Paging Dr. Frischer: Words for the New Year

2020 has been far from a “normal” year. We have been faced with a once-in-a-century pandemic, devastating fires, earthquakes, recession, and a particularly divisive presidential election. And yet…here we are. We are resilient. We adapt to circumstances, find ways to cope, and move forward. However, these are indeed times that require plenty of inspiration, so perhaps some of my favorite quotes will strike a chord!

Maya Angelou: “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.”

Vince Lombardi: “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” 

Misattributed to Winston Churchill: “The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.” 

Misattributed to Confucius: “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”

Mark Twain: “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”

Rob Siltanen: “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who actually do.” 

John Wooden: “Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.” 

Misattributed to Socrates: “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”

Albert Einstein: “Try not to become a man of success, but rather a man of value.” 

Misattributed to Aristotle: “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” 

Napoleon Hill: “If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.”

Attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt: “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson: “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”

Attributed to Oscar Wilde: “Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.”

Unknown: “A bad attitude is like a flat tire; you can’t go anywhere until you change it.”

Stephen Covey: “I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” 

Roy T. Bennett: “Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine.”

Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel): “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”

I wish for all of us a year of health, love, happiness, inspiration, and an abundance of growth!