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60+ Life Changing Quotes

60+ Life Changing Quotes

December 2, 2024 Colin Lawson Comments 0 Comment

While looking around Social media, we noticed an interesting question was posed by one poster. They simply asked, “Tell me a sentence someone told you that changed your life.”

Below are some of the answers given in reply to that question.

We feel sure that at least some of these answers might change the life of someone reading today:

1. “Nothing changes, just your perspective.”

2. “What others say about you is none of your business, it’s what you think of yourself that matters.”

3. “What you allow is what you’ll receive!”

4. “If i don’t come to you for advice I’m not going to value your opinion.”

5. “Courage is not the absence of fear but the realisation that something else is more important.”

6. “You are not “just a parent”, you are the most important person in that child’s life.”

7. “If you want to make a point, whisper.”

8. “There is as much power in the quiet as there is in the noise.”

9. “The less you know about other people’s business the better.”

10. “Be who you are and say what you feel because those who matter don’t mind and those that mind, don’t matter.”

11. “Listen with the intent to learn and not respond.”

12. “Why hesitate? The BEST thing is it will happen, the WORST thing it won’t.”

13. “Don’t worry. If it’s something you can change, change it. If you can’t change it, what’s the point of worrying?”

14. “Intelligent people can change their mind after being given additional information.”

15. “Silence is golden. They don’t know what you are thinking.”

16. “People who speak to you negatively about other people probably speak negatively to other people  about you.”

17. “You only get what you think you deserve.”

18. “Happiness is an inside job.”

19. “Doesn’t matter how much you love someone. You cant make them love you.”

20. “I’m not better than anyone else but there is NOBODY better than me.”

21. “Your personality creates your personal reality.”

22. “No is a complete answer that I don’t need to justify.”

23. “You can’t help people who won’t help themselves.”

24. “Only you can control how you react, so take control and don’t react.”

25. “Those who care about you matter, those who don’t care, don’t matter.”

26. “YOUR happiness is YOUR responsibly.”

27. “One day or DAY ONE.”

28. “One day at a time… eat the elephant one bite at a time.”

29. “When someone shows you who they are, believe them.”

30. “You can’t control anyone’s actions, but you can control how you deal with it.”

31. “The world looks brighter from behind a smile.”

32. “There are no do overs in life….don’t stay anywhere unhappy”.

33. “Never put till tomorrow what you can do today.”

34. “People probably aren’t judging you. They all have their own concerns, and even if they are, that’s none of your business. There’s nothing you can do about it so get it off your to do list.”

35. “Some people are givers and some people are takers……you just need to decide who you are spending time with.”

36. “Mean what you say and say what you mean.”

37. “Nothing lasts forever, whether it’s good or bad.”

38. “It’s your life and nobody is coming to save you, that’s your job.”

39. “Don’t bring a chair to a table you’re not invited to.”

40. “Wolves don’t lose sleep over the opinions of sheep.”

41. “No one really knows what they’re doing. We’re all just muddling along trying to figure things out.”

42. “Positive brings postive.”

43. “Your time will come – hang on.”

44. “Never worry about growing old, Just don’t lose your sense humour.”

45. “Nothing stagnant will grow we all have to keep moving.”

46. “If you haven’t got anything nice to say, say nothing.”

47. “Never look back you can’t change the past, only look forward.”

48. “Keep it simple.”

49. “There is only one you, be you, take care of you, love you.”

50. “We’re here for a good time , not a long time!!”

51. “Show me your friends and I’ll show you your future.”

52. “Keep things awfully simple or they become simply awfull”

53. “It’s better to try and fail than fail to try!”

54. “It is nice to be important but more important to be nice.”

55. “Stop talking about it, do it!” 

56. “Don’t take advice or criticism off someone you don’t want to be like.”

57. “Do something today that your future self will thank you for.”

58. “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.”

59. “Que sera sera, whatever will be will be, the futures not ours to see. que sera sera.”

60. “Believe none of what you hear and only half of what you see.”

61. “Nothing changes if nothing changes.”

62. “Don’t focus on the problem, focus on the solution!”

– Original Source – Mum Central, Facebook

Did any quote(s) resonate with you or can you add your own to the list? Let us know in the reply section.


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