Hey! It's Your Day: Inspirational Quotes and Affirmations to Live By

by June Cotner

Overview

(hfour)Affirmations, Quotes, and Proverbs for Positive Thinking(/hfour)

Ready to change your life today? How about this minute? Best-selling anthologist June Cotner returns with Hey, It’s Your Day, a life-long collection of her favorite quotes to start the day and delight any friend, relative, or literary aficionado.

Inspiration at your fingertips in minutes. June Cotner has been gathering her favorite quotes for more than two decades. Now, she shares these specially curated words of wisdom to guide readers on their personal journeys of positive thinking. Featuring an eclectic selection of figures like Edward Abbey, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and Oprah Winfrey, this positive thinking book captivates readers with fresh, insightful, and engaging motivational quotes. Inside, they may even discover a new book, mantra, or role model.

For fans of motivational books with a quotable twist. In the tradition of quotation-packed inspirational books from authors like Hoda Kotb, I Really Needed This Today, Hey, It's Your Day understands that daily affirmations, meditation, and positive thinking go a long way. Whether in need of a daily boost or brushing up on quote trivia, open Hey, It's Your Day and find positive affirmations and inspirational quotes in every page. Packed with nearly fifty topics─like love, family, choices, growth, happiness, creativity, and success─you’ll find uplifting quotes to start the day like:

• “This was love: a string of coincidences that gathered significance and became miracles.” ─ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• “Live life as if everything is rigged in your favor.” ─ Rumi
• “No one likes crying, but tears water our souls.” ─ Xue Xinran

If you’re looking for graduation gifts, literary gifts, or personal development books─and enjoyed titles like A Year of Positive Thinking, Whatever You Are Be a Good One, or Greatest Inspirational Quotes─then, Hey, It’s Your Day is packed with inviting quotes to start the day!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781642505153
Publisher:	TURNER PUB CO
Publication date:	01/12/2021
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 6.20(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

June Cotner is the author of 36 books including the bestselling books, Graces, Bedside Prayers, Wedding Blessings, and House Blessings. Her books have been published by major houses including Random House, HarperCollins, and Hachette. She has also enjoyed working with mid-size publishers such as Chronicle Books and Andrews McMeel Publishing.

Collectively, her books have sold more than one million copies and have been featured in many national publications, including USA Today, The New York Times, Better Homes & Gardens, Woman's Day, Glamour, and Family Circle. June has appeared on national television and radio programs as well as local television including "New Day Northwest" and "AM Northwest."

June is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley. Through Book Proposal Services, she evaluates nonfiction book proposals and analyzes concepts for books. June is a member of and publicity liaison for the Poulsbo Noon Lions Club and Poulsbo Friends of the Library.

June is the mother of two grown children. She lives in Poulsbo, Washington (a small town outside of Seattle), with her husband and their LabraDobie. Her hobbies include yoga, hiking, dog training, community service, and spending time with her four grandchildren.

Read an Excerpt

From the Book:

I’ve been a quote collector since I was fourteen. In fact, I still have the same notebook, started in my teen years, that I used to record quotes that moved me. At an early age, I sought out quotes about “making the most of your day.” I also liked short quotes that became affirmations for living. These affirmations have remained a powerful force in my life . . . I don’t know where you are in your life’s journey, but I’m pretty sure you will find many quotes in Hey! It’s Your Day that will inspire you every day. You have a whole book ahead of you, so I’ll close with a short, affirming quote, which has guided me for many years:

Nothing is worth more than this day.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences.
—Jon Krakauer

Life is adventure,
not predicament.
—James Broughton

Ask yourself:
What is the best I can do?
And then do that.
—Cheryl Strayed

You are never alone or helpless.
The force that guides the stars guides you too.
—Shrii Shrii Anandamurti

Care. Love. Be outraged. Be devastated. Just don’t give up.
The world needs good humans today.
—Ellen DeGeneres

Hands that serve are holier than lips that pray.
—Sai Baba

We’re all just walking each other home.
—Ram Dass

Courage is not the absence of fear,
but the capacity to act despite our fears.
—John McCain

What if imagination and art are not frosting at all,
but the fountainhead of human experience?
—Rollo May

The morning’s the size of heaven.
What will you do with it?
—Mark Doty

Perhaps they are not stars in the sky, but rather openings where our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy.
—Eskimo proverb

We must accept finite disappointment,
but never lose infinite hope.
—Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Start where you are.
Use what you have. Do what you can.
—Arthur Ashe

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
—Joseph Campbell

Act as if what you do makes a difference.
It does.
—William James

Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates:
“Is it true?
Is it necessary?
Is it kind?”
—Sufi saying

No matter where life takes you,
the place that you stand at any moment is holy ground.
—Susan Vreeland

Here’s the question. What have I come here to do with my life? That’s the question that begins every single quest.
—Elizabeth Gilbert

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.
—George Eliot

This is a wonderful day. I've never seen this one before.
—Maya Angelou

Live life as if everything is rigged in your favor.
—Rumi

Every morning we are born again.
—The Buddha

Above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.
—Roald Dahl

Each step is the journey;
a single note the song.
—Arlene Gay Levine

Table of Contents

(hfour)Contents(/hfour)

A Letter to Readers

Adventure
Aging
Attitude
Belief
Challenges
Change
Children
Choices
Comfort
Community
Compassion
Courage
Creativity
Dreams
Faith
Family
Fatherhood
Forgiveness
Friendship
Gratitude
Grieving
Growth
Happiness
Health
Hope
Individuality
Inspiration
Integrity
Joy
Kindness
Leadership
Life
Love
Mindfulness
Motherhood
Passion
Peace
Perseverance
Perspective
Pets
Positivity
Purpose
Reflections
Renewal
Serenity
Service
Simplicity
Spirituality
Success
Travel
Wisdom

Simple Reminder
​Author Index
About the Author

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Y'all know how I like posting my pics with inspirational messages... June Cotner has a new book Hey! It's Your Day chock full of inspirational quotes.”
—Robert Sharpe, host of Bringing Inspiration to Earth


“I love how this book is broken down into sections and that you can start anywhere in the book... If you're looking for a gift for the women on your gift-giving list or for teachers, then Hey! It’s Your Day is the perfect gift.”
—TheMommiesReviews.com

Editorial Reviews

Y'all know how I like posting my pics with inspirational messages... June Cotner has a new book Hey! It's Your Day chock full of inspirational quotes.” —Robert Sharpe, host of Bringing Inspiration to Earth

“I love how this book is broken down into sections and that you can start anywhere in the book... If you're looking for a gift for the women on your gift-giving list or for teachers, then Hey! It’s Your Day is the perfect gift.” —TheMommiesReviews.com

From the Publisher