Three new year’s quotes that are not cheesy, because I admit starting the year with a post about quotes is anything but original.
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THREE NEW YEAR’S QUOTES
PEARLS OF WISDOM
PEARLS OF WISDOM
These words by the American journalist and novelist immediately struck me, they’re so true. Do you ever feel like time flies and you are not capable to do all the things you’d like to do because of lack of time? Or because you fear you’re not capable and you blame the time, which goes too fast? I do.
So, these words by Hemingway are a good reminder that every day counts, that you can make a day count. And that it’s all about today.
PEARLS OF WISDOM
PEARLS OF WISDOM
These words by writer and teacher Ernest Agyemang Yeboah probably have a deep meaning and have nothing to do with clothes but they sounded perfect for the post of today, the 1rst of March, which is the first day of astronomical spring.
It’s freezing in Europe, it’s snowing a lot in many countries but I can’t help, I’m dreaming about spring. A lot of posts dedicated to this beautiful season are coming and, hopefully, better weather!
PEARLS OF WISDOM – HAPPY 2018!
While I was looking for some quotes to write this post, the first of the year, I found these words by Melody Beattie. I know, starting the year with motivational quotes is a cliché, but I try to stay away from those super over-used ones. They’re impractical, sometimes even cryptic, and used so much they kind of lost their meaning.
But there’re a lot of words that still mean something and at the right moment they can speak to us.
I’m not one of those people who start the year with a list of good intentions, but I often see a new year as a new chapter. It’s kind of motivating. It makes me feel the way I used to feel when I was a child and I had to start a new exercise book, thinking “oh, I’ll write down everything is my best handwriting”. I hope some of you can relate, please tell me it is so!
PEARLS OF WISDOM
I read these words by Italian philosopher Tommaso d’Aquino (Thomas Aquinas) on Tumblr and they immediately struck me. I know their meaning is supposed to be deep, since d’Aquino was a Dominican friar, a theologian and a philosopher who lived in the XIII century but they can be related to many aspects of our everyday life.
It’s so true that what we love, who we love, define us.
PEARLS OF WISDOM
I recently read these words on Tumblr (and I immediately pinned them) and I know they’re pretty unsurprising. Unsurprising but true.
In the era of social media, negative people seem to be everywhere, ready to virtually ambush you, sometimes without even understanding what you wrote, because they probably read one word out of three of your thought. Even if 99% of the times I don’t care about what strangers think about me, I admit that sometimes I take it bad. Not because I care, but because it makes me sad that such people exist, vote and reproduce!
The fact that there’s so much negativity, hatred and rudeness in the world, virtual and real one, makes me sad but one thing is sure. Negative people need other people’s negativity and I’m trying not to give them anything. Most of the time you can avoid them and that’s what I decided to do.
PEARLS OF WISDOM… AND MY BLOG IS 5 YEARS OLD!
We Believe in Style is 5 years old! I usually don’t care about birthdays and anniversaries but I decided to post a quote about style, since it’s the first thing I published in the blogosphere.
So, I chose some interesting words by Iris Apfel, a woman who knows the subject “style” very well.
These words immediately struck me. I was looking for quotes about style since I didn’t want to post something by Chanel or Yves Saint Laurent. I didn’t want something overdone and very predictable!
Clothes and accessories have always been a great way to express ourselves. The way we dress is a way to communicate. So I think Iris Apfel is right, a great personal style is the natural consequence of knowing ourselves very well and keep exploring!
PEARLS OF WISDOM
10 BEAUTIFUL QUOTES ABOUT LIFE
I always note down quotes that struck me. They can be words by savvy men/women or quotes from books, films, TV series (ah, GoT, what a great source of inspirational quotes!). I also note down lyrics of songs and poems.
Some consider this habit a bit childish but… Whatever, I don’t care. I don’t even take it as an offense, I like my childish side!
Anyway, I don’t like all those cheesy, sometimes cryptic (nonsense, maybe?) motivational quotes that I often see on Pinterest. They’re very successful (thousands of repins!) but seriously, does anybody think they’re true? Probably. Hence the theories according to which people who like “deep” motivational quotes are not smart at all. If this sounds totally new to you, read this article.
These quotes about life and how to live are inspirational and practical. And true! You probably already know some of them, but reading them again surely won’t hurt!
“Remember that life’s big changes rarely give advance warning.” – H. Jackson Brown
“Ask for advice, if you need it, but remember that no one is an expert in your life.” – Unknown (at least for me, I haven’t found the author)
“Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you.” – George R. R. Martin
“Happiness is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it will evade you. But if you notice the other things around you, it will gently come and sit on your shoulder.” – Henry David Thoreau
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.” – Nelson Mandela
“Comparison is the thief of joy.” – Theodore Roosevelt
“The way you treat yourself is the standard you set for others.” – Sonya Friedman
“I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.” – Mark Twain
“Holding onto hanger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.” Buddha
I collect quotes on my Pinterest board called Pearls of Wisdom, take a look to read more beautiful quotes!