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Always pray to have:
1. Eyes that see the best in people. 
2. A heart that forgives the worst. 
3. A soul that never loses faith in God.

If you want to make enemies, try to change something
—    Woodrow Wilson

"Never be satisfied with 2nd place. That is the 1st loser. So don’t settle for a person that is 2nd place."

Anonymous

What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness.
~ George Saunders

if you consider a woman 
less pure after you’ve touched her
maybe you should take a look at your hands 

You can’t change how people feel about you - so don’t try. Just live your life, and be happy.
- Lessons Learned in Life

A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.

Goethe, Faust 

“Maturing is realizing how many things don’t require your comment.”

—   Rachel Wolchin

“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”

—   Mother Teresa.

Having inner peace means committing to letting go of self-criticism and self-doubt.

—

Sanaya Roman

"The sun will rise and set regardless. What we choose to do with the light while it’s here is up to us. Journey wisely."

- Alexandra Elle

A woman is not written in braille, you don’t have to touch her to know her.
- Unknown

"Things aren’t always going to be in our favor, so when they aren’t, we have to take what we can from those experiences and move forward."

- Alexandra Elle

 THEREFORE DO NOT WORRY ABOUT TOMORROW, FOR TOMORROW WILL WORRY ABOUT ITSELF. EACH DAY HAS ENOUGH TROUBLE OF ITS OWN

DO NOT PLACE SO MUCH IMPORTANCE ON WINNING. THE FIGHT ITSELF HAS VALUE”

SAGAT, STREET FIGHTER

AIN’T NO HATERS GOING TO ROB ME OF MY JOY
~ DIEGO SANCHEZ

 RESPECT: LEARN IT BEFORE YOU EARN IT
 ~~ ANTHONY AVILA

“There are days that I cannot find the sun even though its right outside my goddamn window.”

—   Neil Hilborn

“If you want to be seen, stand up.

If you want to be heard, speak up.

If you want to be appreciated, shut up.”

—   Bill Cosby

“Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power — not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.”

—   bell hooks (via

“As long as you keep getting born, it’s okay to die sometimes.”

—   Orson Scott Card

"I like to remember things my own way. How I remembered them, not necessarily the way they happened."

— Lost Highway (1997) dir. David Lynch

You don’t always have to understand the things you enjoy

“An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered”

G.K. Chesterton

Life is pretty epic if you just get off your ass.

“Never follow anyone else’s path, unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost.”

— Ellen DeGeneres

When you stop chasing the wrong things, you give the right things a chance to catch you.

Unknown

“If you can’t enjoy your own company once in a while, it’s going to be very hard to find someone who does.”

—	Carley Schad

“Be strong, but not rude. Be kind, but not weak. Be humble, but not timid. Be proud, but not arrogant.”