In my late teens, I started a quote collection. I would underline sentences (and sometimes entire paragraphs) in books and jot down inspiring thoughts from other print media. I would then copy these words of wisdom into a journal. When I joined Pinterest, I set aside a page—Words I Love— where I recopied these words of wisdom. To date, I have accumulated over 400 quotes.
Maintaining a personal collection of quotes has helped me immensely. Here are some of the benefits I have discovered:
• Quotes have the power to transform moods. While books and movies can accomplish the same goal, quotes do it faster. I don’t have to invest hours of my time to experience the same effects. Whenever I need a quick jolt of inspiration, I click on my Pinterest page or visit one of many twitter hashtags devoted to quotes, among them #Quoteoftheday, #Inspirationalquotes, and #quotes.
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True about quotes – they succinctly state what can be a universal truth. I also have a large collection of favorites. Here’s one:
“Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right!”
– Henry Ford
One of my favorite quotes, as well. Thanks for sharing, Cat 🙂
I love quotes too, and like you, have a pinterest board for my favs!
Kindred spirits! I’ll check out your board on Pinterest. 🙂