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the Daily Quote – Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day
the Daily Quote – Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day

Tune in daily to get a short dose of daily inspiration to kick start your day in a positive way.

the Daily Quote brings you inspirational quotes to help motivate and inspire your day with positivity.
Listen to the show for positive quotes from Albert Einstein, Maya Angelo, Seth Godin, Tony Robbins, Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King Jr, John Lennon, William Shakespeare, Lao Tzu, Confucius and more…

Every single day you will hear a motivational quote to fire up your day.

Unknown Author – “Anger is the punishment we give ourselves for someone else’s mistake.”
byAndrew McGivern - Motivational Quotes and Daily Inspiration | Quote of the Day

Welcome to the Daily Quote, the podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm your host Andrew McGivern and this episode is brought to you by the Great News podcast. Because good news should be heard and the link is in the show notes.

Today's quote circulates widely online, most often attributed to the Buddha but no verified Buddhist text contains these exact words.

What is verified is a closely related teaching from Buddhist tradition, which goes like this:

”You will not be punished for your anger. You will be punished by your anger.”

That older, verified version is the seed. Today's more modern expression is the flower and together, they say something that one of the greatest Buddhist teachers of the 20th century spent a lifetime trying to help the world understand. Today's quote is:

”Anger is the punishment we give ourselves for someone else's mistake.”

Thich Nhat Hanh is Vietnamese Zen monk, poet, peace activist, and the man Martin Luther King Jr. nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. He coined the term ”engaged Buddhism,” choosing to combine the contemplative life of the monastery with direct, active compassion for those suffering in the world.

His central teaching on anger relates directly onto today's quote. When someone wrongs us, our instinct is to believe that our anger is directed at them, that it is their punishment to receive. We carry it as a weapon pointed outward. But Thich Nhat Hanh observed something that most of us spend years avoiding: the anger lives in us. It burns in us. It disturbs our sleep, poisons our peace, colours every interaction, while the person who caused it often moves through their day entirely untouched.

The punishment is not going where we're sending it. It's staying right where it started.

Think about what sustained anger actually costs the person carrying it. The mental rehearsal of old wounds. The replaying of what was said, what was done, what should have happened differently. The cortisol, the tension, the low-grade exhaustion of maintaining a grievance. None of that reaches the person who made the mistake. All of it is paid by the person holding the anger.

As he wrote:

”When we suffer, we always blame the other person for having made us suffer. We do not realize that anger is, first of all, our business. We are primarily responsible for our anger.”

Not responsible for the mistake that triggered it. Responsible for what we choose to carry forward from it. I've held anger longer than it deserved, nursed grievances that the other person had long since forgotten, carrying something heavy that was only ever weighing me down. And what I've learned is that releasing anger isn't something you do for the person who caused it. It's something you do for yourself. The letting go isn't forgiveness as a gift to them. It's freedom as a gift to yourself.

Thich Nhat Hanh understood that better than almost anyone who has ever lived. And he earned the right to say it.

So here's the question: What anger are you currently carrying for someone else's mistake that is only punishing you?

Because the verified Buddhist teaching says it plainly: you will not be punished for your anger. You will be punished by it. The modern version simply says the punishment lands on the one holding it, not the one who caused it.

Set it down. Not for them. For you.

And speaking of Tich Nhat Hanh… I read six pages of his book The Miracle of Mindfulness and just those six pageschanged my life.

It was a lightbulb moment that I think I've mentioned in a previous episode. I'm pretty sure I did but I'm approaching 900 episodes now so I don't remember for sure. But if your interested I'll tell you the story. Leave a comment on this episode either through Spotify or on the blog at great news podcast or send me an email directly to andrew@podcasthero.com.

That's it for today. I'm Andrew McGivern — I'll see you in the next one with another Daily Quote.

Unknown Author – “Anger is the punishment we give ourselves for someone else’s mistake.”
Unknown Author – “Anger is the punishment we give ourselves for someone else’s mistake.”
May 25, 2026
Andrew McGivern - Motivational Quotes and Daily Inspiration | Quote of the Day
Will Rogers – “Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”
May 24, 2026
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John Lennon – “There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love…”
May 23, 2026
Andrew McGivern - Motivational Quotes and Daily Inspiration | Quote of the Day
Aristotle – “A friend to all is a friend to none.”
May 22, 2026
Andrew McGivern - Motivational Quotes and Daily Inspiration | Quote of the Day
Carl Jung – “No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.”
May 21, 2026
Andrew McGivern - Motivational Quotes and Daily Inspiration | Quote of the Day
André Gide – “Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.”
May 20, 2026
Andrew McGivern - Motivational Quotes and Daily Inspiration | Quote of the Day
Michelangelo – “The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.”
May 19, 2026
Andrew McGivern - Motivational Quotes and Daily Inspiration | Quote of the Day
Robert Frost – “The only way out is through.”
May 18, 2026
Andrew McGivern - Motivational Quotes and Daily Inspiration | Quote of the Day
Naval Ravikant – “It’s not 10,000 hours. It’s 10,000 iterations.”
May 17, 2026
Andrew McGivern - Motivational Quotes and Daily Inspiration | Quote of the Day
Fyodor Dostoyevsky – “Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn’t calculate his happiness.”
May 16, 2026
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The Great News Podcast is your source for positive news, inspiring stories, and good news from around the world. We skip the doom and gloom of mainstream media to focus on scientific breakthroughs, environmental wins, and the inspiring news that proves the world is getting better. Join Andrew McGivern for a dose of optimism and uplifting stories that will change your perspective on human progress.
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The Great News podcast is brought to you by the Daily Quote.

Today, a discovery that could turn our oceans into a source of clean, green fuel. That's our lead story today.

Plus, we’ll look at a ”molecular staple” for hard-to-treat cancers, a way to silence cholesterol without permanently altering your DNA, and a wireless system that’s twice as efficient as Wi-Fi.

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If you like the Great News Podcast, you will love the Great News Letter. Because the Great News Podcast is Great but the Great News Letter is Greater!

The Great News Letter is an email newsletter that you can subscribe to for FREE and get all the good news delivered to your email inbox.

For this episode we got some feedback from Brian de V. You can leave feedback for the show too by going to greatnewspodcast.com/feedback.

Or if you listen in Spotify – leave a comment right there as you listen.

Until next time… and there will be a next time.

Keep looking for the good in the world because no only is it there, its everywhere!

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Lower Crime and More Energy
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    Unknown Author – “Anger is the punishment we give ourselves for someone else’s mistake.”

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    Will Rogers – “Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”

    byAndrew McGivernMay 24, 2026

    John Lennon – “There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love…”

    byAndrew McGivernMay 23, 2026

    Aristotle – “A friend to all is a friend to none.”

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    Laser-Fast Internet and Epigenetic Health
    byAndrew McGivern | Good News Podcast Host - Positive News and Inspiration

    The Great News podcast is brought to you by the Daily Quote.

    Today, a discovery that could turn our oceans into a source of clean, green fuel. That's our lead story today.

    Plus, we’ll look at a ”molecular staple” for hard-to-treat cancers, a way to silence cholesterol without permanently altering your DNA, and a wireless system that’s twice as efficient as Wi-Fi.

    Turning Sunlight and Seawater into Hydrogen

    How Stapled Peptides Could Change Cancer Treatment

    Turning Off Bad Genes

    How Laser Tech Is Rewriting the Rules of WirelessAnd don’t forget to stick around for the speed round where we’ll celebrate a historic victory against an ancient disease.Chile Eliminates Leprosy

    Revolutionizing Brain Research and Treatment!

    China’s Gigantic Battery

    How CAR T Therapy Is Learning to Fight Cancer Smarter

    If you like the Great News Podcast, you will love the Great News Letter. Because the Great News Podcast is Great but the Great News Letter is Greater!

    The Great News Letter is an email newsletter that you can subscribe to for FREE and get all the good news delivered to your email inbox.

    For this episode we got some feedback from Brian de V. You can leave feedback for the show too by going to greatnewspodcast.com/feedback.

    Or if you listen in Spotify – leave a comment right there as you listen.

    Until next time… and there will be a next time.

    Keep looking for the good in the world because no only is it there, its everywhere!

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