#wisewords 2020

During 2020, Anderson Wise has been regularly sharing #WiseWords on Social Media written on an apt picture or photograph.
To use the wise words of Suzy Kassem, ‘Wise words are like seeds. The more you scatter them, the more they grow into infinite gardens of knowledge’
We hope you found some weekly inspiration during this unusual year.

  1. ‘You were born to stand out, stop trying to fit in.’ (Roy T. Bennett)
  2. ‘The most effective way to do it, is to do it.’ (Amelia Earhart)
  3. ‘This is a wonderful day. I’ve never seen this one before.’ (Maya Angelou)
  4. ‘Change may not always bring growth, but there is no growth without change.’ (Roy T. Bennett)
  5. I’m thankful for every moment. (Al Green)
  6. ‘In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.’ (Robert Frost)
  7. ‘Opportunities don’t happen, you create them.’ (Chris Grosser)
  8. ‘The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.’ (Ayn Rand)
  9. ‘Risk something or forever sit with your dreams.’ (Herb Brooks)
  10. ‘When I’m old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say ‘wow, that was an adventure,’ not ‘wow, I sure felt safe.’ (Tom Preston-Werner)
  11. ‘Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.’ (Ruth Bader Ginsburg)
  12. ‘I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.’ (Stephen Covey)
  13. ‘In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. (Abraham Lincoln)
  14. ‘You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.’ (Dr. Seuss)
  15. ‘The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.’ (Walt Disney)
  16. ‘As much as talent counts, effort counts twice.’ (Angela Duckworth)
  17. ‘Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.’ (Coco Chanel)
  18. ‘The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.’ (Michael Altshuler)
  19. ‘At the end of the day, lLet there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets’ (Steve Maraboli)
  20. ‘I’ve met plenty of beautiful people, but I honestly can’t tell you what they look like.’ (Dominic Riccitello)
  21. The secret of getting ahead is getting started. (Mark Twain)
  22. ‘It is never too late to be what you might have been.’ (George Eliot)
  23. ‘It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad.’ (Jimmy Buffett)
  24. ‘Life has no remote, get up and change it yourself!’ (Mark A. Cooper)
  25. Happiness is a direction, not a place. (Sydney J. Harris)
  26. ‘If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.’ (Lemony Snicket)
  27. ‘Until further notice, celebrate everything.’ (David Wolfe)
  28. ‘It does not matter how strong your gravity is, we were always meant to fly.’ (Sarah Kay)
  29. ‘Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning how to dance in the rain.’ (Vivian Greene)
  30. ‘Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing’ (Arundhati Roy)
  31. ‘I like to see the glass as half full, hopefully of jack daniels.’ (Darynda Jones)
  32. ‘Choose to be optimistic, it feels better’ (Dalai Lama XIV)
  33. ‘For myself I am an optimist – it does not seem to be much use to be anything else’ (Winston Churchill)
  34. ‘Never lose hope. Storms make people stronger and never last forever’ (Roy T. Bennett)
  35. ‘Adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience.’ (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
  36. ‘With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.’ (Eleanor Roosevelt)
  37. ‘You are a woman; that is your superpower.’ (Unknown)
  38. ‘Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.’ (Carl Bard)
  39. ‘Life’s not about expecting, hoping and wishing, it’s about doing, being and becoming.’ (Mike Dooley)
  40. ‘Never underestimate the power you have to take your life in a new direction’ (Germany Kent)
  41. The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do. (Kobe Bryant)
  42. ‘Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.'(Karen Kaiser Clark)
  43. ‘The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you’re not going to stay where you are.’ (J.P. Morgan)

If you would like to submit your own or favourite wise words for us to promote please let us know, you can even provide a photograph for us to use in one of the quotes. info@andersonwise.com

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