“Below an income of ... $60,000 a year, people are unhappy, and they get progressively unhappier the poorer they get. Above that, we get an absolutely flat line. ... Money does not buy you experiential happiness, but lack of money certainly buys you misery.” PeopleYearsDoeInspirationMotivationLinesMiseryUnhappyIncomeFlats Author:Daniel Kahneman
“[Domestic violence is] a carefully laid physical, financial and psychological trap.” InspirationMotivationViolenceFinancialPsychologicalTrapsDomestic Violence Author:Leslie Morgan Steiner
“Women, we care a great deal about being thin and good looking, whereas men mostly care about sex - ideally with women who are thinner and better looking than they are.” MenInspirationCareMotivationSexDealsLooking Good Author:Jenna McCarthy
“When we numb [hard feelings], we numb joy, we numb gratitude, we numb happiness.” HardFeelingsInspirationJoyMotivationGratitudeNumb Author:Brené Brown
“We are living on average today 34 years longer than our great-grandparents did.” YearsInspirationTodayMotivationAverageHealthcareGrandparentLiving OnGreat Grandparents Author:Jane Fonda
“We've got to cut the extraneous out of our lives, and we've got to learn to stem the inflow. We need to think before we buy. Ask ourselves, 'Is that really going to make me happier? Truly?'” ThinkingNeedsInspirationMotivationAsksOur LivesCuttingStem Author:Graham Hill
“We have a visceral reaction to the idea that anyone would make very much money helping other people. Interesting that we don't have a visceral reaction to the notion that people would make a lot of money NOT helping other people.” PeopleIdeasHelpingInspirationMotivationInterestingNotionHelping OthersReactionsLots Of MoneyVisceralHelping Other People Author:Dan Pallotta
“I started out with a dream to make a star in a jar, and I ended up ... making things that I think can change the world.” ThinkingWorldDreamInspirationMotivationStarsChanging The WorldJars Author:Taylor Wilson
“It is okay to be an outsider, a recent arrival, new on the scene - and not just okay, but something to be thankful for. ... Because being an insider can so easily mean collapsing the horizons, can so easily mean accepting the presumptions of your province.” MeanInspirationMotivationAcceptingSceneOkayHorizonOutsidersBeing ThankfulProvincesArrivalsPresumptionInsiders Author:Tan Le
“You cannot talk about race without talking about privilege. And when people start talking about privilege, they get paralyzed by shame.” PeopleInspirationMotivationRaceTalkingShamePrivilegeParalyzed Author:Brené Brown