Life And Living Quotes

To know a species, look at its fears. To know yourself, look at your fears. Fear in itself is not important, but fear stands there and points you in the direction of things that are important. Don't be afraid of your fears, they're not there to scare you; they're there to let you know that something is worth it.

~ C. Joybell C.

If you have kindness in your heart, you offer acts of kindness to touch the hearts of others wherever you go—whether they are random or planned. Kindness becomes a way of life.

~ Roy T. Bennett

Make the most of what you have and keep your standards high. Never settle for anything less than you deserve or are capable of achieving.

~ Roy T. Bennett

You have come a long way and have won many battles. Whenever you’re faced with a difficult or challenging situation, you’ll overcome it. Yes, you can.

~ Roy T. Bennett

Believe in your infinite potential. Your only limitations are those you set upon yourself. Believe in yourself, your abilities and your own potential. Never let self-doubt hold you captive. You are worthy of all that you dream of and hope for.

~ Roy T. Bennett

One of the best ways to influence people is to make them feel important. Most people enjoy those rare moments when others make them feel important. It is one of the deepest human desires.

~ Roy T. Bennett

There are two things we should always be 1. raw and 2. ready. When you are raw, you are always ready and when you are ready you usually realize that you are raw. Waiting for perfection is not an answer, one cannot say I will be ready when I am perfect because then you will never be ready, rather one must say I am raw and I am ready just like this right now, how and who I am.

~ C. Joybell C.

Integrity is doing what is right and truthful, and doing as you say you would do.

~ Roy T. Bennett

The level of success you achieve will be in direct proportion to the depth of your commitment.

~ Roy T. Bennett

I am never alone wherever I am. The air itself supplies me with a century of love. When I breathe in, I am breathing in the laughter, tears, victories, passions, thoughts, memories, existence, joys, moments, and the hues of the sunlight on many tones of skin; I am breathing in the same air that was exhaled by many before me. The air that bore them life. And so how can I ever say that I am alone?

~ C. Joybell C.

Every challenge you face today makes you stronger tomorrow. The challenge of life is intended to make you better, not bitter.

~ Roy T. Bennett

Anything that you learn becomes your wealth, a wealth that cannot be taken away from you; whether you learn it in a building called school or in the school of life. To learn something new is a timeless pleasure and a valuable treasure. And not all things that you learn are taught to you, but many things that you learn you realize you have taught yourself.

~ C. Joybell C.

Be the kind of person who dares to face life's challenges and overcome them rather than dodging them.

~ Roy T. Bennett

Do good, live in the most positive and joyful way possible every day.

~ Roy T. Bennett

Until you change how you get things done, you'll never know what works best.

~ Roy T. Bennett

Dedicate yourself to what gives your life true meaning and purpose, make a positive difference in someone's life.

~ Roy T. Bennett

It would be perfect if everyone who makes love, is in love, but this is simply an unrealistic expectation. I'd say 75 percent of the population of people who make love, are not in love, this is simply the reality of the human race, and to be idealistic about this is to wait for the stars to aline and Jupiter to change color; for the Heavens to etch your names together in the sky before you make love to someone. But idealism is immaturity, and as a matter of fact, the stars may never aline, Jupiter may never change color, and the Heavens may never ever etch your names together in the sky for you to have the never-ending permission to make endless love to one another. And so the bottom line is, there really is no difference between doing something today, and doing something tomorrow, because today is what you have, and tomorrow may not turn out the way you expect it to. At the end of the day, sex is an animalistic, humanistic, passionate desire.

~ C. Joybell C.

Whenever I see an ambulance, I like to think there is a baby being born, rather than a death.

~ Phil Lester

Cake is happiness! If you know the way of the cake, you know the way of happiness! If you have a cake in front of you, you should not look any further for joy!

~ C. Joybell C.

Never let fear hold you captive. Never let self-doubt hold you captive. Never let frustration hold you captive.

~ Roy T. Bennett

Great goals make great people. People cannot hit what they do not aim for.

~ Roy T. Bennett

Goals are the road maps that guide you to your destination. Cultivate the habit of setting clearly-defined written goals, they are the road maps that guide you to your destination.

~ Roy T. Bennett

We all have negative thoughts now and then, but we can choose not to dwell there and not to let them control us.

~ Roy T. Bennett

People are successful because they think and act like successful people.

~ Roy T. Bennett

Humanity does not suffer from the disease of wrong beliefs but humanity suffers from the contagious nature of the lack of belief. If you have no magic with you it is not because magic does not exist but it is because you do not believe in it. Even if the sun shines brightly upon your skin every day, if you do not believe in the sunlight, the sunlight for you does not exist.

~ C. Joybell C.

I consider myself a stained-glass window. And this is how I live my life. Closing no doors and covering no windows; I am the multi-colored glass with light filtering through me, in many different shades. Allowing light to shed and fall into many many hues. My job is not to direct anything, but only to filter into many colors. My answer is destiny and my guide is joy. And there you have me.

~ C. Joybell C.

It's like I get into a roller coaster, and sit there while it goes up and down and upside down and sometimes I get thrown out and I hit my head, but I crawl back in again and the moment I'm back in, it just keeps on going and going again...all of this, so I can find things out and then I write about the things I find out so you can find them out from me. All the bruises, all the wounds, all the bumps on the head, all the scars, just so I can take that and I can write all these things, and sometimes I say God, I don't want to be in this roller coaster anymore. But when I think about it, if I'm not right here, then where the hell would I be? On the sidewalk? I wasn't born to stand on the sidewalk, I was born to fly around crazy in the sky!

~ C. Joybell C.

Instead of complaining about the problem and blaming others, start finding the solution.

~ Roy T. Bennett

Be patient and open-minded in your interactions with others, find the positive attributes that they possess.

~ Roy T. Bennett

One word of encouragement can be enough to spark someone’s motivation to continue with a difficult challenge.

~ Roy T. Bennett

When you start giving, instead of getting, you make a difference. You can always give a warm smile, a sincere hello, a positive vibe… your attention, your time, your love, and kindness to those around you.

~ Roy T. Bennett

The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. And the only way that we can become exposed is if we throw ourselves out into the open. Do it. Throw yourself.

~ C. Joybell C.

Life is too short to waste any amount of time on wondering what other people think about you. In the first place, if they had better things going on in their lives, they wouldn't have the time to sit around and talk about you. What's important to me is not others' opinions of me, but what's important to me is my opinion of myself.

~ C. Joybell C.

The unhappiest people in this world, are those who care the most about what other people think.

~ C. Joybell C.

You've got this life and while you've got it, you'd better kiss like you only have one moment, try to hold someone's hand like you will never get another chance to, look into people's eyes like they're the last you'll ever see, watch someone sleeping like there's no time left, jump if you feel like jumping, run if you feel like running, play music in your head when there is none, and eat cake like it's the only one left in the world!

~ C. Joybell C.

I'm unpredictable, I never know where I'm going until I get there, I'm so random, I'm always growing, learning, changing, I'm never the same person twice. But one thing you can be sure of about me; is I will always do exactly what I want to do.

~ C. Joybell C.

Do not yearn to be popular; be exquisite. Do not desire to be famous; be loved. Do not take pride in being expected; be palpable, unmistakable.

~ C. Joybell C.

It is the useless things that make life worth living and that make life dangerous too: wine, love, art, beauty. Without them life is safe, but not worth bothering with.

~ Stephen Fry

‎What does it mean if i'm afraid? Does it mean something bad is going to happen? No, it doesn't mean something bad is going to happen. It just means that you have the chance to be brave.

~ C. Joybell C.

Be yourself. Don't worry about what other people are thinking of you.

~ Phil Lester