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’. 

Gary's Gems for June

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Welcome, June!  

A penny (or ten) for your thoughts!  Did you know … on June 1st, the first public telephone pay station in the U.S. began operation in the New Haven office of the Connecticut Telephone Company. Callers paid a 10-cent fee to an attendant.

In 1889, the first public phone to use coins was installed by the Southern New England Telephone Company and in 1898, a prepay version was introduced in Chicago. In 1905, outdoor phones were installed with booths but it took Superman until 1941 to start using them!

Here are a few Gems to help you be the superhero of your choice this June!

Enjoy!

We all have two lives. The second one starts when we realize we only have one.Click To Tweet – Confucius

'BElieve THEre is GOOD in THE WORLD' Click To Tweet – Author Unknown

'To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people just exist.'Click To Tweet – Oscar Wilde

'CALM is a superpower!' Click To Tweet– Author Unknown

'The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.'Click To Tweet – Paulo Coelho

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'Remember that sometimes not getting what you want, is a wonderful stroke of luck.'Click To Tweet – Dalai Lama

'Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slowly.'Click To Tweet – Plato

'The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.'Click To Tweet – Eckhart Tolle

'Everyone 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.' Click To Tweet– Albert Einstein (?)

'Life is like a camera … focus on what’s important, capture the good times, develop from the negatives and when things don’t work out … take another shot!' Click To Tweet– Ziad K. Abdelnour

'Those who dance are considered insane by those who can’t hear the music.'Click To Tweet – Friedrich Nietzsche

'In order to love who you are, you cannot hate the experiences that shaped you.'Click To Tweet – Andrea Dykstra

'Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge.' Click To Tweet– Don Henley

'I have not failed 10,000 times – I’ve successfully found 10,000 ways that will not work.' Click To Tweet– Thomas Edison

'Silence is often misinterpreted but never misquoted.'Click To Tweet – Author Unknown

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

If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap.

If you want happiness for a day, go fishing.

If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune.

If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody.

– Chinese Proverb

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