Awareness Quotes

"Even though a “YES” sounds better sometimes a “NO” is more important."

- Sope Agbelusi

"An objection is not a rejection; it is simply a request for more information."

- Bo Bennett

"Rejection doesn’t mean you aren’t good enough; it means the other person failed to notice what you have to offer."

- Mark Amend

"Shipping is a terrible thing to do to vegetables. They probably get jet-lagged, just like people."

- Elizabeth Berry

"Police officers see everything, and they experience everything, and they don't always act correctly."

- Cheo Hodari Coker

"If watching is all you're gonna do, then you're gonna watch your life go by without you."

- Laverne, The Hunchback of Norte Dame

"I think most of us fear reaching the end of our life, and looking back, regretting the moments we didn’t speak up. When we didn’t say 'I love you.' When we should’ve said 'I’m sorry.' When we didn’t stand up for ourselves or someone who needed help."

- Taylor Swift

"It was the possibility of darkness that made the day seem so bright."

- Stephen King

"But there's a lot of stuff going on in the world. Whether or not you're aware of it, it's happening."

- J. Cole

"The most deadly poison of our times is indifference."

- St. Maximilian Kolbe

"Anybody who steps into the lane beside you is the biggest competition."

- Usain Bolt

"The idea of competition, particularly in a creative atmosphere, is always there; if you don't acknowledge that, you are doing yourself and the process a disservice."

- Jake Gyllenhaal

"I know the signs of scaredness."

- Michael Jordan

"Much everyday anger results when we confuse our own personal wants with general moral codes. When you get mad at someone and you claim they are acting “unfairly,” more often than not what is really going on is that they are acting “fairly” relative to a set of standards and a frame of reference that is different from yours."

- David D. Burns

"Inappropriate should and shouldn’t statements […] feed your anger. When you find that some people’s actions are not to your liking, you tell yourself they “shouldn’t” have done what they did, or they “should have” done something they failed to do […] When you insist on perfection from others, you will make yourself miserable."

- David D. Burns

"Another distortion characteristic of anger-generating thoughts is mind reading – you invent motives that explains to your satisfaction why the other person did what he or she did. These hypotheses are frequently erroneous because they will not describe the actual thoughts and perceptions that motivated the other person."

- David D. Burns

"Your life is not a simulation; it’s the real game. Play wisely."

- Richelle E. Goodrich

"A lot of guys in jail tattoo their hands."

"February brings new light to life."

"Curiosity is the invisible ink that writes wisdom across your mind."

"Understanding expands each time we challenge the obvious truth."

"The impact of a quote depends on readiness to hear it."

"Wisdom whispers to those willing to listen beyond the noise."

"Cleverness is silent until called upon by necessity."

"Brilliance hides in the overlooked and the ordinary moments."

"Understanding sometimes wears the disguise of disagreement."

"Listen for the silent solutions that only patience can hear."

"Behind you all your memories, before you all your dreams, around you all who love you, within you all you need."

"I know right?!"

"It doesn’t matter."