Happy New Year! A new year is a chance for all of us to wipe the slate clean and get a fresh start! A time to get rid of everything and everyone that was a bad or negative influence in our lives and move forward. It’s also a chance for us to have new experiences and make new friends. 2015 gives us all an opportunity to be better people; people who lift others up instead of bringing them down. Here are 15 inspirational quotes to help you have a prosperous and positive 2015 :
- “For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run his fingers through it once a day.For poise, walk with the knowledge that you will never walk alone” – Sam Levenson
- “ Be yourself everyone else is already taken “ – Oscar Wilde
- “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible !” – Audrey Hepburn
- “ A lady’s worth is not measured by wealth or social status, but in the way she treats others” – Praveeni Perera
- “Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you” – Margaret Thatcher
- “ Let no man pull you low enough to hate him “ – Martin Luther King
- “Always be a first rate version of yourself instead of a second rate version of someone else” – Judy Garland
- “Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t ” – Margaret Thatcher
- “Success isn’t about how much money you make, it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives” – Michelle Obama
- “Don’t waste time putting others down when you could be building yourself up “ – Praveeni Perera
- “ A girl should be two things : classy and fabulous” – Coco Chanel
- “The attributes of a great lady may still be found in the rule of the four S’s: Sincerity, Simplicity, Sympathy, and Serenity” – Emily Post
- “Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness” – Oprah Winfrey
- “Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman” – Coco Chanel
- “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much” – Oscar Wilde
Praveeni Perera is the CEO and co-founder of Professional Edge Consulting a corporate training company based in Ottawa offering training and coaching services to clients around the world. She can be reached via Website, Twitter, Facebook or her Blog.