Motivational Quotes of the Day
Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - September 1, 2026
- Being manipulative is dishonest and immature. We often end up having to make up more lies to cover for inconsistencies in our original manipulation. In addition, it sets a terrible example for our children. While it may solve your initial problem, the tangled web that grows from such dishonesty is more trouble than it’s worth.
- Julie A., M.A. Ross and Judy Corcoran, Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex, 2011
- Any government is potentially the worst client in the world you could ever possibly want to have.
- Thomas Heatherwick, TED, Building the Seed Cathedral, March 2011
- I just never let anything bother me, man. I know myself really well. Nobody's opinion of me can shake my opinion of myself.
- Ruben Studdard, Seventeen Magazine, September 2003
- The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.
- John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)
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