Boldness

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it! -John Anster

Try To Love

I suspect the most we can hope for is that we never stop giving ourselves permission to try to love and receive love. -Elizabeth Strout

Don't Judge

We are all different. Don’t judge, understand instead. -Roy T. Bennett

Affection

I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it. -Audrey Hepburn

Indifference

The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. -Plato

Thorns

Your thorns are the best part of you. -Marianne Moore

More Than What We Are

“Child, child, do you not see? For each of us comes a time when we must be more than what we are.” -Lloyd Alexander

Take Chances

Even when you have doubts, take that step. Take chances. Mistakes are never a failure, they can be turned into wisdom. -Cat Cora

Awake At Night

Me, lying awake at night: 'Where have I gone wrong?' A voice to me: 'This is going to take more than one night.' -Charles M. Schulz

To Hurt

To hurt is as human as to breathe. -J.K. Rowling

Just Listen

No teacher, preacher, parent, or friend can decide what's right for you. Just listen to the voice that speaks inside. -Shel Silverstein

No Face

When the enemy has no face, society will invent one. -Susan Faludi

Control

My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them. -Jack Kerouac

Forgotten

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. -Mother Teresa

Within You

When you are loved, there's no need at all to understand what's happening, because everything happens within you. -Paulo Coelho

Single

"She's strong! And scary! I bet she's single...I'd put money on it.” -Masashi Kishimoto

Educating

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. -Aristotle

One Piece

Strength is the capacity to break a Hershey bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one piece. -Judith Viorst

A Brick

A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window. -Gilles Deleuze

Insults

The bottom line is, insults only hurt when they come from someone I respect. -Kresley Cole

Empires

All of the great empires of the future will be empires of the mind. -Winston S. Churchill

Bad At Something

Actually, you can be bad at something...but if you love doing it, that will be enough. -Sue Monk Kidd

Uncommon

I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be uncommon...if I can. -Dean Alfange

Shadows

Don't be afraid of the shadows, that only means there's a light nearby. -Evanescence

Little Acts

Do what you can. You would be surprised at what "little" acts have done for our world. -Steve Maraboli

The Only You

There will always be better writers than you and there will always be smarter writers than you, but you are the only you. -Neil Gaiman

Every Life

Every life is noted and is cherished, and nothing loved is ever lost or perished. -Madeleine L'Engle

Like Aged Wine

Relish love in your old age! Aged love is like aged wine; it becomes more satisfying, more refreshing, more valuable. -Leo Buscaglia

Write It Down

If you write it down, you can make it happen. -Staness Jonekos

Kindness

Kindness has no religion. Religions are like narrow tracks but kindness is like an open sky. -Amit Ray