Gary’s Gems for May

Inspirational quotes are popular because we see reflected in the wise words of great minds validation of who we feel we are and motivation for whom we want to become.

Each month Gary Blair, President and owner of i24 Call Management Solutions publishes a newsletter containing his favourite quotes – his ‘gems’. 

Welcome May – did you know that no other month of the year either begins or ends on the same day as May!

Maybe that explains why May gave birth to so many ones of a kind… Bob Dylan, Catherine the Great, Sigmund Freud, Calamity Jane, Florence Nightingale and James Brown, to mention a few.           

Here are a few May Gems to help make your upcoming month a wonderfully unique experience!  

[clickToTweet tweet=”‘The question isn’t who is going to let me, it’s who is going to stop me.’ – Ayn Rand” quote=”‘The question isn’t who is going to let me, it’s who is going to stop me.'” theme=”style2″] – Ayn Rand

[clickToTweet tweet=”‘All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.'” quote=”‘All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.'” theme=”style2″] – Edgar Allan Poe

[clickToTweet tweet=”‘The relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have.’ ” quote=”‘The relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have.’ ” theme=”style2″]- Robert Holden

[clickToTweet tweet=”‘You can’t use up creativity.  The more you use, the more you have.'” quote=”‘You can’t use up creativity.  The more you use, the more you have.'” theme=”style2″] – Maya Angelo

[clickToTweet tweet=”‘Everything has beauty but not everyone sees it.’ ” quote=”‘Everything has beauty but not everyone sees it.’ ” theme=”style2″]- Confucius

[clickToTweet tweet=”‘I would rather die of passion than of boredom.’ ” quote=”‘I would rather die of passion than of boredom.’ ” theme=”style2″]- Vincent Van Gogh

[clickToTweet tweet=”‘I am not a product of my circumstances; I am a product of my decisions.’ ” quote=”‘I am not a product of my circumstances; I am a product of my decisions.’ ” theme=”style2″]- Stephen Covey

[clickToTweet tweet=”‘I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.'” quote=”‘I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.'” theme=”style2″] – Winston Churchill

[clickToTweet tweet=”‘Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.’ ” quote=”‘Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.’ ” theme=”style2″]- Albert Einstein

[clickToTweet tweet=”‘Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.'” quote=”‘Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.'” theme=”style2″] -Les Brown

[clickToTweet tweet=”‘If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask which seat!  Just get on.’ ” quote=”‘If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask which seat!  Just get on.’ ” theme=”style2″]- Sheryl Sandberg

[clickToTweet tweet=”‘Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.’ ” quote=”‘Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.’ ” theme=”style2″]- Mahatma Gandhi

[clickToTweet tweet=”‘Acquaintance, n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.'” quote=”‘Acquaintance, n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.'” theme=”style2″] – Ambrose Bierce

[clickToTweet tweet=”‘You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred.’ ” quote=”‘You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred.’ ” theme=”style2″]- Woody Allen

[clickToTweet tweet=”‘Nothing so dates a man as decrying the younger generation.’ ” quote=”‘Nothing so dates a man as decrying the younger generation.’ ” theme=”style2″]- Adlai Stevenson

[clickToTweet tweet=”‘I don’t deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don’t deserve that either.'” quote=”‘I don’t deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don’t deserve that either.'” theme=”style2″] – Jack Benny

And the thought I’d like to leave you with is :

“Seek not to follow in the footsteps of the wise ones of old; seek what they sought.” – Haiku Master Basho