It’s not about the resources you have available. It’s about the resourcefulness you have within you. -Tony Robbins
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The amount of satisfaction you get from life depends largely on your own ingenuity, self-sufficiency, and resourcefulness. People who wait around for life to supply their satisfaction usually find boredom instead. -William C. Menninger
However desperate the situation and circumstances, don’t despair. When there is everything to fear, be unafraid. When surrounded by dangers, fear none of them. When without resources, depend on resourcefulness. When surprised, take the enemy by surprise. -Sun Tzu
Obstacles, of course, are developmentally necessary: they teach kids strategy, patience, critical thinking, resilience and resourcefulness. -Naomi Wolf
…as your father, my instinct is to protect you … Other people will want to protect you too. But remember that you are not a damsel in distress, waiting for some prince to rescue you. Forget the prince. With your brain and your resourcefulness, you can rescue yourself. -Brad Meltzer
When you agree to collaborate, you agree to jump off a cliff holding hands with everyone, hoping the resourcefulness of each will insure that you all land on your feet. -Frank Gehry
A very good case can be made, on moral as well as economic grounds, for a system in which the individual is required to stand on his own feet, not to lean on the state for handouts. Character, resourcefulness, capacity are formed and developed in struggle with obstacles, not in waiting passively for benefits from outside. -William Henry Chamberlin
Westerns aren’t about the gunfight, even though it has to be there at one point. It’s not what they’re about, at least the good ones. It’s about the drama. It’s about the resourcefulness of men and women. -Kevin Costner
I have always loved and avidly read the novels of Jack London, Jules Verne and Ernest Hemingway. The characters depicted in their books, who are brave and resourceful people embarking on exciting adventures, definitely shaped my inner self and nourished my love for the outdoors. -Vladimir Putin
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Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it’ll always get you the right ones. -John Lennon
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Honesty is a very expensive gift. Don’t expect it from cheap people. -Warren Buffett
Honesty is often very hard. The truth is often painful. But the freedom it can bring is worth the trying. -Fred Rogers
There is one way to find out if a man is honest – ask him. If he says ‘yes’, you know he is crooked. -Groucho Marx
When you face a choice between being polite and being honest, err on the side of the truth. It’s better to be disliked but respected than to be liked but disrespected. In the long run, the people we trust the most are those who have the courage to be sincere. -Adam Grant
Authenticity is powerful because it is, by definition, impossible to fake. To lead an authentic life is to lead a truly honest life. -Ed Latimore
The good I stand on is my truth and honesty. -William Shakespeare
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway. -Kent M. Keith
No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful. -Eleanor Roosevelt
Honesty is telling the truth to ourselves and others. Integrity is living that truth. -Kenneth H. Blanchard
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“Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.” – Harold S. Kushner
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“Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Kindness is like snow- It beautifies everything it covers.” – Kahlil Gibran
“I’ve been searching for ways to heal myself, and I’ve found that kindness is the best way.” – Lady Gaga
“Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
That best portion of a man’s life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love. -William Wordsworth
“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” – Mark Twain
“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.” – Amelia Earhart
“Because that’s what kindness is. It’s not doing something for someone else because they can’t, but because you can.” – Andrew Iskander
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