Roy T. Bennett Quotes - Page 3

Turn obstacles into opportunities and problems into possibilities.

We don’t truly appreciate what we have until it’s gone… We don’t really appreciate something until we have experienced some events; we don't really appreciate our parents until we ourselves have become parents. Be grateful for what you have now, and nothing should be taken for granted.

Surround Yourself with Positive People Who Believe in Your DreamsDistance yourself from negative people who try to lower your motivation and decrease your ambition. Create space for positive people to come into your life.Surround yourself with positive people who believe in your dreams, encourage your ideas, support your ambitions, and bring out the best in you.

It's hard not to feel happy when you make someone smile.

Step out of your comfort zone. Comfort zones, where your unrealized dreams are buried, are the enemies of achievement. Leadership begins when you step outside your comfort zone.

Everyone you meet is a part of your journey, but not all of them are meant to stay in your life. Some people are just passing through to bring you gifts; either they're blessings or lessons.

Do Not Lie to Yourself We have to be honest about what we want and take risks rather than lie to ourselves and make excuses to stay in our comfort zone.

You were born to stand out, stop trying to fit in.

You attract who you are being. When you work at being the type of person that you want to attract, you attract those kinds of people into your life.

Live the Life of Your Dreams: Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of others.

Be with someone who inspires you and makes you be the best version of yourself.

When you open your mind, you open new doors to new possibilities for yourself and new opportunities to help others.

You cannot control the behavior of others, but you can always choose how you respond to it.

The more you feed your mind with positive thoughts, the more you can attract great things into your life.

Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down.

Don’t let others tell you what you can’t do. Don't let the limitations of others limit your vision. If you can remove your self-doubt and believe in yourself, you can achieve what you never thought possible.

Most of us must learn to love people and use things rather than loving things and using people.

Nobody is exempt from the trials of life, but everyone can always find something positive in everything even in the worst of times.

Associate Yourself with People Who Think Positively: Associate yourself with people who think positively. You cannot surround yourself with negative people and expect positive outcomes.

Failure is a bend in the road, not the end of the road. Learn from failure and keep moving forward.

Don't let the expectations and opinions of other people affect your decisions. It's your life, not theirs. Do what matters most to you; do what makes you feel alive and happy. Don't let the expectations and ideas of others limit who you are. If you let others tell you who you are, you are living their reality — not yours. There is more to life than pleasing people. There is much more to life than following others' prescribed path. There is so much more to life than what you experience right now. You need to decide who you are for yourself. Become a whole being. Adventure.

Do not set aside your happiness. Do not wait to be happy in the future. The best time to be happy is always now.

You are not the victim of the world, but rather the master of your own destiny. It is your choices and decisions that determine your destiny.

The more you can have control over your ego rather than let it run amuck, the more successful you’ll be in all areas of life.

Be where you are, stop over-thinking, and focus on what you are doing.

Stay strong, stay positive, and never give up.

Nothing makes a person happier than having a happy heart.

Do what is right, not what is easy nor what is popular.

Great Leaders Create More LeadersGood leaders have vision and inspire others to help them turn vision into reality. Great leaders create more leaders, not followers. Great leaders have vision, share vision, and inspire others to create their own.

When you take control of your attitude, you take control of your life.

Stop comparing yourself to others. Always strive to improve yourself to become better today than you were yesterday to serve those around you and the world.

Always have a willing hand to help someone, you might be the only one that does.

Surround Yourself with People Who Believe in Your Dreams:Surround yourself with people who believe in your dreams, encourage your ideas, support your ambitions, and bring out the best in you.

The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence; the past is a place of learning, not a place of living.

Once you realize you deserve a bright future, letting go of your dark past is the best choice you will ever make.

It's worth making time to find the things that really stir your soul. That’s what makes you really feel alive. You have to say ‘no’ to other things you’re used to, and do it with all your heart.

One of the best ways to influence people is to make them feel important.

It’s important that what thoughts you are feeding into your mind because your thoughts create your belief and experiences. You have positive thoughts and you have negative ones too. Nurture your mind with positive thoughts: kindness, empathy, compassion, peace, love, joy, humility, generosity, etc. The more you feed your mind with positive thoughts, the more you can attract great things into your life.

It is better to find your courage to make changes when you can choose to rather than being forced to. If you do not make change, change will make you.

Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.

Great leaders can see the greatness in others when they can’t see it themselves and lead them to their highest potential they don’t even know.

Do what you love, love what you do, and with all your heart give yourself to it.

Remember that things are not always as they appear to be… Curiosity creates possibilities and opportunities.

Failures are the stairs we climb to reach success.

Don’t waste your time in anger, regrets, worries, and grudges. Life is too short to be unhappy.

Changing your outside world cannot make you happy if you are an unhappy person. The real personal change can only happen from the inside out. If you firstly create the change within yourself, you can turn your life around.

If you don’t give up on something you truly believe in, you will find a way.

What other people think and say about you is none of your business. The most destructive thing you would ever do is to believe someone else's opinion of you. You have to stop letting other people's opinions control you.

Do not let your negative thoughts have power over you because those thoughts will end up controlling your life. No one can live a positive life with a negative mind.

Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine.

Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.

No amount of regretting can change the past, and no amount of worrying can change the future.

If you care about something enough, you'll find a way to make it happen.

Change course, but don’t give up.

What helps you persevere is your resilience and commitment.

Everyone enjoys being acknowledged and appreciated. Sometimes even the simplest act of gratitude can change someone's entire day. Take the time to recognize and value the people around you and appreciate those who make a difference in your lives.

One of the best ways to influence people is to make those around you feel important.

You don’t have to like someone, but you have to treat them as you wish to be treated.

Keep your promises and be consistent. Be the kind of person others can trust.

To shine your brightest light is to be who you truly are.