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Happy graduates with their hats in the air on gradation day.

Graduation is a big milestone in life.

A moment of celebration and great pride for parents, friends and family.

And for you, it’s an ending but also a new and exciting beginning filled with hope and excitement.

In today’s post I’d like to share 160 of the best, most thoughtful and quite often funny inspirational graduation quotes.

I hope these timeless sayings will help you to celebrate someone you love no matter if that’s in a card, at a graduation party or on social media like Instagram.

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How to Not Take Things So Personally: 6 Helpful Habits

A woman looking thoughtful and a little bit sad.

“Nobody can hurt me without my permission.”
Mahatma Gandhi

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.”
Eleanor Roosevelt

A very common problem that can drag your self-esteem down or build up so much anger that steam may start to come out of your ears is to take things too personally.

And so you may try to grow some thicker skin and let criticism, negativity or verbal attacks just wash off of you.

But that’s often easier said than done.

So in this week’s article I’d like to share 6 habits that really work for me – at least in most cases – and helps me to reduce the stress, anger and hurt in my life.

I hope they’ll be useful for you too.

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My wife and I are celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary this year.

And the big wedding season of the year is upon us.

So I thought it would be fun for today’s post to share 125 of the most heartfelt and inspirational wedding quotes for a happy marriage and a love that lasts.

I hope you’ll find something helpful here if you’re getting married this year or if you’re making a toast at a wedding and want something meaningful but maybe also something funny.

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A woman looking out at a blue ocean with her arms raised.

Life isn’t always easy. Or simple.

But one thing that has helped me throughout the years to find new motivation and energy and a more positive perspective on my own life is to listen to the wisdom of the people who came before us.

And in today’s post I want to share some of those timeless thoughts.

This is 202 of the most inspirational, motivational and famous quotes about life.

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A happy woman running through a field at sunrise holding a bunch of balloons.

I like quotes that are short but still pack a punch.

So in today’s post I’d simply like to share 201 of the most powerful, deep, funny and inspirational short quotes.

Ones about life and happiness. The ones about love, about loving yourself too and ones that makes you think.

Plus, a handful or two that will make you laugh and help you release pent up stress. And plenty more.

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Friends presenting a man with a cake on his birthday.

If you’re here then it’s likely someone’s birthday today (or it’s coming up soon).

Maybe it’s your sister. Or husband or wife. Perhaps your son or daughter.

Or maybe it’s your best friend.

Either way, in today’s post I want to help you out with that and share 160 of the most meaningful, funny and inspirational birthday quotes.

Use one or a couple of them in a birthday card to help you find the right words to express how you deep down feel. On social media like Instagram to celebrate this lovely person.

Or in a text message or in real life at a birthday dinner or party to bring a few laughs and positive energy.

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