A Quote To Inspire! a self-esteem boosting activity.

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1 A Quote To Inspire! a self-esteem boosting activity

2 Instructions -This activity will allow group members to explore their perspective on life, their motivations, the things that inspire them, things that are important to them, etc. -Cut out the quotes and give one to each group member -One-by-one, ask them to share their quote with the rest of group

3 Instructions -Ask them : a. How do you interpret the quote? b. How can you apply it to your life? *Allow them to interpret the quote however they want to. You can see if other group members have their own interpretation, too

4 Instructions -Next, ask the group member who read the quote, If you could give this quote to any group member, who would you give it to and why? a. They can hand them the quote to keep *Make sure to get this other group member s reaction!

5 Instructions -At the end of the activity, you can ask the group members, Have these quotes changed your perspective on anything? -You can encourage the group members to use one of the quotes they heard today as a mantra going forward (something they can say to themselves when they are feeling down)

6 All you can change is yourself, but sometimes that changes everything! -Gary W. Goldstein You don t drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. -Edwin Louis Cole

7 The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same. -Colin R. Davis Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. -Will Rogers

8 We don t see things as they are, we see them as we are. -Anais Nin You are not a drop in the ocean, you are the entire ocean in a drop. Rumi

9 If we re growing, we re always going to be out of our comfort zone. -John C. Maxwell Life has many ways of testing a person s will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once. -Paulo Coelho

10 The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. -William Shakespeare Without the dark, you would never see the stars. -Unknown

11 If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try. -Seth Godin I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. - Thomas Jefferson

12 Don't blow off another's candle for it won't make yours shine brighter. -Jaachynma N.E. Agu Only when I allowed myself to feel the emotions pent up for so long inside me did I start extricating myself from my own past. Alice Miller

13 Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future. -Oscar Wilde Maybe you are searching among branches for what only appears in the roots. -Rumi

14 It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere. Agnes Repplier Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. -Helen Keller

15 Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. -Dalai Lama We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. -Maya Angelou

16 What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. -Henry Stanley Haskins Your time is limited, so don t waste it living someone else s life. -Steve Jobs

17 If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. -Milton Berle Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. -Thich Nhat Hanh

18 True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. -Socrates Not all those who wander are lost. -J. R. R. Tolkien

19 From error to error one discovers the entire truth. -Sigmund Freud The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself. -Michel de Montaigne

20 It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. -Henry David Thoreau It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. -Confucius

21 It is never too late to be what you might have been. -George Eliot The mind that perceives the limitation is the limitation. -Unknown

22 You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. -Christopher Columbus You have to die a few times before you can really live. -Charles Bukowski

23 The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away. -Marcus Aurelius You can t start the next chapter of your life if you keep rereading the last one. -Unknown

24 There are no traffic jams along the extra mile. -Roger Staubach As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

25 If you hear a voice within you say, You cannot paint, then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced. -Vincent Van Gogh When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. -Lao Tzu

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27 Credits Dang s Digs Thank you for the colorful borders/frames! SlidesCarnival Thank you for the hearts!