marcoujor: Inspiration by Association

Ever since I was a little girl, I have filled journals with quotes/words that continue to inspire me through the years.  

This post includes a smattering of these meaningful thoughts about a variety of life issues - yet sharing one thing in common.

I associate each of these quotes with my wise Mom. These are some of the core beliefs she instilled into me though my most impressionable, childhood years.

Each standing the test of time, I now try to reinforce these thoughts with my nursing students - especially in the clinical arena...​

Me and my mama, Miss Sammie

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• “You are good enough, smart enough, beautiful enough, strong enough. Believe it and stop letting insecurity ruin your life.” (Thelma Davis)
  

• “In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. (Thomas Jefferson)
  

• “Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.” (Frank Tyger)
  

• “Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.” (Jonathan Kozol)
  

• “Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.” (Robert H. Schuller)
  

• “Don’t let people pull you into their storm. Pull them into your peace.” (Kimberly Jones)
  

• “When you give your children knowledge, you are telling them what to think. When you give your children wisdom, you do not tell them what to know, or what is true, but, rather how to get to their own truth.” (Neale Donald Walsch)
  

• “A room without books is like a body without a soul.” (Marcus Tullius Cicero)
  

• “Education is not the filling of the pail, but the lighting of the fire.” (William Butler Yeats)
  

• “When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.” (Willie Nelson)
  

• “If ever there is a tomorrow when we’re not together … there is something you must always remember.  You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we’re apart … I’ll always be with you.” (Winnie the Pooh)
  

Until next time, wishing you peace and inspiration,

mar