The "Inspiring Thoughts From This Past Year" Story

It was an ordinary day.  The 1st day of a new year.  One that we should all celebrate, being that we have reached a new plateau.  So, how did 2022 treat you?  Just in case you weren't satisfied with your past year, I have found the top 22 quotes from the year 2022.  Read them and enjoy and maybe see yourself in a few of them.  The words you are about to read explore everything from philosophy to satire as well as classic literature to stirring speeches.  Enjoy them all on this beginning of another new year.  It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.
— Dorothy Thompson

We are stronger when we listen, and smarter when we share. 
— Rania Al-Abdullah

I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
— Sarah Williams

Patience is also a form of action.
— Auguste Rodin

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs. 
— Joan Didion

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
— Dalai Lama

Don’t be nervous. Work calmly, joyously, recklessly on whatever is in hand.
— Henry Miller

I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.
— Hafiz

To have become a deeper man is the privilege of those who have suffered. 
— Oscar Wilde

What you think about day and night forms your character and personality. 
— Masami Saionji

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
— Helen Keller

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity. 
— Simone Weil

You must believe that your past is not your future. 
— Gayle Carson

Fear builds its phantoms which are more fearsome than reality itself.
— Jawaharlal Nehru

Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. 
— Eckhart Tolle

If you do nothing unexpected, nothing unexpected happens.
— Fay Weldon

It is a simple matter of what you will do when the chips are down, my friend. 
— Zadie Smith

The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.
— Keanu Reeves

Grief is the price we pay for love. 
— Queen Elizabeth II

A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved. 
— Kurt Vonnegut

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.
— Zora Neale Hurston

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? 
— Mary Oliver