Wedge is always encouraging me to write more personal blogs, and as you know we like to be inspiring and empowering here at FirstSigns, so I thought a little positive inspiration would be good.

One of my friends stuck a little note on my computer this morning saying: “Thank you for loving me when I least deserve it, because that’s when I need it the most.” I knew it was an adaptation of a quote I’d seen before, and I set about finding out the source. It turns out it’s a Swedish Proverb, and in my search I came across many little words of wisdom.

So, I’ve cheated a little here with this blog and put together some little quotes for you to ponder on when the world seems bleak and you’re feeling overwhelmed by life.

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Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on. ~ Thomas Jefferson

Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy. ~Leo Buscaglia

Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence. ~ Lin Yutang

I keep the telephone of my mind open to peace, harmony, health, love and abundance. Then, whenever doubt, anxiety or fear try to call me, they keep getting a busy signal – and soon they’ll forget my number. ~Edith Armstrong

Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish Proverb

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

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow them. ~ Louisa May Alcott

Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping him up. ~ Jesse Jackson

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. ~ Winston Churchill

We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. ~ Sam Keen

If you are going through hell, keep going. ~ Winston Churchill

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Do you have any favourites you’d like to add?