Inspirational
Quotes - Be melting snow. Wash yourself of yourself.
“Getting
something and having the wits to use it...those are two different things.”
―
Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth
“Equality
is not a concept. It's not something we should be striving for. It's a
necessity. Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on this earth as men
and women, and the misogyny that is in every culture is not a true part of the
human condition. It is life out of balance, and that imbalance is sucking
something out of the soul of every man and woman who's confronted with it. We
need equality. Kinda now.”
―
Joss Whedon
“People
don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.”
―
Malcolm X
“Be
melting snow.
Wash
yourself of yourself.”
―
Rumi, The Essential Rumi
“Courage
is feeling fear, not getting rid of fear, and taking action in the face of
fear.”
―
Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
“I'm
not in search of sanctity, sacredness, purity; these things are found after
this life, not in this life; but in this life I search to be completely human:
to feel, to give, to take, to laugh, to get lost, to be found, to dance, to
love and to lust, to be so human.”
―
C. JoyBell C.
“I
thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of
trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which
is infinite, which is yes.”
―
e.e. cummings
“If
you are lazy, and accept your lot, you may live in it. If you are willing to
work, you can write your name anywhere you choose.”
―
Gene Stratton-Porter, A Girl of the Limberlost
“A
mathematical formula for happiness:Reality divided by Expectations.There were
two ways to be happy:improve your reality or lower your expectations.”
―
Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes
“Don't
think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious and anything
self-conscious is lousy. You can't "try" to do things. You simply
"must" do things.”
―
Ray Bradbury
“Women,
they have minds, and they have souls, as well as just hearts. And they’ve got
ambition, and they’ve got talent, as well as just beauty. I’m so sick of people
saying that love is all a woman is fit for.”
―
Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
“Being
grateful does not mean that everything is necessarily good. It just means that
you can accept it as a gift.”
―
Roy T. Bennett
“Live
the Life of Your Dreams
When
you start living the life of your dreams, there will always be obstacles,
doubters, mistakes and setbacks along the way. But with hard work, perseverance
and self-belief there is no limit to what you can achieve.”
―
Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
“If
I am to be fallen into love, I will. And if as a result I will appear to be
stupid, disillusioned, and of poor judgment, I will. And I would be damned if I
cared what other people think. For I would rather be thought of as all of these
things, than not love. If in loving, I become the naked woman on the horse, I
will ride that horse with my head held high. This is my spirit. I am
unbreakable.”
―
C. JoyBell C.
“Every
blessing ignored becomes a curse.”
―
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
“Nothing
can disturb your peace of mind unless you allow it to.”
―
Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
“I
was suffering the easily foreseeable consequences. Addiction is the hallmark of
every infatuation-based love story. It all begins when the object of your
adoration bestows upon you a heady, hallucinogenic dose of something you never
dared to admit you wanted-an emotional speedball, perhaps, of thunderous love
and roiling excitement. Soon you start craving that intense attention, with a
hungry obsession of any junkie. When the drug is witheld, you promptly turn
sick, crazy, and depleted (not to mention resentful of the dealer who
encouraged this addiction in the first place but now refuses to pony up the
good stuff anymore-- despite the fact that you know he has it hidden somewhere,
goddamn it, because he used to give it to you for free). Next stage finds you
skinny and shaking in a corner, certain only that you would sell your soul or
rob your neighbors just to have 'that thing' even one more time. Meanwhile, the
object of your adoration has now become repulsed by you. He looks at you like
you're someone he's never met before, much less someone he once loved with high
passion. The irony is,you can hardly blame him. I mean, check yourself out.
You're a pathetic mess,unrecognizable even to your own eyes. So that's it. You
have now reached infatuation's final destination-- the complete and merciless
devaluation of self." - pg 20-21”
―
Elizabeth Gilbert
