton- Burnett

   171. “If you don’t take charge of shaping your destiny, others will apply their agenda for you.” – Eric Allenbaugh

   172. “You invest into the future, and that’s how young people become human in best sense of it. Through the great experience of listening to a Muller symphony or to see a great play by Tennessee Williams, experience something in a ballet, in a film.” – Mikhail Baryshnikov

   173. “We invest in things like the future, like our children, like education. In other words, we invest in things that we understand we will not see an immediate return on investment but everybody knows that it will have a positive impact and you can easily measure it over the course of time. Your why is exactly the same.” – Simon Sinek

   174. “Don’t wait to be success at some future point. Have a relationship with the present and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.” – Eckhart Tolle

   175. “Always keep looking forward. Looking back is never good. You want to look to the future. And that is something you should do.” – Catherine Pulsifer

   176. “There is no present. There’s only the immediate future and the recent past.” – George Carlin

   177. “There is never time in the future in which we work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment, the time is always now.” – James Baldwin

   178. “You can never plan the future by the past.” – Edmund Burke

   179. “Let’s not look mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and a manly heart.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

   180. “What we need to do is always learn into the future, when the world changes around you and when it  changes against you, what used to be a tail wind is now a head wind, you have to lean into that and figure out what to do because complaining isn’t a strategy.” – Jeff Bezos

   181. “You hold the key to your future. The actions you take every day shape your future.” – Mattias Skarin

   182. “Your future is your own again. And I consider that to be a happy ending to the story.” – Lisa Mangum

   183. “The past gives us experience and made us wiser so that we can create a beautiful and brighter future.” – Debasish Mridha

   184. “This is the first age that’s every paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one.” – Arthur C. Clarke

   185. “If you don’t focus on the future generation, it means you are destroying your country.” – Malala Yousafzai

   186. “But I dare not think too far into the future, on the risk that I’ll miss the present.” – Colin Farrell

   187. “You know when you’re young you think you will always be. As you become more fragile, you reflect and you realize how much comfort can come from the past. Hymns can carry you into the future.” – Andy Griffith

   188. “Tomorrow is no man’s gift.” – Gilbert Parker

   189. “One faces the future with one’s past.” – Pearl S. Buck

   190. “We can continue to try and clean up the gutters all over the world and spend all of our resources looking at just the dirty spots and trying to make them clean. Or we can lift our eyes up and look into the skies and move forward in an evolutionary way.” – Buzz Aldrin

   191. “We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.” – Joseph Joubert

   192. “For all uncertainty, we cannot flee the future.” – Barbara Jordan

   193. “What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of the moment that create the future. They outline of your future path already exists, for you created its pattern by your past.” – Sai Baba

   194. “If you don not think about your future, you cannot have one.” – John Galsworthy

   195. “Sometimes you need to step outside, get some air and remind yourself of who you are and who you want to be.” – Unknown

   196. “The vision we offer our children shape the future.” – Carl Sagan

   197. “The future of the world is in my classroom today.” – Ivan Welton Fitzwafer

   198. “What worked in the past isn’t going to work in the future. More is expected of leaders today. All of us need to start demanding more from ourselves as leaders.” – Vince Molinaro

   199. “Remember when all of your peers are going out late at night to party, they are just wasting their life and they will cause themselves much pain and sorrow in the future.”

   200. “Acceptance teaches us that our new life after acceptance is a life after our tragedy, a life where we remember our loved one but also a life where we do not live in the past, we live for the future.” – Valarie Orr

   201. “When all else is lost, the future still remains.” – Christian Novel Bovee

Conclusion To Quotes About The Future

So there it is my friends, 201 quotes on the future. I hope it brought you as much hope, education and insight on the topic as it brought me.

I would love to hear your thoughts on the matter. How big of an impact this topic has on you. And what quote really resonated with you the most.

I look forward to chatting with you in the comment section below!

With gratitude,

Chris

List of Good Character Traits

We all have good character traits, often times it takes reading a list about them to reveal them back to yourself. The fact of the matter is, that if you are reading this article, you most likely posses both more positive characteristics than the average. As well as have the desire and drive to develop them deeper into your experience.

This difference in you over others will allow you to cultivate these characteristics at a deeper level in your life. Along with being able to impact your professional and personal life more so because of it.

While reading this list of good characteristic traits, think about the ones you want to develop most in your life.

Which ones really resonate with you that show up in the most successful people you know? And once you hone in on these traits that you want to develop, KNOW you can develop them just as good as that person you admire.

We are all human and they are no different than you. They are just devoting themselves more so to the expression of these traits and characteristics. They have formed their top core values around these traits to let them become the person you admire.

I suggest that you start with 3-5 different positive characteristic traits that you want develop on this list. And schedule them into your life at times during the day.

For example if you want to be more compassionate, give yourself an alarm reminder on your phone that reminds you to send a thoughtful text to a loved on.

If you want to be more driven, write out your short term and long term goals. Then make a point to review them every single night before you go to bed. Or upon rising in the morning.

77 Good Characteristic Traits (Positive Characteristics)

Accepting

Accepting people are the Mother Theresa’s of the world. Doesn’t matter what color you are, where you are from, what you do for work or even if you work at all. Accepting people let you come as you are. They don’t see you as you are, they see you as you COULD BE. They put others at ease with their accepting ways. Allowing us to be ourselves. The ultimate gift we are all looking for.

Adaptive

Someone who is adaptive rolls with the punches in this life. They are the ones who take life as it comes. They are like the fighter who retreats when the opponent thinks they will attack. They are the ones who get fired and rise up in a better and more fulfilling job. They rise from the ashes. They see the positive in every negative. And they are able to get with the times, while others are wishing things were they way they were “back in the day”. They are people that live in the moment, allowing them to make the right choices in the NOW.

Adventurous

Someone who seeks adventure is someone we all love to be around. Always down for a challenge. Up for switching things up. No black and white philosophy here. An adventurous person is not afraid to take chances. They are adaptable and willing to bring an open mind to this life. Experience is what these people truly crave. Willing to try and fail and try and fail until they find the perfect and ultimate solution.

Aggressive

I am not saying this in away to how they treat people. I am talking about a person who is not going to act timid towards life. They are there to get the job done. If they want something, the go get it in a direct and passionate way. They don’t believe in putting things off. They know that there is a small amount of time to act, and they act in that timeframe. Otherwise fear will overtake them. They feel fear, and act anyway. Without hesitation.

Affectionate

Affectionate people aren’t scared to love. They are ones who make us feel like a million dollars. They are supportive and helpful. They love touching peoples lives, both physically and metaphorically. They are the healers in our lives. They show fondness to us in a tender sort of way.

Alert

People that are alert have great mental energy. They tend to notice things long before others does. Allowing them to capitalize much faster than their peers. This allows them to read the market better, recognize better opportunities and seize them faster than the average. They tend to be intense people who are aware of all their surroundings, not just what is in front of them. But what is behind them, to the sides, above and below them.

Approachable

People who are approachable are those whom of which anyone feels comfortable speaking to. It is more of a level of energy and a positive aura that this person gives off. They have positive body language and tend to smile a lot and are welcoming. They make people feel like they deserve and to be where they are. Approachable people make you feel like the only person in the world that matters.

Articulate 

These people have a way with words. There is no vagueness with them. They also tend to make a solid impression on their peers and people they speak to. As they care about enunciation and their delivery. Impacting their receivers very well. Their is a fluidness to their speech patterns, showing the ability to take in and spit out vast quantities of information into layman’s terms.

Attentive

People who show the attentive ability are those who are very intense about caring for others and themselves in the best way possible. They are AWARE of what is going on. And they use it to benefit whomever is around them. It helps them in both their personal and professional lives. They are like a waiter in a restaurant. Aware of all the needs that people have, even if they aren’t aware that they have them. Anticipating things and needs before they even come up.

Authentic

Instead of trying to fit in, an authentic person says “take me as I am”. If you like me great, if not, great. Authenticity is being true to self. It is allowing one to be comfortable in their own skin. And because of it, it ends up giving other people the right to do the same. If they are loud, they don’t try to be quiet. If they are intense, they don’t try to turn their intensity down. It is about not dumbing down your style, or doing things that will make one popular. Authentic people are also much more energetic as they aren’t living their life based on a fake persona, which takes much energy to not be oneself everyday.

Charismatic

These type of people light up the room when they walk in. They have the ability to form a relationship with a wide variety of people and personalities. They are liked and generally reall like themselves. They can be the life of the party along with being magnetic in their approach. People like to be around them, do business with them and be involved in one way or another with them. They are able to charm people along with inspire others to become the best versions of themselves. Popular none the less.

Committed 

Someone who is committed shows dedication. They are willing to stick it out for the long haul. They aren’t looking for a short cut. They have staying power. Willing to get the job done, no matter how long it takes, they’ll go to whatever lengths. Failure is not an option for these people.

Compassion

Compassion is where we can see the best in people. We are not afraid to act in a soft manner. Unafraid to look weak. We bestow a high vibrating form of love on someone with compassion. It is the ultimately sympathy for our fellow human.

Cooperative

A cooperative person is the ideal soldier. They get things done. They are told what to do and the act upon doing it. Efficiently. They are those you see who are diligently following a map until they find a treasure. They are even keel and have a good attitude. They are a phenomenal team player.

Courage

Courage is the facing your fears. Feeling the fear and doing it anyways. It is saddling up no matter how scared you are. It is a strength in the face of adversity. Showing up each day to win. Going home after a long day, battered and beaten. Knowing that you will be back tomorrow go fight again. It is being brave enough to start and even more brave to finish. The perfect world that is synonymous with the world courage is valiant or valor.

Creative

Creativity gives one the ability to create alternate solutions. A creative person doesn’t see black and white. They see their world as a canvas that they can paint with every color imaginable. They are the ones who find a solution when their is no solution. They adapt and change when they have to. They invent. They create. And they revolutionize. They are the ones who are original in their approach, not looking for a carbon copy or to emulate.

Curious

People who are curious are phenomenal learners. They listen well and digest information even better. They are more interested in hearing than speaking. They have a growth mindset vs fixed mindset. They care about learning more than having the right answer or being right. They reflect on their days. And take new pearls of wisdom from people. Not matter how young or old. They see life as being their teacher, and them the perfect pupil.

Daring

People that are daring have a different look in their eye. They see life as a challenge that is to be overcome. They don’t like to play by the rules in a sense where they aren’t governed by normal rules. They throw caution to the wind. They fall down and pick themselves back up. Only to daringly go into the next adventure of life. They can win big and lose big. But the word big is synonymous with their existence.

Dependable

You are never left guessing with these type of people. They are the ones that show up day in and day out. They aren’t high and low. They are consistent. They’re efforts compound over time making them extremely reliable and valuable. They are the ones who put points on the board each game. They may not be hitting the ball out of the park every at bat. But they are consistently good. And that makes them even more relied upon to get the job done. These people are rarely if ever late. And if they are, they will reach out and let you know before hand.

Disciplined

People who have high levels of discipline are those who do not live for the moment. They live for the future. They are the ones who would rather pay now than pay later. Suffer now so they can enjoy later. They are the ones who are always looking ahead. Doing what it takes to live a better future. Sacrifice is a term that is seen with disciplined people. They are willing to give up now for what could be later. They are the ones that stay in and study instead of hitting the bars. The ones that stick out the hard times, when their competition is dropping like flies.

Descriptive 

These is not a vague bone in these peoples bodies. They are able to fill in the blanks when we are looking for the right world. They are able to paint a picture and story for us. They are more right brain dominant. They can be very creative and do so with just the right words. We are never left without enough information to form our own opinion when chatting with these people. They are the type that will give us directions even though we are very capable of using GPS!

Driven

This is when one is very goal oriented. The have developed grit. Essentially they are the fighter willing to go all twelve rounds. Whether they win or not is another story. They are more committed to the journey and the hustle. The end matters. And it matters so much that they are willing to get after it everyday. But whether they win or not, a person that is driven will outlast anyone. Essentially if you and them are on a treadmill, they will either die or you will get off first. Can’t stop won’t stop.

Educated

I am not talking about only book smarts. I am talking about someone who is a lifelong learner. They go to school. They read books. They read blogs. They are always seeking to expand their knowledge base. They do so for the reason of filling their own cup. So that they can pour knowledge into everyone else’s cup. They are well read and tend to have life/street smarts too as they are a student of life.

Efficient

People who are efficient get things done in the right way. They don’t beat around the bush. They are direct in their approach. Always seeking to find a way to do things faster and better. They focus on one thing until it is complete. They are great with time management. Getting more done in the same amount of time. They also know when to delegate tasks when they can’t do so as efficient as someone else could do it. They are big enough people to admit they can’t do everything. Thus they delegate what they can’t do and crush what they can.

Endurance

People with endurance have a marathoners pace. They don’t come out hot and fizzle out. They are not the fly by night individual. Or the person who everyone has pegged to win, but ends up failing in the end. These are the underdog types. Who outlast everyone. They persevere. They work when they are tired. They don’t stop until the job is done. And they do the job well. They are highly relied upon. And get enough rest and re-cooperation to come back strong, day in and day out. They recover and than crush it, daily.

Fair

Someone who is fair lives with an internal scale that is always trying to be balanced. They do not show favoritism. They see everyone as being the same and are entitled to the same good things in life. They are simply the referees of life. They play by the rules. Making sure the game isn’t rigged or people aren’t getting ahead by cheating. They respect other people for being human and see the right for everyone to have a good life. No matter what you look like or where you come from.

Enthusiastic

These are the positive vibes people in our lives. They see a positive in every negative. They know just the right things to say when we are down and out. And they make us feel even better when we are up. They are supportive and good team players. They optimism seems to rub off on others. Often times they are the motivators, self help authors and simply the people that forge ahead simply because they see life in a more positive and optimistic manner.

Firm

These are not the wishy washy people. They have the ability to stick to their decisions and choices. They deviate rarely, only if it truly needs to be done. They don’t let people walk all over them. And at the same time they seem to be firm on the right things that will benefit everyone. Often times they are seen as gruff, and yet they are the masters of their life. They take a stand, knowing if they don’t they can call for anything.

Follower

This is usually taken in a negative context. But every leader was once a follower. A “follower” is a good student. They are willing to admit they don’t have the answers. So instead they follow someone who does. They do so long enough until they have the expertise and knowledge to go out and teach, just like they were taught. They then put their own flair and style to their teachings. But they know once they lead in a realm of life, they can always be following another leader. Learning more and becoming more to bring to both the marketplace and their personal life.

Friendly

Friendly people smile and are warm. They are compassion people who like to make others feel at ease. They have a light air to them and tend to stand for equality. They treat people the way they want to be treated. Living up to the ultimate rule, do unto others as you would want done unto you.

Forgiving 

Someone who is forgiving has the ability to let go. They do not hold grudges. They are able to move on. And know for a fact that being forgiving isn’t always about letting someone else off the hook. It is about keeping a positive mental environment for themselves. They are spiritually evolved beings. Those who forgive. And are much happier. It gives humanity room for air. Resonating the term “we are only human” or “we all fall short”.

Frugal

People who are frugal think long term. They like the idea of suffering now to enjoy later. They are the type that will open a savings account and save for vacation. Instead of blowing their money at the bar. They will order cheaper things to save more. They are even OCD at times trying to save money and time. In order for it to benefit them later. They sincerely care about having a much better future than they currently have in the present. Sacrifice is a word that rings true about these people.

Generous

A person who has generosity is one who gives more than they take. If there is one slice of pizza left, they offer it to their friend. They don’t see the world for what it is lacking. They operate from an abundant mindset. They feel and know that what they give must come back. And that if they give away something, it doesn’t mean they lack anything. They take joy in the giving process.

Grateful

These guys and gals see life as something that always is given to them to be thankful for. If you look hard enough at anything in life, there is something to be grateful for. They may not have much or they may have everything life has to offer. Nothing changes though, in spite of how much gratitude they display. These are the people that tend to have the most in their life. As they more they are look for things to be grateful, the more comes into their life that they are grateful for. It also provides one much more energy as gratitude is one of the highest vibrating words known to the human race.

Gregarious

People who are gregarious can mix well with all types of people. They enjoy being part of a crowd. They tend to get energy from the crowd! They are sociable, social butterfly type of person of whom likes to be the center of attention. They are well liked and tend to see life in a much more optimistic hue than others.

Hardworking

Hardworking people aren’t afraid to get dirty. They leave it all on the field. They know that what they reap is what they sow. And they want to sow the finest crop come spring-time. They aren’t looking for the easy way out. They are looking to do the job right. They know that how you do anything, is how you do everything. Therefore they do the job the right way. No skipping corners.

Honest

Although it is much easier to tell a lie, an honest person doesn’t care about saving face. That is why it is one of the top positive personality characteristics. They care about having good integrity. They stay true to their core values. Someone who is honest will look you dead in the eye and you know they are giving you, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Honest people tend to be happier and more secure as they are not trying to keep up with all the other lies, stacking one on top of another.

Humble

People that are humble are more likely to give credit to others, when they can easily take the credit. They are the type that don’t boast or brag. They are good humans. They are the players on the field who did the best, and still give credit to their teammates. The ego isn’t a big player in humble peoples lives. There is an air of modest along with a feeling of dignity that shows through someone who is being humble.

Humorous

These are the relief pitches in our lives. They know exactly what to say to break the awkward silence. They are not class clowns, they are more the comedians. They are witty and inteligent and take joy in making others laugh. They see humor in everything. And want to tie their intellect to the creation of something funny, wherever they go. They have the ability to transcend for themselves and others, the stiffness that reality can bring. Letting us all take a load off and engage laughter and smiles.

Independent

Someone who has high levels of independence isn’t reliant on anyone else. They generate their resources from and by themselves. People know that they won’t have to take care of thee people. They are the ones who are self-sufficient. They get things done. And aren’t afraid to do the job and get it done alone.

Interdependent

This is one step above independence. This is when one is more of a connector in society. They are a team player. They care about EVERYONE succeeding. They build good relationships. They know that you can win alone, but you can win bigger with other people. They see themselves as being one very important piece to a bigger puzzles. And see everyone else in the same light. They are the WE not ME people. It is the ultimate form of human evolution, which is talked about in Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

Initiating

These people are action based and oriented people. They are the type that puts in all the force possible to get the wheel turning. So one day they and their people can reap the momentum of the original hard work of getting the wheel turning. They don’t care about what is, they more think in terms of what could be. They don’t get caught up in negative opinions of others. They simply act big and act fast. They know that action is better than perfection. They simply readjust their plan when it is not working. And when their plan is working, they take the same big action to get even better results.

Intensity

We all know that super intense person who is very present. That is a good characteristic trait to have as you are more aware than the average person. An intense person can bring this white hot passion and enthusiasm and vigor to benefit both their professional and personal life. They also tend to do better, faster and having more staying power to outlast their competition and achieve both their short and long term goals.

Intuitive 

Intuitive people rely on their 6th sense. Their gut instinct. As they know that it can never steer your wrong. They listen to the still, small voice in their head. They trust that voice to guide them. To be their beacon of hope. They don’t rely too much on intellect or “facts”. They are more feeling based, having a high level of emotional intelligence.

Leader

When it comes to how to be a leader, one who leads is not necessarily a person who accumulates a bunch of followers. They have their own moral and internal compass. And they live their life by using that compass to steer them whatever way they truly feel like going in their life. They have their own path. March to a different beat. Venture into the unknown so everyone else can be less afraid to do so. They make their own trail. They simply live life on their terms, no one else’s.

Listener

At the risk of soundly cliche, these people make us feel heard. They are ones who know that they have 2 ears to listen and 1 mouth to talk. They process what is being said. Then formulate an answer based of what what they heard. They aren’t waiting for their turn to speak. Instead they are adaptable at what they are saying. As they are going off of what is being heard. They are able to formulate deeper conversations with people as they are listening to what they say instead of thinking they are hearing what they said. They listen for the deeper meaning in what the person is feeling, often times, going even deeper than just words.

Lovable 

Lovable people are those who you just can’t help but like. You want to hate them when you are mad at them, but you end up not doing so! Just when you think you can stay mad at them, they win you over. They are charismatic and truly know the right things to say in impress the best impression on us. They are memorable and tend to captivate individuals and crowds wherever they go.

Loyalty

Someone who is loyal is the friend who you know you can call to get you out of jail, at 3 am! They are the people that show up in your life. Through thick and thin. They love us when we are at our most unlovable moments. They pick us up when we are down. And they cheer us on when we are up. A loyal person also is loyal to themselves. If they are being treated bad, they know when to leave. They have good personal limits.

Mature

People that are mature are essentially wise beyond their years. They can be trusted to get the job done. And are usually perfectionists types. They aren’t easily rattled and you know what you are going to get when you hand a job off to them. They have great composure and don’t crumble in the face of adversity.

Mentor

The most valuable people in the world learn to teach. They know that the more they become, the better impact they can have on their pupils. They want to make sure the next generation is equip to carry on their legacy. They want to inspire and empower others. It is said that when the student is ready, the teacher will appear. The mentors in this world value filling other peoples cups with knowledge. They also know that what they teach to others, they reteach to themselves. Letting them more deeply engrain the knowledge that they have inside of them.

Mindful

A mindful person is a person who is aware. They aren’t self centered. They high high levels of empathy and intuition. They know what is going on. They are not socially inept. These are the people that can sense when someone is off, maybe even before the other person can. They tend to have good manners. And are generally very concerned with how they are coming off to people. Caring about having a good reputation.

Moderate

People who are moderate never take more than they need from life. They live balanced lives. Are even keep personalities. They don’t get to high and don’t get to love. It allows them to be more emotionally stable. They make sure everyone has enough. Not over indulging too much.

Open Minded 

Open minded people are those who don’t let their ego cloud their judgement. They don’t care as much as having the right answer, as finding the right answer. If they don’t have it, they are perfectly OK with someone else providing it to them. Open minded people are very teachable and coachable. They aren’t stuck in their ways. They are adaptable and are able to overcome obstacles because they have a broader level of awareness. Not getting stuck as long on things as more egotistical people would.

Organized

These people are structured. They know that when one area of their life is messy, most likely the others will be to. They plan their life in a systematic fashion. They track their numbers and don’t leave anything to chance. They know that if it is to be, it is up to them. And they want to milk every hour of the day for what it is worth. They find their strengths in life and make sure their day is filled with executing on those strengths.

Passion

One who is passionate puts it all on the line for what they believe in. They are willing to live and die for what they believe in. Passion sets fire inside oneself. It allows one to transcend their limits and preconceived limiting beliefs. Passionate people choose cause over money. Long term vision over short term thinking. And are usually the ones that change this world forever, for the better. They put a lot of life into their years. No matter how long they live.

Peaceful

They are the light at the end of the tunnel. The ones who we can come to when times are rough. Not that they will say anything, but their mere presence is enough to calm us. They make us feel at peace ourselves. They have a inner knowing that everything is happening for a reason. That there is no need to get worked up as everything is going to be ok. They know that “this too shall pass”.

Perseverance

This is the person who is like a dog with a bone. They are fixed on getting the job finished. They may be down and out, but it doesn’t stop this person from acting, and acting in a big way. It is the team player who shows up, day in and day out. They may not be the homerun hitter, but you can rely on them to consistently get base hits. They see life as a climb, always trying to climb higher and higher to one day reach the peak of the mountain. Only to find out that there is another one behind it they couldn’t see before. And they are happy they have another one to climb.

Pioneering 

These are the leaders who create a way for the rest of us. They see the world as a place where there is always a way. If they can’t see it, they create it. When others give up, they find a new way. They don’t believe in things being not possible. They tend to be optimistic and think outside the box. They are one step ahead of most. They venture into the unknown and do so without fear. Knowing that at the end of doing so, they will have forged a new way for themselves and even the world at large.

Principled

A person who is principled lets their core values guide them. They are more committed to living a structured life based of their principles than they are to violate them. They seem to live life with more purposed and destiny. They seem to be the masters of their own fate. As they have essentially built their life with building blocks based off of the principles they hold near and dear to their heart.

Protective

These are the big brothers of the world. They stick up for us. They stand for good causes. And they aren’t afraid to fight for what they believe in. They have our backs. They stand in the way of harm to us. And they are willing to take the blame at all times, whether it is their fault or not.

Proactive

These people can sense what needs to be done even before everyone else does. They take the bull by the horns. They act fast and are alert. The are cognizant of their surroundings and do whatever it takes to get the job done. They are usually ahead of the pack. They keep from taking the path of least resistance. And they don’t wait on others to tell them what to do or what direction to go.

Professional

It takes a lot to become a professional in something in this life. A person that is professional want to become, do more, be more and act the part. Until they become the ultimate resource. They also see themselves as being professional. Hence how you see yourself is how the world sees you. They enjoy becoming the best at something. And because of it, they usually attain great heights in the world. And enjoy the monetary gain that comes with it.

Prudent

These people are very future oriented, they care about the long game instead of the moment. They put long term gratification over the short term. They are more the type to save for retirement, instead of blow the money now on trivial things. Prudent people are also about getting the job done right, right now, knowing that their efforts will show up in the long term. In the same fashion as they work they have done today. They water their crop and reap powerful results when it comes time to reap what they have sown.

Purposeful

These people have determination and resolve to live life on purpose. They don’t see anything in their life happening with no meaning. Everything happens for a reason. They operate with a sense of destiny. These people aren’t just existing, they are truly living. Milking everyone ounce out of this life.

Reliable

If these people say they will pick you up from the airport at 8PM sharp, they will be there at 7:50PM. You take their word as it is. Truthful and committed. A reliable person is one who shows up, time and time again. They pride themselves on living up to their word. Their standards are high. You know that what you see is what you get. A reliable person is usually the ultimate best friend. They are steady and even keel in their approach. No deviation.

Responsible

A responsible person takes fault for everything that happens in their life. Both good and bad. They do not make excuses for being late or justify their bad behavior. They simply refrain from doing so. Instead they simply take the bull by the horns. They buck stops at them. They are also very good leaders. As they are able to lead their life because nothing that happens to them has to do with outside factors. All internal factors of which they are in control of.

Respectful

A respectful person is one who holds doors open for people. They are considerate to all types of personalities. They are the one’s walking the old lady across the street. These are very polite people. They simply take you as you are. If you are different then them, the give you permission to be different. They aren’t trying to change people. Respectful people also acknowledge others gifts and give people a feeling of being better than normal.

Resourceful

Sometimes people feel that they have exhausted their resources. They can’t go any further. But resourceful people do not feel this way. They know that they can always find more information, talk to more people, formulate better plans and persevere until they find a solution. They don’t give up when they think all is lost, as they know there is always another tomorrow. They work their plan and adapt and change when it isn’t working. Until they find a plan that works.

Sincere

There is meaning behind these peoples words. They say what they mean and mean what they say. There is truth in their approach. They want to come off as authentic. Even if it may hurt someone else, or not be what someone wants to hear. Rather they say what NEEDS to be heard. There is a sense of wanting someone to FEEL how they are feeling. They transfer emotion through their communication.

Spontaneous

People that live with spontaneity know how to get the most out of this life. They aren’t big on schedules. They make up the day as the go and do it well. They don’t love structure, they thrive off of doing things their way. They make good entrepreneurs, are artistically inclined and can adapt well to the inevitable ups and downs that life throws at us.

Stable

People that are stable are unshakeable. They are the type that are level headed when chaos is ensuing. They are good leaders. And they pride themselves on their ability to not fall apart when everyone else is. We can trust these people to lean on when times are tough. As we know, in a sense, they are unbreakable. No matter what life throws at them, they ill adapt and overcome it.

Supportive

These are the true team players in our lives. They cheer us one. Believe in us and want us to win. They display true unconditional love to us. They even want us to win more than they themselves want to win. They believe in self-sacrifice and know that it feels phenomenal to receive, but even better to give.

Trustworthy

People can tell all their secrets to trustworthy individuals. Their secret is safe with them and they know it. They are non-judgemental and it is felt by the people in their lives. They are simply worth of trust. They know that their mouth is a steel trap. That will not open regardless of anything. They are the type of people who go to their graves with confidential information. You also know that these people are men and women of their words. When they say they are going to do something, they do it.

Unassuming

These people are very openminded. They don’t jump to conclusions. They gather factual evidence, as much as the can, before formulating an opinion. They are non-biased and aren’t swayed easily by the opinion of others. They think with a clear mind and don’t favor one side or another. They can be great at debates.

Valiant

This is the warrior type personality. They have phenomenal staying power. They get things done. They are aggressive if they have to. Determined to the max. They also do so in a way that garners honor and respect. It is the soldier who goes into battle, not to survive himself, but to make sure his team survives. They are the heroes and heroins of our society. We admire them and secretly desire to have that great quality.

Versatile

A person that is versatile can wear many hats. They are able to adapt to changes, making them the survivors of the world. They are not afraid to leave their comfort zone. And they do so with optimism and hope. They aren’t stuck in their ways. They may not like that things are changing, but it doesn’t stop them from resisting change. They embrace things as they come. They live in the moment and aren’t shackled to their limiting beliefs.

Visionary

These are the Elon Musks and the Martin Luther King’s of the world. They are able to see the world and how they want it to be, in the long term. They are committed to their passions, and are relentless to seeing it come into fruition. These are the people who are willing to live and even die for the cause they believe in. Very one track minded on setting out to create a better world for themselves and often times the world at large.

Willing

When you think of these people, they are the ones that say YES to life. They are down for the cause, never down for the count. They enjoy doing and trying things. They like to show up and get out of their comfort zone. They don’t enjoy the normal and run of the mill existence. They want to try everything they possibly can before their time is up on this earth. They get the most out of life and they are admirable because of it.

Conclusion To Character Traits List

So here it is my friend. The ultimate list of character traits that are positive. I would love to know what your favorite character traits are. Which ones you are most excited about integrating more into your life. And which ones you feel that you most struggle with?

Also, let me know if I missed any and add them in the comment section below! So we can all become better versions of ourselves by creating a completely unshakeable character!

Look forward to chatting with you in the comment section below.

With gratitude,

Chris

Quotes By Rumi

To say this man had a way with words would be selling him far too short. The fact of the matter is that most all of these quotes by Rumi below are in fact very brief. Short and sweet. The sweetness is pungent with deep spiritual knowledge.

The more quotes by Rumi you read, the better your understand this world. This mans psyche was delivered through simply quotes. Teachings. That ring so true to any type of soul evolution.

Whether you are just getting started on your personal development and spiritual journey. Or you are getting near the end and ready to transcend this world. Rumi can help you get to that next level.

Helping us truly recognize, process and understand the human experience more deeply and clearly. Allowing us to get closer and closer to our own souls becoming enlightened.

201 Rumi Quotes

1. “The pains you feel are messengers, listen to them.” – Rumi

2. “You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens.” – Rumi

3. “Only from the heart can you touch the sky.” – Rumi

4. “When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.” – Rumi

5. “Truth lifts the heart, like water refreshes thirst.” – Rumi

6. “The very center of your heart is where life begins. The most beautiful place on earth.” – Rumi

7. “We are stars wrapped in skin. The light you have been seeking has always been within.” – Rumi

8. “You have seen my descent, now watch my rising.” – Rumi

9. “I don’t have time to worry about who doesn’t like me. I’m too busy loving the people who love me.” – Rumi

10. “When our guides and those who are cherished by us leave and disappear, they are not annihilated, they are like stars that vanish into the light of the sun of reality.” – Rumi

11. “This moment is all there is.” – Rumi

12. “Respond to every cell that excites your spirit.” – Rumi

13. “Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open?” – Rumi

14. “When you feel a peaceful joy, that’s when you are near truth.” – Rumi

15. “Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love.” – Rumi

16. “Yesterday, I was so cleaver. So I wanted to change the world. Today, I am wise, so I am changing myself.” – Rumi

17. “Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself.” – Rumi

18. “Do not try to explain. They will only understand as much as they see and hear.” – Rumi

19. “I searched for myself and I only found God. I searched for God and I only found myself.” – Rumi

20. “In a night full of pain & darkness, be a candle spreading the light until dawn.” – Rumi

21. “Out beyond ideas of right and wrong, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” – Rumi

22. “With life as short as a half taken breath, don’t plant anything but love.” – Rumi

23. “Whatever you love, you are.” – Rumi

24. “”Be an empty page, untouched by words.” – Rumi

25. “Live life as if everything was rigged in your favor.” – Rumi

26. “Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others, unfold your own myth.” – Rumi

27. “My soul is my guide.” – Rumi

28. “The desire to know your own soul will end all other desires.” – Rumi

29. “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all barries within yourself that you have built against it.” – Rumi

30. “When the world pushes you to your knees, you’re in the perfect position to pray.” – Rumi

31. “Maybe you are searching in among the branches, for what only appears in the roots.” – Rumi

32. “Those who are spiritually awake live in constant amazement.” – Rumi

33. “Ignore those that make you fearful and sad.” – Rumi

34. “Beyond the rightness and wrongness of things there is a field, I’ll meet you there.” – Rumi

35. “There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You fee it, don’t you.” – Rumi

36. “Don’t grieve, anything you love comes round in another form.” – Rumi

37. “What you seek, is seeking you.” – Rumi

38. “The cure for pain, is in the pain.” – Rumi

39. “Grace comes to forgive, and then forgive again.” – Rumi

40. “What hurts you, blesses you.” – Rumi

41. “Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you.” – Rumi

42. “In your light, I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest, where no one sees you. But sometimes I do. And that sight becomes this art.” – Rumi

43. “You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life.” – Rumi

44. “Never give from the depths of you well, but from your overflow.” – Rumi

45. “Whatever purifies you is the correct road.” – Rumi

46. “I grow silent, dear soul, you speak.” – Rumi

47. “Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.” – Rumi

48. “Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” – Rumi

49. “I am not this hair, I am not this skin, I am the soul that lives within.” – Rumi

50. “If all you can do is crawl, start crawling.” – Rumi

51. “Forget safety, live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious.” – Rumi

52. “Stop acting so small, you are the universe in ecstatic motion.” – Rumi

53. “If you want the moon, do not hide from the night. If you want a rose, do not run from the thorns. If you want love, do not hide from yourself.” – Rumi

54. “When the light returns to it’s source, it take nothing of what it has illuminated.” – Rumi

55. “There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.” – Rumi

56. “Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made for the eye of one who sees.” – Rumi

57. “As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.” – Rumi

58. “The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you, don’t go back to sleep.” – Rumi

59. “Shine like the whole universe is yours.” – Rumi

60. “Look for the answer inside your question.” – Rumi

61. “Friends are enemies, and sometimes enemies friends.” – Rumi

62. “You show your worth by what you seek.” – Rumi

63. “The lion is most handsome when looking for food.” – Rumi

64. “The work is always inside you. The knot does not get untied by listening to the stories of other people.” – Rumi

65. “If your beloved has the life of a fire, step in now and burn along.” – Rumi

66. ” I am the ocean and it’s turbulent flood. Come merge with me, leave this world of ignorance. Be with me, I will open the gate to your love.” – Rumi

67. “The one I love is everywhere.” – Rumi

68. “Stay in the spiritual fire. Let it cook you.” – Rumi

69. “When love first tasted the lips of being human, it started singing.” – Rumi

70. “Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull, of that which you truly love.” – Rumi

71. “I once had a thousand desires, but in my one desire to know you, all else melted away.” – Rumi

72. “Let yourself be silently drawn to the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.” – Rumi

73. “There is a mood inside every human being. Learn to be companions with it.” – Rumi

74. “A great silence overcomes me and I wonder whey I ever thought to use language.” – Rumi

75. “If light is in your heart, you will find your way home.” – Rumi

76. “Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone’s soul heal.” – Rumi

77. “The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore.” – Rumi

78. “Anyone who genuinely and consistently with both hands looks for something, will find it.” – Rumi

79. “Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along.” – Rumi

80. “I want to sing like the birds single. Not worrying about who hears or what they think.” – Rumi

81. “Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself.” – Rumi

82. “The moon stays bright when it doesn’t avoid the night.” – Rumi

83. “When you go through a hard period. When everything seems to oppose you, when you feel like you cannot even bear one more minute, never give up. Because it is the time and place the course will divert.” – Rumi

84. “Your heart knows the way, run in that direction.” – Rumi

85. “When I am with you, we stay up all night. And when you’re not here, I can’t go to sleep. Praise God for those two insomnias and the difference between them.” – Rumi

86. “There are many ways to the divine, I have chosen the ways of song, dance and laughter.” – Rumi

87. “Reason is powerless in the expression of love.” – Rumi

88. “Let silence be the art you practice.” – Rumi

89. “Let go of your worries. Let go of your worries and be completely clear-hearted. Like the face of a mirror that contains no images. If you want a clear mirror, behold yourself and see the shameless truth, which the mirror reflects. If metal, can be polished to a mirror like finish. what polishing might the mirror of the heart require? Between the mirror and the heart is this single difference, the heart conceals secrets, while the mirror does not.” – Rumi

90. “Life is a balance between holding on and letting go.” – Rumi

91. “You are not a drop in the ocean, you are the entire ocean in a drop.” – Rumi

92. “There is a morning when presence comes over your soul. You sing like a rooster in your earth-colored shape. Your heart hears, and no longer frantic, begins to dance.” – Rumi

93. “We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.” – Rumi

94. “When setting out on a journey, do not seek advice from those who have never left home.” – Rumi

95. “Woman is a ray of God. She is not that earthly beloved, she is creative, not created.” – Rumi

96. “I am in you and I am you. No once can understand this until he has lost his mind.” – Rumi

97. “Be soulful. Be kind. Be in love.” – Rumi

98. “We are born of love, love is our mother.” – Rumi

99. “True love is eternal, infinite and always like itself. If it is equal and pure without violent demonstrations. It is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.” – Rumi

100. “Travel brings power and love back into your life.” – Rumi

101. “Wherever you stand, be the soul of that place.” – Rumi

102. “Every human being is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes from an unexpected visitor. Welcome and attend all of them. Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of it’s furniture, still treat each guest honorably. He may be clear you out  from some new delight.” – Rumi

103. “If the foot of the trees were not tied to earth, they would be pursuing me. For I have blossomed so much, I am the envy of the gardens.” – Rumi

104. “This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally to take a step without feet.” – Rumi

105. “Listen to silence, it has so much to say.” – Rumi

106. “A truth can walk naked, but a lie always needs to be dressed.” – Rumi

107. “My soul is from elsewhere. I’m sure of that and I intend to end up there.” – Rumi

108. “To praise the sun is to praise your own eyes.” – Rumi

109. “Love is not an emotion, it is your very existence.” – Rumi

110. “If people misunderstand you, do not worry. It is your voice that they hear, but what goes through their mind is, their own thoughts.” – Rumi

111. “So human beings are safe havens, be companions with them.” – Rumi

112. “I do not know who lives here in my chest, or why the smile comes. I am not myself, more the bare green knob of a rose that lost every leaf and petal to the morning wind.” – Rumi

113. “The moment I first heard love, I gave up my soul, my heart and my eyes.” – Rumi

114. “Your body is away from me, but there is a window open from my heart to yours.” – Rumi

115. “Everyone is so afraid of death, but the real Sufis just laugh, nothing tyrannizes their hearts. What strikes the oyster shell does not damage the pearl.” Rumi

116. “It’s your road, and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.” – Rumi

117. “I’ve been looking for a long time, for this thing called love. I’ve ridden comets across the sky, and I’ve looked below and above. Then one day, I looked inside myself and this is what I found. A golden sun residing there, beaming forth God’s light and sound.” – Rumi

118. “There is a loneliness more precious than life. There is a freedom more precious than the world. Infinitely more precious than life and the world is that moment when one is alone with God.” – Rumi

119. “I love you with neither my heart, nor with my mind. My heart might stop, my mind can forget. I love you with my soul because my soul never stops or forgets.” – Rumi

120. “Know that one day your pain will become your cure.” – Rumi

121. “Each moment contains a hundred messages from God.” – Rumi

122. “The wound is the place where the light enters you.” – Rumi

123. “Death has nothing to do with going away. The sun sets. The moon sets/ But they are not gone/” – Rumi

124. “Put your thoughts to sleep. Do not let them cast a shadow over the moon of your heart.” – Rumi

125. “Keep silent, because the world of silence is a vast fullness.” – Rumi

126. “Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don’t claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent.” – Rumi

127. “Everyone had been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.” – Rumi

128. “Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.” – Rumi

129. “If you are irritated by every rub, how will mirror be polished.” – Rumi

130. “Appear as you are. Be as you appear.” – Rumi

131. “That which is false troubles the heart, but truth brings joyous tranquility.” – Rumi

132. “Those who don’t want to change, let them sleep.” – Rumi

133. “I’ve been a seeker and I a still am, but I stopped asking the books and the stars. I started listening to the teachings of my soul.” – Rumi

134. “I closed my mouth and smoke to you in a hundred silent ways.” – Rumi

135. “In order to understand the dance, one must be skill. And in order to truly understand stillness, one must dance.” – Rumi

136. “A divine dance appears in the soul and the body at the time of peace and union. Anyone can learn this dance, just listen to the music.” – Rumi

137. “The garden of the world has no limits, except in your mind.” – Rumi

138. “Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation.” – Rumi

139. “Knock and he’ll open the door. Vanish and he’ll make you shine like the sun. Fall and he’ll raise you to the heavens. Become nothing and he’ll turn you into everything.” – Rumi

140. “The lion who breaks the enemy’s rank is a minor hero compared to the lion who overcomes himself.” – Rumi

141. “Make peace with the universe, take joy in it. It will turn to gold. Resurrection will be now. Every moment, a new beauty.” – Rumi

142. “If the form is transient, the essence is eternal.” – Rumi

143. “The heart is cooking a pot of food for you. Be patient. Until it is cooked.” – Rumi

144. “Where there is ruin, there is hope for a treasure.” – Rumi

145. “One who is really loved is the single object of her lover, the Alpha and Omega of his desires.” – Rumi

146. “When you let go of who you are, you become who you might be.” – Rumi

147. “Every moment I shape my destiny with a chisel. I am a carpenter of my own soul.” – Rumi

148. “At the end of my life, with just one breath left, if you come, I’ll sit up and sing.” – Rumi

149. “Very little grows on jagged rock. Be grounded. Be crumbled so wildflowers will come up where you are.” – Rumi

150. “Don’t let them think that we’ve broken down, that we’ve cracked up, we merely dropped leaves for a further spring.” – Rumi

151. “Be grateful for whoever comes, because each of us has been sent a guide from beyond.” – Rumi

152. “Be silent! The heart speaks without tongues or lips.” – Rumi

153. “Hear blessings dropping their blossoms around you.” – Rumi

154. “Close your eyes, fall in love, stay there.” – Rumi

155. “Both light and shadow are the dance of love.” – Rumi

156. “Where gratitude like a cloak, and it will feed every corner of your life.” – Rumi

157. “Love is the endless ocean of God.” – Rumi

158. “Inside of you there’s an artist you don’t know about.” – Rumi

159. “Do you know what you are? You are a manuscript of a divine letter. You are a mirror reflecting a noble face. The universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself. Everything that you want you are already that.” – Rumi

160. “We came whirling out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust. The stars made a circle, and in the middle, we dance.” – Rumi

161. “Dance when you’re broken up. Dance if you’ve torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you’re perfectly free.” – Rumi

162. “If I love myself, I love you. If I love you, I love myself.” – Rumi

163. “Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul, there is no separation.” – Rumi

164. “Do you pay regular visits to yourself? Start now!.” – Rumi

165. “Hindus and Turks, Greeks and Africans are all the same color in the grave.” – Rumi

166. “A life without love is of no account. Don’t ask yourself what kind of love you should seek, spiritual or material, diving or mundane, Eastern or Western. Divisions only lead to more divisions. Love has no labels, no definitions. it is what it is, pure and simple. Love is the water of life. And a lover is a soul of fire! the universe turns differently when fire loves water.” – Rumi

167. “Be melting snow, wash yourself of yourself.” – Rumi

168. “And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself.” – Rumi

169. “Seek the wisdom that will untie your knot. Seek the path that demands your whole being” – Rumi

170. “There is a sacredness in tears, they are not the mark of weakness, but of power.” – Rumi

171. “Do not be sad. For God sends hope in the darkest moments. The heaviest rans comes from the darkest clouds.” – Rumi

172. “The lamps are different, but the light is the same. One matter, one energy, one light, one light-mind, endless emanating all things.” – Rumi

173. “I once had a thousand desires, put in my one desire to know you, all else melted away.” – Rumi

174. “Gratitude is the wine of the soul. Go on, get drunk!.” – Rumi

175. “Oh soul, you worry too much. You have seen your own strength. You have seen your own beauty. You have seen your golden wings. Of anything less, why do you worry. You are in truth the soul, of the soul of the soul.” – Rumi

176. “The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.” – Rumi

177. “Sell your cleverness, and buy bewilderment.” – Rumi

178. “Love is the water of life, drink it down with heart and soul.” – Rumi

179. “Don’t worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side your are used to is better than the one to come?” – Rumi

180. “I know you are tired, but come this is the way.” – Rumi

181. “You are the root of heaven, the morning start, the bright moon, the house of endless love.” – Rumi

182. “The heart has it’s own language. The heart knows a hundred thousand ways to speak.” – Rumi

183. “You and I will be together until the universe dissolves.” – Rumi

184. “Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames.” – Rumi

185. “Love is the bridge between you and everything.” – Rumi

186. “Wold you become a pilgrim on the road to love? The first condition is that you make yourself humble as dust and ashes.” – Rumi

187. “I choose to love you in silence, for in silence I find no rejection. I choose to love you in loneliness, for in loneliness no one owns you but me. I choose to adore you from a distance, for distance will shield me from pain. I choose to kiss you in the wind, for the wind is gentler than my lips. I choose to hold you in my dreams. for in my dreams, you have not end.” – Rumi

188. “Do not listen with intent to reply, but with intent to understand.” – Rumi

189. “The one who has a good friend, doesn’t need any mirror.” – Rumi

190. “The prophets accept all agony and trust it for the water has never feared the fire.” – Rumi

191. “My story gets old in various ways, a romance, a dirty joke, a war, a vacancy.” – Rumi

192. “Snake’s poison is life to the snake, it is in relation to man that it means death.” – Rumi

193. “Before a flower can open in His rose garden, thousands of thorns come to pierce it.” – Rumi

194. “Doing as others told me, I was blind. Coming when others called me, I was lost. Then I left everyone, myself as well. Then I found everyone, myself as well.” – Rumi

195. “The beauty you see in me is a reflection of you.” – Rumi

196. “Come, come whoever you are. Wander, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn’t matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair, but a caravan of hope. Come even if you have broken your vows, a thousand times. Come yet again.” – Rumi

197. “Be silent. Only the hand of God can remove the burdens of your heart.” – Rumi

198. “If your knowledge of fire has been turned to certainty by words alone, then seek to be cooked by the fire itself. Don’t abide in borrowed certainty. There is no real certainty until you burn, if you wish for this, sit down in the fire.” – Rumi

199. “There is a force within you that gives you life. Seek that.” – Rumi

200. “Every midwife knows that not until a mothers womb softens from the pain of labor will a way unfold and the infant find that opening to be born. Oh friend, there is a treasure in your heart, it is heavy with child. Listen. All the awakened ones, like trusted midwives are saying, welcome this pain, it opens the dark passage of Grace.” – Rumi

201. “Who could be so lucky? Who comes to the lake for water and sees the reflection of the moon.” – Rumi

What Are Soft Skills (Soft Skills List)

When one has developed the qualities here on our soft skills list, they present themselves as a very valuable resource to the workforce. As well as typically tend to do better in every area of their lives.

Soft skills, at it’s most basic definition are:

Qualities that are desirable for certain types of employment, which don’t depend on acquired knowledge. In it’s most basic sense, they include the ability to deal with people, possess a positive attitude along with having common sense.

They are essentially interpersonal skills that help one be a better teammate. Contributing to the team on a one on one basis. And the whole team at large.

You may notice, when reading this article, that they intertwine nicely. Traits of one soft skill will show up in another soft skill. So once you improve one soft skill, you simultaneously improve all the others. There is a compounding effect to it.

All of these qualities on a list are great for putting on resumes. And employers like to see them. Below you can learn all of the most important soft skills. And how to more deeply develop them into your work life.

This is the tip of the iceberg. But there are also more direct and targeted soft skills. A list of them below will provide insight into what they are. Along with how to strongly build these qualities into your personality and psyche.

The 9 Soft Skills (Complete List)

Leadership

When most people think of leadership, the first thing that pops into their mind is people following them. And yet leadership, at it’s core, is essentially leading others to find their potential. Their gifts. Their passions.

A good leader actually creates more leaders.

I wrote an entire article for you, if you want to go deep into how to be a leader. Check it out.

Otherwise, here are some tips on how to become the best leader you can be.

Come along side others. A manager talks from above someone. A leader talks to someone. A manager enforces, a leader encourages.

Leaders are also pioneers. They aren’t afraid to follow their vision. Even if it has a good chance of failing. Innovation is another quality of a leader. Always thinking outside the box.

You can innovate better by always asking yourself “How can I make this better.”

Leaders also have a growth mindset. Humility and willingness to be wrong are huge for a leader. A good leader is not as much concerned with being right, as getting it right.

That is why a good leader is always seeking different perspectives of the people “below” and “above” him. The more perspectives he/she can gather, the better.

Because the fact of the matter is, by seeking different perspectives, they will reveal our blindspots. Once we realize our blindspots, we can correct our trajectory. And yet we can’t see our blindspots alone. That is why we are always needing to include others in the process of our leadership.

A leader is also very transparent. What you see is what you get. They have strong core values that allow them to maintain impeccable integrity.

They take the bull by the horns. And assume responsibility for both the good and the bad. Although they usually are very modest when good is attributed to them. Spreading love to the other teammates first.

You will rise faster in life, your company or in your entrepreneurial endeavors.

A good leader is also very resourceful.

They also have very good emotional intelligence. Using the ability to use their gut and intuition to read both people, along with the market place. This follows up with empathy. A leader seeks firs to understand their people. As well as good patience.

They operate with passion along with purpose. With a big vision for where they want their own and their teams lives to go. And won’t stop until that vision becomes a reality.

Lastly, a good leader is very action oriented. Instead of waiting for the perfect plan, they tend to act their way into a perfect plan. Giving it some or even no thought. Acting first, and course correcting along the way.

Problem Solving Skills

Problem solving skills is another one of the core soft skills. Better problem solving firsts comes from having enough sleep and eating quality foods. This will prepare the mind of a more resilient and clear thought process.

Other ways to attain better problem solving skills include:

Brainstorming: Either by oneself, or in a group. Essentially proper brainstorming is very non-biased. This is a no judgement process. Anything flies. As the less one permits themselves in thinking, the better the answer will come from this exercise. A non-biased brain dump.

Managing Emotions: Good problem solvers need to have clear thoughts. Emotions can cloud good judgement and thinking. Meditation can help calm emotion. They are able to manage their own emotions and others, then channel them into a creative pursuit of a completed project or goal.

Decisiveness: Another quality the helps with faster problem solving. One does not need to waver in their thought process. Fast decisions bring about faster solutions.

Solution Oriented: Instead of getting caught up in the problem, be asking yourself solution based questions. Things like “how can I solve this”, “what is the answer to the problem?”, “If I knew what the solution was, what would it be?”. OR “What if?” or “Imagine if”.

These types of questions will allow you to get outside of the problem. You will also be seeing it from a higher perspective. Transcending the feeling of being stuck with the problem forever.

Also, to be more solution oriented, see problems as challenges. It is reframing a negative to a more positive outlook.

Starting with a KNOWING that this is a solution, provides much more optimism when tackling problems.

Problem Solving Activities: A great site talked about things you can be doing in your life to help you have better problem solving skills that include:

1. Dancing
2. Sleeping Good
3. Puzzles
4. Yoga
5. Mind Maps
6. Soccer
7. Chess

These 7 activities can help build better problem solving skills. All are excellent for challenging our brains.

For even more tips and tricks for problem solving activities, check out this article.

Work Ethic

Just like anything, a good work ethic is a good habit that can build created. No matter how hard of a worker you already are, you can become better.

A few good tips on how to have a good work ethic include:

Time Management: Good time management is so crucial to having a good work ethic. As we all have 24 hours in a day. It is how we use our 24 hours that makes our breaks out day. A good time to help you utilize your time better is to track your day. Write down what you are doing each day. You will notice patterns on when your work ethic is strong, and when it is weak.

You can maximize your time by recognizing when you are on a roll and when each day. And scheduling your most important and energy consuming things during that time of the day.

Good Sleep: Have you ever tried to sleep less to get more done? How did it work out for you? For me, I know that when I try this, I get less done. Getting 7-8 hours of sleep is healthy. And it will help you have the mental energy you need to do good work and consistent work throughout the day.

Do It When You Don’t Feel Like It: Sorry to be the one to have to remind you, but we need to be doing things when we don’t want to. The more we do this, the more we will act when we don’t want to act.

Make it a priority to do one thing a day that you truly don’t want to do. And do it right when you feel the feeling of not wanting to act.

Punctuality: Be on time or early for everything. Doing so makes you into a trustworthy person. People know you are a person of your word. It is very respectful to do this as well.

Rid Distractions: It takes a lot of time to start and stop. When we are constantly getting distracted, we start and stop dozens of times per day. It takes time to get in the zone, as well as time to get back in the  zone when distracted.

What are your biggest 3 distractors? Things that distract you multiple times each and every day. I know for me, one for sure is Instagram. I learned from productivity coach Brendon Burchard to schedule my social media time throughout my day. Once in the morning and once in the evening.

Doing so with alarms to remind myself to engage in these actions. And not doing so until those alarms ring.

Using alarms on your phone for your distractions. And allow yourself the freedom to be distracted. But only on your timeframe in which you set for them. You rule them instead of them ruling you.

Also, take the person out to lunch, whom is the hardest worker you know. Find out what they are doing. Success leaves clues. Odds are that they only have a very small handful of things they are doing differently than you. You are probably just a couple tweaks away from knowing what it takes to create a stronger work ethic.

Teamwork

A good team player is someone who puts the needs of the team above their own. We all, of course want to be the star player. And yet, it is better to win the title and be the best team in the league. Than it is to be MVP but have the worst record in the league.

Our egos want the glory. And yet, like leadership, the more we get rid of our ego, the better team players we become.

Also, if it helps any, what happens to the best team players in the pros? They go from being on a mediocre team, to being picked up by the best teams. And hence, being paid much more to do the same job.

The same can be true with you. Good employers want team players, as most people are only worried about themselves. The more you help the team, the more likely you will get promoted, and run bigger and more important teams.

Other traits of a good team player include:

Reliability: A good team player is also a very reliable person. They bring consistency to the team. They aren’t the homerun or strikeout players. They are the ones that are getting base hits and doubles. Knocking in runs. Stealing bases. Hitting sacrifice flies. A player that can be relied on to come through to get the team over the edge. One that uses and implements the fundamentals every day.

Positive: When you think of a captain of a team, you think of someone who uplifts people when they are down. And motivates people to higher levels when they are up. Good team players motivate their team. And they are always looking on the bright side of things.

When the team is in a slump, they show up with a good attitude. When things are going good, they have the same attitude. Good team players bring an even-keelness to the work place.

Competent: A good team player is also good at what they do. They truly want to excel in their position. They know the ins and outs. They know that the more they fill their cup, the more they can pour out of it into their team. Essential, they become like educators. To where their pupils are the teammates. In which the more knowledge they give, the more competent the team becomes as a whole.

Empathetic: A good team player is always looking for the best in people. If they see someone slacking, they don’t want to get rid of this person. They want to understand why they are slacking. Then think about other positions this person could fulfill better than they current, before ever thinking about getting rid of them.

Detail Oriented: A team player is also detail oriented. She is looking to cross the t’s and dot the i’s. This is crucial to being a good team player because of the fact that being laxidasical creates holes in the plan. I am not saying that they are perfectionists, but they get the little things right. As the little things add up to big things. And getting the little things right ensure long term wins.

Negotiation/Conflict Resolution

A great way to resolute conflict is to simply ask someone for their advice on the matter you are trying to resolve.

Often times, when we are getting into conflict, all we want to do is win the argument. We often times forget and don’t treat the person as an actual human. Just an obstacle in the way of winning the conflict.

We also try to be as efficient as possible. Trying to get through the conflict as fast as possible.

But human relationships don’t work this way. And in order to resolve conflict, we need to think in a WIN-WIN way. How can both sides win?

What can we do to preserve the relationship so that both sides walk away feeling as if things are even.

Because even if we “win” a conflict, we can obliterate the other side. Ruining a chance to collaborate and help each other in the future.

To resolve conflicts, remember to always “seek first to understand”. Try not to attack the other side. Get the other side talking as much as you can. Let them justify their emotions. Show that you are truly listening to them by summarizing what they are saying to you.

If you make the other side feel understood, chances are you can have more influence on them later on to find a win-win solution.

Another great question to ask during negotiation and conflict resolution is to ask the other side “What would you do in my position?”.

This gets the other side thinking in terms that you too are a human being with needs and desires like them.

It breaks the persons frame and get them thinking more about solutions that can be beneficial do you.

The true takeaway of engaging in successful conflict resolution is to negotiate in a way that won’t ruin the relationship. Think of this person as a teammate in which both of you are playing to win. But if you play together, you both can win much bigger. In a long term sense.

Because if you ruin relationships, word will get out. People won’t trust you. And your reputation will be shot.

Communication Skills

I have always felt that the best way to communicate is purely authentic. What you see is what you get. If you have a problem with someone, it needs to be addressed. If you missed something and are confused, raise your hand ASAP.

Of course there is a way that you communicate that strengthens the relationship, versus hindering it. And that is to simply be polite yet firm. Empathetic yet direct. A mix of both soft and hard communicating is a good style to follow.

To improve your communication skills, here are a few tips that you can use:

1. Process what you heard by taking time before responding.
2. Repeat back what your heard the other person saying. You don’t want to be like a parrot, simply paraphrase what they are saying.
3. Maintain good eye contact. Show the person that you are listening with more than just your ears. It also shows respect and that they have the floor.
4. Face people directly when talking to them.
5. Check in every so often to see if you are still on the same page. Ask more questions, instead of a stream of talking.

Flexibility/Adaptability

Good cognitive ability is one of the most important of the soft skills. Flexibility in mindset is similar to having an open mindset or growth mindset.

You are able to let your mind expand to new territory that it wouldn’t be able to if you got caught up in prideful thinking. Or knowing it all.

It is heavily peppered a feeling of compromise. You are more worried about the big picture. Long term thinking is favored over short term thinking when one has flexibility in their cognitive ability.

Most people believe that it is simply weak to compromise or give in. Again to build this soft skill of flexibility, we need to do away with needing to be right.

The openness to being wrong is a heavily favored trait in humanity. As when you implore this in both your personal and professional life, you give other the freedom to think in the same terms.

This fosters a much more growth oriented environment.

Essentially it is saying I can be right, you can be right, we all can be wrong. We can be a little right.

It is all about FINDING the right answer however you can find it.

The farther and more broader you can think outside the box, the better.

This will allow you to be able to adapt to any situation, small or large, thrown at you. Seeing everything as constructive criticism and a chance to grow and get better.

If pride is a big thing here with you, see occasions for making you get better. For example if you don’t have the right answers, you simply are open to learning the right answers. Instead of staying in a state of pride and not advancing.

Put your pride aside would be the biggest theme with this soft skill

To become more of a flexible person, use some of these tips:

1. Stay calm when things are moving fast, you can think more clearly.
2. Try new things in your life. Food, new roles at work, visit new places in and out of the city.
3. Be confident in your abilities and yet be open to doing things different.
4. Ask others where your blind spots are. This can and should come from people below and above you.
5. Multi-task more often. Allowing you to be more adaptable and flexible in the workplace.
6. Get out of your comfort zone.
7. Listen more and listen better. This will let you process feedback and use it to getting better.
8. Volunteer to cover colleagues to learn their position a bit more. Becoming more versatile.
9. Think ahead to have different solutions you can implore for challenges on the job.

Be committed to the goal, but not the path to getting the goal. If you see that something isn’t working for you, reach out and learn from others that are doing better. Don’t let it become your blindspot.

Creativity

Creativity is another form of adaptability. A person that is creative in on the job has a very artistic type of viewpoint. They are looking at the job as if it is a canvas and their skills and mindset are the paint.

A create person is not black and white. They aren’t afraid to try different colors and color schemes to make something even more beautiful and original than what they began with.

You aren’t there just to do the very minimum of what it takes to get to the end of the day. You see work as an expression of yourself. Where your true gifts and talents can flow through you into.

By looking at it this way, you simply add more value to the job. You know what you can bring to the job, and harness creative expression through these gifts.

Creativity in the workplace can be developed by:

Self-Reflection – Ask yourself everyday things like “what did I do well today?”. “What can I improve upon”. “What did I learn.”

Questions like this will allow you to continue to refine your approach to work. Always learning and growing and becoming better at your craft. The better your become, the more artistic you will be in your approach. Just as an artist who gets better through practice, you will be able to paint your approach that much better on your professional canvas.

Take Risks – Call people you wouldn’t normally call. Go on lunches with people higher up than you. Speak up more at meetings. Do things that make you into a much more creative work as you will be getting out of your comfort zone. This will make your mind expand, allowing you to be more creative in every area of your professional and personal life.

Change Your Scenery – Get your creative juices flowing by switching up where you are putting down your work. Or if you have training you can do for work, do so at the beach, in the forest or at a lake. These places can switch up your routine enough to get you outside of the feeling of the monotony that the workplace can bring.

Ask your employer for the freedom to work offsite. Prove to them that you are putting in hours and show them that you are able to do well offsite.

Humor/Optimism

It is said that although people that are more “realists” more accurate, optimists get more out of life. They do more, become more and contribute more. As they are almost delusional about what they can be, do and become. But this so called delusional quality makes them act bigger. Take on more challenges and act in unrealistic ways. Getting better results than realists.

People like to be around optimistic people. Especially in the workplace. If you can bring optimism, you can really set yourself apart.

Read great books that can help you become optimistic. Here is a place to start if you are looking for books that can help you become more positive:

The Best Self Help Books (Of All time)

Some of these books include:

1. Good To Great – James Collins
2. Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
3. Learned Optimism by Martin Seligman
4. Over The Top by Zig Ziglar
5. How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
6. 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
7. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
8. Awaken The Giant Within by Tony Robbins
9. The Success Principles by Jack Canfield
10. The Magic of Thinking Big David J. Schwartz

Humor is another great quality that can add a positive dimension to the version of yourself that you bring to the workplace.

Try going through your life finding humor in every situation. Work and life can make us become too serious. Humor can let you enjoy your job and your life so much more.

Here is a resource for you to learn how to become more humorous:

How To Be Funny (Tips That Work)

Humor truly disarms people. It lessens friction, can stop arguments right in their tracks. Along with make some fantastic friendships and build great relationships.

Here is a great video that can help you hone your humor skills and take your comedic timing the next level!

Conclusion To List of Soft Skills

There you are my friend. A list of soft skills that you can develop to become an incredibly value addition to the workplace. You will be able to excel on the job, more and more, as you develop and implement these skills.

You will be able to shine brighter in the workplace. Along with be up for promotions more often. As well as gather more of a deep sense of joy and fulfillment from your employment.

Share with me your advice on the subject. Did I miss anything? What skill do you think you are already great at. And which one do you think you need to improve upon the most?

Looking forward to hearing from you!

With gratitude,

Chris

What is Grit

“No matter how long it takes, I’ll go to whatever lengths.” – Eminem

What does it mean to have grit? What is grit? To me, grit is a highly devoted form of perseverance. It is when one is incredibly passionate about something. Maybe not the goal, but the outcome. In which they are strongly driven towards mastering the fundamentals long enough to become something. To get their outcome. To become something.

It is a double positive. A sustained persistence. A sort of animalistic trait. In which you don’t stop until the job is done. No matter what job. No matter how long it takes.

Dog with a bone mentality. Where the dog just keeps chewing and chewing. Almost realizing there is no bone left and still chewing.

It is commitment to the max. And when you truly commit to something, you cut off all possibility to the opposite preferred outcome. There is NO OTHER OUTCOME. Other than winning.

There is something about the word grit that takes one back to a time long ago. When people worked their asses off to put food on the table. Long work days. Rugged faces. And a sense of emotionlessness. I think of the old 1920’s pictures where no one had a smile. Everyone was essentially doing their best that day. Hoping to see another day. In which one day they could escape the grind of life and retire our their last years, resting from decades of hard work.

Ok maybe this wasn’t the best representation of grit, and yet I feel as if it takes us back to a time where people did have more grit. And we can learn from the past to have a bette future. In this case, cultivate more grit into our lives.

Essentially, I feel as if it is an unquestionable acceptance that the job is going to get done. And done right. Whether that is in your profession, person, spiritual or financial life. The job will get done, no matter how gassed out I may feel.

So when it comes to grit, and what having grit is so important, I feel as if it is actually more important to have grit than ever.

When you have grit, and combine it with the leverage of the technology we have at our hands today, we can do more than every. Become more than ever. Give more than ever. And leave a legacy bigger than ever.

If you are interested in seeing the 9 traits that make someone a person of grit, read on my friend.

9 Traits of Grit (Grit Meaning and Examples)

Think By Decades, Not Days

The long term mindset is key to grit, in my honest opinion. In order to be built to last, we need to see our goals being something that we will stick out for a LONG time. We will be committed to our goals no matter how long it takes.

Nothings screams mediocrity more than us wanting things to quick. And when we don’t get them as fast as we want to get them, we throw in the towel.

If we want to develop grit, there is no throwing in the towel. You either do or die. There is no in between.

This can be done by thinking in decades. Which we rid ourselves of the microwave mentality that is so engrained in our culture nowadays.

Long term thinking is so crucial. Because it is more realistic. You are accepting the fact, before even starting, that it is going to take a long time.

Commit to the accomplishment of the goal, not to any short term deadline. The timeline doesn’t matter, only the accomplishment of the goal.

When Your Are Tired, Push On

Pushing through when your tired builds mental calluses. Each and every time you do so, you will find it much easier to do so the next time.

You become your own coach. You are getting behind yourself pushing you. Like the one book says, feel the fear and do it anyways. You need to “feel the fatigue, and do it anyways.”

We need to be comfortable being uncomfortable. The more you do so, the more you will start to like the fact that you pushed through when you used to throw into the towel. You will start to embrace the grind.

It will become engrained into your DNA. You will see yourself as a person that has grit. That acts when they don’t want to. And of course people will start seeing this quality in you. Which will only engrain this new identity deeper into your being.

Courage Over Fear

Acting in spite, of fear. Each time you act in spite of fear, you become more and more courageous. Courage is built by us doing the things we fear.

We have all done things in life that we were terrified to do. And if we do it again later on down the road, it feels much easier and less scary.

For whatever reason, each time we overcome fear, we transcend fear bit by bit. To where we are less scared in other areas of our life outside of the things we were fearful of. Every choice and action affects everything else in our life. Every single area.

Make it a point to do 1 thing that scares you, every single day. If you need some help on ideas that you can use, check out this list I made just for you:

Step Out Of Your Comfort Zone (101 Practical Examples)

Let Go of Perfection

Perfection is just another form of fear. It is fear of acting at all often times. Everything has to be perfect before I start. Or I need to feel ready. Or I don’t know enough yet.

Failing forward is the key to overcoming perfection. Be willing to look like a fool. Be willing to not know enough. Be willing to feel like you are novice.

You can only become a master if you are willing to be a novice. You don’t have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great.

Just SHOW UP, day in and day out. No matter how good or bad you feel. Consistently show up.

Be Single Minded

When we get to sidetracked, we spread ourselves too thin. We lose track of the end goal. We get lost in distractions. And we become weak.

In order to develop grit, we need to have a one track mind. Of course we can have multiple goals, but we need to set times on things we are doing. And commit to doing those things.

Put goals over fun.

If someone asks you to do something, and you know you need to be grinding, SAY NO.

It is simple, yet hard to do.

But when we don’t consider other alternatives, what are we left with? The things that we need to apply perseverance to. Do this day in and day out, saying NO to distractions, and you will become someone dedicated to the grind. A true definition of grit.

Be Passionate

The hardest workers we know are the ones who get lost in our work. They develop a razor sharp focus and high energy to push on when others can’t.

Of course, you won’t be passionate about everything you do in this life. But that doesn’t mean you can’t still have grit.

When you aren’t passionate about a task, be passionate about the outcome. Who is this going to positively affect that you love? What will this enable you to do that you have wanted to do?

For example a realtor may not be passionate about cold calling, but they are passionate about helping people with homeownership.

The REASON they are cold calling is that it is the necessary step to indulge in their passion at a later date.

Hence again, long term thinking. Our first rule of having grit.

Always have a light at the end of the tunnel. As this will help you become a hard enough worker to ultimately get to bathe in the light at the end of the tunnel.

Self Employed Mindset 

When you work for yourself, you are in the drivers seat of your life. This allows one to feel as if they are the master of their own fate and the captain of their own soul.

When we work for someone else, our future and livelihood is always predicated off of someone else. We could be fired, the company can go under, or we could get replaced.

Of course, when you are self employed, things like this can happen. But if it does, it is all on you. You have all the power. To make your life a smash hit, or a flop.

It gives you much more power and dominion over your life when you are making all the calls. You write the rules. You are driving the bus. You permit who gets on and who gets off.

You can drive as fast or as slow as you want.

Because ultimately, when someone else is driving the bus, you are a passenger. And passengers only have so much power as to where the destination will be.

Become self employed, first through a side hustle if you can’t go all in right away. Work in sales type jobs. Dedicate yourself to making your own way by being your own boss.

This way ALL the energy you are dedicating to the project will benefit YOUR business. What you put in is what you will get out. The same can’t be said about working for someone else. This will give you more perseverance power to put in longer hours in this life.

It will also make you think like some who NEEDs to get the job done. When humans are put in a situation of either dying or succeeding, they tend to succeed. They get creative and DO WHATEVER it takes to get the job done.

Which is essentially the true definition of grit. When your back is up against the way, you go through the wall.

If you can’t be self employed yet, see yourself as being self employed. Because we all essentially are. See yourself as your own entity in which everything you will affect how you get paid, promoted and rewarded.

If you do this, you will act as a stronger person in the workforce. Treat the people in your life differently. And advance in life a lot faster. Getting to a place where you are getting paid more for the grit that you cultivated through acting as if you are self employed.

Treat Pain As Your Friend, Not Foe

At the end of the day, someone who has develop true grit sees pain as their friend not their foe. It is in a sense, seeking out things in life that make don’t feel good.

Because in life, when you do things that are painful, you come out of the other side a stronger version of ourselves.

We are able to deal with things better and more efficiently. Bring more empathy to people going through tough times. And simply see things that most people feel are catastrophic, as mere challenges to be overcame.

The more pain you put yourself through, the more gritty you will become.

I mean look at working out, the harder you push your body, the stronger you become. But lets take this even deeper. One can choose to do s simple flat bench press. Where they use both arms. Or they can do single are bench press.

Both will most likely build a similar amount of muscle. But the single armed chest press will force one to engage their core more. Building stronger internal stabilizers.

The same is true with life. We can chose the path of least resistance. To where we may look the same on the outside. And yet when we go through the tough parts of life, and do so intentionally, we come out become much more stronger on the inside.

Which is where true grit originates. It is an internal job.

Either Win Or Lose (No Participation Awards)

Someone with a lot of grit sees life of a game of either winning or losing. There are no awards for participating.

Society has given us too much credit for simply showing up. Which of course this is part of the equation. But it is showing up to win. Playing to win. Fighting to win. And if you lose, you lick your wounds, heal, grow and come back fighting your ass off to win next time. Until you win.

Life is not a sport in which you are truly rewarded for mediocrity.

To develop strong grit, don’t give into mediocrity. Don’t do just enough to make it though the day. Or just enough to be fired. People that live life like this have empty lives. They get to the end of their life never really living.

People with grit have an aliveness to them. And this is cultivated by going hard, day in and day out. Playing the game of life to win. Wanting to win. And ultimately coming out victorious.

One Track Mind (Hold Onto One Thought)

It is well known that all spiritual teachers constantly preach that we become what we think about. Our thoughts literally shape our entire reality.

What we think about, we bring about.

The more you think about a car you want, the more you tend to see it.

The more you think about wanting a relationship, the more you see couples out. Hear talk about romance. And see things on the TV conducive to your thoughts about relationships.

In order to have grit, you need to hold on tightly to the things you want to get done during the day. One thought constantly held in your mind will manifest itself.

When you catch yourself drifting off and thinking about others things, bring your mind back to your goal for that day or hour. However long you want to grit it out on this, continue holding that thought in mind.

For example, if you want to do 3 hours of follow up calls, keep holding in mind that 3 hour timeframe.

When people try to distract you, go back to that 3 hour timeframe. It will be your mantra. When you are done with your first task, create a new mantra for what you want to get done and for how long it is going to take. Or how long you want to devote yourself to it.

The main thing is to know where you are going at all times. You are evaluating what you want in life that will bring you long term success and happiness. And once you evaluate it, you can hold onto thoughts that create massive action towards those goals.

Consistently do this day in and day out. Always be thinking about the things you need to get done during the day. Especially when you get off track. Go back to your thought makes you cognizant that you will need to get back after it now, or ASAP.

Grit Quotes (Quotes About Grit)

1. Grit Is sticking with your future, day in and day out, and not just for the week, not just for the month, but for years.” – Angela Duckworth

2. “Grit is having the courage to push through, no matter what the obstacles are, because it’s worth it.” – Chris Morris

3. “True grit is making a decision an standing by it, doing what must be done. No moral man can have peace of mind if he leaves undone what he knows he should have done.” – John Wayne

4. “True grit is staying in the game when others would have dropped the ball and left the park.” – Unknown

5. “Grit is passion and perseverance for very long term goals. Grit is sticking with your future, not just for the month but for years. And working really hard to make that future a reality. Grit is living life like it’s a marathon, not a sprint.” – Dr. Angela Lee Duckworth

6. “Grit is the stubborn refusal to quit.” – Jonah Lehrer

7. “I won’t just have a job, I’ll have a calling. I’ll challenge myself every day. When I et knocked down, I’ll get back up. I may not be the smartest person in the room, but I’ll strive to be the grittiest.” – Angela Duckworth

8. “Heroes are never perfect, but they’re brave, they’re authentic, they’re courageous, determined, discreet and they’ve got grit.” – Wade Davis

9. “Grit is about having what some researchers call an “ultimate concern”. A goal you care about so much that is organizes and gives meaning to almost everything you do. And grit is holding steadfast to that goal. Even when you fall down.” – Angela Deckwork

10. “Being physically tough is measured by how many fights you win, but mental toughness is measured by how you react when all the chips are stacked against you. How fast you get back on track when life kicks you in the nuts. Any fool can win a fight, but it takes person with true grit, to never give up when all seems lost.” – Benjamin Bayani

11. “It’s going to take grit, and grind and desire. It’s a heart game. You can bring all the talent and say you’re going to depend on that, but thats only going to get you so far. Every piston has to be hitting in the engine to win. You have to execute.” – Bryan Larrison

Conclusion To How To Develop Grit

So there it is my friends. How to build grit, the 9 qualities that make someone a person with strong grit. And at the end of the day, the biggest message here that I hope I conveyed was one of acting like people acted before the internet. Before selfies. Before social media.

Old school work ethic. Where you rise and grind. You know you have a lot of work ahead of you. And you accept that fact, and get after it. Day in and day out. Over and over and over again. Committing to excellence.

This is truly the message I want to convey in most all the posts I do about rising up in this world. And developing yourself. Consistent, daily action. No matter how you feel. What time of day it is. Whether you are fully rested or running on fumes.

First things first. Rise and grind. Do what you KNOW needs to be done. And feel great at the end of each day because of it. This will all add up to you building very good habits that allow you to become a person with insanely strong grit.

Thank you for reading my friend.

Share with me your thoughts on the topic. What you liked or disliked about the post. And if you have anything to add which would benefit all of us in leaning how to have grit.

Chat soon.

With gratitude,

Chris