Neat Quotes

Do what you have to do so you can do what you want to do.   

Denzel Washington's Mom

"I find it helps to organize chores into categories: Things I won't do now; Things I won't do later; Things I'll never do."

- Cartoon Personality Maxine

“When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat after all. We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful motivation / it empowers us to overcome obstacles so we can live our dreams.”
- Les Brown

“Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way.”

- Les Brown

“I have come to the conclusion that my subjective account of my motivation is largely mythical on almost all occasions. I don't know why I do things.”

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“If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem”
- Jiddu Krishnamurti quotes (Indian Theosophist Philosopher, wrote The Future of Humanity, Songs of Life, Kingdom Happiness. 1895-1986)

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  “My biggest problem is what to do about all the things I can't do anything about”
-Ashleigh Brilliant  (English Author and Cartoonist, b.1933)

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   “It isn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.”
G. K. Chesterton  (English born Gabonese Critic, Essayist, Novelist and Poet, 1874-1936)

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“People don’t want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messes cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown.”
- Chuck Palahniuk quotes (American freelance Journalist, Satirist and Novelist. b.1961)
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"Because we live in a universe in which everything is connected to everything else, you cannot change one aspect of your life without changing all the others. And because Things are physical and thus easier to get your hands on than relationships, careers, or spirituality, they make a great place to start [truly changing your life]”

Cindy Glovinsky - from her book "Making Peace with The Things in Your Life"

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"I would not want to aspire to perfection, as it is an unattainable and futile goal. Instead we teach people to aspire to be NEATER*:

• Not perfect, but…
• Effective — your systems work well for you and your family
• Always improving- -you look for how to do things smarter, faster, and better
• True to your style– you work with your own preferences, not someone else’s standards
• Efficient– your systems minimize waste of time and energy
• Ready for anything– you are well-prepared with what you need for life and work

*NEATER acronym © 2005-2007, LivingOrder, Inc

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"If you chase two rabbits, both will escape."

- Author Unknown

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Joy is not in things; it is in us.

- Wagner

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When there is too much, something is missing.

- Hasidic Saying

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So much has been given to me I have no time to ponder over that which has been denied.

- Helen Keller

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You are more - much more - than what you have.

- Don Wilson

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I have always preferred having wings to having things.

- Pat Schroeder

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There is more to this life than having every thing.

- Maurice Sendak

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"Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets."

- Nido Qubein

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"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."

-John Wooden

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"Keep on starting and finishing will take care of itself."

-Robert Frost

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"Clutter always begins in your mind, and then it ends up on the floor. "

-Jessica Duquette

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FROM AJ MILLER, www.millerorganizing.com, NYC
MY NAPO Newsletter Coordinator

Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or
believe to be beautiful.

- William Morris

 

Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the
middle of difficulty, lies opportunity.

- Albert Einstein

 

Time is really the only capital any human being has, and the one
thing he can't afford to waste.

- Thomas Edison

 

If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right.

- Henry Ford

 

The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is now.

- Chinese proverb

 

The greatest discovery of our generation is that human beings can alter
their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. As you think, so shall you become.

- William James

 

There must be more to life than having everything.

- Maurice Sendak

 

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a
person's determination.

- Tommy Lasorda

 

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.

- Havelock Ellis

 

We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used
when we created them.

- Albert Einstein

 

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change
them yourself.

- Andy Warhol

 

A thing does not go wrong because of some perverse fate. It is more
than likely that you lack the proper approach.

- Norman Vincent Peale

 

You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

 

Progress is impossible without change and those who cannot change
their minds cannot change anything.

- George Bernard Shaw

 

Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.

- William James

 

The best things in life are usually not things.

- Anonymous

 

I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.

- William Shakespeare, King Richard II, Act V, Scene V

 

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make
of them.

- Michel de Montaigne

 

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius,
power and magic in it.

- Goethe

 

Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.

- Unknown

 

Man is so made that whenever anything fires his soul, impossibilities
vanish.

- Jean de la Fontaine

 

Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you
do it, it's not all mixed-up.

- A.A. Milne

 

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.

- Hans Hoffman

 

The person who moves a mountain begins by carrying small stones.

- Chinese Proverb

 

Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.

- Lewis Carroll (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)

 

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

- Henry David Thoreau

 

Ideas are worthless unless followed by action.

- Anonymous

 

Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out.

- Robert Collier

 

One of the great discoveries a man makes, one of his great
surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.

- Henry Ford

 

Who is stopping you but you?

- Dr. Virginia Satir

 

Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.

- Carol Burnett

 

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which
difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

- John Quincy Adams

 

Well begun is half done.

- Aristotle

 

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.

- Babe Ruth

 

Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.

- Chinese Proverb

 

The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are first,
hard work; second, stick-to-it-iveness; and third, common sense.

- Thomas Edison

 

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

- Immanuel Kant

 

Minds are like parachutes. They only work when they open.

- Unknown

 

In order to seek one's own direction, one must simplify the mechanics
of ordinary everyday life.

- Plato

 

To change one's life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. No exceptions.

- William James

 

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most
intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.

- Attributed to Charles Darwin

 

When you aim for perfection, you discover it's a moving target.

- George Fisher

 

What you are afraid to do is a clear indication of the next thing you
need to do.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

In any moment of decision, the very best thing you can do, is what
is right; the next best thing you can do, is what is wrong; the worst
thing you can do is NOTHING.

- Teddy Roosevelt

 

Life is not a having and a getting, but a being and a doing.

- Unknown

 

Success is never final, failure is never fatal; it is courage that counts.

- Winston Churchill

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