Data are just summaries of thousands of stories - tell a few of those stories to help make the data meaningful. — Dan Heath
The best stories are often true...The narrative of human life is most beautiful when told truthfully and without boundaries. — Shonda Rhimes
Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency of human contact. — Robert McKee
Don’t be afraid to speak from personal experience; in many ways, those vulnerable moments will be the key that unlocks a hardened heart. — Luis Palau
The key in telling stories that people relate to is, not surprisingly, vulnerability and authenticity. — Lewis Howes
The richest most meaningful stories are found in small places: made, carried, crafted, told, and retold by apparently unimportant people. — Louise Brown
Every single ordinary person has an extraordinary story. — Cecelia Ahern
The most important story we'll ever write in life is our own-not with ink, but with our daily choices. — Richard Paul Evans
Perhaps everyone has a story that could break your heart. — Nick Flynn
I have a lot of stories about being a kid because it was the last time I was interesting. — John Mulaney
People can see themselves in a story much easier than they can see themselves in a hypothetical situation that a brand might present to them. — Lewis Howes
Successful people often enjoy telling their story. — Lewis Howes
The true story of every person in this world is not the story you see, the external story. The true story of each person is the journey of his or her heart. — John Eldredge
If we are to prosper together in our increasingly small world, we must listen to -- and learn from each other's stories — Queen Noor of Jordan
Audiences forget facts, but they remember stories. Once you get past the jargon, the corporate world is an endless source of fascinating stories. — Ian P. Griffin
Short Personal Stories Quotes
Know something, sugar? Stories only happen to people who can tell them. — Allan Gurganus
Sometimes reality is too complex. Stories give it form. — Jean Luc Godard
Sometime reality is too complex. Stories give it form. — Jean-Luc Godard
We tell ourselves stories in order to live. — Joan Didion
All human beings have an innate need to hear and tell stories and to have a story to live by. . . . — Harvey Cox
Top 10 Personal Stories Quotes
Every true love and friendship is a story of unexpected transformation. If we are the same person before and after we loved, that means we haven't loved enough. — Elif Safak
Life begins at 40 - but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story to the same person, three or four times. — Helen Rowland
Life begins at 40 -- but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story to the same person, three or four times. — William Feather
I’m not a religious person; I would call myself an atheist. I don’t have a good story behind it, I’m just reasonable. — Anthony Jeselnik
The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you. — Rumi
Mary Kom is a woman who stood up alone in a male-dominated field and fought for her rights and what she believed in. Her story is an inspiration for every young person out there. — Priyanka Chopra
The most powerful person in the world is the story teller.
The storyteller sets the vision, values and agenda
of an entire generation that is to come. — Steve Jobs
Everyone has a story, and sometimes our egos choose to ignore that. Don’t take everything personally — it is usually not about you. — Jay Shetty
Education truly can change a person’s story, it gave me everything. Whatever happens, get an # education . — Atiku Abubakar
I love a success story, but even more than a success story; I like a dude who fu**s his life up and gets his life together again story. — Joe Rogan
Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.
Personal Stories Quotes
Your life is nothing more than a love story. Between you and God. Nothing more. Every person, every experience, every gift, every loss, every pain is sent to your path for one reason and one reason only: to bring you back to Him. — Yasmin Mogahed
Don't ever allow yourself to feel trapped by your choices. Take a look at yourself. You are a unique person created for a specific purpose. Your gifts matter. Your story matters. Your dreams matter. You matter. — Michael Oher
When you look at a person, any person, everyone has a story. Everyone has gone through something that has changed their life. Anxiety, depression and panic attacks are not signs of weakness. They are signs of trying to remain strong for way too long. — Deepika Padukone
There comes a point in your life when you need to stop reading other people's book and write your own.
Country music to me is heartfelt music that speaks to the common man. It is about real life stories with rather simple melodies that the average person can follow. Country music should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to. — George Jones
To accept our past, it helps to reframe our stories and give a positive meaning to even the most difficult life events. We may have no power to change the past, but we do have the power to change the meaning we assign to it. — William Ury
While every refugee's story is different and their anguish personal, they all share a common thread of uncommon courage - the courage not only to survive, but to persevere and rebuild their shattered lives. — Antonio Guterres
You have the power to say - This is not how my story will end.
A person’s never too old for stories. Man and boy, girl and woman, we live for them. - Roland Deschain — Stephen King
ONE OF THE GREATEST EXPERIENCES IN LIFE IS ACHIEVING PERSONAL GOALS THAT OTHERS SAID WOULD BE, 'IMPOSSIBLE TO ATTAIN.' BE PROUD OF YOUR SUCCESS AND SHARE YOUR STORY WITH OTHERS. — Robert Cheeke
A great brand is a story that’s never completely told. A brand is a metaphorical story that connects with something very deep – a fundamental appreciation of mythology. Stories create the emotional context people need to locate themselves in a larger experience. — Scott Bedbury
If my story stands for anything, it's that change isn't just possible, it's our mandate. And it's never too late. — Rich Roll
What Is Personal Quotes
Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way. — Martin Luther King
You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks. — Deepak Chopra
I'm a kind person, I'm kind to everyone, but if you are unkind to me, then kindness is not what you'll remember me for — Al Capone
The strongest person is not the one who is able to do something, but the one who is able not to do what he has the power to do. This self-denial is the unique way to usher in God's kingdom and to realize the kingdom life. — Witness Lee
A person is a success if they get up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do. — Bob Dylan
Behind every girl's favorite song there is an untold story.
The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them forever, but it is your personal example they will follow. — Colin Powell
And if a person were given all of the world and what is in it, it would not fill his emptiness. — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
My thing is that I don't give no person that much power over my path that I'm walking. Not one person can make or break what I'm doing, except me or God. — Nipsey Hussle
...a person and an organization must have goals, take actions to achieve those goals, gather evidence of achievement, study and reflect on the data and from that take actions again. Thus, they are in a continuous feedback spiral toward continuous improvement. This is what 'Kaizan' means. — W. Edwards Deming
Personal History Quotes
I really only love God as much as I love the person I love the least. — Dorothy Day
An unchurched christian is a grotesque anomaly. The New Testament knows nothing of such a person. For the church lies at the very center of the eternal purpose of God. It is not a divine afterthought. It is not an accident of history. On the contrary, the church is God's new community. — John Stott
We fight to exist. Personally, I am not ashamed of fighting to exist. We are doing no very extraordinary thing to fight simply because we do not wish to be enslaved or exterminated. — Donald Woods Winnicott
One bad chapter does not mean your story is over.
Psychotherapy is what God has been secretly doing for centuries by other names; that is, he searches through our personal history and heals what needs to be healed - the wounds of childhood or our own self-inflicted wounds. — Thomas Keating
The Christian faith does not call for us to put our minds on the shelf, to fly in the face of common sense and history, or to make a leap of faith into the dark. The rational person, fully apprised of the evidence, can confidently believe. — William Lane Craig
When it comes to politics and elections, far too many Christians spend more time appealing to family, history and tradition, culture, racial expediency, and personal preference than they do to what the Bible teaches. — Tony Evans
Only strong personalities can endure history, the weak are extinguished by it. — Friedrich Nietzsche
In our practice, we think 40 is the age at which a person should have their first colonoscopy if they have no history of colon cancer. About when I had my first one was 40 or 41. — Peter Attia
Being different and thinking different makes a person memorable. History does not remember the forgettable. — Chamath Palihapitiya
We're at unique point in history where the things that we are building are going to significantly impact our social, political, economical, and personal lives. — Anita Borg
Personal Experiences Quotes
This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see. — Corrie Ten Boom
Having a child is an experience that teaches a person how important to prioritize the happiness of another person.Whatever you do, even whatever you are, is an example for him . In fact, that little being who depends on you so much , makes you also to have a huge dependence on him. — Neymar
If you are going to be used by God, He will take you through a number of experiences that are not meant for you personally at all. They are designed to make you useful in His hands, and to enable you to understand what takes place in the lives of others. — Oswald Chambers
To love a person is to see all of their magic, and to remind them of it when they have forgotten.
We learn...
10% of what we read
20% of what we hear
30% of what we see
50% of what we both hear and see
70% of what is discussed
80% of what we experience personally
95% of what we teach to someone else — William Glasser
Individuals do not meet by chance. They are necessary in the experiences of others, though they may not always use their opportunities in a spiritual way or manner. — Edgar Cayce
The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Intelligent people tend to have less friends than the average person. The smarter you are, the more selevtive you become.
Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be. — Anton Chekhov
Sciences provide an understanding of a universal experience, Arts are a universal understanding of a personal experience... they are both a part of us and a manifestation of the same thing... the arts and sciences are avatars of human creativity — Mae Jemison
The present moment is really all that we have. The only place you can really love another person is in the present. Love in the past is a memory. Love in the future is a fantasy. To be really alive, love - or any other experience - must take place in the present. — Jack Kornfield
The problem was to sustain at any cost the feeling you had in the theater that you were watching a real person, yes, but an intense condensation of his experience, not simply a realistic series of episodes. — Arthur Miller
Despite all the technical improvements, it still boils down to a man or a woman and a microphone, playing music, sharing stories, talking about issues -- communicating with an audience. — Casey Kasem
It's important that we share our experiences with other people. Your story will heal you and your story will heal somebody else. When you tell your story, you free yourself and give other people permission to acknowledge their own story — Iyanla Vanzant
Do not judge my story by the chapter you walked in on.
Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you. — Shannon Alder
I've received a lot of positive feedback from both the secular and Christian markets. People seem to be receiving it with open arms and hearts, and are interested in the stories I want to share about my relationship with God and my faith. — Brian Littrell
Gender has always been considered a fact immutable. But we now know it's actually more fluid, complex, and mysterious. Because of my success, I never have the courage to share my story. Not because I thought what I am is wrong but because of how the world treats those of us who wish to break free. — Geena Rocero
Don't confuse my personality with my attitude... My personality is who I am, my attitude depends on who you are...
Exercise your purchasing power as a consumer, volunteer and bring joy to those in need, and share your experiences, tell your stories, and inspire others along the way. — Blake Mycoskie
That's the strange thing about a good story. No pleasure if you can't share it. — Carsten Jensen
Sharing our stories can also be a means of healing. Grief and loss may isolate us, and anger may alienate us. Shared with others, these emotions can be powerfully uniting, as we see that we are not alone, and realize that others weep with us. — Susan Wittig Albert
Our world is populated by scores of beautiful and brilliant people who have amazing stories to share – those that we don’t know who can teach us something new and leave us all the better for the experience of their sharing. — Rich Roll
Personal Narrative Quotes
The third person narrator, instead of being omniscient, is like a constantly running surveillance tape. — Andrew Vachss
They trap you in the toxic narrative that quitting is a weakness, an easy way out or, worse yet, that quitting is failure. I assure you – quitting is for winners and quitting is a skill. — Steven Bartlett
I've worked out of a series of no's. No to exquisite light, no to apparent compositions, no to the seduction of poses or narrative. And all these no's force me to the yes. I have a white background. I have the person I'm interested in and the thing that happens between us. — Richard Avedon
Life has a way of testing a person's will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen at once.
Sometimes I can better describe a person by another person's reaction. In a story in my first book, I couldn't think of a way to sufficiently describe the charisma of a certain boy, so the narrator says, "I knew girls who saved his gum." — Amy Hempel
Collective freedom provides the basic conditions for people to narrate their own lives, hold power accountable, and embrace a capacious notion of human dignity. — Henry Giroux
'God' - as revealed in his book of edicts and narratives is practically an idiot. He has nothing to say that any sensible person should want to listen to. — Johann Most
A strong person loves, forgives, walks away, lets go, tries again, perseveres... No matter what life throws at them.
The charade of politics is to make voters think that the personal narrative of the candidate affects the operation of the corporate state. It doesn't really matter on the fundamental issues whether the President is Republican or Democratic. — Chris Hedges
Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot. BY ORDER OF THE AUTHOR per G.G., CHIEF OF ORDNANCE — Mark Twain
We construct a narrative for ourselves, and that's the thread that we follow from one day to the next. People who disintegrate as personalities are the ones who lose that thread. — Paul Auster
In food, issues that surround purchasing and that whole realm have a very political component and they branch into stories that can be really compelling. Just being on the farm, interacting with all these people in the industry, leads to personal narratives that can be used to make a larger point. — Dan Barber
When I got into the second half of 'Dragon Ball,' I had already become more interested in thinking up the story then in drawing the pictures. Then I started to not place much emphasis on the pictures. — Akira Toriyama
I made the key discovery for CRISPR there, while living in my scientific monastery in northern Sweden. At the same time, I was very interested in detective stories, searching for enigmas. — Emmanuelle Charpentier
The Bible is endlessly interesting because it is God's story, and God by nature is himself endlessly interesting. The Bible is an ever-flowing fountain. The more you read it, the more you find its truth and beauty to be inexhaustible. — D. A. Carson
Recently I heard a 'wise guy' story that I had a party at my home for twenty-five men. It's an interesting story, but I don't know twenty-five men I'd want to invite ta a party. — Joan Crawford
It's really hard to get stories made that are about women. Not just women being obsessed with men, or supporting men. And it's really hard to get men to be a part of films that are about women in a leading role. I'm really interested in how we can adjust that. — Olivia Wilde
Be unpredictable, be real, be interesting. Tell a good story. — James Dashner
Television news is now entertainment, and the stories are being written by the people that have a special interest in them. — James Taylor
There's a great appetite for smart television. Every day I get up and there are interesting stories I want to do. — Sayings
I feel very privileged to hear how somebody used to run around stickin' people up and stealing cars, and now they're gettin' their life back together... I just love the stories. The stories of the fallen world, they excite us. That's the interesting stuff. — Denis Johnson
Everyone Has A Story Quotes
I love meeting new people; I think everyone has a story to tell. We should all listen sometimes. — Kim Smith
Everyone in America likely has a bullying story, whether as the victim, bully or as a witness. — Michael M. Honda
The most important things to remember about back story are that (a) everyone has a history and (b) most of it isn’t very interesting. — Stephen King
Everyone has a story, and the story changes, and the more I can root into the truth of things - it's so hard - I don't think anyone ever really puts it all together. But somewhere along the way it all became fused. — Robert Downey, Jr.
Everyone has a story; everyone hides his past as a means of self-preservation. Some just do it better, and more thoroughly, than others. — Jodi Picoult
There's a late-night scene in every town, and everyone has something going on, ... I've heard good stories about (Syracuse); this is a very good party town, a good drinking place. I definitely would like to come back and check it out further. Do some more research, as I call it. — Dave Attell
[I have a] fondness for telling stories, like the Arab storytellers on the marketplace. ... I will never grow tired of [telling] stories [and] I make the mistake of thinking that everyone has the same enthusiasm! — Orson Welles
Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche. — Tanith Lee
Everyone I talk to has a Genesis story to tell. — Mike Rutherford
You didn't see me on television, you didn't see news stories about me. The kind of role that I tried to play was to pick up pieces or put together pieces out of which I hoped organization might come. My theory is, strong people don't need strong leaders. — Ella Baker
The greatest felony in the news business today is to be behind, or to miss a big story. So speed and quantity substitute for thoroughness and quality, for accuracy and context. — Carl Bernstein
I haven't left my house in days. I watch the news channels incessantly. All the news stories are about the election; all the commercials are Viagra and Cialis. Election, erection, election, erection! Either way we're screwed! — Bette Midler
You know, when people talk about filmmaking and the techniques of filmmaking, we use them all the time in network television news in order to make our stories simpler, tighter and more understandable to the general public. — Lowell Bergman
Strange medical news from Pakistan: A man had a successful organ transplant with a dog. They gave the man a dog's organ. In a related story today, Keith Richards was seen chasing a mailman. — Craig Kilborn
Fox News covers stories that some other news outlets won't cover. We ask some questions that other news outlets wouldn't ask. And sometimes that's perceived as bias by people who've grown up in a world where there are only liberal outlets. — Megyn Kelly
At MTV, it's very nice sometimes to be able to be very specific. Specificity really makes a news story interesting because you can color it in that personality. — Tabitha Soren
I started with the book Boardwalk Empire and then immersed myself in the history of Atlantic City, World War I, the temperance movement, Prohibition, pop culture. I even read the news and magazines of the period just to soak in it. That was before I even started thinking of the story. — Terence Winter
Our go-to source is no longer dictated by a small group of cable news outlets. We have to expand our view. Sometimes, a story is made and breaks on Twitter. We have to find a way to react to that, to consume and also disseminate the information from Twitter, which is not an easy thing to do. — Trevor Noah
Out of the 10,000 news stories you may have read in the last 12 months, did even one allow you to make a better decision about a serious matter in your life? — Rolf Dobelli
Inspiring Stories Quotes
Don’t read success stories, you will only get a message. Read failure stories, you will get some ideas to get success. — Abdul Kalam
The greatest love story of all time is contained in a tiny white Host. — Fulton J. Sheen
We take it for granted we know the whole story - We judge a book by its cover and read what we want between selected lines. — Axl Rose
The only thing keeping you from what you want is your story about why you can't have it. — Tony Robbins
Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story. — Mason Cooley
Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today. — Robert McKee
You need contrast and conflict in order to tell a story. Stories need to have dark and light, turmoil, all those things. But that does not mean the filmmaker has to suffer in order to show the suffering. Stories should have the suffering, not the people. — David Lynch
First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won't. Habit is persistence in practice. — Octavia Butler
Behind every beautiful fur, there is a story. It is a bloody, barbaric story. — Mary Tyler Moore
Your story may not have such a happy beginning, but that doesn't make you who you are. It is the rest of your story, who you choose to be. — Michelle Yeoh
In many shamanic societies, if you came to a medicine person complaining of being disheartened, dispirited, or depressed, they would ask one of four questions: 'When did you stop dancing? When did you stop singing? When did you stop being enchanted by stories? When did you stop being comforted by the sweet territory of silence?' — Angeles Arrien
To me this movie is about what is valuable. To one person it might be a stone; to someone else, a story in a magazine; to another, it is a child. The juxtaposition of one man obsessed with finding a valuable diamond with another man risking his life to find his son is the beating heart of this film. — Edward Zwick
We heard stories about fakery and decoys at revivals. I never personally saw any trickery. — Kathie Lee Gifford
There are so many unsung heroines and heroes at this broken moment in our collective story, so many courageous persons who, unbeknownst to themselves, are holding together the world by their resolute love or contagious joy. Although I do not know your names, I can feel you out there. — David Abram
If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive. — Barry Lopez
I wanted them to be diverse. The whole underlying principle of the X-Men was to try to be an anti-bigotry story to show there's good in every person. — Stan Lee
Ideally, travel broadens our perspectives personally, culturally, and politically. Suddenly, the palette with which we paint the story of our lives has more colors. — Rick Steves
If my story stands for anything, it is that the human body, mind, and spirit are far more resilient than you can possibly imagine. My testimony is that each and every one of us is sitting atop vast reservoirs of untapped potential. We're all capable of feats beyond our limited imagination. And personal growth isn't just possible, it's our mandate. — Rich Roll
When we tell our own story, we teach the values that our choices reveal, not as abstract principals, but as our lived experience. We reveal the kind of person we are to the extent that we let others identify with us. — Marshall Ganz
There's an old story about the person who wished his computer were as easy to use as his telephone. That wish has come true, since I no longer know how to use my telephone. — Bjarne Stroustrup
Life is too short to be anything but real with the cast of characters God has placed in the story of your life. Love well, laugh often, and find your life in Christ. Don't hide away or be a follower. Be the wonderful unique person God made you to be, and know that your purpose will always be best when defined by your faith in him — Karen Kingsbury
Love stories are only fit for the solace of people in the insanity of puberty. No healthy adult human being can really care whether so-and-so does or does not succeed in satisfying his physiological uneasiness by the aid of some particular person or not. — Aleister Crowley
Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive. — Barry Lopez
Every single person has a story that will break your heart. And if you're paying attention, many people... have a story that will bring you to your knees. Nobody rides for free. — Brené Brown
Life begins at forty, but so does arthritis, and the habit of telling the same story three times to the same person. — Sam Levenson
I think the actor has a tribal role as the archetypal story teller. I think there was a time when the storyteller, the priest, the healer, were all one person in one body. That person used to weave stories at night around a small fire to keep the tribe from being terrified that sun had gone down. — Ben Kingsley
[Six principles that make for a good story:] 1. Absence of lengthy verbiage of a political-social-economic nature; 2. total objectivity; 3. truthful descriptions of persons and objects; 4. extreme brevity; 5. audacity and originality: flee the stereotype; 6. compassion. — Anton Chekhov
Because having your story told as a woman, as a person of color, as a lesbian, as a trans person, or as any member of any disenfranchised community, is sadly often still a radical idea. There is so much power in storytelling, and there is enormous power in inclusive storytelling, in inclusive representations. — Kerry Washington
A great brand is a story that's never completely told. — Scott Bedbury
A great brand is a story that never stops unfolding. — Tony Hsieh
One of the ways that your project, your personal healing, or your social invention can change the world is through story. But even if no one ever learns of it, even if it is invisible to every human on Earth, it will have no less of an effect. — Charles Eisenstein
I believe in free love and that's just how I feel. It's just my experience of being with different kinds of men and being born without a preference for a certain type of person. For me, that is my story in finding love in lots of different people, and that's been the second biggest influence in my music. — Lana Del Rey
Film is definitely a director's medium. They're responsible for the look and everything, and you're a part of that process as an actor, and you try to contribute to the story. But I think it might sound a little pretentious for me to say I think of myself as an artist. I think of myself as a creative person. — Owen Wilson
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