Susan Quotes
Desire. Enthusiasm. Purpose. Pleasure. Delight. Peace. Power. However you define passion, it is at the heart of your motivation.
Feeling passion fuels your spirit and feeds your joy.
Passion is a catalyst for action and provides you with the emotional stamina to stick with it, regardless of the obstacles.
Every day should have threads of passionate pursuits within it.
What turns you on, tunes you in, and lights your fire?
When passion is lit, the fire permeates your being with the positive expectation that all is well and everything will turn out great.
To be truly satisfied that your life is well-lived, the object of your passion is something you feel you must be, do, or have. What lights your fire?
Passion is not just about the object of your focus or desires—it is the compelling emotion, fulfillment, and intense enthusiasm that it engenders.
Are you impressed when you meet people who are filled with passion and conviction? Their energy is contagious and can make us all want “some of what they’re having!
When a person exudes passion, it is evident that they love what they are doing. Their passion projects an aura of confidence and decisiveness.
Sharing your passion with others will not only enlighten them to your dedication and commitment, it can enable you to garner their participation, collaboration, cooperation, and endorsement.
When we are deeply passionate about something, the obstacles or challenges are diminished by sheer will and desire.
When you want something badly enough, it does not matter whether it is going to be easy. The passion will push you forward.
When people are not passionate about their goals, everything is more of a struggle.
Passion is the fire that gets us moving and keeps us motivated regardless of what roadblocks impede the way.
When your passion is aligned with your purpose, you are unstoppable! It is in that zone of high octane congruence that you are turned on and "cooking with gas.
If you feel joy when you do something unselfish for him, and would just as soon do it in secret as openly, then that rings of the true metal
Needing to have reality confirmed and experience enhanced by photographs is an aesthetic consumerism to which everyone is now addicted. Industrial societies turn their citizens into image-junkies
Think of the people whom you love, like, trust, and admire. Isn’t their integrity the golden thread which elevates them to a higher standard in your eyes and in your heart?
1. “Being able to depend on a person’s integrity lays a solid foundation for a relationship built on trust, both in business and in life.
As with construction, your personal integrity is the firm foundation upon which you can build a strong character, rewarding life, and healthy relationships.
Through change and challenge, if our personal foundations are built with quality virtues of character and integrity, we are more resilient, healthy, and ultimately more impressive.
Throughout the history of mankind, the virtues embraced by humanity have remained true, unwavering, and consistent.
While many may claim that these virtues are old-fashioned, they are essential materials for building a solid and worthwhile foundation for your life that will never go out of style.
Integrity, once tarnished, or broken, is hard to recover.
While having a strong character foundation may not sell newspapers, increase TV ratings, or make a person famous, it's essential for building a life that is meaningful and matters.
Sometimes we meet folks who appear rather plain, yet when they speak from a heart of service, love, compassion, and wisdom, they instantly become respected favorites.
Authenticity is the litmus test for the honesty, transparency, and trust which are necessary for healthy relationships.
By authentically sharing when things aren’t right you allow the people you care about to offer the support you may need.
Living in alignment with your true self enables you to cultivate transparency and unshakable authenticity.
Admittedly, there will be times when you must interact on a superficial level and adjust your behavior to fit in, go along and get along.
Not everyone is always going to like you. What impresses one person may turn another away. To thine own self be true.
Interestingly, being yourself allows others to be themselves. Even with crazy imperfections, being a bona fide genuine person is the best any of us can be—messy flaws and all!
Authentic people are so comfortable in their own skins they make us more comfortable in our own.
She is so secure in her beautifully imperfect self that she would welcome you with open arms, no judgment, and complete acceptance.
I am a recovering perfectionist, and like all in recovery, I do better some days than others!
Why did I think that the mask was a better portrayal than my authentic self? We can get hidden under layers of illusion, can’t we?
As a young girl, I allowed my self-esteem to be determined by others’ opinions, and I devoted incredible energy tuning into how everyone else felt.
As a lifetime people pleaser, I remember trying to mold myself into the person I thought other people wanted me to be—all for the sake of being liked and accepted. It caused more pain than gain.
Do you really want people to like you for something that you’re not? It takes a lot of energy to pretend to be someone else for the sake of pleasing others.
Integrity is a most valued human quality.
Your integrity is your personal code of honor and has the power to build your reputation or destroy it, establish credibility or crumble it—in one swift move.
Your personal integrity, defined as being honest and having strong moral principles, communicates whether (or not) you can be trusted.
Healthy self-esteem rests upon a strong foundation of core values and an inclination to act and speak in alignment with those values.
Take deliberate steps to retrain your brain and turn your inner critic into an enthusiastic, devoted fan.
It is hard to earn the respect of others when you do not respect yourself. Others may find it difficult to enjoy your company if you do not enjoy your own.
Popularity does not equal respect. It is not only kids who will do what they think they must to fit in and be popular—adults do it too.
Become your own best friend—smile and say “I love you” to yourself occasionally.