Inspiration

We believe in positive vibes and good energy. If you join our Twitterverse, we consistently tweet motivational quotes along with tips for greening up your life and the benefits of raw foods. Just to give you a taste of how we try to make happiness contagious, here’s a sampling of our favorite feel-good sayings. Feel free to contribute by commenting to this page.

“Whenever we do something that fills us with enthusiasm, we are following our legand.” -Paulo Coelho, from The Alchemist

“If you love what you do, you’ll never have to work a day in your life.” -Cameron Johnson, from You Call The Shots

“Dream big — and start small” -Michael Dell

“The most important thing in life is to stop saying “I wish” and start saying “I will.” Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.’ -David Copperfield

“Your past is useful. Look at it, but don’t stare.’ -Christine Comaford Lynch, from Rules for Renegades

“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” -Michael Pollan, from In Defense of Food

“It does not do to dwell on dreams, and forget to live.” -Harry Potter The Sourcer’s Stone

“On the battlefield of ideas, winning requires moving toward the sound of the guns.” -Newt Girgrich, former speaker of the House of Representatives

“What a caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.” -Richard Bach

“The world is round and the place which seems like the end may also be only the beginning.” -Ivy Baker Priest

“Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.” -H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

“A diamond is merely a lump of coal that did well under pressure.” -unknown

“I am only one, but I am still one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do.” -Helen Keller.

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was m ore painful than the risk it took to blossom.” -Anais Nin

“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you respond to it.” -Lou Holtz

2 Responses to “Inspiration”

1. RawFoodNation at 08/04/09 06:14:43 | Toyota Prius says:

   August 4, 2009 at 3:31 am

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2. Stephanie says:

   October 24, 2010 at 4:38 pm

   “Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
   - Muhammad Ali

   “Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity, but in doing it.”
   - Greg Anderson

   “Things turn out the best for people who make the best of the way things turn out” – John Wooden

   “No one knows what he can do until he tries” -Publilius Syrus

   “Life is what we make it” -unknown

   “All life is a chance. The man who goes furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The ‘sure thing’ boat never gets far from shore” – Dale Carnegie

   “Two roads diverged in a wood and I -
   I took the one less traveled by,
   And that has made all the difference”
   - Robert Frost

   “Our lives are not determined by what happens to us, but how we react to what happens; not by what life brings us but by the attitude we bring to life. A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst – a spark that creates extraordinary results” – unknown

   “Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.” – Aristotle

   “Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.” – Henry van Dyke

   “There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” -Albert Einstein

   “This above all, to thine own self be true” – William Shakespeare

   “Failure is not the worst thing in the world; the very worst thing is not to try” -unknown

   “There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility is being superior to your former self.” -Thom Yorke

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