Quotes by Cathy Burnham Martin

We only all win when we choose to be positive.

Try to see the best in someone, even when it is frustratingly difficult to see.

Be one of a kind and be one with human kind.

We need to be honest with ourselves before we can truly be honest with others.

Being a character may be simple, but no one says being of good character is easy.

Trade in our cynical hopelessness for cynical hopefulness. If we must be cynical, choose hopeful over hopeless.

Once motivated, we likely perform better and succeed faster when we receive encouragement.

Don't let discouragers sour our souls.

When we fail to be tolerant of others, we fail.

Making it real starts with our attitude.

I am calling for uncommon decency. Respect that comes from awareness.

Sometimes the brightest lights come out of the darkest corners.

We live far happier lives when we are generous in as many ways as possible.

Recognize that discouragers have aesthetically-challenged attitudes.

Don't let a discourager's negativity creep into your thought. Remember, they are looking for the worst possible outcomes.

Respecting, understanding, and appreciating people makes us better people.

Just because we should know better doesn't mean we do.

Our value does not diminish because of someone else's inability to see our worth.

Share from your heart, and you'll do just fine.

I like to laugh at myself. It frees me from any pesky expectations or delusions of grandeur.

We all fare better when we can balance freely expressing and quietly listening.

We hold amazing power in our words.

Encouragement makes us believe we can move forward, but it also gives us the power to help others move forward.

We frequently and repeatedly need encouragement.

Encouragement energizes us. It empowers us.

We hurt no one when we encourage them to keep on keeping on, to not give up, to recognize how far they've come.

Rebooting our enthusiasm is like deciding to become our own best coach, rather than our own worst enemy.

All we need to do is get those nervous butterflies in our stomachs flying in formation.

Part of moving forward often involves stumbling a few steps back.

Folks who scream the loudest get heard, and those who spew the most negative, most repeatedly, get falsely perceived as telling the truth.

Without stormy days, we forget to value sunny skies.

A happy, healthy life is not the result of meek thinking. Live boldly.

Keep cool under pressure. Don’t waver from what is right. Stay the course.

As we practice life-long learning, never accept ignorance in yourself, but do tolerate it in others.

Balance helps us to open a window in our self-created dark place and let in some light.

Your good or bad attitude is someone’s decision. Make it yours.

Healthy eating habits get plenty of attention. Healthy thinking habits should too.

Great attitudes are not easy to come by. What’s even more annoying is the simple fact that we can’t blame a bad attitude on genetics.

Both enthusiasm and misery are extremely contagious. The choice is yours as to how you will infect your world.

We were born to be encouragers. What we unlearned, we can easily relearn.

What is most frustrating about a discourager? They often tend to erroneously think they are encouragers.

We can and should feel confident enough to take ourselves on as worthy projects.

We will remember the hurt, the injustice, and the trauma, but we can forgive the sinner.

When we forgive, especially under the most difficult circumstances, we grow and evolve as people.

Whether we are happy or sad, grateful or resentful, positive or negative, we are equally precious and deserving.

It costs no money to be kind.It takes no extra time to be kind.

Only kind people are truly tolerant. Only gentle people are truly strong.

It requires neither time nor money to be kind.

There is tremendous trauma in the betrayal caused by a perpetual liar as they repeatedly commit psychological abuse.

It takes a strong woman to tolerate a weak man. That said, it takes a strong man to tolerate a weak woman, too.

Safeguard your dreams and goals from discouragers.

There is a life of iron and a life of silver. Today we are in the life of iron. We must be strong.

Being positive takes courage.Kindness takes courage.Gentleness takes courage.

The enthusiasm of passion is the simple key to attitude beating aptitude.