Good habits should be nurtured. To mark the start of the New Year, I am therefore once again publishing a selection of wise quotes from fascinating people whom we can learn from – rather than one of my regular blog texts. I hope you enjoy reading them and gain some new insights. Above all, I wish you the best of health in 2021!
Grateful people are like fertile fields. They give back tenfold what they have received. August von Kotzebue, German author
Happiness is the only thing we can give without having. Carmen Sylva, pseudonym of Queen Elisabeth of Romania
Life doesn’t always bring you what you want, but what you need. Stress, Swiss musician
I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened. Mark Twain, American author
I don’t know a sure path to success, but I do know a sure path to failure: Trying to please everyone. Plato, Greek philosopher
It is definitely better to be a square something than a round nothing. Friedrich Hebbel, German author
You often have to be strong if you want to change something. But you have to be even stronger when you have to accept the way things are or wait until they are over. Unknown source
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is. Albert Einstein, German physicist
You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die, or when. You can only decide how you’re going to live. Now. Joan Baez, American singer
I am more interested in the future than in the past, because the future is where I intend to live. Albert Einstein, German physicist
The way you wish you had lived when you reach the end of your life is how you can live now. Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor and philosopher
The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities. Stephen R. Covey, American author
Never start stopping, never stop starting. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman philosopher
Change starts with us as individuals. Dalai Lama, Buddhist monk
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. Albert Einstein, German physicist
People seldom know what happiness is but usually know what happiness was. Françoise Sagan, French author
To attain wisdom, remove things every day. Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher
Worrying takes nothing away from tomorrow’s suffering. But it robs today of its strength. Corrie ten Bloom, Dutch campaigner for justice
At the crossroads of life, there are no signposts. Charlie Chaplin, English actor
Moving forward pragmatically is better than standing perfectly still. Roland Brack, founder and CEO of www.brack.ch
The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say ‘no’ to almost everything. Warren Buffet, American investor and entrepreneur
Your first duty is to make yourself happy. If you are happy yourself, you will make others happy too. Ludwig Feuerbach, German philosopher
Look for three things in people: Intelligence, energy and integrity. If they don’t have the last ability, don’t even try the first two. Warren Buffet, American investor and entrepreneur
The biggest communication problem is that we don’t listen to understand – we listen to respond. Unknown source
If we are to reach real peace in the world, we shall have to begin with the children. Mahatma Gandhi, Indian resistance fighter and publicist
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Nelson Mandela, the first black President of South Africa
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Mahatma Gandhi, Indian resistance fighter and publicist
