Reminders Quotes

• The stories from Iran's present and past are reminders that freedom, democracy and human rights, or fundamentalism, fascism and terrorism are not geographically and culturally determined, but universal.

  Azar Nafisi

  Past, Rights, Iran

  "Iran’s Women: Canaries in the Coal Mine" by Azar Nafisi, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 9, 2010.

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• I find that kid actors are great reminders of the simplicity of acting. As you get older, you can sometimes complicate things a little more. You can become too aware of, 'Okay, this is the scene emotionally. This is where we need to be. We've got the climax coming up.' You can start to analyze it too much.

  Hugh Jackman

  Kids, Simplicity, Acting

  "Hugh Jackman Interview REAL STEEL". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 4, 2011.

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• Just a reminder, what other people think of you is none of your business.

  Ze Frank

  Life Lesson, Recovery, Thinking

  "The Show". Short video program, www.zefrank.com/theshow/, May 4, 2006.

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• Every day is a reminder of what I need to do to be the best person; the best me.

  Debby Ryan

  Needs, Being The Best, Best Person

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

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• Perhaps we just need little reminders from time to time that we are already dignified, deserving, worthy.

  Jon Kabat-Zinn

  Needs, Littles, Worthy

  Jon Kabat-Zinn (2005). “Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life”, Hyperion

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• Sometimes we need the salt of tears to remind us how to savor the sweetness of life.

  Lysa TerKeurst

  Inspirational, Life, Tears

  Twitter post from Dec 04, 2016

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• Life is too short to worry about anything

  Eric Davis

  Short Life, Life Is Too Short, Life Is Short

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• History is a grim reminder of what happens to those who think they have no law but themselves.

  Ravi Zacharias

  Thinking, Law, Grim

  Twitter post from Jul 24, 2014

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• Fishing is a constant reminder of the democracy of life, of humility, and of human frailty. The forces of nature discriminate for no man.

  Herbert Hoover

  Humility, Men, Fishing

  Herbert Hoover, Ruth Dennis (1995). “The Wit and Wisdom of Herbert Hoover: A Compilation of Many of His Quotations”, Vantage Pr

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• Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we're all in this together.

  Brené Brown

  Imperfection, Together, Creativity And Writing

  Brené Brown (2010). “The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are”, p.76, Simon and Schuster

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• Feeling irritated, restless, afraid, and hopeless is a reminder to listen more carefully.

  Pema Chodron

  Feelings, Irritated, Hopeless

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• Leaving the people and places you love, is a reminder of the impermanence of this life. And the permanence of the next.

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Love Is, People, Leaving

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• The truth is that things matter. They have to, they are what we live with and touch each and every day. They represent what we've seen, who we've loved and where we hope to go next. They remind us of the good times and the rough patches and everything in between that's made us who we are.

  Nate Berkus

  Love, Life, Meaningful

  Nate Berkus (2012). “The Things That Matter”, p.10, Spiegel & Grau

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• Setting goals is the first important step in achieving success in an activity. It's a reminder of what you are working towards.

  Peter Vanderkaay

  Monday, Goal, Important

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• Whatever you are struggling with, is a reminder for you to find your true purpose in this lifetime.

  Deepak Chopra

  Struggle, Purpose, Lifetime

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• People of the world will reject your reminders, because it reminds them that this world is temporary.

  Hamza Yusuf

  People, World, Rejects

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• Grudges are a waste of perfect happiness. Laugh when you can. Apologize when you should and let go of what you can't change.

  Drake

  Inspirational, Life, Change

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• Multiculturalism is a good reminder that when standards are relative, there are no standards at all.

  Victor Davis Hanson

  Standards, Multiculturalism, Relative

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• The reminder that there are people who have worse troubles than you is not an effective pain-killer.

  Mary Astor

  Sympathy, Pain, People

  Mary Astor (1968). “A Place Called Saturday”

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• In the particular presence of memorable language we can find a reminder of our ability to know and retain knowledge itself: the brightness wherein all things come to see.

  Robert Pinsky

  Memorable, Brightness, Language

  Robert Pinsky (2014). “The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide”, p.116, Macmillan

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• Every mortal birth is a heaven-given reminder to prepare for the second birth.

  Bruce R. McConkie

  Heaven, Preparation, Birth

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• My new one (tattoo) says 'Never a failure, always a lesson' and is kind of my mantra to life, just a reminder. My life is just a crazy rollercoaster every day and whenever I read that it just reassures me.

  Rihanna

  Tattoo, Crazy, Lessons

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• Recognize that on certain days the greatest grace is that the day is over and you get to close your eyes. Tomorrow comes more brightly.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Eye, Grace, Tomorrow

  Radmacher, Mary Anne (2015). “Lean Forward into Your Life: Listen Hard, Live with Intention, and Play with Abandon”, p.47, Conari Press

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• It was still quiet in the house, and not a sound was heard from outside, either. Were it not for this silence, my reverie would probably have been disrupted by reminders of daily duties, of getting up and going to school.

  Hermann Hesse

  School, Silence, House

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• Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace and wit, reminders of order, calm and continuity, lakes of mental energy, neither warm nor cold, light nor dark.... In any library in the world, I am at home, unselfconscious, still and absorbed. ~Germaine Greer

  Andrew Carnegie

  Home, Dark, Light

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