Quotes Tagged "inspirational"

please believe that things are good with me, and even when they're not, they will be soon enough. And i will always believe the same about you.

The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.

A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.

In the end these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully did you live? How deeply did you let go?

I will love you always. When this red hair is white, I will still love you. When the smooth softness of youth is replaced by the delicate softness of age, I will still want to touch your skin. When your face is full of the lines of every smile you have ever smiled, of every surprise I have seen flash through your eyes, when every tear you have ever cried has left its mark upon your face,I will treasure you all the more, because I was there to see it all. I will share your life with you, Meredith, and I will love you until the last breath leaves your body or mine.

Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.

I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself.

Always find opportunities to make someone smile, and to offer random acts of kindness in everyday life.

I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale.

Life is too short to waste any amount of time on wondering what other people think about you. In the first place, if they had better things going on in their lives, they wouldn't have the time to sit around and talk about you. What's important to me is not others' opinions of me, but what's important to me is my opinion of myself.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.

Never lose hope. Storms make people stronger and never last forever.

So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.

You never change your life until you step out of your comfort zone; change begins at the end of your comfort zone.

I wonder how many people don't get the one they want, but end up with the one they're supposed to be with.

Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.