18 Quotes by Joy Lincoln

On the other side of it, always remember that you too can be the person of influence, so keep your communications inspiring and help create a vision for someone else’s life other than your own.

Every day wake up happy to be alive and happy to be you. Be the best version of yourself and fall in love with who you are.

We cannot stop certain things from happening like growing old and we certainly have no control over what other people do that may affect us. What we can do, however, is let the change be a positive thing by growing with it and learning from it. Always make sure that you are living life in an upwards motion, constantly moving forward and progressing.

One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power.

Modesty is a learned adaptation. It’s stuck on like decals. As soon as life slams a modest person against the wall, that modesty will fall off faster than a G-string will fall off a stripper.” – Maya Angelou.

Always keep an open mind and never try to change someone to suit your own needs. Be open to listening to them and you might be surprised at what you will learn. If you do not agree with what someone else thinks or does then stay true to yourself while still respecting them for who they are. This is very important to create lasting and meaningful relationships with people.

Stop right now and think about your life. Are you living it to your full potential? Are you doing what you want to do? Seeing what you want to see? Saying what you want to say? We are not on earth to just get by, we are not here to make the week go fast in order to have a weekend. We are here to live every single day with great passion, gratitude and a sense of exploration. Be the person that lives and dies rather than the person that just dies.

I couldn’t lie to my friend and I wasn’t about to freshen old ghosts.

Each of us has lived through some devastation, some loneliness, some weather superstorm or spiritual superstorm. When we look at each other we must say, I understand. I understand how you feel because I have been there.