They Said It Best

By Serena Prince

Have you ever needed advice, but didn't want to ask anybody you knew? What if you could go back in time and seek guidance from Einstein or Plato? How about getting a pep talk from Dale Carnegie to  motivate you?

The right mindset can improve most situations, but it's not easy to maintain a positive attitude. It requires dedication and determination to weed out negative thoughts, and we all fall short sometimes. Quotes give you solutions for those times. By using the wisdom of great leaders, renowned authors, and brilliant minds, you can gain clarity, refocus, and get back on track.

Life Coach Serena Prince shares the quotes that helped rebuild her confidence while recovering from narcissistic abuse. 

• Find out how funny quotes inspired a new career path.
• Learn why you should never forgive someone who betrayed you too soon.
• Get tips on how to motivate people.
• Understand the difference between motivation and inspiration.
• Read how bestselling author Erma Bombeck gave her one of the best days of her childhood.
• Explore your inner child.

In this book, you'll find  over two thousand quotes from the most influential people of all time. Gain new perspectives from the greatest minds in history with inspirational and motivational quotes, thought-provoking statements, and philosophical ideas. 

Whether you're looking for encouragement, enlightenment, comfort, or a good laugh, you'll find it in this book from the people who said it best.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Serena Prince-375 Media
• Release date: Apr 5, 2022
• ISBN: 9780578377391

Serena Prince

.Serena Prince is a Writer/Blogger, Digital Content Creator, Humorist, and Social Media Influencer.  As a Quora Author, she answers questions on topics like Narcissists, Personality Disorders, and Understanding Human Behavior. Her popular humor and "Pesky Narcissists" posts are widely shared around the world via social media. She is also Top Ranked  worldwide as a Writing, Humor, and Well-being Influencer. A Survivor of Narcissistic Abuse, Serena is now an Advocate for victims.  After extensively studying Narcissistic Personality Disorder, she established herself as an Authority and Thought Leader on the subject. Serena is passionate about helping Victims of Narcissistic Abuse.  She recently teamed up with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammad bin Salman, to help victims in emergency situations. She writes regularly about her personal experiences with the hope of Raising Awareness and understanding.  Her work is featured by many high-quality publications, including Flipboard, News Break, and Saudi Arabia's House of Saud.  Serena is the Author of "What You Need To Know About Narcissists: Why Cartwheels In Bed & Circusworthy Stunts Won't Matter."

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Introduction

Now he discovered that secret from which one never quite recovers, that even in the most perfect love, one person loves less profoundly than the other. There may be two equally good, equally gifted, equally beautiful, but there may never be two who love one another equally well. —Thornton Wilder

Ah, the words that began my love affair with quotes. I was a freshman in high school, reeling from a broken heart, after catching my boyfriend cheating with a girl I despised. I thought my life was over until Thornton Wilder’s statement changed my perspective.

The words stirred something inside me. They inspired an image of myself as a beautiful, confident woman, with my boyfriend at my feet. Devastated after realizing I loved him less profoundly, the poor thing was never going to recover.

It didn’t matter that it wasn’t true. In my mind, it was, and I felt empowered. For a teen-aged girl with precarious self-esteem, the words gave me the courage to end a relationship that was bad for me.

Good quotes are powerful. The right words, at the right time, have the ability to transform lives. They can help you reach goals, define your purpose, and train yourself to expect the best.

Have you ever needed advice, but didn’t feel comfortable asking anybody? I certainly have, which is why quotes are my go-to resource for guidance, inspiration, and motivation.

When I faced the long road to recovery from narcissistic abuse, quotes were a tool that helped rebuild my life. I felt broken, and my self-esteem was at an all-time low. My counselor suggested several inspirational quotes as daily affirmations to rebuild my confidence.

It was great advice, quickly becoming part of my morning routine. Today, I’m a life coach, specializing in healing from narcissistic abuse. I recommend affirmations to all my clients, not just the ones in recovery.

In this book, you’ll find over two thousand quotes from renowned authors, celebrities, philosophers, and great leaders. They all have a purpose.

Some will lift your spirits, jumpstart your brain, motivate, or inspire you to do great things. Others will offer clarity, a new perspective, or bring you comfort while you cry.

I hope you find the wisdom, enlightenment, and guidance as helpful as it’s been for me. May these powerful words encourage and energize you to achieve all your goals.

Renew Your Energy

Motivation is the reason people act or behave a certain way to achieve a specific and immediate goal. It’s a force that compels us to act.

Since motivation is fleeting, we must continuously renew our energy. That’s why we have days when we don’t want to get out of bed, much less, go to work. We still want our paycheck, yet our enthusiasm for earning it has waned. Motivational quotes are a tool to get you going again.

Everybody needs a pep talk from time to time. As parents, we may need to motivate our kids to finish their homework. If you’re the boss at work, it’s up to you to encourage your employees.

In his book, Real Leaders Don’t Do PowerPoint, executive speech coach, Chris Witt, offers these four steps to motivate people.

Limit the amount of time or effort that you’re asking for. It’s easier to ask people to work late one night, or even every night for a week, than to expect them to work late indefinitely. Set an end date.

Share in the sacrifice. Leaders don’t ask people to do what they aren’t willing to do. Don’t tell your people to work over the weekend if you’ve got plans for a spa day. Roll up your sleeves and share the load.

Appeal to their emotions. Fear can be an effective motivator, but if overused, it’ll have the opposite effect. People prefer to be motivated by positive emotions like excitement, pride, a sense of belonging, and the thrill of achievement.

Give people multiple reasons for doing what you want them to do. You can give your own reason for requesting the action, but the best reason is always personal. You could give your people extra days off, a bonus, or talk about the camaraderie that comes from achieving something important together.

Motivational Quotes

No man ever steps into the same river twice for it is not the same river and he is not the same man. —Heraclitus

There is nothing impossible to him who will try. —Alexander the Great

The bad news is time flies. The good news is, you’re the pilot. —Michael Altshuler

Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you. —Walt Whitman

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. —Malala Yousafzai

At the end of the day, whether or not those people are comfortable with how you’re living your life doesn’t matter. What matters is whether you’re comfortable with it.—Dr. Phil McGraw

You define your own life. Don’t let other people write your script. —Oprah Winfrey

What lies behind you, and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you. —Ralph Waldo Emerson

I want to be in the arena. I want to be brave with my life. And when we make the choice to dare greatly, we sign up to get our asses kicked. We can choose courage, or we can choose comfort, but we can’t have both. Not at the same time. —Brené Brown

If you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams, and you will always look lovely. —Roald Dahl

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along. You must do the thing you think you cannot do. —Eleanor Roosevelt

When it comes to luck, you make your own. —Bruce Springsteen

If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one. —Dolly Parton

I have learned over the years that, when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear. Knowing what must be done, does away with fear. —Rosa Parks

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts today. —Franklin D. Roosevelt

It is never too late to be what you might have been. —George Eliot

You do not find the happy life. You make it. —Camilla Eyring Kimball

Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined. —Toni Morrison

You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible. —Deepak Chopra

Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world. —Eckhart Tolle

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence. —Vince Lombardi

If you’re going through hell, keep going. —Winston Churchill

Winners never quit, and quitters never win. —Vince Lombardi

If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible, as long as you keep working at it and don't back down. —Eminem

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. —Earl Nightingale

It takes a dream to get started, desire to keep going, and determination to finish. —Eddie Harris, Jr.

Hold fast to your dreams, for without them, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly. —Langston Hughes

Tough times never last, but tough people do. —Robert. H. Schuller

Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes, it’s the quiet voice at the end of the day whispering, I will try again tomorrow. —Mary Anne Radmacher

Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine. —Jack Ma

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. —Mahatma Gandhi

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. —Albert Einstein

It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up. —Babe Ruth

Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. —Bill Bradley

You can't get mad at weather because weather's not about you. Apply that lesson to most other aspects of life. —Douglas Coupland

I no longer feared the darkness once I knew the phoenix in me would rise from the ashes. —William C. Hannan

Do not pray for an easy life. Pray for the strength to endure a difficult one. —Bruce Lee

There are no traffic jams along the extra mile. —Zig Ziglar

Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. —J.K. Rowling

When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realize that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives. —A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Inside myself is a place where I live all alone. And that’s where I renew my springs that never dry up. —Pearl S. Buck

When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others. —Peace Pilgrim

Be so good they can’t ignore you. —Steve Martin

You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have. — Bob Marley

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships, and decide not to surrender, that is true strength. —Arnold Schwarzenegger

Do not judge me by my success. Judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again. —Nelson Mandela

It’s your reaction to adversity, not adversity itself, that determines how your life’s story will develop. —Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Whether we remain the ash, or become the phoenix, is up to us. —Ming-Dao Deng

And just as the phoenix rose from the ashes, she, too, will rise. Returning from the flames, clothed in nothing but her strength, more beautiful than ever before. —Shannen Heartz

I’m like a phoenix. I rise from the ashes. —Bess Myerson

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. —Thomas Huxley

We can’t retract the decisions we’ve made. We can only affect the decisions we’re going to make from here. —Nick Rice

Keep in mind, always, the present you are constructing. It should be the future you want. —Alice Miller

If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought. —Peace Pilgrim

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. —Aristotle Onassis

Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you. —Arnold Palmer

Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. —Benjamin Disraeli

The difference between a stumbling block and a stepping stone is how high you raise your foot. —Benny Lewis

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others. —Bill Gates

Success comes from having dreams that are bigger than your fears. —Bobby Unser

You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals. —Booker T. Washington

If you have everything under control, you’re not moving fast enough. —Mario Andretti

Don’t spend time beating on a wall hoping to transform it into a door. —Coco Chanel

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. —Dalai Lama

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all. —Dale Carnegie

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. —David Brinkley

The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them. —Denis Waitley

There are two ways of spreading light. To be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it. —Edith Wharton

Your focus determines your reality. —George Lucas

You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction. —George Lorimer

If you don’t value your time, neither will others. Stop giving away your time and talents. Start charging for it. —Kim Garst

Every now and then, it’s good to stop climbing and appreciate the view from right where you are. —Lori Deschene

Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. —Winston Churchill

It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. —Henry David Thoreau

Make sure your worst enemy doesn’t live between your own two ears. —Laird Hamilton

The harder the battle, the sweeter the victory. —Les Brown

Sometimes you win. Sometimes you learn. —John C. Maxwell

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. —Margaret Thatcher

There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits. —Michael Phelps

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. —Carl Jung

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. —Pablo Picasso

There are only two options regarding commitment. You’re either in or you’re out. There is no such thing as life in-between. —Pat Riley

The tragedy in life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. —Benjamin Mays

Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open. Or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open. —Pauline Kael

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination. —Tommy Lasorda

Don’t be pushed by your problems; be led by your dreams. —Ralph Waldo Emerson

There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed. —Ray Goforth

You don’t drown by falling in water; you drown by staying there. —Robert Collier

Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning. —Robert Kiyosaki

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant. —Robert Louis Stevenson

We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone. —Ronald Reagan

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. —Stephen Covey

Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly. —Stephen R Covey

When you’ve got something to prove, there’s nothing greater than a challenge. —Terry Bradshaw

Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground. —Theodore Roosevelt

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. —Thomas Edison

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.