Each year since 2017, I have started the year by sharing quotes that either inspired me last year or, hopefully, propelled me into the current year. Some are quotes from books I have read, some from books I published, and this year, some that I asked for from ChatGPT.
At the end of last year, I looked at some of the quotes I shared at the beginning of the year and made mini-podcasts on the quote and why it mattered to me. If I ever feel I am lacking inspiration, it is easy enough to come back here and find something to spark an idea or story. Feel free to do the same with any of these quotes on your social media. Ask yourself why this quote resonates with me and go deeper into how it connects with you.
Sometimes, we need a spark to light a fire, and I hope these quotes can do that for you.
And if the quotes from this year don’t connect with you, please check out the lists from the prior years.
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024
This year, I am going to start off with a quote of mine from the book, “What Makes A Great Principal,” which is going to be something I continue to focus on for the year.
The only way we move forward is through movement.
Here are the rest of the quotes for the year; the last one is based on an annual tradition.
“The secret of getting ahead is
getting started.”
Mark Twain
“I believe that we each have a mission to accomplish and that we have been designed in such a way that we are not lacking anything to accomplish it.
Everything we need is already inside of us.
We just have to find it and figure out how to cultivate it.”
Ryan Hall
“It’s time for you to move, realizing that the thing you
are seeking is also seeking you.”
Iyanla Vanzant
“I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something.
But I can’t accept not trying.”
Michael Jordan
“Don’t listen to those who say YOU CAN’T. Listen to the voice
inside yourself that says, I CAN.”
Shirley Chisolm
“Instead of only looking for geniuses where we expect to find them,
we can reach humanity’s greatest potential by
cultivating the genius in everyone.”
Adam Grant
“Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you
who will get you where you want to go, no one else.”
Les Brown
“…we all know, somewhere deep down that life is sacred,
life is short, and we better just be here as much as possible
with each other, holding on to each other.”
Andrew Garfield
“Your willingness to look at your darkness is
what empowers you to change.”
Iyanla Vanzant
“The road up and the road down
is one and the same. ”
Heraclitus
“Resilience is very different than being numb.
Resilience means you experience,
you feel, you fail, you hurt. You fall.
But, you keep going.”
Yasmin Mogahed
“Maturity is the ability to reject good alternatives
in order to pursue even better ones.”
Ray Dali0
“Define success on your own terms,
achieve it by your own rules,
and build a life you’re proud to live.”
Anne Sweeney
“Opportunities don’t happen.
You create them.”
Chris Grosser
“When you view your failures as opportunities for growth and discovery, you free yourself from the fear of failure. How can you fail when your failures are
merely lessons you learned on your way to success?”
Andy Andrews
“You don’t rise to the occasion,
you fall to your highest level of preparation.”
Chris Voss
“Develop a passion for learning. If you do,
you will never cease to grow.”
Anthony J. D’Angelo
“Success is getting what you want.
Happiness is wanting what you get.”
Ingrid Bergman
“Remember that other people may be totally wrong. But they don’t think so.
Don’t condemn them. Any fool can do that. Try to understand them.
Only wise, tolerant, exceptional people even try to do that.”
Dale Carnegie
And since I end every one of these posts with a quote from Michael Scott, here you go 🙂
“Sometimes you have to take a break from being the kind of boss
that’s always trying to teach people things.
Sometimes, you just have to be the boss of dancing.”
Michael Scott
Be the boss of dancing in 2025 🙂 Have a great year, and thank you for being here! It is greatly appreciated!
