30 Sentences that Can Brighten Your Day
February 18 by Brian Lee 86.8K Shares | Communication, Motivation
It’s far too easy to get lost in this lousy world. We always need reminders to get us back on track and moving forward. You don’t need an expensive life coach to empower you, sometimes one or two sentences are already enough to brighten your day and help you to spring forward to take on the challenges that will come during the day. We have 30 inspiring sentences that can empower and motivate you to look ahead.
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#1 Never compare your weaknesses to other people’s strengths.
#2 Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
#3 Your childhood may not have been perfect, but it’s over.
#4 Own your life, or someone will own it for you
#5 We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.
#6 The world does not reward perfectionists. It rewards those who get things done.
#7 No matter what anyone says to you, you don’t have to eat dinner with them, live with them, or go to bed with them.
#8 If you risk nothing, you risk everything.
#9 If something frightens you irrationally, do it often.
#10 Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone.
#11 You don’t have to do anything you don’t want to do, but you may miss out on future opportunities.
#12 Don’t give others the power to control your emotions. Those are only yours and it is only for you to manipulate.
#13 Victory introduces you to the world, but defeat introduces the world to you!
#14 The only way you are going to have success is to have lots of failures first.
#15 Fail often but do not forget the Lesson.
#16 You will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do.

#17 It’s not what you say, it’s what people hear.
#18 Take what you do seriously. Not yourself.
#19 Life begins where your comfort zone ends.

#20 The True measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
#21 If you don’t do stupid things while you’re young, you’ll have nothing to smile about when you’re old.
#22 Man: “I want happiness” Buddha: “First remove ‘I’, this is ego, then remove ‘want’, this is desire. All that remains is happiness.”
#23 Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.
#24 I always wondered why somebody didn’t do something about that, then I realized I am somebody.
#25 Don’t waste your time with explanations, people only hear what they want to hear.
#26 Don’t rest after your first victory because if you fail the second, time more lips will be waiting to say that your first victory was just luck.
#27 Do not educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be happy. So when they grow up, they will know the value of things, not the price.
#28 Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing themselves.
#29 We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.
#30 Information is not knowledge.
What are some sentences that you have heard before that has brightened your day immediately? Give us your suggestions and We’ll add them to the list.
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This one just made my day!
#26 has a mistake. The comma should be after time. It doesn't make sense as is.
Thanks Bradlee, we have updated it. :)
Brilliant!
I especially like #9.
Great posts! But #30 Information is not knowledge? More like, knowledge is not intelligence. Or intelligence is not wisdom?
TRUE!
This is a wonderful little collection! They go wonderfully with the photos and backgrounds for wallpaper, and many of the sayings are long-time favorites of mine. Good post. =)
Side Note: Perhaps you could add to the wall papers (or at least the blog post) the author or source of each one? Not because people couldn't use Google to figure it out, lol…not for my benefit. Just to credit the original inspiration/feel-good gurus.
(just as an example, the "…those who don't mind don't matter, and…" on is by this dude…advisor to FDR-turned-philanthropist, this page is full of more motivation/'life' advice quotes by him!)
http://izquotes.com/author/bernard-baruch
(i dont mean a link for each author, or anything like that,just their names! lol sorry, clarity didnt quite happen there like i thought)
I don't agree with the last one.
why don't you agree?
Well, you should. :)
Technically, information is just processed data, while knowledge is information applied.
#2, #3, #18, #24, #26 and #27 all hit home. I've thought about these things almost word-for-word. Thank you Brian.
Maybe do this one:
"Your dad was and still is a manager at a regal Casino, and to this day you hardly know him and find little happiness in confronting him—.
if your dad had been a hot dog vendor, you wouldn't be so depressed."