Awareness Quotes

"Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life."

- Steve Jobs

"If you live each day as if it were your last, someday you'll be right."

- Steve Jobs

"Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking."

- Steve Jobs

"When you’re young, you look at television and think, There’s a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that’s not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want. That’s a far more depressing thought. Conspiracy is optimistic! You can shoot the bastards! We can have a revolution! But the networks are really in business to give people what they want. It’s the truth."

- Steve Jobs

"Men don’t pay attention to small things."

- Katherine Johnson

"Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now."

- Audre Lorde

"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more so that we may fear less."

- Marie Curie

"Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day."

- Sally Koch

"Jiu Jitsu is perfect. It’s humans who make errors."

- Rickson Gracie

"We must make a study of our God: what he loves, what he hates, how he speaks and acts. We cannot imitate a God whose features and habits we have never learned. We must make a study of him if we want to become like him. We must seek his face."

- Jen Wilkin

"People see God every day, they just don't recognize him."

- Pearl Bailey

"God is bigger than people think."

- Jimmy Dean

"Jiu-jitsu helped me to understand life in a very deep way because it’s a representation of life but on the mat. You can express your emotions, you can express your intelligence, and you can express your personality, your character. You cannot hide anything because once you’re there, you have your Gi, [but] no gold watches, and no security, no guns, and you have to expose yourself in a very raw way."

- Rickson Gracie

"I’ve never been quite as humbled as I have in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu."

- Lex Friedman

"In jiu jitsu you’re constantly reminded about how magical your body really is."

- Eddie Bravo

"Anger just makes people inefficient. Their breathing gets shallow, they’re too muscularly tense; they gas faster."

- John Danaher

"Everyone is the same for the first two minutes, everyone has a chance to win, but after that, you start to separate physically and mentally."

- Marcelo Garcia

"If you think, you are late. If you are late, you use strength. If you use strength, you tire. And if you tire, you die."

- Saulo Ribeiro

"Only when there is a danger of submissions will it be easier to work your way to better positions"

- John Danaher

"If you think, you are late. If you are late, you use strength. If you use strength, you tire. If you tire, you die."

- Saulo Ribeiro

"Always Assume that your opponent is going to be bigger, stronger, and faster than you. So, you have to learn to rely on technique, timing, and leverage rather than brute strength"

- Helio Gracie

"We all know what flopping is when we see it. The stuff that you see is where guys aren't really getting hit at all and are just flailing around like a fish out of water."

- Kobe Bryant

"The key, though, is being aware of how you’re feeling and how you need to be feeling. It all starts with awareness."

- Kobe Bryant

"Fat is not a bad word."

"Like a snowflake, no two days in February are alike. Embrace the uniqueness of each moment."

"As February 1st graces us with its presence, let us welcome it with open hearts and open minds."

"May every sunrise serve as a reminder that you have a purpose in life. Good morning friend."

"Wake up, right away! Wake up and explore the morning glories that surround us."

"The right way to live life is by avoiding negative people in life. No one in this world is perfect but we are all good in some way. Good morning."

"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist."