It is impossible to live without failing at something – unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case you die by default.

J.K. Rowling 

I’m more direct than I used to be. Life’s too short to suffer half-truths and inefficiencies. Be honest. Be open. It’s magic.

Do something now that will make the person you’ll be tomorrow proud to have been the person you are today

To be old & wise, you must first have to be young & stupid

Don’t be in such a hurry to condemn a person because he doesn’t do what you do, or think as you think. There was a time when you didn’t know what you know today
Malcolm X

People exaggerate both happiness and unhappiness; we are never so fortunate nor so unfortunate as people say we are.

Honoré de Balzac

The best way to treat obstacles is to use them as stepping–stones. Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.’

‘The great man goes ahead of his time, the prudent man goes with it, the crafty man makes his own out of it, and the blockhead sets himself against it

Eduard von Bauernfeld

"I keep running around, trying to find the ground, but my head is in the stars, my feet are in the sky."

— King of the World, First Aid Kit

“War does not determine who is right - only who is left.”

Bertrand Russell

Put God first and you’ll never be last

Begin your day
with bravery.
Wake up, even
when the world
is telling you
to stay in bed.
Noor Shirazie

“ I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone. ”

—    Robin Williams

The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention.

Rachel Naomi Remen

Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care that they get

- H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.
~ Kurt Vonnegut

Once in a while it really hits people that they don’t have to experience the world in the way they have been told to

~ Alan Keightley

 Boys react. Men respond.

Strong people don’t put others down. They lift them up.”

– Michael P. Watson

We opt for more instead of better. Better is better than more.”
— Seth’s Godin 

Jobs fill your pocket. Adventures fill your soul.

- Jaime Lyn Beatty

Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff.

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector.
Graham Greene

I’m really afraid to feel happy because it never lasts.
 Andy Warhol 

 The world says: “You have needs — satisfy them. You have as much right as the rich and the mighty. Don’t hesitate to satisfy your needs; indeed, expand your needs and demand more.” This is the worldly doctrine of today. And they believe that this is freedom. The result for the rich is isolation and suicide, for the poor, envy and murder. ”

—    Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

“ To laugh is to risk appearing a fool.

To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.

To reach out to another is to risk involvement.

To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self.

To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss.

To love is to risk not being loved in return.

To hope is to risk pain.

To try is to risk failure.

But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. ”

—    William Arthur Ward

“ When I look at a person, I see a person - not a rank, not a class, not a title. ”
—    Criss Jami

Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.

—Lao Tzu

The easiest way to organize your stuff is to get rid of most of it.

—Joshua Fields Millburn

Blessed is he who has variety in his life: thrice blessed is he who has both freedom and variety.

—William J. Dawson

It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won’t go.”— Bertrand Russell