inspirational quotes Archives

May 15 2018

4 Quotes to Inspire the Busy Entrepreneur to take a Holiday

Summer’s coming, and who doesn’t love getting away for some fun and sun? While camping trips, cottaging or beach vacations are the highlights of many summer adventures, busy entrepreneurs often find it difficult to drag themselves away from work for some much-needed downtime. As much as we all appreciate your dedicated work ethic, we can’t stress enough how important it is to disconnect from time to time. A holiday can aid in reducing stress and anxiety, help clear your mind and allow new ideas to flow. By allowing yourself a vacation from work, you’ll actually improve your efficiency when you return!

It’s time to stop making excuses and start making time for yourself!

We know entrepreneurs love finding inspiration and motivation in quotes, so we’ve compiled a list to help you tear yourself away from the office and take a well-deserved break.

“The world is full of travellers.
Once in a year go to someplace you have never been before.
You will meet Confused seekers, Hopeful wanderers, Enthusiastic story-tellers, Happy families.
Look into their eyes and stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you’d drop dead any moment.
Look at the world. It’s more beautiful than any dream you’d have ever seen.
Make the most beautiful travel diary and open it up to your third generation because only your grandchildren will understand what your children will fail to.”
― Ranjani Ramachandran

Although our businesses are extremely important to us as entrepreneurs, there is more to life than just work. Be sure to open your eyes and take it all in.

“Reaching the top requires taking a good break every time you need it! On the way up, you must never hesitate to stop for a while!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

Don’t burn yourself out trying to reach the top, enjoy the journey to success.

“Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and friends can exist one day without any one of us, and if our egos permit us to confess, they could exist eternally in our absence. Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.”
― Maya Angelou, Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My Journey Now

If you really can’t manage to take a full vacation, at least give yourself one day of relaxation and rejuvenation.

Quotes are meant to inspire, so hopefully, we’ve inspired your inner traveller to get out there and enjoy the summer. Remember:

“Life’s short. Eat dessert first, work less and vacation MORE!!”

― Lea Mishell

Jen Kelly is a marketing consultant in Toronto, owner of Nimble Quotes and CEO of New Initiatives Marketing Inc. (NIM) serving growing businesses in Canada and the USA. NIM is the team to call for marketing execution excellence.

Mar 19 2018

Great Quotes from Surprising Sources

What makes a great quote? It seems that it has little to do with who said it and more to do with how relatable it is to people in general. Want proof? Check out these quotes and see if you can guess who might have said them. (Answers at the end)

“When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important.”
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
“Nothing is impossible. The word itself says, ‘I’m possible’.”
“A lot of people give up just before they’re about to make it. You know you never know when that next obstacle is going to be the last one.”
“You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.”
“Never a failure, always a lesson.”
“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.”
“The difference between winning and losing is most often not quitting.”
“Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.”
“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”

How did you do?

Ellen DeGeneres
Albert Einstein
Audrey Hepburn
Chuck Norris
Wayne Gretzky
Rihanna
Dolly Parton
Walt Disney
Christopher Reeve
Dr Seuss

Life is a continuous journey of learning. Quotes help us remember important advice and social media offers the chance to share our wisdom with those we love.

Quotes are great little tidbits of life lessons. They keep us thinking, laughing, questioning, striving, and sometimes even crying, but they connect us to ourselves and to each other.

We use and share quotes for many different reasons, whether it be inspiration, motivation or simply just conversation. As we found out, amazing quotes can come from unexpected sources. Have you ever said something and thought, “Hey, that would make a great quote!”?

If so, I’d love it if you click the comment button and share some of your personal wisdom with us! If you don’t think you’ve ever said anything quote-worthy, I encourage you to listen more closely, because I bet you have.

Jen Kelly is a marketing consultant in Toronto, owner of Nimble Quotes and CEO of New Initiatives Marketing Inc. (NIM) serving growing businesses in Canada and the USA. NIM is the team to call for marketing execution excellence.

Jul 27 2016

Inspirational Quotes Every Business Owner Should Read Now

Owning a business is anything but easy. You’ve got to manage finances, juggle tasks, fix problems, and steer the overall direction of your company. It can be overwhelming, and we understand. To help you out right now, we’ve borrowed a few quotes from one of Think Entrepreneurship’s articles that will inspire you to push forward with positivity.

If you know any other business owners who could benefit from these quotes, post them on Twitter. We can help you using social media tools for business, like auto-posting, to make the process quick and easy.

On Managing Finances –

“Follow your passion, not your paycheck… The money will come eventually.” – Unknown

When you’re doing what you love you shouldn’t worry needlessly about money. Just focus on managing your business the way you always dreamed and your finances will work with you, not against you.

On Juggling Tasks –

“Starting a business is a lot like jumping out of an airplane and assembling the parachute on the way down.” – Unknown

You can’t plan for everything in business. Instead of stressing out about every little thing, accept that some of them are out of your control. Do your best to manage tasks as they arise, and don’t be afraid to delegate!

On Fixing Problems –

“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill

All business owners know that problems happen. Don’t let them get you down! You can’t enjoy success without overcoming numerous obstacles. Tackle each of them with strength, passion, and positivity.

On Steering Your Company’s Direction –

“Your goal as an entrepreneur should be to use strategic planning to achieve and sustain superior performance over time.” – Dr. Sebora

One of the qualities of great business owners is vision. You need it to both start and grow a company long-term. This can be difficult but must be your goal. Use strategic planning tools like competitive analysis to steer your company in the right direction.

Using Social Media Tools for Business

Posting inspirational quotes like these on Twitter is simple with social media tools for business – and Nimble Quotes can help. We’re an auto-tweeting service that can assist you in growing and inspiring your Twitter following for better engagement.

Feb 01 2016

Personalizing Inspirational Quotes on Twitter

Personalize quotes?

A woman who is just starting her 30-day trial of Nimble Quotes wrote to me yesterday. She didn’t feel that one of the quotes she saw in her Twitter feed (from Nimble Quotes) was right for her. Just to be clear, it wasn’t offensive, it just wasn’t “her”. She wondered what she could do about it so it wouldn’t show up again. She also wondered how she could choose which quotes could show up in her Twitter feed. How could she personalize inspirational quotes so they felt right for her?

Author Choice – personalizing inspirational quotes

There is a setting in Nimble Quotes called Author Choice. The reason it exists is for users to be able to choose those authors they do or do not want to have quotes from. To customize this setting, which is available for Basic and Advanced subscribers, follow these steps:

First, sign into nimblequotes.com with your Twitter account
Next, click settings to see the drop down menu, choose “Authors”

The Authors page will open up. Search by first or last name. Once you find the author you DO NOT want quotes from, uncheck the box by the name. In this example, I’ve unchecked Abraham Lincoln as an author I do not want quotes from. The system will update immediately. This is all you need to do.

Some users only want quotes from their 10 favourite people – with Author Choice, this is possible. Others find out which authors’ quotes they like and which they don’t after a couple of months on Nimble Quotes, then make the change.

Settings changes are flexible. Come on back and adjust however it works for you.

Why Author Choice matters

I want to be sure you understand how much effort has gone into the gathering and vetting of appropriate quotes for your enjoyment. You put a large amount of trust into Nimble Quotes when you sign up – you need to trust that the quotes we have in our database are going to make you and your brand, your company, look good to your audience. I take this trust you place in this service very, very seriously.

We have carefully vetted all quotes in the system to be sure they are not political, not racist, not sexist, not negative…we wanted this service to be one that was a very positive experience for the users AND for your audience – since they’ll be seeing “your” quotes each day and will have assumed you’ve chosen to tweet that particular inspirational or motivational quote.

Still, not every quote or every quote author is for everyone. And that is why we created the Author Choice setting, so that you have as much control over the quotes as possible. I hope this feature makes you feel confident about Nimble Quotes and pleased that you can personalize inspirational quotes on Twitter.

Want to try Nimble Quotes? Sign up now for 30-days free. Your trial is of the Advanced subscription – be sure to check out and make use of all the features including images (which are in beta testing), hashtags and specific day or time scheduling. Set once and let it run automatically.

Sep 20 2015

Inspirational Quotes About Leadership

Inspiration for us to rise to leadership

In my quest to find out why quotes are so powerful for us, I landed on this list of 38 quotes about leadership compiled in a LinkedIn article by Dr. Travis Bradberry.

His bio at the end of the article says: Dr. Travis Bradberry is the award-winning co-author of the #1 bestselling book,Emotional Intelligence 2.0,. He is the cofounder of TalentSmart, the world’s leading provider of emotional intelligence tests and training, serving more than 75% of Fortune 500 companies. His bestselling books have been translated into 25 languages and are available in more than 150 countries. Dr. Bradberry has written for, or been covered by, Newsweek, BusinessWeek, Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Inc., USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, andThe Harvard Business Review.

Perhaps quotes appeal to those of us with high emotional intelligence? Still I strive for my answer.

I’m on a search to find the answer to the question why are inspirational quotes so popular? Why do we love them? What about them makes us feel good, inspired, motivated, comforted? Is it because of the author – the person who said or wrote the quote? Is it because it is such a well-crafted medley of words that some how shoots straight to the heart and connects with us emotionally? I’ll be on this quest for the answer, so do let me know if you have any thoughts on this topic…or answers.Why do you think inspirational quotes are so powerful?

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